Editing Count Duckula (section)

{{Short description|Animated television series, 1988–1993}}
{{distinguish|text=the unrelated 1979 cartoon also based around a vampire duck, [[Quacula]]}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Count duckula titles.jpg
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Black comedy]]
* [[Comedy horror]]
* [[Dark fantasy]]
}}
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brian Cosgrove]]
* [[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]]
}}
| based_on             = {{based on|''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]''|Brian Cosgrove|Mark Hall}}
| director             = {{Plainlist|
* Carlos Alfonso
* Chris Randall
* Keith Scoble 
}}
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* [[David Jason]]
* [[Jack May]]
* [[Brian Trueman]]
* [[Jimmy Hibbert]]
* Barry Clayton
* [[Ruby Wax]]
}}
| narrated             = Barry Clayton
| opentheme            = "Count Duckula" by [[Mike Harding]]
| endtheme             = "Count Duckula" by Mike Harding
| composer             = Mike Harding
| country              = United Kingdom
| num_series           = 4
| num_episodes         = 65
| list_episodes        = List of Count Duckula episodes
| executive_producer   = [[John Hambley (producer)|John Hambley]]
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* Brian Cosgrove
* Mark Hall
}}
| runtime              = 22 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cosgrove Hall Films|Cosgrove Hall Productions]]
* [[Thames Television]]
}}
| network              = [[ITV1|ITV]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1988|9|6|df=yes}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1993|2|16|df=yes}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]''
* ''[[Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime]]''
}}
}}

'''''Count Duckula''''' is a British [[children's television series|children's animated comedy horror television series]] created by British studio [[Cosgrove Hall Films|Cosgrove Hall Productions]] and produced by [[Thames Television]] as a spin-off of ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', a series in which an early version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/54/mode/2up/ |pages=55–57}}</ref> ''Count Duckula'' aired from 6 September 1988 to 16 February 1993 across four series; in all, 65 episodes were made, each about 22 minutes long.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=64}}</ref> The series aired on [[Nickelodeon]] in the United States, who billed it as its original programming. All have been released on DVD in the UK, while only the first series has been released in North America.

A new version of the original villainous Count Duckula appeared in the [[Danger Mouse (2015 TV series)|2015 reboot series of ''Danger Mouse'']], but being a vegetarian like the good Duckula.