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Dig and Dug

Dig and Dug poster
Genre
children's television series, adventure television series
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Two clumsy construction workers named Dig and Dug get a job to finish in each short episode. The show teaches young children about how things are built, with a narrator telling the story.

whimsicalgentleeducationalplayfulbumblinglightheartedbritishslow-pacedanimated

What happens

Dig & Dug with Daisy is a British stop motion animated television series that was produced in the United Kingdom during 1993 by Dorling Kindersley (publishers of the Eyewitness Books Series). There are sixteen ten minute episodes, and the characters were created and the stories written by writer Richard Everett. The series was aired by Channel 4 in 1994. It aired on children's channels like Channel 5 from 2002 to 2004 and Tiny Pop from 2009 to 2011. The series is about two bumbling construction workers, Dig and Dug, who are given a task to accomplish over a five-minute short. Aside from using segments much like Laurel and Hardy shorts, the show also teaches children about construction. The show was narrated by George Layton. The animated series was created, produced and directed by Terry Ward M D at Flicks Films Ltd, Wardour Street, London. In 1996, Dorling Kindersley released a children's picture book titled Dig & Dug with Daisy, Trouble with Trucks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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