Brian Cosgrove as "The Magic Ball" and "Sally And Jake". After Stop Frame Productions was shut down both Cosgrove and Hall founded Cosgrove Hall Films there they produced some of the most well known animated children's shows and films in Britain such as "Danger Mouse", "Count Duckula", "The Wind in the Willows", which would later become a 52-episode TV series, "Noddy's Toyland Adventures", "Bill and Ben" and "Fifi and the Flowertots" until 2009. In 1989, Cosgrove directed and produced the animated feature film "The BFG", based on the Roald Dahl novel of the same name. According to Cosgrove, this is one of
Count Duckula there ... WHATever you are!" Variants of this line are also used to close certain programmes. Duckula has numerous vampiric relatives all over the world, who are more classic vampires than Duckula, possessing fangs, red eyes and evil personalities. Only a small number, such as Don Diego, show any affinity or friendship toward the benign Count Duckula. They come from many different countries, such as Spain and Scotland, and their costumes represent their native cultures. The relatives include Don Diego, a Spanish vampire duck who makes his fun and games by burning down villages, and Rory McDuckula, a Scottish vampire