''The Rubbish World of Dave Spud'' (shortened to ''Dave Spud'') is a British children's animated series featuring the surreal adventures of the eponymous Dave Spud of

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, his friends and

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-dwelling family. It was created and directed by Edward Foster, inspired by his 2003 NFTS student short 'Anna Spud'. It was developed into a pilot in 2010 produced by

The Illuminated Film Company The Illuminated Film Company is a British animation company founded in 1993 by Iain Harvey. It has produced the series ''Little Princess (TV series), Little Princess'' (2006-2022) and the ITV children's surreal comedy series ''The Rubbish World ...

. 26 11-minute instalments were commissioned, whilst the soundtrack was composed by electronic group

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. In May 2020, for series 2 a further 52 installments were commissioned. Series 3 is currently in production named Dave Spud World Tour.

Production

High Rise Flats, East Marsh, Grimsby (geograph 1857663)

''The Rubbish World of Dave Spud'' was created by Edward Foster, who had previously worked as series director of '' Little Princess'', and was adapted from his

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student film ''Anna Spud'' (2003). Foster stated that the theme of the show was to "give the biggest adventure to the one who least expects it, to the one who isn’t holding up their hand or even looking. Giving it to them." The series is set in the

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

town of

, and although several of its landmarks are featured, such as the Spuds' tower block (modelled after the former high-rise on East Marsh) and the dock, Foster has stated the Grimsby featured in the show is intended to be purely fictional. A pilot was commissioned in 2010, and two years later was commissioned as a full series, but Foster decided to take a hiatus from the industry for a couple of years, which put production on hold until 2017. Awards - winner of Royal Television Society Programme Award for Best Children's Programme 2022

Voice cast

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as Dave Spud * Lisa Hammond as Anna Spud *

Philip Glenister Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series ''Life on Mars'' (2006–2007) and its sequel '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2010). He also played DCI William ...

as Betty Spud (Mum) * Arthur Smith as George Spud (Dad) *

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as Gran Spud *

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as Gareth * Akiya Henry as Little Sue *

Adam Gillen Adam Gillen (born 11 September 1985, Manchester) is a British actor, best known for his role as Liam Conroy in the ITV hit series '' Benidorm'', Brian in the Channel 4 comedy '' Fresh Meat'' and Gavin in BBC's ''Prisoners’ Wives''. In 2019, ...

as Robert Robot * Additional voices: David Holt,

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, Dave Peacock, Edward Foster

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2020–2021)

Shorts

"Where Do All the Boats Go?" - a short commissioned for The Festival of the Sea at Heritage Square Alexandra Dock in Grimsby on July 16, 2022.

References

External links

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