Count Duckula - VHS Releases

VHS Releases

During the show's original run, Count Duckula episodes were released on numerous VHS titles from Thames Video Collection, often in a different order to that when televised. Amongst others were;

• Count Duckula: The Vampire Strikes Back! (TV8038) - Released: 9 February 1989.

Episodes: The Vampire Strikes Back!/Hardluck Hotlel/Dear Diary.

• Count Duckula: Special Bumper Edition - Released: 6 December 1989.

Consisted of several episodes from series two, but in a different order to that when first televised.
Episodes contained: Ghostly Gold/Prime-Time Duck/The Incredible Shrinking Duck/Ducknapped!/Bloodsucking Bats of the Lower Amazon.

• Count Duckula: A Fright at the Opera (TV8045) - Released: 28 February 1990.

Episodes contained: A Fright at the Opera/Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame/Dr Goosewing & Mr Duck.

• Count Duckula: O.O. Duck (TV8105) - Released: 19 September 1990.

Episodes contained: O.O. Duck/A Mountie Always Gets His Duck!/Manhattan Duck

• Count Duckula: Astro Duck - Released: 31 December 1990.

Episodes contained: Astro Duck/The Rest is History!/Around the World in a Total Daze!/The Zombie Awakes!

• Count Duckula: Bombay Duck - Released: 31 December 1990 and 8 February 1991.

Episodes contained: Bombay Duck/Mississippi Duck/Mystery Cruise

Interestingly, this VHS title appeared in 1990, but at the time, the episodes contained were somewhat exclusive to video (the first was not televised until 1991, neither were the latter until 1993).

Count Duckula episodes were also released on special VHS compilations with episodes of other series. In 1989, the episode 'Down Under Duckula' was released on Thames' VHS title 'More Children's Summer Stories', with episodes from Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows. In 2001, in the twilight years of VHS, the episodes 'The Ghost of Castle McDuckula' and 'Venice a Duck, Not a Duck!' were featured on two cult kids' collection tapes, with episodes of Rainbow, Chorlton & The Wheelies, Button Moon and Jamie & The Magic Torch.