Dog and Duck (TV series)

{{Infobox television

| image = Dog and Duck poster.jpg

| alt = Dog and Duck CD cover

| caption =

| alt_name =

| genre = Preschool children

| creator =

| based_on =

| developer =

| writer = Jonathan Lloyd

| director = Bob Harvey

| creative_director =

| presenter =

| starring =

| judges =

| voices = Josie Lawrence
James Fleet
John McAndrew
Gary Martin
Eve Karpf

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer = John Du Prez

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 195

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Dan Maddicott

| producer = Tracey Mulcrone

| editor =

| location =

| cinematography =

| camera =

| runtime =

| company = United Productions for Meridian

| channel = ITV (CITV)

| first_aired = {{start date|2000}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2003}}

| related =

}}

Dog and Duck is a British preschool children's television show that was broadcast on CITV between 2000 and 2003.

Description

Dog and Duck was produced by United Productions, later part of the UNM Group (United News & Media) for Meridian.{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Barry|title=The Writer's Handbook 2001: The Complete Reference for All Writers, Journalists, Publishers, Editors, Screenwriters and Broadcasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6wLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA348|date=2000|publisher=Macmillan UK|page=348|isbn=9780333781814}}

The show centres on the characters of Dog and Duck, two toys who came alive when their owners were not looking.{{cite book |title=Education, entertainment, and learning in the home |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYufAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dog+and+duck%22|author1=David Buckingham |author2=Margaret Scanlon|publisher=Open University Press|year=2003 |isbn=0335210082|page=87}}

Other characters in the series included Piano, Telly and Elephant. The show featured a young Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenny.

The series was produced by Tracey Mulcrone and directed by Bob Harvey, with animation from Animated Extras.

Josie Lawrence and James Fleet were the voices of Dog and Duck.{{cite web|url=http://www.mikejoycedesign.co.uk/html/dog___duck.htm|title=Dog and Duck|author=Mike Joyce|accessdate=2013-06-13|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181229/http://www.mikejoycedesign.co.uk/html/dog___duck.htm|url-status=dead}} (Press Release)

Dan Maddicott was the executive producer.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/guardian-cartoonist-secures-tv-deal/1090669.article|accessdate=2013-06-13|title=Guardian cartoonist secures TV deal|date=16 March 2004|work=broadcastnow.co.uk|publisher=Media Business Insight Limited}}

Jonathan Lloyd was a writer for the show.{{cite book|last=Fountain|first=Tim|title=Julie Burchill Is Away|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KwQnqfNWJlEC&pg=PP12|accessdate=2013-06-13|year=2002|publisher=Nick Hern Books|isbn=978-1-85459-675-8|page=12}}{{cite book|last=Whithouse|first=Toby|title=Blue eyes and heels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLQLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA4|date=2006|publisher=Oberon Books|isbn=978-1-84002-638-2|page=4}}

Other voices included John McAndrew, Eve Karpf, David Holt and Gary Martin.

Since 2009, it has had occasional repeats on the CITV channel. There are 195 episodes of 15-minute duration.