Count Duckula

Count Duckula
Released By	Thames Video Collection
Release Date	1988-08-15
Running Time	60 minutes
Catalogue Number	TV8036
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Count Duckula is a UK VHS release by Thames Video Collection on 15th August 1988. It features three episodes from the first Count Duckula cartoon series that is produced by Cosgrove Hall Productions in 1987.

Description

Count Duckula is a peace-loving, wise-cracking, vegetarian vampire duck, who refuses to follow the family footsteps. He lives in Castle Duckula with his butler Igor, who tries to instill the family traditions, and Nanny, a sixteen stone chicken who insists on calling her master 'Duckyboos'.

Now you have been introduced to Count Duckula you can enjoy three stories from the zaniest duck in Transylvania.

Episode Info

1. No Sax Please, We're Egyptian: In search of the mystic saxophone of Zooten-Simoon, Duckula, Nanny and Igor are pursued through the pyramids by primitive priests, crooked crows and confused camels.
2. The Mutinous Penguins: A blood chilling adventures in the icy waters of the arctic. What is the strange quest Count Duckula is questing.
3. One Stormy Night: As Count Duckula tries to make himself a midnight snack, Dr Von Goosewing's monster and a revitalised vampire statue cause chaos in Castle Duckula.

Trivia

• The Thames Video Collection warning/ident and the opening theme/titles of "Count Duckula" are all shown at the start of the first episode on this video.

Credits

• Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert
• Narrator: Barry Clayton
• Written by Brian Trueman and Peter Richard Reeves
• Script Editor: Jimmy Hibbert
• Music by Mike Harding
• Executive Producer: John Hambley
• Produced by Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove
• Directed by Chris Randall

Opening (Original 1988 release) (with no trailer)

• Warning screen (1986-1990)
• Thames Video Collection logo (1986-1990)
• Count Duckula intro
• Start of No Sax Please, We're Egyptian (1987)

Closing (Original 1988 release) (with no trailer)

• End of One Stormy Night (1987)
• Count Duckula closing credits
• Cosgrove Hall Productions logo (1985-1994)
• Thames Video Collection logo (silent) (1986-1990)

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