Hey Duggee

Hey Duggee is a British animated television series aimed at 2 to 5 year olds. Created by Grant Orchard, it was produced by Studio AKA.

The show is based around The Squirrel Club, which is similar to an after school — or day centre — activity club for pre-school children. The children take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments.

Format
In each episode, a situation will present itself that can be solved by learning a new skill. When the skill has been learned, and the situation resolved, the Squirrels receive one of Duggee's badges. Each episode ends with a "Duggee Hug", where all the children hug Duggee at once. They then return to their parents with the badge they have earned.

The voice of the narrator is provided by English entertainer Alexander Armstrong, actor and presenter of Pointless.

Broadcast
The series made British television debut when the episode "The Tinsel Badge" was aired in advance on December 17, 2014 as a Christmas special on CBeebies. Its regular run began on January 12, 2015, when the first episode, "The Drawing Badge", was shown.

Internationally, the series is distributed by BBC Worldwide, a commercial arm of the BBC which also operates the versions of CBeebies channel in select areas outside the UK.

A deal announced on February 23, 2015 by BBC Worldwide for the series include RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland.

In United States, The series premiered on July 11, 2016 on Nick Jr. with the first episode The Drawing Badge.

Home media and online viewing
In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, BBC Worldwide so far released two volumes of DVDs, each containing ten episodes. The full 52 episodes have now been made available through iTunes.