Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave is an original series created by Sprout, CBeebies, and Collingwood O'Hare.
Plot
- "Ruff-Ruff, Tweet & Dave is an adventure-filled series bubbling with fun and games featuring three loveable and playful friends. Presented as a modern game show spectacular for kids, viewers are invited to join in their fun as they embark on every new and exciting day trip." (link)
Characters
Main
- Hatty is a hamster and the show's host. He wears a bow-tie, and a top hat that shapeshifts from one episode to another. He takes the title characters to certain places in his top-shaped aircraft called the "Spin-Again". His shapeshifting hat also contains cards with questions that he reads to them. He would act like a school teacher to them by providing some information during their adventures. It is unknown if he has a house, although he has a garden where he occasionally takes his three friends to. Voiced by Forrest Harding (who in fact, sounds like a talking version of the Sprout character Chica, both voiced by the same person), later, Bryce Papenbrook in the United States and David Holt in the United Kingdom.
- Ruff-Ruff is a red beagle, and one of the three title characters. He lives in a red house (resembling a ball with his ears) which sits beside Tweet's and Dave's house, and is located on a mountain that extends above a lake. He also drives a red Rolly Pod.[a] He even likes to dig holes which, at times, result in finding lost items. Voiced by Ethan Drake Davis in the United States and Joseph West in the United Kingdom.
- Tweet is a yellow chick wearing pink glasses, and the shortest of the group. She lives in a yellow house that sits in between Ruff-Ruff's and Dave's. Her house resembles an egg, and drives a yellow Rolly Pod with a beak. She walks by moving her feet simultaneously instead of alternately. Voiced by Hannah Swain in the United States and Ella Pearl Marshall-Pinder in the United Kingdom.
- Dave is a blue panda, and is the largest of the title characters. He lives in a white house with blue ears that resembles him. His house is further than Ruff-Ruff's and Tweet's house. He drives a big fat blue Rolly Pod. He is also the subject of Hatty's last question which the hamster asks at the end of each episode, and Dave is always the answer because he always falls asleep first. In one episode, Dave made a complete sweep by being the only one correct on every question Hatty asks. Voiced by Austin Nash Chase in the United States and Jonathan Millar in the United Kingdom. He loves bananas.
Others
- Mr. Squirrel is a brown squirrel whom Ruff-Ruff likes to chase around. He would sometimes aid the main characters in their adventures. As with characters other than the main ones, he does not speak.
- Cindy Squirrel is the other squirrel in the show.
- Speedy/Sneezy Sheep are a pair of sheep with a black stripe on the wools near their necks. They occasionally takes part in the main characters' games.
- Mrs. Duck is a brown duck who adores Tweet and swims around.
- The Cows are at the farm, but they do not speak.
- Farmer Fred is mentioned.
- Bobby is a spider monkey who speaks a gibberish language.
- Tara is another monkey and is Bobby's sister.
- Littlest Rabbit is part of the Rabbit family the three title characters help sometimes. He is sometimes seen with his plush toy which is carrot with a face called a Cuddly Carrot.
- Mr. Rabbit is the father of the Rabbit family. He won a carrot contest of which Hatty was a contestant.
History on Sprout
After being slated to premiere in 2014, the show premiered a year later on February 14th, 2015, after its premiere date was first announced by Sprout on January 16th, 2015,[1] a day before The Chica Awards. It aired during The Sunny Side Up Show at 11AM ET and The Good Night Show at 7PM and 1AM, as well as at 6:15AM and 5PM. To promote the show's premiere, Chica and the hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show watched a clip from the show and played along with its app. A Sprout Today segment was also made featuring a CGI Chica visiting the characters, and a premiere message featuring Hatty was played during shows like LazyTown. It was very popular and a huge hit for the channel, becoming one of its flagship shows. Matter of fact, the premiere episode was Sprout's highest rated new program premiere since LazyTown and its second highest rated premiere in household delivery ever.[2]
The series aired at 11:00 and 7:00. Because of this, it survived the 10th anniversary and the launch of Universal Kids, until it stopped airing on January 2, 2019. The series was the first show to air during the Sprout block on Universal Kids, which started airing at 3AM ET.
However, reruns of the show returned to Universal Kids in 2022 and aired there until the network shut down in March 2025.
Notes
- Footage of the original British version of the show was seen in an online sizzle reel from around 2014.
- An E/I screenbug can be seen during airings of this show.
- This series was one of only a handful of Sprout-era shows to air on Universal Kids until its closure on March 6, 2025.
Gallery
See Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave/Gallery
Videos
Sources
- ↑ Twitter post
- ↑ Sparky Animation, Facebook post (March 16, 2015), Retrieved February 17, 2025