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Young Dracula was a British children's television series on CBBC, loosely based on the children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the second series, which started in late 2007, concluded in early 2008.

All 12-year-old Vlad wants is an ordinary life, and he's hoping that his family's move to England might be just the thing to provide it. Regrettably, the family is moving from Transylvania, where they've been chased out by an angry mob, and the family name is Dracula, so the chances of a normal adolescence in the English 'burbs are slim.

Vlad's dad, the Count, wants him to hunt "breathers" (that is, humans) with more enthusiasm and to take over the family business. Mum has run off with a werewolf and the family servant eats cockroaches. Vlad's philosophy, however, is "more blending, less biting". His older sister Ingrid's wants to be a cruel and despotic vampire queen, but is constantly ignored by the Count (when he isn't belittling her).

Down the road in the village, young Robin Branaugh dreams of becoming a vampire and avoiding his family's camping holidays. Teaching at the local school is woodwork teacher and would-be vampire hunter Eric van Helsing, whose son Jonathan is just as embarrassed by his father as Vlad is by his.

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