Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime

Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime (shortened name: Victor & Hugo) is a British animated series made by Cosgrove Hall Productions for Thames Television and screened on Children's ITV from 6 September 1991 to 29 December 1992, and was based on the five-time villains of Gaston and Pierre from Count Duckula; it was the company's second production to be assisted by the Spanish studio, Alfonso Productions, as well as their final cel-animated project before the collapse of Thames Television (who lost the 1991 ITV regional franchise round as a result of bidding too low a month after it premiered, and as such, none of its 30 episodes were ever seen more than once in the United Kingdom). However, it was later repeated on ABC and 7TWO in Australia and on RTÉ2 in the Irish Republic (as part of The Den), along with TV2 in Malaysia, SABC 2 in South Africa (dubbed into the Afrikaans language), Channel 5 in Singapore and Dubai 33 in the United Arab Emirates - and unlike most other Cosgrove Hall series, it is not available on DVD (except for the first episode, "Panda-Monium", which was released as part of a Cosgrove Hall compilation disc called "Most Wanted Classic Kids' TV" by its former distributor, Fremantle International, in 2003). It was also the last Cosgrove Hall show to feature the voices of Brian Trueman and David Jason, and featured guest appearances from many of the company's earlier characters, including Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Soames and Potson, and even Damson Bunhandler (a pig newscaster from two episodes of Danger Mouse, who started three episodes with reports about the brothers' most recent crimes).