Draft:Merlin the Magical Puppy

Merlin the Magical Puppy is a British stop-motion animated series produced by The Little Entertainment Company and Entertainment Rights that aired on CITV from 2001 until 2003.

Synopsis
The series centers on a black labrador retriever who has a magical collar that can take him on all sorts of adventures.

Characters
Except for the listed characters, all characters featured are voiced by Rob Rackstraw.

Animals
For the animal characters, human speech is used to translate their sounds over them. (eg, barking)
 * Merlin (voiced by Martin Clunes), A black labrador retriever owned by Ernie. He usually gets himself into all sorts of adventures using his magical mystical collar using the magical "Wish" word, although he doesn't always understand or know how it works properly.
 * Oscar, an orange Cat belonging to the Crabtree family. He has the tendency to torment and annoy Merlin, usually getting himself into trouble.
 * Gull, a Seagull who Merlin tends to ask for advice for. He doesn't always remember Merlin's name, normally just calling him "Dog".
 * Reg the Hedge, a brown Hedgehog.
 * Kizzie (voiced by Dawn French), Miss Parkway's Dog and Merlin's love interest. Much like Merlin, Kizzie is also a labrador retriever, but is tan-in-colour.

Humans

 * Ernie the Harbour Master, Sandy Bay's harbour master and the owner of Merlin.
 * Miss Parkway (voiced by Dawn French), One of Merlin's neighbours who owns Kizzie the Dog. She usually has her garden dug up by Merlin.
 * Albert the Shop Keeper, The shopkeeper of the magic shop that sold Merlin's magical mystical collar to Ernie.
 * Mr. Pickles, a Fisherman.
 * Mr. Stanley Crabtree, another neighbor of Merlin's who is also a fisherman. He is the owner of Oscar the Cat.
 * Mrs. Crabtree, the wife of Mr. Crabtree.
 * Charlotte (voiced by Dawn French), Mr. Crabtree's younger niece.

Home Media
However, this deal was never finalised after Entertainment Rights formed their own home video unit Right Entertainment, and signed a deal with Universal Pictures Video instead.