# Hi Diddle Day

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| composer             = Wyn Canty
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'''''Hi Diddle Day''''' is a [Canadian](/source/Television_in_Canada) children's television series which aired on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) from 1969 to 1976.

==Premise==

This [puppet](/source/puppet) show was set in the community of Crabgrass, with mayor Gertrude Diddle, Basil (a beagle), Durwood (a 900-year-old dragon), Wolfgang (a wolf) and Chico (a crow). The programme's songwriter, Wyn Canty, was featured in the role of a music teacher.

==Production==

The series was produced in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).<ref name=CCF>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=312 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=April 2002 | title=Hi Diddle Day | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref> [Noreen Young](/source/Noreen_Young) created the puppets for the series and voiced and operated Gertrude, Granny and Basil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hi Diddle Day |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hi-diddle-day/cast/1000002517/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Scheduling==

''Hi Diddle Day'' was initially limited to the Ottawa, Montreal and Maritime CBC stations, airing Fridays at 4:30&nbsp;p.m. although a special Christmas episode was broadcast on the network 25 December 1969.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hqIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1976,2154015 | title=(TV listings) Hi Diddle Day – The rubber people star in a Christmas special | newspaper=[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen) | date=19 December 1969 | accessdate=24 July 2010 }}</ref> The following year, it was seen Saturdays at 1:00&nbsp;p.m. from April until September. By October 1970, ''Hi Diddle Day'' was available on the entire network and was broadcast weekly as an after-school series, and also aired Saturdays 1:00&nbsp;p.m. in May and June 1971. Production ended after the 1975–1976 season, although repeat episodes were broadcast from April to June 1977.

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Han.html |first=Blaine |last=Allan |title=Hi Diddle Day |publisher=[Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston) |year=1996 |accessdate=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311080910/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Han.html |archivedate=11 March 2010  }}

Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1960s Canadian children's television series
Category:1970s Canadian children's television series
Category:1969 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1977 Canadian television series endings
Category:English-language Canadian television shows
Category:Canadian television shows featuring puppetry
Category:Television shows filmed in Ottawa

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