Rubbadubbers
Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and Cbeebies from 2002 to 2005. 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. In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, on Noggin and on PBS Kids Sprout.
| Rubbadubbers | |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Peter Curtis |
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| Theme music composer | KiCK Production |
| Opening theme | "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" |
| Ending theme | "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" (Instrumental) |
| Composer | KiCK Production |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Executive producer | Jocelyn Stevenson |
| Producer | Jackie Cockle |
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| Running time | 10 minutes per episode (approx.) |
| Production companies | HIT Entertainment Hot Animation |
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| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 2 September 2002 – 14 February 2005 |
The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb). BBC started commissioning the show in 2002 after two lost pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series. However, it is unknown if these pilots even exist, but an animator did say they did some test animations.