Bug Alert

Bug Alert

Bug Alert is a British Children's television series, first shown on GMTV in 1996. It featured the antics of a range of bug-like characters who lived in the kitchen of an unnamed house. These creatures apparently only came out when the resident humans were "not about." In the third and final series the characters moved out of the house and opened a somewhat seedy restaurant where they set about serving Weasel Curry to their regular clientele. 78 episodes were made in total and are repeated regularly on GMTV. After the first two series the show format was bought by Channel 4 which commissioned 26 further episodes. These, and the previous series, were aired in their weekend morning slot. The show was characterised by its somewhat adult references and themes, most of which went way above the heads of watching children. The 78 30-minute scripts were co-written by the director Peter Eyre and the main puppeteer, Francis Wright. The executive producer was Catherine Robins of Two Sides TV.

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Seasons

1. Numbers

Air Date: 1996-09-01

2. Liquid

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3. Animals

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4. Letters

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5. Shapes

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6. Where We Live

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7. Big and Small

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8. Time

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9. Clothes

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10. Colours

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11. Transport

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12. Hot and Cold

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13. Taste and Smell

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14. Families

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15. Machines

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16. What’s It Made From?

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17. Light and Dark

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18. Save The Planet

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19. Over and Under

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20. Growing

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21. Food

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22. Music and Movement

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23. Weather

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24. Jobs

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25. Speed

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26. Make Believe

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1. Minerals and Mining

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2. School

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3. How My Body Works

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4. Puzzles and Games

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5. Festivals and Celebrations

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6. Old and New

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7. Towns and Cities

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8. Kings and Queens

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9. Staying Healthy

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10. Feeling Ill

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11. Outer Space

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12. Feelings

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13. Reptiles

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14. Explorers

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15. Hobbies

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16. Minibeasts

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17. Under the Sea

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18. Telling the Truth

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19. Dinosaurs

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20. Birds

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21. Friends and Friendship

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22. The Countryside

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23. Likes and Dislikes

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24. Holidays

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25. Fashion

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26. Loud and Quiet

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1. Homes

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2. Computers

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3. Babies

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4. Pantomime

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5. Robots

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6. Treasure Hunt

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7. Adverts

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8. Clubs

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9. Food

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10. Ghosts

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11. Wishes

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12. Sports

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13. Sleep

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14. Songs

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15. Detectives

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16. Secrets

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17. Parties

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18. Doubles

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19. Help

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20. Truth and Lies

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21. Spring Cleaning

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22. Stories

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23. Tricks

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24. Christmas

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25. Newspapers

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26. Sticky

Air Date: 2000-08-15

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Rating

7.0/10

Release Date

1996-09-01

Episodes

78 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Rebecca Nagan

Rebecca Nagan

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Francis Wright

Francis Wright

Grub Bug / Mystic Mug

Joe Greco

Joe Greco

Plug Bug / Slopp

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