Arctic Circles
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Arctic Circles is the ninth episode of Series 2 and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on November 7th 1989.
Summary
Count Duckula is forced to put up with the summer heat in Transylvania and finally decides that he wants no more of the heat, so he and his servants set off in Castle Duckula to the Arctic. When the trio sets camp outside in the snow, they find a stately igloo, headed by a servile penguin known as Jyves who claims that his master is gone, and due to his absence, Duckula may use the master bedroom.
Hearing that Duckula is fed up with Igor's sepulchral manner, Jyves offers to serve for Duckula, and in turn, Igor is dismissed, in favor of Jyves and his distant cousins, which all work as maids, cooks, etc. With that in mind, Igor teams up with Dr. Von Goosewing to try and rid Duckula of these newfound servants, but Duckula may have his own problems with these new workers.
Credits
- Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert
- Narrator: Barry Clayton
- Written by Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves
- Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
- Music: Mike Harding
- Design: Chris Randall, Dan Whitworth, Margaret Riley, Paul Salmon, Vincent James, Andy Roper, Ed Williams
- Storyboard: Vincent James, Alan Case
- Layout: Miguel Ángel Aisa, Manuel Almela, Ricardo Machuca, Juan Antonio Rojo, José María Zumel
- Animation: John Offord, Les Brooksbank, Mark Povey, Adrian Bell, Mike Eames, Richard Bazley, Philip Morris, Denise Heywood, Alastair Fell, Joe McCaffrey, David Bowers, Mair Thomas
- Backgrounds: Beverly Bush, Jon Doyle, Stephen Hanson, Weston Samuels, Stephen Simpson
- Supervised by John Geering
- Special Effects: Garry Owen, Murti Schofield, Roy Huckerby, Jackie Mitchell
- Camera: Peter Kidd, Frank Hardie, Wendy Senior, Mark Sutton
- Painting: Beverly Phillips, Yasodha Huckerby, Sue Halliwell, Joan Jones, Stefania Giani, Gloria Vassiliou, Lynn Hardie, Katie Nutter, Lesley White, Karl Scoble, Andrea Hough, Joyce Flowers, Michelle Povey, Laura Cosgrove, Helen Michael, Sue Robson, Craig Whittle, Helen Smith, Mark Fulton, Marie Dembinksi
- Supervised by Lorriane Thomas
- Xerox: Andy McLoughlin, Tony McAleese, Joan Simmons, Don Geering
- Line Test: Phil Atack
- Production Controller: Chris Phillips, Bob Burrows, Simon White, Phil McMylor
- Film Editors: Zyggy Markiewicz, Nigel Rutter, Eilis Ward
- Assistant Editor: Bob Ashton, Karen Brumell, Therese Lynch, Stephen Perry
- Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner
- Animation Director: Jean Flynn
- Associate Producer: Chris Randall
- Executive Producer: John Hambley
- Produced by Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
- Directed by Chris Randall, Keith Scoble
- © Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXVIII
Copyright Gag
Despite this episode first being broadcast in 1989, the roman numerals in the copyright credit reads 'MCMLXXXVIII', meaning it dated in 1988.