▁G og w ana ▁special ▁were ▁crit ically ▁well ▁received ▁and ▁gar ner ed ▁numerous ▁awards . ▁However , ▁G og w ana ▁would ▁prove ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁last ▁ever ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁The ▁high ▁costs ▁of ▁producing ▁cl ay m ation ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁emer ging ▁s oph istic ation ▁of ▁computer - generated ▁animation ▁( even ▁one ▁episode ▁of ▁G ogs ▁took ▁a ▁very ▁long ▁time ▁to ▁produce ▁with ▁the ▁small ▁team , ▁little ▁resources ▁and ▁fund ing ▁they ▁had ), ▁and ▁the ▁prime ▁time ▁slot ▁allocated ▁to ▁G ogs ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁better ▁filled ▁with ▁" more ▁conventional " ▁sit com s , ▁ens ured ▁that ▁G ogs ▁was ▁not ▁commission ed ▁for ▁a ▁third ▁series ▁or ▁another ▁special ▁by ▁the ▁BBC . ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg ▁and ▁his ▁newly ▁founded ▁Dream Work s ▁had ▁recently ▁attempted ▁to ▁retain ▁the ▁services ▁of ▁Nick ▁Park , ▁head ▁of ▁British ▁studio ▁A ard man ▁Anim ations ▁and ▁cre ator ▁of ▁Wal lace ▁and ▁G rom it , ▁to ▁make ▁an ▁animated ▁cav eman ▁film ; ▁however ▁A ard man ▁" res isted ▁being ▁bought ▁by ▁Hollywood ▁lock ▁stock ▁and ▁bar rel ." ▁So on ▁after , ▁Spiel berg ▁saw ▁the ▁first ▁episode ▁of ▁G ogs , ▁which ▁revol ves ▁around ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁the ▁G ogs ▁discover ing ▁fire ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ; ▁Spiel berg ▁was ▁being ▁im pressed ▁by ▁it ▁he ▁offered ▁G ogs ▁cre ators ▁AA Arg h ! ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁instead ▁of ▁A ard