 As well as the animated adventures of Salty and his friends, the series uses live-action footage from the British children's television series "Tugs" for various segments.40 episodes were produced in the series.It ran from October 3, 1997, to June 26, 1998, on PBS and TLC and later on Channel 4 in the UK, MBC 3 in the Middle East, Fox Kids in Australia, Bahrain TV Channel 55 in Bahrain, SABC2 in South Africa, TV3 in Ireland, TVN in Poland, TV Cultura in Brazil, the Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, TeleAsturias in Spain, BFBS (which is seen in several countries such as Germany, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Belize, and Bosnia), CBC Television and SCN in Canada, Playhouse Disney in Taiwan and UBC Kids in Thailand, in addition, also airing on CVM Television in Jamaica.