Dig and Dug

Dig and Dug was a stop motion animated television series produced in the United Kingdom during 1993 by Dorling Kindersley (makers of the Eyewitness Books Series). There are 16 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.

It was about two bumbling construction workers (Dig and Dug), who were given a task to accomplish over a 5-minute short. Aside from using segments much-like Laurel and Hardy shorts, the show also taught children about construction. The show was narrated by George Layton.

Major characters

• Dig: Dig is Dug's fellow companion, young, tall and skinny in appearance. Despite being eager, hard-working, and ready for the job, he is quite naive, can be easily frightened, and is inexperienced. This can often lead to comical predicaments! However, little by little, Dig is starting to learn a little bit more about machinery and construction.
• Dug: Dug is Dig's fellow co-worker. He is stumpy, a little bit older than Dig, a bit more experienced with machinery, but just as bumbling and naive. Dug often controls (or tries to control) the assignments given to him and Dig, but his clumsiness often gets the two of them into trouble. He can even make little, fixable problems become huge and serious.
• Farmer Stubble: Farmer Stubble lives at Merryweather Farm. He appeared as a main character in the first four episodes, 'The New Tractor', 'Turnips in the Lane', 'Fencing the Field' and 'Trouble at the Haybarn.' His first name is revealed to be Ernest and his wife's name is Mildred. Mrs. Stubble also appeared in 'The New Tractor' and 'Trouble at the Haybarn' but in 'Turnips in the Lane' and 'Fencing the Field' Farmer Stubble appeared without her. However the two of them appeared in 'Night Patrol' and Ernest also appeared in 'The New Office'. They even appeared in flashbacks from the first two episodes seen in 'The 100th Tractor' when Dug was telling the Mayoress about several adventures that he and Dig had been on earlier while taking her to the tractor factory.
• Mr. Rubble- Dig and Dug's building site boss. The only four episodes he appeared in were 'Mrs. Sparkle's Shed', 'Cement Pudding', 'Mr. Rubble's Wall' and 'Daisy's Kite'.
• Mr. MacAdam: Mr. MacAdam is Dig and Dug's boss of the Roadworks site. He is very good with machinery and construction, but a closer look reveals that Mr. MacAdam is almost just as clumsy and bumbling as Dig and Dug himself. He talks in a Scottish accent. The only four episodes he appeared in were 'Night Patrol'. 'Nowhere to Park', 'The Giant Molehill' and 'Race to the Finish'.
• Mr. Packet: Mr Packet is Dig and Dug's manager of the tractor factory and talks in a Welsh accent. he can discover voices inside the factory. he can deal with thing such as Oswald behaving badly, his new office arriving late making him feel upset and worried, solve Oswald's problem by 'saying he has run out of paint' on the day of the 100th Tractor. The only four episodes he appeared in were 'All Hooked Up', 'Owsald Misbehaves', 'The New Office' and 'The 100th Tractor'.
• Daisy: Daisy is Dug's long-suffering niece. She is smarter than the two construction workers put together, so this allows her and her Aunt Beth to solve almost any problem that Dig and Dug cannot solve at all.

Episodes

• The New Tractor
• The Turnip Mountain
• Farmer Stubble's Fence
• The Haybarn
• Mr Sparkle's Shed
• Cement Pudding
• Mr Rubble's Wall
• Daisy's Kite
• Night Patrol
• Nowhere to Park
• A Giant Molehill
• The Tunnel Opening
• All Hooked up
• Oswald Misbehaves
• The New Office
• The 100th Tractor

Theme Song

Dig and Dug in a little yellow truck are Daisy's favourite friends,
driving here and driving there to fetch and fix and mend,
watch them work together, helping out in style
always at the ready with a spanner and a smile
Dig and Dug and Daisy too bring a smile to you
Daisy may be somewhere near thinking up a plan
wondering how to help them out and lend a friendly hand
Dig and Dug and Daisy too bring a smile to you

References

• http://www.richardeverett.co.uk - The official website of writer Richard Everett