Hey Duggee
Hey Duggee is a British animated educational preschool television series aimed at 2 to 5 year olds. Created by Grant Orchard,[1] it is produced by Studio AKA in association with BBC Studios. The show is narrated by Alexander Armstrong.
| Hey Duggee | |
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| Genre | Pre-School |
| Created by | Grant Orchard |
| Starring | Alexander Armstrong Sander Jones |
| Voices of | Jasmine Bartholomew Poppie Boyes Ollie Chequer Duke Davis Bella Green Sander Jones Alfie Sanderson Leo Templer Dexter Varrall |
| Narrated by | Alexander Armstrong |
| Theme music composer | Oliver M.A. Knowles |
| Opening theme | Isn't It Time for Duggee? |
| Ending theme | Hey Duggee Theme (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 136 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Henrietta Hurford-Jones Jackie Edwards Sue Goffe |
| Producer | Janine Voong |
| Production location | Carl Graham |
| Cinematography | Michael Hatt |
| Editor | Anna Kubik |
| Camera setup | Gallery |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company | Studio AKA |
| Distributor | BBC Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies |
| Original release | 17 December 2014 – 7 December 2020 |
| External links | |
| Page from Studio AKA | |
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 had three series. It was first shown in December 2014. BBC and Studio AKA produced a second series in early 2016,[2] with the first episode airing in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016. A third series was commissioned in October 2017,[3] with the first episode due to be broadcast in Autumn 2018, but was pushed back to 4 March 2019. It aired until June 2020 with special episodes shown in December. The third series received increased acclaim and popularity amongst children and adults alike during the 2020 pandemic lockdowns.[4]
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,[5] and only the Duggee character uses any gradients. The frog character is a plain green triangle.
The production team consists of around 16 in-house animators, with six to eight scriptwriters.[5]
Characters
Main
- Narrator (voiced by Alexander Armstrong) – The narrator of the show.
- Duggee (voiced by Sander Jones) – A friendly big brown dog and the leader of the squirrel club.
- Betty (voiced by Jasmine Bartholomew) – A talkative and intelligent octopus.
- Norrie (voiced by Poppie Boyes series 1–2; Bella Green series 3–present) – A sweet-natured and curious mouse.
- Roly (voiced by Leo Templer series 1; Dexter Varrall series 2–present) – An enthusiastic, loud and hyperactive hippo.
- Tag (voiced by Alfie Sanderson series 1–2; Ollie Chequer series 3–present) – A gentle, clumsy blue rhino.
- Happy (voiced by Duke Davis) – A tall, easy-going crocodile, with a love of water and splashing in puddles.
Recurring
Sander Jones as
- Enid – Duggee's pet cat
- The Rabbits. They live in the field near the clubhouse and all sound similar like 1960's hippies, apart from one who speaks French.
- Diesel – An angry bull who often chases Duggee and the Squirrels.
Phillip Warner as
- Naughty Monkey – A monkey who loves to cause chaos.
- King Tiger – Local royalty whose favourite entertainment is the "jelly-belly dancers".
- The Chickens – Live in the hen-house and enjoy watching episodes of a Spanish hospital-drama
- The Mice – A gang of three trouble-making mice styled like a 50's biker gang; they usually leave the scene with the phrase "Let's bounce".
- Whooooo – The Shamanistic Owl
- Mole – A short-sighted animal who has dreams of being a stunt-mole.
Adam Longworth as
- Lord Fingal of Skye Castle – A Scottish Terrier with a Scottish accent and a kilt.
- Tino the Artistic Mouse – A perfectionist mouse whom Roly describes as grumpy.
- Hedgley – An African-American accented hedgehog.
- Mr (John) Crab – A dramatic orange crab. He is married to a mute crab named Nigel.
- Eugene – An anxious chipmunk involved in leading various theatrical events.
- The Delivery Chipmunk – A postman who has difficulty pronouncing names.
- Thora and Agnes, the two old deers – (Old Dear is a British term for an elderly lady, sometimes used derogatively).[6]
- Hennie – A tall, sports-loving ostrich.
- Chew Chew the Panda – A confectionery-loving panda.
- Katarina the Flamingo – The lead swimmer of a synchronised swimming team.
- Buggee – A small bug who feels useless due to her small size until the Squirrels show her otherwise.
- Peggee – A wildebeest who leads The Hummingbirds club. Unlike Duggee, she speaks in English.
Other characters
- The Hummingbirds – The other group of older animals in Jamboree, with their very own version of Duggee. Somehow, they are older than the squirrels. In Jamboree, these were Finbar and Merry (10 years old) (voiced by Charley Orchard) Chad (9 years old) (voiced by Bastian Varrall), Rochelle (11 years old) (voiced by Poppy Green) and Ottie/Otzi (12 years old) (voiced by Sean Orchard).
- Duglee – Duggee's little nephew, voiced by Poppy Green and Charley Orchard.
Merchandise and licensing deals
In the UK, the BBC Children's Books imprint published books based on the series.
Golden Bear Toys manufactures Hey Duggee toys sold in the UK.
In 2015, Hey Duggee was adapted into several videogame apps for mobile devices. These include:
- The Big Badge App
- The Big Outdoors App
- We Love Animals
- Colouring
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- The Counting Badge
- The Exploring App
- The Squirrels Club
- The Christmas Badge
As of May 2015, Jasnor holds the master toy licence in Australia and New Zealand.[7]
"The Stick Song"
"The Stick Song" premiered in the series 2 episode, Hey Duggee: The Stick Badge, which was first broadcast in the UK on 7 December 2017. Duggee and the Squirrels are making a campfire when Roly discovers one of his sticks can talk. The stick turns out to be a stick insect, and starts singing "stick" repeatedly to a catchy dance tune.
As of 2020, the song has been viewed over 7 million times on YouTube.[8] The track has been featured on BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Newsnight.[9] Many remixes have been produced, by both the BBC and others, including a heavy metal remix by children's heavy metal band "Slay Duggee".[10]
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 52 | 17 December 2014 | 15 June 2019 | ||
| 2 | 52 | 26 September 2016 | 10 July 2018 | ||
| 3 | 32 | 4 March 2019 | 7 December 2020 | ||
Series 1
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [11] | |
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| 1 | "The Tinsel Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 17 December 2014 (In advance) | |
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It's nearly Christmas time and Duggee is wrapping up all the presents to go underneath the Christmas tree. This episode was premiered in advance on 17 December 2014 as a Christmas special before the series' regular run. | |||||
| 2 | "The Drawing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 8 December 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels stay indoors because it is raining outside, and they decide to do some drawing. | |||||
| 3 | "The Cake Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 19 August 2016 | |
| While playing outside, Happy comes across a cake in a field and eats it. The owners of the cake, who turn out to be rabbits, are not very pleased with that. | |||||
| 4 | "The Hair Badge" | Grant Orchard | Myles McLeod | 13 October 2016 | |
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The Squirrels try to help fix Duggee's hair. Note: This is the first episode to center around the title character himself only. | |||||
| 5 | "The Summer Holiday Badge (or "The Summer Vacation Badge")" | Grant Orchard | Myles McLeod | 14 December 2016 | |
| The Squirrels pack summer holiday (summer vacation) stuff for a bird named Mawk, who was migrating to "find summer" just with a photo camera around his neck and a toothbrush in a suitcase. | |||||
| 6 | "The Rescue Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 26 August 2016 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels rescue Enid the cat, who was stuck on a tree branch while chasing a mouse. Note: This is the first episode to focus on Enid. | |||||
| 7 | "The Super Squirrel Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 6 September 2016 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels play superheroes, eventually helping a little duck to find its family. Note: Out of all the Squirrels, this episode (possibly) centers around Betty. | |||||
| 8 | "The Jam Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 14 August 2016 | |
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The Squirrels are watching Duggee making a jar of jam when a "naughty monkey" steals a barrel of fruits; the gang eventually share jam toasts with the monkey. Notes: This is, presumably, the first episode to focus on all 5 of the Squirrels. The badge shows an apple with Duggee's face on it. | |||||
| 9 | "The Treasure Hunt Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 23 July 2016 | |
| The Squirrels, using a treasure map, go on an adventure to find a treasure to bring to Duggee. It turns out that the treasure was, in fact, located near the Clubhouse. | |||||
| 10 | "The Scarecrow Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 15 October 2016 | |
| To stop some birds, which are crows, from eating Duggee's grain, the Squirrels decide to build a scarecrow in order to scare the birds away. Betty, Happy, Norrie, and Tag help Duggee with the scarecrow, while Roly keeps a close eye on the birds. | |||||
| 11 | "The Funny Face Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 9 October 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels decide to try and cheer up their friend Whoooooo the Shamanistic Owl. | |||||
| 12 | "The Bouncing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 20 August 2016 | |
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Duggee puts up a bouncy castle for Tag on his (Tag's) birthday. Note: Out of all the Squirrels, this episode focuses mostly on Tag due to the plot happening on his birthday. | |||||
| 13 | "The Leaf Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 28 August 2016 | |
| A weird noise is heard while Duggee and the Squirrels go for a walk in the woods while searching for a new leaf for Duggee. | |||||
| 14 | "The Omelette Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 28 January 2015 | |
| Duggee wants to make omelettes, but there are no eggs, so Duggee and the Squirrels need to find the chickens and get them to help. | |||||
| 15 | "The Food Growing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 29 January 2015 | |
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The Squirrels want to grow things after they see Duggee doing this as well. However, Happy doesn't think that his strawberry (which he had chosen to grow) will grow at all. Notes: This episode mostly centers around Happy. The badge has an onion with Duggee's face on it, just like the apple from 'The Jam Badge'. | |||||
| 16 | "The Paddling Pool Badge (or "The Wading Pool Badge)" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 29 January 2015 | |
| On a hot day, Duggee gets out his big paddling pool (wading pool). The Squirrels love paddling pools, especially Happy. | |||||
| 17 | "The Paper Boat Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 17 August 2016 | |
| The Squirrels learn how to make a paper boat from Duggee. They also do this in order to help some ants get to a picnic. | |||||
| 18 | "The Castle Badge" | Grant Orchard | Myles McLeod | 24 July 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels hear a spooky voice coming from a tower in a big castle. | |||||
| 19 | "The Show & Tell Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 30 July 2016 | |
| The Squirrels watch Duggee 'Show and Tell' something interesting, and then they decide to find their own things for Show and Tell, too. | |||||
| 20 | "The Rocking Horse Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 3 September 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels fix Bucky, Duggee's old rocking horse, and then the Squirrels play with him (Bucky). | |||||
| 21 | "The Get Well Soon Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 12 August 2016 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels (except Norrie) help other animals in trouble while the team heads to Norrie's house to give her a Get Well Soon card. Note: This episode centers around Norrie due to her being sick, despite her not being seen for most of the plot. | |||||
| 22 | "The Hiccup Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 18 July 2016 | |
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The Squirrels' friend, Worm, has the hiccups, so the Squirrels need to cure him, and as usual, they turn to Duggee for some help. Note: When the sheep baas and hiccuped, his fur poofs up like an umbrella, just like on his windy day. It was seen and heard 2 times before Roly brings him a glass of water. | |||||
| 23 | "The Maze Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 19 July 2016 | |
| The Squirrels create a maze from items they find in Duggee's workshop. However, their maze works too well when Duggee gets lost in it, so the Squirrels must find him. | |||||
| 24 | "The Acorn Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 29 August 2016 | |
| Duggee gets the Squirrels to gather acorns and give them, for free, to other animals, who are about to hibernate. | |||||
| 25 | "The Balloon Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 13 February 2015 | |
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Duggee shows off his balloon blowing skills to the Squirrels. They want the balloons, but Duggee 'tells' them that they are for Tino the Artistic Mouse on his (Tino's) birthday. Note: This episode centers around Tino due to the plot happening on his birthday. | |||||
| 26 | "The Rain Dance Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 5 September 2016 | |
| The Squirrels are taught a rain dance by Duggee in order to give his flowers water on a hot day. | |||||
| 27 | "The Hide and Seek Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 6 August 2016 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels play hide-and-seek. Duggee is the one seeking, and he manages to find all the Squirrels. All of them except Roly, that is. So that leaves only one question: Where could Roly be? Note: This episode centers mostly around Roly. | |||||
| 28 | "The Sheep Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 9 June 2015 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels must get 10 missing sheep back into their field after they (the sheep) appear in the Clubhouse. | |||||
| 29 | "The Spider Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 10 June 2015 | |
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A spider is discovered in the dressing-up box by Norrie. Note: This episode centers mostly around Norrie. | |||||
| 30 | "The We Love Animals Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 23 August 2016 | |
| The Squirrels want to find strokable animals after they see Duggee stroking Enid the cat. | |||||
| 31 | "The Snowman Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 12 June 2015 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels build a snowman. | |||||
| 32 | "The Decorating Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 15 June 2015 | |
| The Squirrels help Duggee to paint the Clubhouse. They all get some more help from Tino. | |||||
| 33 | "The Tidy Up Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 16 June 2015 | |
| It's time to clean up the Clubhouse, and Duggee has bought a new vacuum cleaner. | |||||
| 34 | "The Circus Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 17 June 2015 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels are excited by the arrival of the circus, but not when they find out it's a flea circus. | |||||
| 35 | "The Egg Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 18 June 2015 | |
| It's time for Chicken to lay her egg. She does, but when the egg runs away, the Squirrels must find it and give it back to Chicken. | |||||
| 36 | "The Puppy Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 19 June 2015 | |
| Duggly, Duggee's baby nephew, stays over at the Clubhouse. | |||||
| 37 | "The Cardboard Box Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 26 July 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels have fun with an old cardboard box that Duggee ordered. | |||||
| 38 | "The Caterpillar Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 23 June 2015 | |
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Tag befriends a very hungry caterpillar, and soon he decides to show the caterpillar to his friends. Note: This episode centers mostly around Tag. | |||||
| 39 | "The Sandcastle Badge" | Grant Orchard | Myles McLeod | 24 June 2015 | |
| Mr. Crab and his partner, Nigel, need help from Duggee and the Squirrels to build them a new home. The Squirrels manage to do this with their knowledge on building sandcastles. | |||||
| 40 | "The Football Badge (Also known as "The Soccer Badge")" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 13 February 2015 | |
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Innocent of the rules of association football, the Squirrels still want to play the game with Duggee. Note: In the American and Canadian versions of this episode, the sport is called Soccer, as opposed to its original title of Football (for which the sport is called in the rest of the world, and has little similarity to American football). | |||||
| 41 | "The Puppet Show Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 26 June 2015 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels want to show everyone their latest adventure by performing a puppet show. | |||||
| 42 | "The Birdwatching Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 27 July 2016 | |
| What better way to observe birds than using Duggee's binoculars? Duggee and the Squirrels look for more birds, but their bird sightings keep getting constantly, and unsurprisingly, spoiled by Roly. | |||||
| 43 | "The Big Parade Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 8 May 2017 | |
| After Eugene, the leader of the Big Parade, hurts his leg, Duggee and the Squirrels lend a hand (or paw). | |||||
| 44 | "The Be Careful Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 28 July 2016 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels rescue Naughty Monkey after he falls into a hole. Note: This episode centers around Naughty Monkey, making this his most recognizable major role. | |||||
| 45 | "The First Aid Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 15 June 2019 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels give first aid to Tag after he hurts his knee. Note: This episode centers around Tag due to him hurting his knee. | |||||
| 46 | "The Bubble Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 10 May 2017 | |
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Happy has trouble blowing bubbles with Duggee and the rest of the Squirrels. Note: This episode centers around Happy. | |||||
| 47 | "The Submarine Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 20 May 2017 | |
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It's a day out for Duggee and the Squirrels as they go on an underwater adventure with Betty's dad in his submarine. Note: This is the first, and currently only, episode where one of the Squirrels' parents (Betty's in this case) plays a big role in it. | |||||
| 48 | "The Detective Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 29 July 2016 | |
| Duggee puts his homemade apple pie on the windowsill to cool down, but then it disappears. Who took it? Can the Squirrels find out? They'll have to be good detectives in order to solve this mystery. | |||||
| 49 | "The Sewing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 4 November 2017 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels are sewing ponchos when they hear a loud noise. They must investigate and find out what the noise is. | |||||
| 50 | "The Surprise Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 9 November 2017 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels have bought Hennie a present for her birthday. But before they surprise her, they need to wrap it up. Note: This episode centers around Hennie due to the plot happening on her birthday. | |||||
| 51 | "The Teddy Bear Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 7 August 2016 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels take their teddy bears on a picnic, where they meet a real bear who wants a teddy too, so she can join in. | |||||
| 52 | "The Story Badge" | Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard | 11 November 2017 | |
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The Squirrels tire themselves out with all their activities, so Duggee suggests they take a break and listen to a story. Note: This episode focuses on all 6 main characters. This is one of the many episodes to do this. Also, this episode features many different "flashbacks" from past episodes. | |||||
Series 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [11] | |
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| 53 | 1 | "The Making Music Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 11 November 2017 | |
| When the Squirrels find Duggee playing a saxophone, they want to have a go too. | ||||||
| 54 | 2 | "The Whistling Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 13 November 2017 | |
| The Squirrels want to learn how to whistle. | ||||||
| 55 | 3 | "The Shape Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 18 November 2017 | |
| The Squirrels play a shape matching game but it might rain so they decide to go inside. Norrie is worried about the animals getting wet so they try and find places to keep them dry. | ||||||
| 56 | 4 | "The Juice Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 18 November 2017 | |
| Duggee makes the Squirrels juice from fresh fruit in the garden where they meet Buggee, a little bug, who hates being too small. | ||||||
| 57 | 5 | "The Footprint Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 25 November 2017 | |
| The Squirrels are playing hide and seek but they can't find Happy. Duggee can though – he follows Happy's footprints. | ||||||
| 58 | 6 | "The Fossil Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 20 November 2017 | |
| The Squirrels are digging in the garden when they find a fossil, so Duggee and the Narrator explain all about fossils and prehistoric times. | ||||||
| 59 | 7 | "The Treehouse Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 25 November 2017 | |
| Duggee is cleaning the clubhouse so the Squirrels take refuge in the treehouse, but it's getting a little bit cramped these days. | ||||||
| 60 | 8 | "The Kite Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 2 December 2017 | |
| It's a windy day and the Squirrels want to play outside. Duggee is flying his kite. The Squirrels make their own kites. | ||||||
| 61 | 9 | "The Tadpole Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 14 January 2018 | |
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Duggee has made a rock pool, a place of calm for all the animals. The Squirrels spot the strangest things – wriggling dots with tails. Note: This is the first episode of 2018 in the US. | ||||||
| 62 | 10 | "The Honey Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 2 December 2017 | |
| Duggee's made some delicious pancakes, but the clubhouse is out of honey. Time for the bees to get busy! | ||||||
| 63 | 11 | "The Pottery Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 13 December 2017 | |
| Duggee is having a cup of tea in his favourite cup when Roly surprises him with a very loud PEEK-A-BOO! It is so loud that Duggee jumps and drops his cup which shatters into pieces. Time for a bit of pottery. | ||||||
| 64 | 12 | "The Teamwork Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 15 December 2017 | |
| A big box of bits and pieces is delivered to the Clubhouse and the Squirrels are very excited. Duggee and the Squirrels will have to work very hard to put it all together, so it's time for a bit of teamwork. | ||||||
| 65 | 13 | "The Dancing Bug Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 22 January 2018 | |
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When a dancing bug lands on Duggee's head, he can't stop dancing. The Squirrels see that it's a tiny hillbilly bug with a fiddle. Note: Series 2 was put on a hiatus from 2016. It took seven months until episode 14 aired. | ||||||
| 66 | 14 | "The Train Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 25 April 2018 | |
| Duggee is playing with his train set. Choo-choo! It's amazing! The Squirrels are curious and want to know all about it. Duggee explains that it is a toy but it works exactly like a real train. Hennie arrives and she has a train too. The Squirrels ask if they can play with it. Hennie points out that "you can't play with it; you can play IN it." All aboard! | ||||||
| 67 | 15 | "The Pizza Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 16 March 2018 | |
| The Squirrels help Duggee try out his new outdoor pizza oven. Duggee makes the bases, then the Squirrels each put on all the toppings they like best. Some of their combinations are... interesting. | ||||||
| 68 | 16 | "The Medicine Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 23 January 2018 | |
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Duggee loses his voice. The Squirrels want to make him feel better. Duggee tries to tell them that he needs some water, but the Squirrels don't quite understand, so they ask all the other animals for advice. Does anyone have the answer? Note: This is the first time a squirrel says a badge instead of the narrator. | ||||||
| 69 | 17 | "The Camping Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 1 November 2017 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels are going camping and they need to find somewhere to pitch their tent. Unfortenanly it's not as easy as they thought it would be. They all work together and finally get settled. But Tag realises he can't sleep without his teddy, and Happy would like a glass of water. Suddenly Duggee is up and down and in and out of the tent getting everything the Squirrels need. In fact, Duggee works so hard that he's the first to fall asleep. | ||||||
| 70 | 18 | "The Making Friends Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 12 March 2018 | |
| The Squirrels are off for a jamboree to make some new friends, play games and have a picnic. They meet another group of animals who are years older than the squirrels, with their very own version of Duggee but everything they do is different – even Roly finds one of them too loud! | ||||||
| 71 | 19 | "The River Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 18 April 2018 | |
| Duggee has a package that needs delivering right to the other end of the river, a long way from the Clubhouse. It looks like the Squirrels are going to have a day out on the boat. Good thing Duggee has his river badge. | ||||||
| 72 | 20 | "The Yoga Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 24 January 2018 | |
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It's one of those days. The Squirrels have arrived and they're all a little bit hyped up with bundles of energy. Things are starting to get a bit frantic and Duggee needs to calm them all down. Fortunately, he has his yoga badge. Note: The series was put on a hiatus again due CBeebies switchingd programming with BBC. | ||||||
| 73 | 21 | "The Collecting Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 15 March 2018 | |
| Duggee is cleaning his biscuit tin collection, one of the many things he collects. The Squirrels are inspired to start their own collections. They busy themselves doing the collecting bit, and then display their precious things in the Clubhouse. The Squirrels have made many great collections, but Tag has the best one of them all: things that make him happy. | ||||||
| 74 | 22 | "The Shadow Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 27 October 2017 | |
| The sun is se,tting, and the Squirrels are sitting on the sofa. They've had a very busy day. Suddenly, all the lights go out! There's been a power cut (or a power outage). The Squirrels can't see anything. Thank goodness Duggee has got his torch (flashlight) – and he has torches (flashlights) for everyone. | ||||||
| 75 | 23 | "The Theatre Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 21 March 2018 | |
| Tino and Eugene are having a disagreement about an amateur dramatic show they want to put on. One wants an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza, while the other wants a serious drama. Can Duggee and the Squirrels help them get something ready to perform? | ||||||
| 76 | 24 | "The Memory Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 25 January 2018 | |
| Happy discovers his wobbly tooth has come out, but he's lost it! | ||||||
| 77 | 25 | "The Going Slow Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 25 January 2018 | |
| The Squirrels are rushing around, so Duggee shows them how to take a slower pace. | ||||||
| 78 | 26 | "The Obstacle Course Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 18 May 2018 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels compete in the annual Animal Obstacle Course Race. | ||||||
| 79 | 27 | "The Spooky Badge" | Grant Orchard | Myles McLeod | style="background: #DDF; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|TBA | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels try to find out what's making spooky footprints all over the place. They track what seems to be a ghost...then discover it's actually only a sheep with a sheet over it. | ||||||
| 80 | 28 | "The Space Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 26 January 2018 | |
| The Squirrels take a pretend ride through space after looking through Duggee's telescope. They discover many things including that there are no playgrounds, bouncy castles, treehouses or paddling pools (wading pools) in space. Roly is especially unhappy that there are no toilets in space. | ||||||
| 81 | 29 | "The Harvest Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 22 March 2018 | |
| The Squirrels help Duggee out with a big harvest. Then, when Duggee's tractor breaks down, the Squirrels find help from all the other animals. | ||||||
| 82 | 30 | "The Colour Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 14 March 2018 | |
| The Squirrels help out Duggee with his colouring book. But Duggee only has six coloured paints, which means that everyone will have to mix colours together to get secondary colours like orange, cyan and purple, or "Blammo", "Lemonberry", and "Fizzysip" as the Squirrels name them. | ||||||
| 83 | 31 | "The Stick Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones and Diggy Hicks-Little | 9 July 2018 | |
| The Squirrels help with collected wood for a campfire, but their first efforts are wood which is still useful (a spoon, a cane, a door, a tennis racket and some washing pegs). While looking for some twigs that have fallen on the ground, Roly finds a stick that looks suspiciously like an insect. The stick insect performs a Euro-pop song for them too. | ||||||
| 84 | 32 | "The Voice Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 30 July 2018 | |
| When the Squirrels start talking to each other in the wrong voices, it's clear something has gone awry. | ||||||
| 85 | 33 | "The Island Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 10 July 2018 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels are doing a bit of sailing, but when they stop at an island for lunch, they find their food is missing! | ||||||
| 86 | 34 | "The Sleeping Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 13 July 2018 | |
| Tag can't sleep, so Duggee tells him a few tricks that other animals use to get to sleep. | ||||||
| 87 | 35 | "The Brave Banana Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 11 July 2018 | |
| It's a stormy day, and the Squirrels are scared of all the thunder and lightning. Well, all of them except Roly, at first. Fortunately, Duggee knows how to help the Squirrels overcome their fears. They just need to go to their happy places, just like Duggee did when he himself was scared. | ||||||
| 88 | 36 | "The Water Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 24 September 2018 | |
| Happy lets a tap drip, wasting water. The Squirrels think water is limitless, and they explain where they think it comes from. | ||||||
| 89 | 37 | "The Traffic Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 12 July 2018 | |
| Duggee is taking the Squirrels to the lake, but many other animals have had the same idea. To make things worse, this leads to a traffic jam. | ||||||
| 90 | 38 | "The Dressing Up Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 17 July 2018 | |
| It's Enid's birthday. She doesn't like surprises or cakes, so Duggee and the Squirrels decide to throw her a dressing up party. But how can they do that? | ||||||
| 91 | 39 | "The Getting On Badge (or "The Getting Along Badge")" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 22 October 2018 | |
| Fox, Badger, Mole, Vole and Worm are not getting on (getting along). Can Duggee and the Squirrels suggest ways that they can all live peacefully? This episode contains two rare scenes rendered in 3-D. | ||||||
| 92 | 40 | "The Wedding Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 18 May 2019 | |
| There is another royal wedding taking place between King Tiger and Chew Chew. All guests are required to bring fruit and wear hats (although Roly just puts a bucket on his head). The Squirrels help to create a new ensemble for Chew Chew when she gets trapped in a bush and rips her wedding dress. Duggee catches the bouquet.....[12] | ||||||
| 93 | 41 | "The Grandparents Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 23 October 2018 | |
| Today, it's "Bring Your Grandparents to Squirrel Club" Day. | ||||||
| 94 | 42 | "The Organizing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Ian Skelton | 24 October 2018 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels reorganize everything in the clubhouse, and outside too. | ||||||
| 95 | 43 | "The Looking After Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 25 October 2018 | |
| There's a hot air balloon outside the Clubhouse. Someone is going on an adventure! | ||||||
| 96 | 44 | "The Comedy Badge" | Grant Orchard | Danny Stack | 26 October 2018 | |
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When Tag hurts his knee (again), the Squirrels decide laughter is the best medicine, according to Happy's mum. But none of their plans to make Tag laugh seem to work, until Duggee helps by doing something completely unexpected. Note: This is the second episode where Tag hurts his knee, the first one being "The First Aid Badge." | ||||||
| 97 | 45 | "The Singing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 7 October 2020 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels go on a long, tiring walk through the countryside. Note: At 17 months between the USA broadcast of the previous episode and this one, the USA premiere of this one marks the largest gap between USA premieres of Hey Duggee episodes on the Nick Jr channel. | ||||||
| 98 | 46 | "The Playing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 31 March 2020 | |
| Naughty Monkey's cousins come to visit him. But they turn out to be even naughtier than Naughty Monkey himself! | ||||||
| 99 | 47 | "The Party Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 1 April 2020 | |
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There's a parcel for Duggee, but why is it wrapped up like a present? Note: This episode might have taken place on 17 December, which is the birthday of the show's title character and also when the series began in 2014. | ||||||
| 100 | 48 | "The Tour Guide Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 24 March 2020 | |
| In the 100th episode of Hey Duggee, Gerbie the snake is on holiday (vacation) and would like to see all the beautiful sights. | ||||||
| 101 | 49 | "The Sailing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 30 March 2020 | |
| A giant, regal sailing ship runs aground on the beach, so the Squirrels go to investigate. | ||||||
| 102 | 50 | "The Key Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 30 March 2020 | |
| Roly digs up a key in the graden, but what does it do? | ||||||
| 103 | 51 | "The Fashion Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 25 March 2020 | |
| Duggee's uniform is getting old and worn out. It's time he made himself a new outfit. | ||||||
| 104 | 52 | "The Glasses Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 6 May 2020 | |
| Mole is sad that he couldn't pursue his childhood dream because his vision is too fuzzy. | ||||||
Series 3
This series aired episodes every day at 12:00 pm on the CBeebies channel instead of on the morning block. It was the first to feature new voice actors included in the episode particle. There was also a new theme song.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [11] | |
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| 105 | 1 | "The Being Quiet Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 2 April 2020 | |
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Duggee and the Squirrels go on an adventure to find a famous shy creature. Note: This is the first episode where Roly, Tag, Happy, Betty, and Norrie are no longer voiced by either Jasmine Bartholomew, Poppie Boyes, Leo Templer, Alfie Sanderson, or Duke Davis. Instead, they're voiced by Bella Green, Dexter Vetrall, Ollie Chequer, Arman Spencer, and David Korcz for the rest of the series. | ||||||
| 106 | 2 | "The Duck Badge" | Grant Orchard | Julia Kent | 26 March 2020 | |
| The clubhouse is suddenly inhabited with baby ducklings who think that Norrie is their mum. | ||||||
| 107 | 3 | "The Tooth Brushing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 9 May 2020 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels meet a lion, who has unfortunate bad breath. | ||||||
| 108 | 4 | "The Camouflage Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 16 May 2020 | |
| The Squirrels meet a chameleon named Cosey and learn all about blending into surroundings. | ||||||
| 109 | 5 | "The Get Indoors Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 27 May 2020 | |
| A weather forecast warning from Duggee's barometer leads the Squirrels to round up all the animals. | ||||||
| 110 | 6 | "The Day Off Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 23 May 2020 | |
| It's Duggee's day off from school, but the Squirrels show up at his clubhouse anyway to tell him all about their great adventures. | ||||||
| 111 | 7 | "The Pen Pal Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 11 May 2020 | |
| Duggee arranges for the Squirrels to write to some pen pals. | ||||||
| 112 | 8 | "The Big Day Out Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 1 June 2020 | |
| In an episode adaptation of the Hey Duggee Live show from the CBeebies Land theme park at Alton Towers Resort, Duggee takes the Squirrels and their parents (except for Roly's dad, since Roly took his grandpa) on an exciting mystery trip. | ||||||
| 113 | 9 | "The Tree Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 15 September 2020 | |
| Duggee helps the Squirrels learn about the many wonderful things that trees can do for the various creatures around them. | ||||||
| 114 | 10 | "The Cheese Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Walsh | 18 June 2020 | |
| In a parody of Stranger Things, Duggee and the Squirrels go on an epic mission to contain an outbreak. | ||||||
| 115 | 11 | "The Radio Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 2 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels find some of Duggee's old radio equipment and decide to start their own radio program. | ||||||
| 116 | 12 | "The Opposites Badge" | Grant Orchard | Julia Ken | 29 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels learn about what opposites are with the help of some topsy turvy animal friends. | ||||||
| 117 | 13 | "The Breakfast Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 15 June 2020 | |
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Tag is feeling grumpy this morning because he didn't eat his breakfast but Duggee fortunately knows how to help him out. Note 1: This is the second episode where one of the Squirrels does not show up at Duggee's clubhouse during the theme song. The first was "The Get Well Soon Badge" in which Norrie couldn't make it because she was feeling sick that day. Note 2: This is the first episode where the theme song focuses on the squirrels staying at the clubhouse but shows various scenes of series 3. | ||||||
| 118 | 14 | "The Family Photo Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 3 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels learn that friends can be like family and decide to take a brilliant group photo together! | ||||||
| 119 | 15 | "The Future Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Henry | 18 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels are taken to the future by Duggee using a time machine which involves looking at what the future has to offer such as meeting a robot replica of Duggee and other strange sights. | ||||||
| 120 | 16 | "The Philosophy Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 4 June 2020 | |
| Tino the Artistic Mouse inspires Duggee and the Squirrels to think about daily life's most biggest and toughest questions that have never been answered before or since. | ||||||
| 121 | 17 | "The Sharing Badge" | Grant Orchard | Evgenia Golubeva1 | 26 June 2020 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels bake a pie and learn how to share by dividing things equally. | ||||||
| 122 | 18 | "The History Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jo Clegg | 5 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels get a special history lesson from Duggee and some faces from the past. | ||||||
| 123 | 19 | "The Art Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sophie Dutton | 4 July 2020 | |
| The Squirrels learn about art while making pieces for Tino's Woodland Biennale. | ||||||
| 124 | 20 | "The Crazy Golf Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 8 June 2020 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels practice their golf in pursuit of a round of milkshakes. | ||||||
| 125 | 21 | "The Mystery Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Walsh | 29 August 2020 | |
| The Squirrels go to a fancy party at King Tiger's house and become embroiled in a mystery. | ||||||
| 126 | 22 | "The Election Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sam Morrison | 25 June 2020 | |
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Eugene is retiring from running as leader of the annual summer fair and he needs somebody else to take over and replace him. Duggee and the Squirrels suggest they hold an election to make things fair. Note: This episode aired on the date of the 2019 UK General Election. | ||||||
| 127 | 23 | "The Mixtape Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 13 July 2020 | |
| The Squirrels are exploring in the attic when they find an old cassette tape.They decide to make a mixtape compilation video for Duggee to show and remind him of about all of the happy memories that they have made over the past six years and all the fun times they had while earning their badges. | ||||||
| 128 | 24 | "The Taste Badge" | Grant Orchard | Julia Kent | 17 July 2020 | |
| Duggee is busy making a smoothie and the Squirrels cannot agree or decide on whether the smoothies are delicious and tasty or horrible and disgusting. So they decide to make their own adventurous smoothies showcasing their favorite flavors to discover what the sense of taste is. | ||||||
| 127 | 25 | "The Biology Badge" | Grant Orchard | James Walsh | 10 June 2020 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels take a hop onto the Biology Bus and miniaturize themselves in order for them to go on an epic voyage of discovery inside of Enid the Cat to find out what is making her cough. | ||||||
| 130 | 26 | "The Puddle Badge" | Grant Orchard | Phillip Warner | 10 June 2020 | |
| Happy sets his sights onto a very questionable puddle that he is determined to make a splash in. Unfortunately, this causes much horror and terror for Duggee, the other Squirrels and the animals that live inside of that said puddle. | ||||||
| 131 | 27 | "The Game Show Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sander Jones | 13 August 2020 | |
| The Squirrels have finished playing all of their board games. So Duggee entertains them by putting on a game show with some help hosting from his good friend Ladybug. | ||||||
| 132 | 28 | "The Round Up Badge" | Grant Orchard | TBA | 11 June 2020 | |
| Duggee and the Squirrels are on the trails of a lost herd of cattle cows with the support of Duggee and his old western pal Rodeo Horse who teaches them how to be cowhands. | ||||||
| 134 | 30 | "The Topiary Badge" | Grant Orchard | Jenny Landreth | 23 June 2020 | |
| When the Squirrels see Duggee practicing his amazing and impressive topiary skills, thy are keen to try some of their own and promptly put all of their new talents into practice in order for them to tame some very wild and angry woods. | ||||||
| 135 | 31 | "The A Cappella Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sophie Dutton | 12 June 2020 | |
| The Squirrels are inspired to learn about how to sing a cappella style, a type of music genre which means performing songs together only using voices and sounds made with their mouths with no instruments like guitars, piano or drums involved. They are inspired to do this after they have just finished listening to a famous bird barbershop quartet singing in a nearby tree above them. | ||||||
| 136 | 32 | "The Parenting in 2020 Badge" | Grant Orchard | Sophie Dutton | TBA | |
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During the holiday season, the Squirrels try to inspire Duggee's friend Clarence who has unfortunately lost and forgotten about his Christmas cheer. Note: a few days before this episode, a two-minute episode, premiering on Facebook, celebrated parents during lockdown.[13] | ||||||
Reception
Stuart Heritage, writing in The Guardian, described the series as being "peerless."[14] Elements of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) complained on social media about "The Dressing-Up Badge". In the episode, Roly dresses up as a firefighter, but is described as being a fireman, which the LFB described as being "outdated" and [that] the term "‘Firefighter’ is the preferred respectful, inclusive, non-sexist, non-gendered term that should be being widely used by all media but especially the BBC [sic].[15]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Annecy International Animated Film Festival | TV Series[16] | For "The Rescue Badge" | Nominated |
| 2015 | BAFTA: Children's | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Nominated |
| 2016 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Kids: Preschool | Nominated | |
| 2016 | BAFTA: Children's | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won |
| 2017 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Kids: Preschool | Won | |
| 2017 | Emile Awards | Best Background and character design in a TV/Broadcast Production | Won | |
| 2018 | BAFTA: Children's | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won |
| 2019 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Best Preschool Program | Won | |
| 2019 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Won | |
| 2019 | Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Preschool | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Hey Duggee | Won[17] |
| Best Voice Talent | Won[17] | |||
| Best Design | Won[17] | |||
| Best Music | Won[17] | |||
| 2021 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Hey Duggee | Pending[18] |
References
- "Brand new children's series Hey Duggee launches on ABC Kids Australian Channel". BBC Media Centre. 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- Jamila Atta (16 February 2016). "Global Children's Hit 'Hey Duggee' to return to CBeebies for a Second Series". BBC. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- BBC Worldwide (2 October 2017). "More Duggee Hugs Are Coming! BBC Worldwide and CBeebies commission Series Three of the award-winning pre-school series Hey Duggee". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- Tim Jonze (5 August 2020). "Hey Duggee: how a cult CBeebies show became the surprise TV smash of lockdown". The Guardian.
- INTERVIEW: 'Hey Duggee' Creator Grant Orchard On Creating An Unconventional Preschool Show, Cartoon Brew, 28 February 2017, retrieved 20 April 2017
- Ditum, Sarah (29 February 2012). "Who are you calling 'old dear'? Why language about elderly people matters | Sarah Ditum". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- "BBC – BBC Worldwide signs Jasnor as Hey Duggee partner for Australia & New Zealand – Media Centre".
- "Hey Duggee – The Stick Song – 5 MINUTE LOOP". Hey Duggee Official.
- "How the 'Stick Song' got toddlers moving and started a baby rave craze/". iNews.
- "STICK SONG (Heavy Metal) by SLAY DUGGEE". Slay Duggee.
- "Hey Duggee". TVGuide.com.
- Cherry-Becker, Frances (17 May 2018). "BBC – Hey Duggee cordially invites you to celebrate King Tiger's Royal Wedding on CBeebies on 19 May at 7.25am – Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "Special Hey Duggee episode to celebrate parental resilience in lockdown". The Irish News. 30 November 2020.
- Heritage, Stuart (5 January 2018). "Do British children really need saving from YouTube and Netflix?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- Moir, Sophia (4 January 2018). "BBC accused of sexism for using the word fireman on CBeebies show Hey Duggee". Metro. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- CITIA, ©. "Annecy > Programme > Index".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- de Wit, Alex (12 February 2020). "Kidscreen Awards 2020 Winners Include 'Hey Duggee,' 'Bob's Burgers,' 'Angela's Christmas' – The Complete Winners List". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- Dickson, Jeremy (23 November 2020). "Who's up for a Kidscreen Award?". Kidscreen. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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