Hey Duggee Adventure Bus and Playset | Funny Role Play Action | Two Play Figures | Accessories | Picnic and Park Fun | CBeebies Show | Age 3+

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The premise of this show is that Duggee is somewhat of a scout leader who leads his scouts (the animal children) through different activities to earn badges. Indeed, affection for the song was such that a bunch of metallers even formed a band around it – recording a blistering cover version and naming themselves Slay Duggee as a result. I really liked the idea of this patrician, faintly military-sounding character having that huge capacity for warmth and affection. Duggee is a lovable brown dog who runs The Squirrel Club; a place where children take part in all sorts of exciting activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments. Duggee is making a smoothie and the Squirrels can’t agree on whether it’s delicious or horrible, so they make their own adventurous smoothies showcasing their favourite flavours to discover what taste is.

Studio AKA’s Grant Orchard is the creator of Hey Duggee, and says his two energetic boys were key to the show’s framework: “I was always looking for things to do with them, and so I thought it would be great to have a show that would inform people about how to entertain rambunctious kids. When she was talking affectionately to her grandchildren, she had a way of making her voice purr slightly; it was so warm and loving you could wrap it around you like a blanket.

It wrestles with some of life’s biggest philosophical questions, from the nature of existence to the meaning of art.

When the squirrels step out of the clubhouse, anything might happen – they might go on some psychedelic trip up the river to the heart of darkness or they might skip dreamily through waving corn.I just wish there were more episodes available - there are over 50 episodes in the first season alone but there are only a fraction of that currently available on Google Play. It would be disingenuous to say that we didn’t think about inclusivity, but we didn’t want to be preachy with it,” says Orchard. Most people get that he’s adopted, but I’m pleased we are posing that question, even if we don’t explicitly answer it on the show,” he says.

I like it too - they are quite short so we're not stuck watching a long show when the kids want to watch TV.Happy sets his sights on a very questionable looking puddle that he is determined to splash in, much to the horror of Duggee and the other Squirrels - and the tiny citizens of Midgetropolis who live inside it! I also love that when the animals arrive/depart each animal child has a very similar looking animal parent, but the child alligator's parent is an elephant.