Production
The show was a co-production between British and Dutch producers. The animation was primarily done by two studios, Topcraft in Japan and DePatie-Freleng in USA. English, Dutch, German and Spanish language versions exist, among others. In the English language version the title character was narrated by veteran actor Peter Ustinov. The show debuted in 1980, and consisted of thirteen half-hour episodes.
The show was based on original artwork by British illustrator Nick Price, original scripts and ideas by Jeffrey O'Kelly, and television scripts for each episode by Richard Carpenter and John Halas. Two episodes (#7 and #12) were written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, both dealing with ecological issues. Episode 9 was written by Loek Kessels.
In the UK the show featured as part of the Watch It! strand for children on the ITV network and later got repeated on Channel 4. In the United States, the series aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and in Ontario, Canada, on TVO. It also aired on the ABC in Australia and ran from 1982 to 1991.
The Dutch dubbing was directed by Frans Voordrecht, by with voices by Jules Croiset, Trudy Libosan, Dick Scheffer and Rupert van Woerkom.
A German dubbed version was also produced, starring Walter Jokisch as Doctor Snuggles, produced by the Bavaria Atelier GmbH, that premiered in June 1981.
The Swedish version features John Harryson and the French version Roger Carel as Doctor Snuggles.
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