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"Arctic Circles"

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As opposed to aristocratic ones. Season 2 Episode 9 (episode 35 overall) Original broadcast date: 7 November 1989 Writer: Brian Trueman Additional voices: Albert Penguin Jyves/ Dr Von Goosewing : Jimmy Hibbert Colonel Willoughby: Jack May Staff: (all the cast)  Travel location: The Arctic Castle transport visual used. Joke Credit: Best Boy - Me sir! Please sir! Me sir! This was another favourite growing up. It was on our home-made (recorded off the telly) VHS tape along with some other episodes of the series (and of The Sooty Show!) we put together during both shows' original broadcasts back in 1989. It survived a long time and probably still lies on my parents' shelves somewhere! It wasn't as rare as at least two of the other episodes we taped, since this one had an official VHS release too. It's still a firm favourite of mine to this day, not least of all for the hilarious couple of scenes involving Colonel Willoughby (I recall