Doctor Snuggles

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Dr. Snuggles
Dr. Snuggles
Genre	Animated sitcom
Creator(s)	Jeffrey O'Kelly
Starring	John Challis Olwen Griffiths Peter Ustinov
Country of origin	United Kingdom/Germany/The Netherlands
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV in the United Kingdom
Original run	October 1, 1979 – 1980
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Doctor Snuggles is an animated series about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles who has unusual adventures with his friends in a slightly psychedelic world. The show featured fantastical scenarios which usually involved Doctor Snuggles inventing something outlandish such as a robot helper or diamond-making machine, and had a variety of supporting characters who were mostly anthropomorphic animals.

1 Production
2 Plot Summary
3 Episodes
4 DVD Release
5 External links

[edit] Production

The show was a co-production between British, German and Dutch producers and was originally released as two separate English and German language versions. 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 featured original artwork by Nick Price, original scripts and ideas by Jeffrey O'Kelly, and television scripts by Richard Carpenter. Two episodes (#7 and #12) were written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, both dealing with ecological issues.

In the UK the show featured as part of the Watch It! strand for children on the ITV network. In the United States, the series aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and in Ontario, Canada, on TVO.

[edit] Plot Summary

The show followed the adventures of Doctor Snuggles, a kind old gentleman who lives in a comfortable home with his elderly housekeeper, Mrs. Nettles. Doctor Snuggles spends most of his time inventing, and throughout the series creates: a housekeeping robot in, a wormmobile, a machine to restore the colours of the rainbow, a gadget to fight depression and a time machine, amongst others.

[edit] Episodes

The Fabulous Mechanical Mathilda Junkbottom
The Astounding Treacle Tree
The Spectacular Rescue of Miss Nettles
The Unbelievable Wormmobile
The Sensational Balloon Race
The Magical Multicoloured Diamond
The Remarkable Fidgety River
The Fearful Miscast Spell of Winnie the Witch
The Extraordinary Odd Dilemma Of Dennis the Badger
The Wondrous Powers of the Magic Casket
The Turn of Events with the Unwelcome Invaders
The Great Disappearing Mystery
The Amazing Reflective Myth

[edit] DVD Release

On July 4, 2005 Firefly Entertainment released Doctor Snuggles on DVD in Region 2 for the very first time. The 4-Disc boxset entitled: Doctor Snuggles - The Complete Collection features all 13 episodes of the series. Unfortunately the series has yet to be released in Region 1.