Hey Duggee

Hey Duggee is a British animated educational children's television series aimed at two to five year olds. Created by Grant Orchard, it is produced by Studio AKA, in association with BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide). The show is narrated by Alexander Armstrong.

The programme is based around The Squirrel Club, an activity club for children. The children take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments. Each episode shows the squirrels complete an activity or adventure relating to a badge, that the squirrels earn at the end of the episodes. There is no set formula for every episode, with many episodes referencing or parodying pop culture.

Hey Duggee has four series. It was first shown in December 2014. BBC and Studio AKA produced a second series in early 2016, with the first episode airing in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016. A third series was commissioned in October 2017, with the first episode due to be broadcast in Autumn 2018, but was pushed back to 4 March 2019. It aired until September 2021 with a Christmas episode shown in December 2020. The third series received increased acclaim and popularity amongst children and adults alike during the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. It has been renewed for a fourth series on 5 September 2022.

In the United States, the series airs on Nick Jr. on 11 July 2016.

 Production 
The programme is animated using the computer program Flash, with a minimalist style using filled shapes with no outlines, and only effects that Flash is capable of, and only the Duggee character regularly uses gradients. For example, if there is a frog character, then it usually bears the appearance of a plain green triangle.

The production team consists of around 16 in-house animators, with six to eight scriptwriters.

 Characters 

 Main (Police Officers) 
 Narrator (born  or , voiced by Alexander Armstrong) – the narrator of the show.
 Duggee (born , woofs done by Sander Jones) – a friendly big brown male dog and the police leader of the squirrel club.
 Betty (born , voiced by Jasmine Bartholomew series 1-series 3 episode 32; Arabella Duffy series 3 episode 33-present) – a talkative and intelligent purple police octopus.
 Norrie (born , voiced by Poppie Boyes series 1–2; Bella Green series 3–present) – a sweet-natured and curious brown police mouse.
 Roly (born , voiced by Leo Templer series 1; Dexter Varrall series 2–present) – an enthusiastic, loud and hyperactive grey police hippo.
 Tag (born , voiced by Alfie Sanderson series 1–2; Ollie Chequer series 3–present) – a gentle, clumsy blue police rhino.
 Happy (born , voiced by Duke Davis series 1-series 3 episode 32; Forest Davis series 3 episode 33-present) – a tall, easy-going green police crocodile, with a love of water and splashing in puddles.
 Daniel Samardžić (born , voiced by Daniel Samardžić) - the new policeman and one of the 6.d. class in Elementary school Eugen Kvaternik.
 LEO Pencil (born ) - the new policeman.
 Pinkiey (born ) - the new policewoman.
 Orange Tall Guy (born ) - the new policeman.
 Mini Vain P. (born ) - the new policeman.
 Annoying Red Guy (born ) - the new policeman.
 Kaja Gračanin Štern (born ) - police officer and Daniel's friend.
 Vid Vučak (born ) - police chief and professor from the community and fine arts class.
 Snježana Grgorinić (born ) - the mayor and Daniel's assistant.
 Melita Delić (born ) - Croatian language professor.
 Gordana Berković Kosor (born ) - mathematics teacher.
 Dalia Kager (born ) - professor of computer science.
 Vesna Godinić (born ) - teacher of nature/biology.
 Mato Matijević (born ) - English teacher.
 Nada Grgurević (born ) - professor of history.
 Dubravka Vešligaj (born ) - professor of geography.
 Marijana Ćorić (born ) - professor of music culture.
 Stanko Čudić (born ) - professor of physical and health education.
 Kristina Panižić (born ) - teacher of technical culture.

Episodes
Series 1 (2014–2015)

References

Category:2010s British animated comedy television series
Category:2010s British preschool education television series
Category:2014 British animated television series debuts
Category:2020s British animated television series
Category:2020s British preschool education television series
Category:British animated television series about children
Category:Animated television series about dogs
Category:Animated television series about friendship
Category:BBC animated television series
Category:BBC children's television series
Category:British animated preschool education television series
Category:British children's animated adventure television series
Category:British children's animated comedy television series
Category:British children's animated education television series
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:CBeebies original programming
Category:Children's television series about talking animals
Category:Television series by BBC Studios