Around the World in a Total Daze
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"Around the World in a Total Daze" is the first episode of Series 4 and the fifty-ninth episode overall. It was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on January 5th 1993.
Summary
Dr. Von Goosewing, with the help of world famous explorer Sibellious Smogg, challenges Count Duckula to a race around the world. Goosewing cheats and Duckula wins after stranding Goosewing and Smogg at the North Pole after Nanny untied the rope to Goosewing's balloon which was attached to Castle Duckula.
Background Music Cues
- "Rule Britania"
- "Le Prophete" by Edrich Siebert
- "Sousarama" by Edrich Siebert
- "Les Toreadors" by Georges Bizet
- "Gonna Get You" by the Spooky Hallowe'en Players
- "Join The Parade" by Keith Papworth
Trivia
- This is the last episode to feature Dr. Von Goosewing.
Credits
- Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert
- Narrator: Barry Clayton
- Written by Jimmy Hibbert
- Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
- Original Music: Mike Harding
- Design: Chris Randall, Dan Whitworth, Margaret Riley, Paul Salmon, Vincent James, Andy Roper, Ed Williams
- Storyboard: Vincent James, Neil Graham, Paul Salmon
- Layout: Neil Graham
- 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, Weston Samuels
- Supervised by Ben Turner
- Special Effects: Garry Owen, 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, Helen Smith, Craig Whittle, Marie Dembinski, Mark Fulton
- Supervised by Lorriane Thomas
- Xerox: Tony McAleese, Joan Simmons, Don Geering
- Line Test: Phil Atack
- Animation Checkers: Phil McMylor, Andrew Bax
- Film Editor: Eilis Ward
- Assistant Editor: Therese Lynch
- Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner
- Production Control: Chris Phillips, Bob Burrows, Simon White
- Animation Director: Dan Whitworth
- Associate Producer: Chris Randall
- Executive Producer: John Hambley
- Produced by Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
- Directed by Chris Randall
- © Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXIX
Copyright Gag
Despite this episode first being broadcast in 1993, the roman numerals in the copyright read 'MCMLXXXIX', meaning it is dated in 1989.