Not to be confused with the unrelated 1979 cartoon also based around a vampire duck, Quacula.
Count Duckula
Genre
Black comedy
Comedy horror
Dark fantasy
Created by
Brian Cosgrove
Mark Hall
Based on
Danger Mouse by
Brian Cosgrove
Mark Hall
Directed by
Carlos Alfonso
Chris Randall
Keith Scoble
Voices of
David Jason
Jack May
Brian Trueman
Jimmy Hibbert
Barry Clayton
Ruby Wax
Narrated by
Barry Clayton
Opening theme
"Count Duckula" by Mike Harding
Ending theme
"Count Duckula" by Mike Harding
Composer
Mike Harding
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
4
No. of episodes
65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
John Hambley
Producers
Brian Cosgrove
Mark Hall
Running time
22 minutes
Production companies
Cosgrove Hall Productions
Thames Television
Original release
Network
ITV (CITV) Nickelodeon[1]
Release
6 September 1988 (1988-09-06) – 16 February 1993 (1993-02-16)
Related
Danger Mouse
Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime
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Count Duckula is a British children's animated comedy horror television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Productions and produced by Thames Television as a spin-off of Danger Mouse, a series in which an early version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain.[2]Count Duckula aired from 6 September 1988 to 16 February 1993 across four series; in all, 65 episodes were made, each about 22 minutes long.[3] All have been released on DVD in the UK, while only the first series has been released in North America.
A new version of Count Duckula appeared in the 2015 reboot series of Danger Mouse, but the character has been reverted back to his villainous persona.
^Solomon, Charles (5 February 1988). "Television Reviews : 'Winnie' Wins, 'Duckula' Doesn't Count in Debuts". LA Times. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 64. ISBN 9781476672939.
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