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Hey Duggee

Hey Duggee
Hey Duggee Logo.png
Also known as Chop Chop!
Created by Grant Orchard
Narrated by Alexander Armstrong
Theme music composer Oliver M.A. Knowles
Composer(s) Tin Sounds
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 78
Production
Executive producer(s) Henrietta Hurford-Jones
Jackie Edwards
Sue Goffe
Producer(s) Janine Voong
Editor(s) Anna Kubik
Running time 7 minutes
Production company(s) Studio AKA
Distributor BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network CBeebies
Nick Jr. (USA)
Original release 17 December 2014 (2014-12-17) – present
External links
Page from Studio AKA

Hey Duggee is a British animated television series aimed at 2 to 5 year olds. Created by Grant Orchard, it is produced by Studio AKA.

The show is based around The Squirrel Club, which is similar to an after school — or day centre — activity club for pre-school children. The children take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments.

Hey Duggee has aired for two series, commencing and concluding in January 2015. BBC and Studio AKA producing a second series in early 2016, with the first episode aired in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016.

The series is animated using the computer program Flash, with a minimalist style using filled shapes with no outlines, and only effects that Flash is capable of. The frog character is represented as a plain great triangle, and only the Duggee character uses any gradients.

The production team consists of around 16 in-house animators, with six to eight scriptwriters.

In each episode, a situation will present itself that can be solved by learning a new skill. When the skill has been learned, and the situation resolved, the Squirrels receive one of Duggee's badges. Each episode ends with a "Duggee Hug", where all the children hug Duggee at once. They then return to their parents with the badge they have earned.

The voice of the narrator is provided by English entertainer Alexander Armstrong, actor and presenter of Pointless.

The series made British television debut when the episode "The Tinsel Badge" was aired in advance on 17 December 2014 as a Christmas special on CBeebies. Its regular run began on 12 January 2015, when the first episode, "The Drawing Badge", was shown.

Internationally, the series is distributed by BBC Worldwide, a commercial arm of the BBC which also operates the versions of CBeebies channel in select areas outside the UK.

A deal announced on 23 February 2015 by BBC Worldwide for the series include RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, France Télévisions in France, YLE in Finland, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, and RÚV in Iceland.


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