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I have just started watching a great BBC Childrens's show ( live actors) called " Young Dracula"
Count Dracula, a single father, moves to Britain from Transylvania with his two kids, Vlad and Ingrid. The story revolves around Vlad wanting to fit in with his classmates in his new school rather than sucking their blood as his father wants him to. Vlad befriends another outsider named Robin who wants to become less like the popular crowd and preferably more vampiric.
Count Dracula reminds me of Professor Snape in that he is sexist, arrogant , yet not a real meanie and quite attractive in his long black wig.
He is played by Keith-Lee Castle. Here is some info from Wiki :
Keith-Lee Castle is a British actor, particularly known for playing bad guys and vampires. He has guest-starred in numerous television shows, mostly British. He has also appeared in several films, including playing 'the psychotic Psychs', the owner of the doll, in Seed of Chucky (2004), and Clarence Weasel in The Wind in the Willows(1996), based on the popular book. To portray the rather loony weasel he wore small furry ears, a long tail and a long, yellow swishing coat. He also had a small part in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
To younger viewers, he is probably best known for his role in the CBBC series Young Dracula as the famous Count Dracula.
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Count Dracula is a 600-year-old vampire, who has emigrated to Britain to escape his problems with the local villagers in Transylvania. He sleeps in a coffin, can ignite or put out candles with a wave of his fingers, and has the ability to move from room to room at great speed, bordering on teleportation. In the second series he was seen to turn into a bat or a cloud of smoke at will, and even move his soul from his own body into another's, and so possess them. He likes the taste of blood from "breathers", as he calls humans, but has had to resort to drinking the blood of sheep to stay out of trouble. He also, due to misunderstanding, answers to the name "Mr Count" and this similarly prevents any worry on the part of humans by concealing his real name, Dracula.
He favours his young son Vlad and is constantly ignoring or otherwise brushing off his daughter Ingrid, making both their lives difficult in different ways.
Naturally his kids are embarassed by him ....
. His constant favourism towards Vlad is just as illogical as his disregard for Ingrid, considering that Vlad does not in any way wish to become a vampire.
In the first and second series, the Count is often mistaken for a rock star because of the somewhat Gothic style of clothing he wears on the occasions he leaves the castle - most notably in an episode where he goes to parents' evening at Ingrid and Vlad's school, and ends up being chased by screaming fans while trying to protect himself from the sun with an umbrella. ( THAT MADE ME LAUGH)
For the most part, however, he stays indoors during the day, and during the end of the second series comes under criticism (and near execution) from the Grand High Vampire for his tolerant relationship with "breathers".
I think I am still in Series One. I recommend it ! Its on ABC Friday nights approx 5 pm.
Oh I forgot to tell you that Keith-Lee Castle has a GREAT stare. This song is "Poison" by Alice Cooper. An oldie but a goldie ....
Count Dracula, a single father, moves to Britain from Transylvania with his two kids, Vlad and Ingrid. The story revolves around Vlad wanting to fit in with his classmates in his new school rather than sucking their blood as his father wants him to. Vlad befriends another outsider named Robin who wants to become less like the popular crowd and preferably more vampiric.
Count Dracula reminds me of Professor Snape in that he is sexist, arrogant , yet not a real meanie and quite attractive in his long black wig.
He is played by Keith-Lee Castle. Here is some info from Wiki :
Keith-Lee Castle is a British actor, particularly known for playing bad guys and vampires. He has guest-starred in numerous television shows, mostly British. He has also appeared in several films, including playing 'the psychotic Psychs', the owner of the doll, in Seed of Chucky (2004), and Clarence Weasel in The Wind in the Willows(1996), based on the popular book. To portray the rather loony weasel he wore small furry ears, a long tail and a long, yellow swishing coat. He also had a small part in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
To younger viewers, he is probably best known for his role in the CBBC series Young Dracula as the famous Count Dracula.
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Count Dracula is a 600-year-old vampire, who has emigrated to Britain to escape his problems with the local villagers in Transylvania. He sleeps in a coffin, can ignite or put out candles with a wave of his fingers, and has the ability to move from room to room at great speed, bordering on teleportation. In the second series he was seen to turn into a bat or a cloud of smoke at will, and even move his soul from his own body into another's, and so possess them. He likes the taste of blood from "breathers", as he calls humans, but has had to resort to drinking the blood of sheep to stay out of trouble. He also, due to misunderstanding, answers to the name "Mr Count" and this similarly prevents any worry on the part of humans by concealing his real name, Dracula.
He favours his young son Vlad and is constantly ignoring or otherwise brushing off his daughter Ingrid, making both their lives difficult in different ways.
Naturally his kids are embarassed by him ....
. His constant favourism towards Vlad is just as illogical as his disregard for Ingrid, considering that Vlad does not in any way wish to become a vampire.
In the first and second series, the Count is often mistaken for a rock star because of the somewhat Gothic style of clothing he wears on the occasions he leaves the castle - most notably in an episode where he goes to parents' evening at Ingrid and Vlad's school, and ends up being chased by screaming fans while trying to protect himself from the sun with an umbrella. ( THAT MADE ME LAUGH)
For the most part, however, he stays indoors during the day, and during the end of the second series comes under criticism (and near execution) from the Grand High Vampire for his tolerant relationship with "breathers".
I think I am still in Series One. I recommend it ! Its on ABC Friday nights approx 5 pm.
Oh I forgot to tell you that Keith-Lee Castle has a GREAT stare. This song is "Poison" by Alice Cooper. An oldie but a goldie ....
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