Rubbadubbers

Rubbadubbers
GenreChildren's television series
Stop-motion
Created byPeter Curtis
Written by
Directed by
  • Brian Little
  • Nick Herbert
Voices of
Theme music composerKiCK Production
Opening theme"Here Come the Rubbadubbers"
Ending theme"Here Come the Rubbadubbers" (Instrumental)
ComposerKiCK Production
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerJocelyn Stevenson
ProducerJackie Cockle
Editors
  • Zyggy Markiewicz
  • Jane Hicks
Running time10 minutes
Production companyHIT Entertainment
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release2 September 2002 (2002-09-02)[1] –
14 February 2005 (2005-02-14)
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Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment, with animation production by Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and CBeebies from 2 September 2002 to 14 February 2005.[1][2] Created by Peter Curtis, it focuses on seven friendly, sentient bath toys as they tell stories in imaginary worlds outside of their bathroom – the ringleader in the series being a pink frog named Tubb.[3] In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, Noggin and PBS Kids Sprout.[4][5]

The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb).[6] BBC started commissioning the show in 2002 after two lost pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. It is unknown if these pilots even exist, but an animator[who?] has stated that they did some test animations.[citation needed] Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Schedule - BBC Programme Index".
  2. ^ "Thomas puts HIT profits on track". The Guardian. 18 March 2003.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 691. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ "NOGGIN TV Schedule". 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
  5. ^ "PBS capitalizes on Sprout with refreshed look". The Post and Courier. 20 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Hit unveils Plugg to the world". C21 Media. 25 October 2001.
  7. ^ "HIT's bath toys look to build on Bob's success".