The online British and Irish TV guide website Digiguide is reporting the spooktacular news that Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon UK's top-performing preschool channel, will premiere the brand-new "Wallykazam!" Halloween special "Moustache Day", guest starring Take That star Howard Donald, on Friday 30th October 2015 at 5:30pm!
In the all-new Halloween-themed episode of Nickelodeon Preschool's popular CG-animated literacy series, while out trick-or-treating, Wally and friends discover the biggest treat in the world. But to get it they have to pass three magical challenges set up by their neighbour, Wizard Jeff, a moustached wizard voiced by Howard Donald. Donald's turn in the hot preschool cartoon sees him sing a song about underpants and help children with the spelling of the three-syllable word.
Howard worked with the Nick Jr. team on determining the perfect voice for the mischievous magical character named Wizard Jeff.
"Recording the voice of Wizard Jeff was magic. I really hope that kids and their parents enjoy the character and the voice that I gave him and that the underpants song doesn't drive them mad; it is a very catchy number," said Donald, who recorded his part in a central-London production house in February 2015.
"Wallykazam!" follows the adventures of a troll named Wally and his pet dragon Norville, who live in a magical forest full of giants, goblins, ogres, sprites. In each episode Wally uses a magic stick to make words come to life.
"Wallykazam!" is the first Nick Jr. series that embeds a literacy curriculum into a full-length story, introducing skills such as letter and sound identification, rhyming and vocabulary development.
Created by producer/writer Adam Peltzman (Emmy Award-winning "The Backyardigans" and "Bubble Guppies"), "Wallykazam!" airs regularly on Nick Jr. UK and Ireland.
Since its premiere on Nick Jr. UK and Ireland in October 2014, "Wallykazam!" has become one of the most popular shows on the network.
Following the debut of the brand-new episode, Nick Jr. UK & Eire will encore the all-new "Wallykazam!" Halloween special "Moustache Day" the next day, Saturday 31st October 2015 (Halloween) at 8:30am, and on Sunday 1st November 2015 at 12:00am.
All times plus-one hour on Nick Jr.+1)
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