Voices of Marc Duane No. of series 1 First episode date 30 August 1997 Number of series 1 | Country of origin UK No. of episodes 16 Number of episodes 16 Distributor ITV Studios | |
Starring Claudia Winkleman as Claudia Winklebottom Production company(s) Real Time Animation for Granada Television Genres Children's television series, Animation Similar UP2U, The Mersey Pirate, The Saturday Starship, Ghost Train, Parallel 9 | ||
Tricky was a British children's animated television programme that aired in the ITV Network's children's strand CITV on Saturday mornings from 30 August to 20 December 1997. It was the first live children's show hosted by an animated character - a talking dragon named Tricky. His co-host was a strange dragon-cat hybrid, who hatched from an egg in the third show, and was called 'Purrdy' because of a competition won by a 5-year-old girl from Dunoon, Leanne Campbell. Claudia Winkleman made frequent appearances on the show, and Tricky would usually call her 'Claudia Winklebottom'. The second edition of Tricky was pre-empted by Princess Diana's funeral. The showed was produced by Real Time Animation for Granada Television.
The show didn't prove to be all that popular, and only lasted for one series - Tricky made a return to TV in 2003; he was renamed 'Rorry', though Purrdy kept her name, and hosted the kids television channel POP!.