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"Sawdust Ring" is the twenty-fourth episode of Count Duckula and was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on February 28th 1989.

Summary[]

Count Duckula, Igor, and Nanny join the circus, only (in the end) to bring the house down (literally!) with their acts and two evil ex-performers, Maurice and Charlie.

Background Music Pieces[]

  • "I Say, I Say, I Say" by David Lindup
  • "Strange Goings-on" by Dick Walter
  • "Goodbye Rodney" by Peter Ross Winslow
  • "Clown's Cavalcade" by Dick Walter
  • "Stealth by Night" by Dick Walter
  • "Busy Little Bees" by Dick Walter
  • "Spotlight Sequins" by Keith Papworth

Trivia[]

  • Danger Mouse appears in this episode as one of the circus audience members.
  • The first gasp from the circus audience is reused for every instance after.

Credits[]

  • Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert
  • Narrator: Barry Clayton
  • Written by Jimmy Hibbert
  • Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
  • Music: Mike Harding
  • Design: Chris Randall, Margaret Riley, Paul Salmon, Vincent James, Dan Whitworth, Ed Williams, Andy Roper
  • Storyboard: John Stevenson
  • Layout: Tom Bailey
  • Animation: Philip Morris, Denise Heywood, Alastair Fell, Joe McCaffrey, John Offord, Les Brooksbank, Mark Povey, Adrian Bell, Mike Eames
  • Backgrounds: Beverly Bush, Barbara Alcock, Jon Doyle
  • Supervised by John Geering
  • Special Effects: Garry Owen, Murti Schofield, Roy Huckerby, Jackie Mitchell
  • Camera: Peter Kidd, Frank Hardie, Wendy Senior, Mark Sutton
  • Painting: Beverly Phillips, Yasodha Huckerby, Sue Halliwell, Joan Jones, Stefania Giani, Gloria Vassiliou, Lynn Hardie, Katie Nutter, Lesley White, Karl Scoble, Michael Lannigan, Joyce Flowers, Michelle Povey, Laura Cosgrove, Helen Michael, Sue Robson, Craig Whittle, Weston Samuels, Helen Smith
  • Supervised by Lorriane Thomas
  • Xerox: Andy McLoughlin, Tony McAleese, Joan Simmons, Don Geering
  • Line Test: Phil Atack
  • Production Controller: Chris Phillips, Bob Burrows, Simon White, Phil McMylor
  • Film Editor: Stephen Perry
  • Assistant Editor: Leo Casserly
  • Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner
  • Animation Director: Dan Whitworth
  • 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.

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