Hounded. Image shows from L to R: Dr Muhahahaha (Colin McFarlane), Rufus (Rufus Hound). Copyright: BBC
Hounded

Hounded

  • TV sitcom
  • CBBC
  • 2010
  • 13 episodes (1 series)

CBBC sitcom starring Rufus Hound. The comedian is chased through space and time by the evil Dr Muhahahaha. Stars Rufus Hound, Colin McFarlane, Nadine Marshall, Steven Wickham, Eva Alexander and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2010
Channel
CBBC
Episodes
13 (1 series)
Creator
Jack Cheshire
Stars
Rufus Hound, Colin McFarlane, Nadine Marshall, Steven Wickham, Eva Alexander, Colin Ryan and Jan Ravens
Writers
Matt Brito, Caimh McDonnell, John Warburton, Paula Hines, Jack Cheshire, Julia Kent, Carl Carter, Tony Cooke and more
Director
Sydney Macartney
Producers
John Pocock, Jack Cheshire and Melissa Hardinge
Company

Hounded is a sitcom for CBBC in which Rufus Hound, hapless presenter of fictional science show Funlab, has a very bad day... repeatedly.

When a scientific experiment on the first Funlab show goes wrong, Rufus is sucked into a parallel universe where television and movie special effects are part of everyday life. It's a world inhabited by evil but incompetent "genius" Dr Muhahahaha, who is trying to take over the Earth.

Dr Mu (as he is known for short) develops a serious grudge against Rufus, who finds an ally in his Future Self, who keeps cropping up to help him. In a series of fantastic adventures, Rufus is hounded across the known multiverse by Dr Mu and his irritatingly pedantic chief scientific advisor, Steve.

Blundering across space and time through dimensions governed not by the laws of nature but by the laws of comedy, Rufus meets the comic characters who inhabit the parallel world of Hounded.

Developed by the team behind BBC Three's innovative sketch show The Wrong Door, Rufus must thwart Dr Muhahahaha and find his way home. At the end of each adventure Rufus crashes back into his own universe, finding himself back in his flat about to start the same fateful day again...

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 11th June 2010 at 5:15pm on CBBC
Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 6th June 2013 at 11:00am on CBBC - Episode 13
  • Wednesday 5th June 2013 at 11:00am on CBBC - Episode 12
  • Tuesday 4th June 2013 at 11:00am on CBBC - Episode 11