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Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2022
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy series spoofing children's television and friendly puppet-based learning. Stars Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling and Baker Terry.

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Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2022
Channel
Channel 4
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Stars
Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling and Baker Terry
Writers
Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling, Baker Terry, Sam Campbell, Natasha Hodgson, Charlie Perkins and Megan Ganz
Directors
Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry, Dan Britt and Ewa Łuczków
Producers
Hugo Donkin, Charlie Perkins, James Stevenson Bretton, Jenna Mills and Anna Purkis
Company

What is a job? Who are a family? And what is that horrible noise? Join three friends Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn about everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects!

But wait, maybe something's not quite right here. Every teacher they meet on their journey seems a bit out of their depth. What lessons are they actually learning? Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a deeply unsettling comedy puppet show; think The Muppet Show relocated to Twin Peaks.

It started life as a YouTube phenomenon. Eleven years and a quarter of a billion views later, main characters Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck are now inside your television trying to get out.

Catch-up

Additional details

Also known as
  • DHMIS (Acronym)
Production
Animated
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 30th September 2022 at 11:05pm on Channel 4
All previous repeats
  • Friday 14th October 2022 at 4:05am on 4seven - Episode 4

Recording details

  • Dock X London and Clapham Road Studios

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