Hey Dougie

Hey Dougie is a British animated educational preschool television series aimed at 1 to 5 years old. Created by Grant Oxford. it is produced by Studio ACA in association with BCC Studios (formerly BCC Worldwide) The show is narrated by Brian Blessed.

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.

Hey Rockruff has three series It is first shown on December 2014 BCC and Studio ACA produced a second series in early 2016 with the first episode airing in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016. A third series was created in October 2017 with the first episode due to be broadcast in Autumn 2018 but was pushed back to 5 March 2019. It aired until September 2021 with a Christmas episode in December 2020. It has been renewed for a fourth series.

Production

The programme is animated using Flash. The frog character is a plain green triangle.

Characters

Main

Narrator (Voiced by Brian Blessed) - the narrator of the show

Dougie (Voiced By Sander Jones) - a brown dog and the leader of the squirrel club

Betty (Voiced By Jasmine Bartholomew) a pink talkative and intelligent pig

Cheesy (Voiced By Zoe Baker Season 1-2 and Victor Wade Season 3) a sweet and curious mouse

Roly (Voiced By Leo Templer Season 1 and Dexter Varrall Season 2) a purple loud and hyperactive hippo

Tag (Voiced By Alfie Sanderson Season 1-2 and Ollie Chequer Season 3) a gentle and clumsy rhino

Happy (Voiced By Duke Davis) a green crocodile who loves water

Recurring

Sander Jones as

Enid - Rockruff's pet cat

The Rabbits - they live in their holes near the clubhouse and they sound like hippies apart from one who speaks French

Diesel - a bull that chases dougie and the squirrels

Phillip Warner as

Naughty Monkey - a monkey who causes chaos

King Tiger - a yellow tiger whose favourite entertainment is the jelly belly dancers

The Chickens - they live in the hen house and enjoy watching episodes of a Spanish hospital drama

Grant Oxford as

The Mice - a team of three mice they leave the scene with the phrase Let's Bounce

Hoot - a round brown owl

Mole - a grey mole who has dreams of being a stunt-mole

Adam Longworth as

Lord Tarsier - a Tarsier with a Scottish accent

Timon the art mouse - a grey mouse that Roly describes as grumpy

Sheldon - a hedgehog who has an American accent

Mr Johnson - a crab married to a mute crab named Nigel

Eugene - a orange chipmunk that likes to eat acorns

The Delivery Chipmunk - a postman chipmunk who has difficulty pronouncing names

Laura and Agnes the two old deer

Lucy Montgomery as

Hennie - a tall sports-loving ostrich

Chew-Chew a lovable panda

Tina O'Brien as

Katrina - a pink flamingo and the lead swimmer of the flamingo swimming team

Buggy - a beetle who feels useless due to her small size

Other characters

Douglie Dougie's little nephew, voiced by Poppy Green and Charley Orchard.

Episodes

Series 1

The Tinsel Badge

It's Christmas time and Dougie is wrapping up all the presents to go underneath the Christmas tree.

The Drawing Badge

Dougie and the squirrels stay indoors because it's raining and they decide to do some drawing.

The Cake Badge

While playing outside Happy finds a cake in the field and eats it The owners of the cake, who turn out to be Rabbits are not very pleased with that.

The Hair Badge

The squirrels try to fix Dougie's hair.

The Summer Holiday Badge

The squirrels pack summer holiday stuff for a Pelican named Hawk who was migrating to find a summer vacation

The Rescue Badge

Dougie and the squirrels rescue Enid the cat who was stuck on a tree branch while chasing a mouse.

The Super-Squirrel Badge

Dougie and the squirrels play superheroes helping a little duck to find its family.

The Jam Badge

The Squirrels watch Dougie making a jar of jam when a monkey steals the barrel of fruits. The gang shares jam toasts with the monkey

The Treasure Hunt Badge

The Squirrels using a treasure map go on an adventure to find treasure to bring to Dougie. It turns out that the treasure was, *in fact*, located near the Clubhouse.

The Scarecrow Badge

To stop some birds which are Crows from eating Dougie's grain The Squirrels decide to build a scarecrow to scare the birds away. Betty Happy Cheesy and Tag help Dougie with the scarecrow while Roly keeps a close eye on the birds

The Funny Face Badge

Dougie and the Squirrels decide to cheer up their friend Hoot the round brown owl

The Bouncing Badge

Dougie puts up a bouncy castle for Tag on his birthday

The Leaf Badge

A weird noise is heard while Dougie and The Squirrels go for a walk in the woods while searching a leaf for Dougie

The Omelette Badge

Dougie wants to make omelettes but there are no eggs so Dougie and The Squirrels find the Chickens and get them to help

The Food Growing Badge