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"Dead Eye Duck"

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  Nothing to do with Bucky O'Hare by the way. Season 3 Episode 8 (episode 53 overall) Original broadcast date: 10th December 1990 Writer: Peter Richard Reeves Additional voices: Quiet Earp/Nasty Colin/Old                               Timer/various                               townsfolk: Jimmy Hibbert                                Barman: Jack May                                Bad guy at bar/various                                 townsfolk: Brian Trueman                             Luscious Lullabelle: Ruby Wax                                Townsman: David Jason Joke credit: Dialogue Coach - Gabby Hayes, Stagecoach - Wells Fargo Travel location: Colorado. Castle transport visual used. Peter Richard Reeves hasn't been seen (solely) in this series for a while and gives Jimmy Hibbert a bit of a break from scripting duties for this comic send-up of a Western ghost story. Spoiled the ending there didn't I? It's possible this was written early on i

"There Are Werewolves at the Bottom of Our Garden"

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Season 3 Episode 5 (episode 50 overall) AROOOOOO!!! Original broadcast date: 19th November 1990 Writers: Peter Richard Reeves, Jimmy Hibbert Additional voices: Dr. Von Goosewing/                               Svatoslav/Volfie(?)/ Witch :                                Jimmy Hibbert                               Dmitri/Towser(?):                               Brian Trueman Joke credit: Wolf Man - Jack Castle transport visual not used. Some of the best stories in the series are the ones where the castle stays put. No help from exotic locales is called for or needed. Episodes like 'One Stormy Night', 'Amnesiac Duck' or 'Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray' focus purely on the characters and what plot they can generate through their actions, with the castle being the stage. This episode does a halfway-house. The spooky castle is still there, but is mostly eschewed in favour of another horror staple - the Really Creepy Forest. Much of the