Muzzy in Gondoland (often shortened to simply Muzzy) is a British animated television film, first created by the BBC in 1986, as a way of teaching English as a second language. The English version of Muzzy features the voices of Willie Rushton, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sheridan, Derek Griffiths, Jack May, and Benjamin Whitrow. DMP Organization later acquired the rights to Muzzy and translated it into other languages (see below). It is unknown, however, who plays whom in the various dubbed versions of the film.
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Muzzy in Gondoland (Muzzy) | |
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Directed by | Richard Taylor |
Written by | Wendy Harris Richard Taylor Joe Hambrook |
Produced by | Richard Taylor Cartoon Films |
Starring | Jack May Willie Rushton Miriam Margolyes Susan Sheridan Derek Griffiths Benjamin Whitrow |
Music by | Peter Shade |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
A sequel, Muzzy Comes Back, was released in 1989.
Digital Education has developed a new version of the course, which was released in 2013.
DMP Organization, the worldwide distributor of the Muzzy courses, has licensed the development of the New Muzzy to Digital Education SA. There are various distributors of the course around the world. The original system was available in the following languages: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Welsh (advertised only on S4C in Wales), Irish (advertised as Muzzy Mór, literally Big Muzzy) Scottish Gaelic (Muzzy Mòr), Esperanto, and Japanese (vocabulary builder only).