7.1/1083 votes#1 - No Sax Please, We're Egyptian
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1988
Duckula travels to Egypt to look for an ancient saxophone that will help him to become a rock star.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman
6.6/1058 votes#2 - Vampire Vacation
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1988
Duckula goes on a vacation to Spain to visit his cousin.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
6.6/1055 votes#3 - One Stormy Night
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1988
Von Goosewing has created a creature to kill Duckula, but in order to get it to work he must enlist the help of one of Duckula's resurrected ancestors.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
6.2/1046 votes#4 - Transylvanian Homesick Blues
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1988
Duckula, Igor, and nanny go for a ride on a roller coaster run by a Mr. Fexactely. The coaster takes them on a strange trip through time.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
6.3/1044 votes#5 - Restoration Comedy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1988
To Igor's displeasure, the Count has hired Mr. Roberto to renovate the castle. He wants to make it less evil-looking.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
6.8/1038 votes#6 - The Mutinous Penguins
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1988
While looking for the castle, which has transported to the Antarctic, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor are trapped on an ice flow by mutinous penguins. There, they must deal not only with looking for the castle, but with the Vikings that are stuck there with them.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
6.6/1032 votes#7 - Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1988
Von Goosewing has built an invisible ray, which he plans to use to get rid of Duckula. Meanwhile, Duckula, Igor, and Nanny argue about magic tricks and spells.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman
7.1/1032 votes#8 - Down Under Duckula
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1988
Duckula decides that Nanny needs psychiatric help, so he transports the caste to Austria. Unfortunatly, the castle ends up in Australia instead. There, Duckula accidentaly gives away the castle's coo-coo clock, whick is a part of the mechanism that allows the castle to transport. He, Igor, and Nanny travel all over Australia to get it back.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
7.0/1032 votes#9 - All in a Fog
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1988
Duckula decides he wants to become a famous detective, like Sherlock Holmes, so he, Nanny, and Igor travel to London.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves
7.2/1035 votes#10 - Castle Duckula: Open to the Public
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1988
Duckula decides to raise money by opening the castle to the public. This opportunity to enter the castle gives Von Goosewing the chance he has been looking for to finally capture Duckula. Meanwhile, Nanny gets a case of amnesia.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
7.4/1038 votes#11 - The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1988
While in Scotland looking for the Loch Ness Monster, Duckula meets another vampire duck and is taken to his haunted castle.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman
7.3/1031 votes#12 - Igor's Busy Day
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1988
A couple who's car has broken down seek shelter in the castle, and causes Igor to think fondly about the good old evil days.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
7.2/1029 votes#13 - Autoduck
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/22/1988
in another money-making attempt, the count opens the castle as a bed and breakfast. When business is slow, he decides to attract more tourists by breaking the land speed record.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman
6.3/1035 votes#14 - The Vampire Strikes Back
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1988
Von Goosewings's latest device reacts with Nanny's home-brewed Sasparilla and launches the castle into space. There, they are rescued by Tremendous Terrence, who later maroons them on the planet Cute.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves
7.3/1040 votes#15 - Hardluck Hotel
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1988
When the Transylvanian currency loses its value, Duckula decides to take a vacation out of the country. While looking for a place to stay the night, he runs into a hotel manager that is almost exactly like Basil Fawlty (from the show Fawlty Towers).
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman, John Broadhead, Joyce McAleer
6.5/1031 votes#16 - Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/1988
While in Paris, Duckula buys the Eifel Tower and becomes wrapped up in a heist to steal the Mona Lisa.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves
6.8/1033 votes#17 - Dear Diary
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/3/1989
Duckula decides to have his ancestors' memoirs published.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
6.7/1025 votes#18 - Rent a Butler
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/10/1989
Duckula decides to make some money by renting out Igor and Nanny to other people as servants. He ends up regretting this when he finds himself alone in the castle.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Brian Trueman
6.8/1031 votes#19 - Jungle Duck
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1989
Duckula travels to Africa to find the treasure of an ancient hidden city.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
6.9/1024 votes#20 - Mobile Home
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1989
Some wealthy American tourists visit castle Duckula and decide they want to buy it. Not knowing that it has a transport mechanism, they accept the Crow Brothers' offer to transport the castle to America in pieces.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
7.4/1033 votes#21 - A Fright at the Opera
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1989
While visiting the Milan Opera House, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor run into the mysterious phantom. The phantom's servant turns out to be an old school chum of Igor. The action picks up as the Phantom kidnaps Nanny. In trying to rescue her, the opera house is destroyed and the Phantom goes to America to haunt the Grand Ole Opray.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: John Sayle
5.8/1029 votes#22 - Dr. Goosewing and Mr. Duck
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1989
Von Goosewing's latest invention is a formula that can change people's characters. He sells it to Duckula as a carpet shampoo and it has strange effects. It makes Duckula act like a real vampire, Nanny is smart, and Igor becomes cheerful.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
6.4/1026 votes#23 - Town Hall Terrors
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1989
Realizing that the castle needs major repairs, Duckula goes to the town council to get a grant to repair it. When he gets the grant, he gives the money to some tricksters who build a railroad right through the castle.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Peter Richard Reeves
6.4/1023 votes#24 - Sawdust Ring
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/1989
Duckula decides to enter the circus. Unfortunately, the former circus workers come back to sabotage the performance.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
6.2/1024 votes#25 - Duck and the Broccoli Stalk
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/7/1989
Von Goosewing plans to use a growth formula to grow a huge clove of garlic next to the castle to kill Duckula. He spills some on Duckula's broccoli by accident and it grows, carrying castle Duckula and its inhabitants to a castle in the clouds that is owned by a giant.
Director: Chris Randall
Writer: Jimmy Hibbert
The Best Episodes of Count Duckula Season 1
Every episode of Count Duckula Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Count Duckula Season 1!
Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"No Sax Please, We're Egyptian" is the best rated episode of "Count Duckula" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Chris Randall and written by Brian Trueman, it aired on 9/6/1988. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Vampire Vacation".