▁educational ▁television ▁available ▁to ▁all ." ▁ ▁The ▁dialog ue ▁was ▁recorded ▁at ▁the ▁sound ▁stud ios ▁of ▁BBC ▁Wales ▁in ▁Card iff . ▁During ▁the ▁recording , ▁Gar field ▁himself ▁was ▁present , ▁as ▁was ▁literary ▁ad visor , ▁Stanley ▁Well s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Russian ▁direct ors . ▁All ▁gave ▁input ▁to ▁the ▁actors ▁during ▁the ▁recording ▁sessions . ▁The ▁anim ators ▁then ▁took ▁the ▁voice ▁record ings ▁back ▁to ▁Moscow ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁animate ▁them . ▁At ▁this ▁stage , ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁over seen ▁by ▁Dave ▁Edwards , ▁who ▁co - ordin ated ▁the ▁Moscow ▁animation ▁with ▁S 4 C . ▁Edwards ' ▁job ▁was ▁to ▁keep ▁one ▁eye ▁on ▁the ▁cre ative ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁produ ctions ▁and ▁one ▁eye ▁on ▁the ▁financial ▁and ▁practical ▁aspects . ▁This ▁didn ' t ▁make ▁him ▁especially ▁popular ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁direct ors , ▁but ▁his ▁role ▁was ▁an ▁essential ▁one ▁if ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁completed ▁on ▁time ▁and ▁under ▁budget . ▁According ▁to ▁Elizabeth ▁Bab akh ina , ▁executive ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁the ▁strict ▁rules ▁brought ▁into ▁play ▁by ▁Edwards ▁actually ▁helped ▁the ▁direct ors ; ▁" Maybe ▁at ▁long ▁last ▁our ▁direct ors ▁will ▁learn ▁that ▁you ▁can ' t ▁break ▁dead lines . ▁In ▁the ▁past , ▁direct ors ▁thought ▁" If ▁I ▁make ▁a ▁good ▁film , ▁people ▁will ▁forg ive ▁me ▁anything ." ▁Now ▁they ' ve ▁begun ▁to ▁understand ▁that ▁they ▁won ' t ▁necessarily ▁be