Series synopsis
Count Duckula is a British animation kids comedy television series that premiered on ITV1 on September 6, 1988. It ended on February 16, 1993. It was created by Brian Cosgrove. It stars David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman and Jimmy Hibbert.
Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ketchup.
Premise
Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ketchup.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Jason as Count Duckula (voice)
- Jack May as Igor (voice)
- Brian Trueman as Nanny (voice)
- Jimmy Hibbert as Dr. Von Goosewing / Sviatoslav (voices)
- Barry Clayton as Narrator / Dr. Quackbrain (voices)
- Ruby Wax as Other characters (voices)
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 68 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | July 17, 2006 | September 3, 2007 |
| Season 1 | 26 | September 6, 1988 | March 21, 1989 |
| Season 2 | 19 | September 12, 1989 | January 23, 1990 |
| Season 3 | 13 | October 22, 1990 | January 21, 1991 |
| Season 4 | 7 | January 5, 1993 | February 16, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
How to Draw Count Duckula with Mike Whaite Behind the scenes look at how Mike Whaite draws Count Duckula. |
July 17, 2006 |
| 2 |
Interview: Brian Cosgrove An interview with the show creator Brian Cosgrove. |
December 26, 2006 |
| 3 |
Interview: John Doyle An interview with John Doyle, the senior producer at Cosgrove Hall Films. |
September 3, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
No Sax Please, We're Egyptian Duckula travels to Egypt to look for an ancient saxophone that will help him to become a rock star. |
September 6, 1988 |
| 2 |
Vampire Vacation Duckula goes on a vacation to Spain to visit his cousin. |
September 13, 1988 |
| 3 |
One Stormy Night Von Goosewing has created a creature to kill Duckula, but in order to get it to work he must enlist the help of one of Duckula's resurrected ancestors. |
September 20, 1988 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ghostly Gold Duckula finds a newspaper declaring that gold has been found in the mountains. After traveling there, and finding nothing but a ghost town, he realizes that the newspaper was several years old. |
September 12, 1989 |
| 2 |
Ducknapped Duckula is kidnapped by two very inept kidnappers. Nanny and Igor later rescue him and spend all his ransom money without giving him a share. |
September 19, 1989 |
| 3 |
The Lost Valley While trying to search for treasure, the castle and its inhabitants are transported into a movie. |
September 26, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Private Beak The Count becomes a private eye after reading a bunch of detective stories. |
October 22, 1990 |
| 2 |
Astro Duck Duckula's new supercomputer accidentally launches a rocket into space. |
October 29, 1990 |
| 3 |
Unreal Estate Duckula, sick of the old castle, transports it to California so that he can sell it and make a big profit. He has trouble finding a buyer, though, since Igor, not wanting to leave the castle, shows all the buyers the torture rooms. Meanwhile, Von Goosewing has followed them in a continued effort to kill Duckula. |
November 5, 1990 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Around the World in a Total Daze A famous world explorer is hired by Von Goosewing to challenge Duckula to a race around the world. Though Von Goosewing cheats, Castle Duckula still finishes first. Still, Duckula is denied the grand prize. |
January 5, 1993 |
| 2 |
Manhattan Duck The Count transports the castle to Manhattan, where Transylvanian style suddenly becomes the newest fasion fad. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Duckula sells off most of the contents of the caslte, including Igor. Duckula and Nanny use the money to have a grand time in the city. Unfortunately they may be stuck there, since one of the things they sold was the clock that controls the transport mechanism. |
January 12, 1993 |
| 3 |
Alps-A-Daisy Duckula travels to a winter sports competition and tries to compete in every event. |
January 19, 1993 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 6, 1988 |
| Last aired | February 16, 1993 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday |