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What's Up Doc? (British TV series)

Field	Value
image	Whatsupdocitv.jpg
genre	Children's entertainment
presenter	Andy Crane
Yvette Fielding
Pat Sharp
Jenny Powell
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	3
num_episodes	102
location	The Maidstone Studios (1992-94)
company	TVS (1992)
Scottish Television (1993-95)
network	ITV
first_aired
last_aired

the British television show

Yvette Fielding Pat Sharp Jenny Powell Scottish Television (1993-95)

What's Up Doc? is a British children's entertainment show that aired on ITV on Saturday mornings from 5 September 1992 to 29 April 1995. It was hosted by Andy Crane, Yvette Fielding, and Pat Sharp. Jenny Powell replaced Fielding for the final part of the series.

The first two series were produced at The Maidstone Studios before moving to the studios of Scottish Television in Glasgow for the final series.

Format

The series included a variety of characters such as Simon Perry, Colin, Wooly, Billy Box, Baljit, Pasty the Worm, Mister Spanky, Naughty Torty, Gaston, Sam Sam, and the wolves Bro and Bro. What's Up Doc? was designed to promote and feature products created by Warner Bros. in the UK which included video games, movies, tours of their studios, and their vast library of Looney Tunes animated shorts from which the "What's up Doc?" catchphrase was derived, and new animated series; Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series and Taz-Mania.

What's Up Doc? made use of the "phone-in" game format made popular by BBC mainstays such as Going Live!. Phone-in games that featured on the programme included Hugo the Troll and Joe Razz. The show was also responsible for the success of Batman: The Animated Series and Animaniacs on terrestrial television. Music was a large part of the show and played a role in launching the careers of music groups Take That, East 17 and Eternal.

What's Up Doc? featured puppet comedian duo Don Austen and John Eccleston as the show's central new puppet characters, a pair of wolf brothers named Bro and Bro who would comically "devour" any celebrity guest on the losing side of the phone-in games.

Despite its initial success, the Independent Television Commission later expressed concerns about the anarchic humour of What's Up Doc? which was often considered insensitive for a Saturday morning children's programme. Concerned that Warner Bros. would pull the plug on their involvement with the show, Scottish TV requested that the show's humour be toned down to an acceptable level. The show's producers refused and eventually resigned at the end of the second series, along with many of its cast including Austen and Eccleston who were given a spin-off series, Wolf It, also on Children's ITV.

The third series saw production move to Scottish Television's own studios in Glasgow, but without much of its original cast. A decline in ratings led to the show being cancelled in April 1995.

Series guide

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	5 September 1992	1 May 1993	34
2	4 September 1993	30 April 1994	35
3	3 September 1994	29 April 1995	33

Episodes

This is the episode list of What's Up Doc? episodes that aired on Saturday mornings on ITV. The show lasted for a total of 102 episodes from 1992 to 1995.

Series 1 (1992-93)

Episode	Broadcast	Guests	Cartoons
01	5 September 1992
02	12 September 1992
03	19 September 1992
04	26 September 1992
05	3 October 1992
06	10 October 1992
07	17 October 1992
08	24 October 1992
09	31 October 1992
10	7 November 1992
11	14 November 1992
12	21 November 1992
13	28 November 1992

References

"Ex-ITV Regional Studios". TV Studio History.
(2021-08-10). "What's Up Doc? – Nostalgia Central".

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