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{{Short description|British animated comedy horror television series}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Count Duckula''}}
{{distinguish|text=the unrelated 1979 cartoon also based around a vampire duck, [[Quacula]]}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image                    = Count duckula titles.jpg
| genre                    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Black comedy]]
* [[Comedy horror]]
* [[Dark fantasy]]
}}
| creator                  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brian Cosgrove]]
* [[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]]
}}
| based_on                = {{based on|''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]''|Brian Cosgrove|Mark Hall}}
| director                = {{Plainlist|
* Carlos Alfonso
* Chris Randall
* Keith Scoble
}}
| voices                  = {{Plainlist|
* [[David Jason]]
* [[Jack May]]
* [[Brian Trueman]]
* [[Jimmy Hibbert]]
* Barry Clayton
* [[Ruby Wax]]
}}
| narrated                = Barry Clayton
| opentheme                = "Count Duckula" by [[Mike Harding]]
| endtheme                = "Count Duckula" by Mike Harding
| composer                = Mike Harding
| country                  = United Kingdom
| num_series              = 4
| num_episodes            = 65
| list_episodes            = List of Count Duckula episodes
| executive_producer      = [[John Hambley (producer)|John Hambley]]
| producer                = {{Plainlist|
* Brian Cosgrove
* Mark Hall
}}
| runtime                  = 22 minutes
| company                  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cosgrove Hall Films]]
* [[Thames Television]]
}}
| network                  = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] ([[CITV]])<br />[[Nickelodeon]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Charles |title=Television Reviews : 'Winnie' Wins, 'Duckula' Doesn't Count in Debuts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-05-ca-27348-story.html |newspaper=LA Times |access-date=19 October 2022 |date=5 February 1988}}</ref>
| first_aired              = {{start date|1988|9|6|df=yes}}
| last_aired              = {{end date|1993|2|16|df=yes}}
| picture_format          = [[PAL]]
| related                  = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]''
* ''[[Victor and Hugo]]''
}}
}}
 
'''''Count Duckula''''' is a British [[children's television series|children's animated comedy horror television series]] created by British studio [[Cosgrove Hall Films]] and produced by [[Thames Television]] as a spin-off from ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', a series in which an early version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/54/mode/2up/ |pages=55–57}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=64}}</ref> All have been released on DVD in the UK, while only the first series has been released in North America.
'''''Count Duckula''''' is a British [[children's television series|children's animated comedy horror television series]] created by British studio [[Cosgrove Hall Films]] and produced by [[Thames Television]] as a spin-off from ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', a series in which an early version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/54/mode/2up/ |pages=55–57}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=64}}</ref> All have been released on DVD in the UK, while only the first series has been released in North America.


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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Wikipedia|Count Duckula}}
==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0088500|title=Count Duckula}}
* {{bcdb|Other_Studios/C/Cosgrove_Hall_Films/Count_Duckula/|Count Duckula}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/duckula.html|title=Count Duckula|website=Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain|access-date=12 August 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722201838/http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/duckula.html|archive-date=22 July 2015}}
 
{{Danger Mouse TV}}
{{Dracula}}
 
[[Category:1988 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1988 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1993 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1993 British television series endings]]
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