I Fraggle

I Fraggle is the Italian co-production of Fraggle Rock. It aired in Italy on from 1984-1987.

Localization
The segments within the Muppet world of Fraggle Rock were the same as the North American version, but dubbed with Italian actors at Fono Roma in. The segments from outer space (i.e. the Doc and Sprocket and Traveling Matt segments) were changed to fit the Italian audience and filmed at the famous studios in Rome.

The wraparound segments take place in a fancy restaurant in Rome, the home of Antonio, the Italian version of the Doc character who is a semi-retired Michelin-starred chef and the restaurant's manager (played by ), and his dog Olive (Sprocket's Italian alter-ego). was assigned to audition and train local puppeteers for the Italian co-production.

The restaurant had previously been the workshop of Dr. Luchino, a infamous mad scientist during the 1920s. Thus, when the frame story required the use of a mechanical device, Antonio would merely find yet another of Luchino's inventions in the basement of the restaurant.

The Italian series was able to co-produce all 96 episodes. In 2006, the channel (then RaiSat YoYo) began re-airing the series.

In 2013, Red, Gobo and Mokey were interviewed on the talk show Porta a Porta to celebrate the Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary. Eugenia Gragnaniello reprised Red (puppeteering the character for the first time), while Pierluigi Rolla performed Gobo Fraggle (with reprising the voice) and Griselda Giaccardi performed Mokey (with  reprising the voice).

Cast

 * Antonio:
 * Olive: Catherine van Woerden (puppeteer, first season), Francesco Interlenghi (puppeteer, later seasons), Bert Plagman (assistant), Rino Magistrelli (assistant), Carmelo De Michelis (assistant)
 * Gobo: Catherine van Woerden (puppeteer), Francesco Interlenghi (puppeteer), Emilio Malvezzi (puppeteer)
 * Uncle Traveling Matt: Vlad La Vecchia (puppeteer, first season), Carmelo De Michelis (puppeteer, second season), Giorgio Ancona (puppeteer, later seasons), Romeo Lizaola (puppeteer)

Voices

 * as Gobo Fraggle
 * as Mokey Fraggle
 * as Wembley Fraggle
 * as Boober Fraggle
 * Eugenia Gragnaniello as Red Fraggle
 * as Uncle Traveling Matt
 * as Junior Grog
 * as Pa Gorg
 * as Ma Grog
 * as Cotterpin Doozer
 * as Architect Doozer

Crew

 * Director:
 * Writers: Salvatore Nocita, ,
 * Production Supervisor: Martin Baker
 * Dubbing Director:
 * Song Adaptations:
 * Title Theme Performed by:

Trivia

 * Several performers for Strada Sesamo either started out with or worked on this production, they performed alongside Dutch Sesamstraat performers Catherine van Woerden and Bert Plagman.