Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
You might remember it as Don't Hug Me I'm Scared episode 1
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2011·The social era
A British puppet series that starts as a children’s programme and turns into horror.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- DHMIS
- Spread in
- 2011
- Format
- Video
- Made by
- Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A short film made with no budget grew into six, partly paid for by its audience, and then into a Channel 4 series eleven years after the first.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The first short is released on YouTube.1
- Later
A crowdfunding campaign for more episodes reaches its goal of 96,000 pounds.1
- Later
The sixth and last web episode is released.1
- Mainstream
A television series of six episodes is released by Channel 4’s streaming service.1
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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later · the upload that made its maker known
The version shown here is a later copy, posted by the creator to YouTube.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
View the creator's copy on YouTube
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Created by Becky Sloan. Established by research, not by who posted the copy shown here.
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SourcesWhat was read
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