▁R ack st raw , ▁and ▁Nick ▁U pton . ▁ ▁Air ings ▁The ▁first ▁series ▁was ▁brought ▁initially ▁to ▁a ▁minor ▁Wel sh ▁audience ▁by ▁Me ir ion ▁Dav ies ▁of ▁S 4 C ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁complete ▁with ▁Wel sh ▁language ▁titles ▁and ▁cred its , ▁and ▁thereby ▁less ▁suitable ▁for ▁English ▁language ▁channels . ▁G ogs ▁spr ung ▁on ▁to ▁an ▁international ▁platform ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁Col in ▁Rose ▁at ▁the ▁BBC , ▁who ▁had ▁the ▁show ▁translated ▁for ▁an ▁English - spe aking ▁audience ▁and ▁a ired ▁on ▁BBC ▁Two ▁in ▁the ▁Christmas ▁hol id ays ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁The ▁G ogs ▁did ▁not ▁use ▁any ▁language . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁move ▁by ▁origin ators ▁Si ô n ▁Jones ▁and ▁De ini ol ▁Morris . ▁It ▁would ▁make ▁G ogs ▁a ▁better ▁commercial ▁prospect ▁for ▁pros pective ▁commission ers ▁S 4 C ▁by ▁elimin ating ▁the ▁cost ly ▁need ▁to ▁translate ▁and ▁re - d ub ▁the ▁voices ▁and ▁would ▁also ▁cut ▁production ▁costs ▁by ▁saving ▁time ▁in ▁over d ub bing ▁and ▁anim ating ▁lip ▁sync . ▁After ▁this , ▁a ▁second ▁series , ▁G ogs ▁II , ▁was ▁produced ▁and ▁a ired ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁the ▁G og w ana ▁ 3 0 - min ute ▁special ▁and ▁finale . ▁ ▁Later ▁history ▁and ▁st alled ▁film ▁Both ▁series ▁of ▁G ogs ▁and ▁the