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"Hi-Duck" is the fifth episode of Series 2 and the thirty-first episode overall. It was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on October 10th 1989.

Summary

Count Duckula, Igor, and Nanny take an airplane to Nice, which gets hi-jacked by the bumbling French crooks, Gaston and Pierre. Duckula foils them inadvertently, but has to return to Transylvania to serve as a witness in a trial against the French duo.

Background Music Pieces

"Jack O'Lantern (Feux Follets)" by Roger Roger
"Twelve String Ties No. 4" by John Churston
"Whodunnit 1" by Ivor Slaney
"Music for Anglo Saxes" by Alan Bristow
"Romance at Midnight" by Johnny Pearson
"Whodunnit 2" by Ivor Slaney
"Crossed Swords" by Dudley Matthew
"Untitled Melody" by Robert Osborne Pagan

Voice Cast

David Jason as Count Duckula and Pierre
Jack May as Igor, the 2nd Male Customs Officer, and Captain Slobodan Woktakovny
Brian Trueman as Nanny, the 1st Announcer, and the Man with the Gun
Jimmy Hibbert as the Pilot, Gaston, the 2nd and 3rd Announcers, the 1st Male Customs Officer, the Custom Lady's scream, and Sandra the Stewardess
Ruby Wax as the Check-In Girl at the Airport

Credits

Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert, Ruby Wax
Narrator: Barry Clayton
Written by Jimmy Hibbert
Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
Music: Mike Harding
Design: Chris Randall, Dan Whitworth, Margaret Riley, Paul Salmon, Vincent James, Andy Roper, Ed Williams
Storyboard: Nobby Clark
Layout: Ricardo Machuca, Miguel Angel Aisa, Manuel Almela, José María Zumel, Jose Antonio Rojo
Animation: Manuel Garcia, Pedro Mohedano, Ezequiel Martin, Mariano Rueda, Miguel Angel Fuertez, Valentín Doménech, Angel Gallego, Francisco Tena, Edward Sasu, Francisca Moreno, Vincente Rodriguez, Alberto Conejo, Julio Diez, Juan Antonio Rojo, Stefanescu Bujor, Carmen Sanchez, Juan Antonio Serrano, Valentín Caín, Luis Lopez, Roberto Marcano, Pedro Molina, Ventura Rodriguez, Fernando Gallego, Amaro Carretero, Ignacio Armero, Arthur de Cloedt, Julian Tarrago, Emilio Lujan, Javier Gutierrez, Ramon Garcia, María Vincenta Rodriguez, Ignacio Meneu, Luis Amor, Pedro Jorge Gil, Maria Luisa Ruiz, Elisa Nunez, Isabel de Martinez Osaba, Yolanda Velasco
Backgrounds: Milagros Banares, Higashi Taruma, Felix Cascajo, Andres Hernandez
Special Effects: Carlos Alfonso
Camera: Santiago Gomez, Antonio Navarro, Victorio Gonzalez
Painting: Paula Abad, Herminia Burgaleta, Pilar Canalejo, Teresa Diego, María del Mar Fernández, Elena Garcia, Maite Garcia, Julia García, Delia Hernandez, Miguel Angel Perez, Loli Pina, Victoria Ruiz, Angeles Sanz, Asunción Tomás, Francisco Vacas, Ángeles Vacas, Francisco Villanueva, María José Álvarez
Supervised by Carmen Garcia, Maribel Lopez
Xerox: Alejandro Alfonso, Jose Luis Aisa
Line Test: Eva Moreno, Sergio Alfonso
Production Control: Bob Burrows, Julio Diez, Chris Phillips
Film Editor: Zyggy Markiewicz
Assistant Editor: Karen Brumell
Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner
Animation Director: Carlos Alfonso
Associate Producer: Chris Randall
Executive Producer: John Hambley
Produced by Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
Directed by Chris Randall
© 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 is dated in 1988.