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Warrick Brownlow-Pike
Warrick Brownlow-Pike (born 28 January 1985) is a British puppeteer. He is best known for performing the character "Gonger" on ''Sesame Street'' and its spinoff series ''The Furchester Hotel'' and Dodge T Dog on the CBeebies Channel. CBBC presenting Warrick was half of the 'Ed and Oucho' presenter duo for CBBC. Ed Petrie and Oucho the talking Cactus presented live afternoon continuity for the CBBC Channel on weekdays, from 15:25 to 19:00 from on 3 September 2007 until January 2010. In April 2010 he returned to present CBBC continuity performing 'Dodge T Dog', Hacker the Dog's half brother. Ed Petrie spoke about Oucho on his Twitter social networking page on 16/6/10. "Q: What have u done with Oucho?!! A: Nothing! He's taking it easy, but we have lots of ideas for shows with him. Maybe in 2011." When Warrick was asked on his Twitter on 18/6/10 about if Oucho is back soon he says: "Hopefully! Lets cross all of our fingers, toes and things!" CBBC shows Ed and Oucho's first CBB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoop (British TV Series)
''Scoop'' is a children's TV series first broadcast by the BBC on the CBBC channel from 5 January 2009 to 10 August 2011. The show stars Shaun Williamson as Digby Digworth, an ambitious but inept journalist for a fictional local newspaper, ''The Pilbury Post''. Each episode centres on Digby's failure to get a scoop, ending up causing mayhem and disaster instead. In each of these he is accompanied by Hacker, a dog. The show also stars Mark Benton as the newspaper's short-tempered editor, Max de Lacey and there are guest appearances by popular British TV actors such as Lesley Joseph and Mina Anwar who plays Selena Sharp, reporter for a rival paper. In one episode the famous children's writer J. K. Rowling is parodied as a novelist character called T. K. Towling, while in another Jeremy Clarkson (ex ''Top Gear'' presenter) is satirised with the character Clark Jameson. The episodes are 28 minutes in length and were originally stripped (broadcast every day) across weekdays on BBC O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milkshake!
''Milkshake!'' (stylised as milkshake!) is a British Children's television series, children's television programming block on 5 (British TV channel), 5. Originally launched in 1997, it is currently aimed at children aged 2 to 7. History The block debuted on Channel 5 on 31st March 1997 and is currently broadcast on weekdays from 05:40 to 09:15 and weekends from 5:40am to 9:55am (9:50am on Sundays). The block has a number of presenters and features a range of children's programming. Programmes for older children also aired from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2016 on spin-off block ''Shake!'', which, in its time, ran on weekends after ''Milkshake!''. Following Viacom (2005–2019), Viacom's acquisition of Channel 5 in 2014 the block began airing Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland), Nick Jr. programmes including ''Paw Patrol'', ''Blaze and the Monster Machines,'' ''Shimmer and Shine.'' On 6 July 2017, Channel 5 announced a rebranding of ''Milkshake!'' that launched on 24 July, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Tetsell
Dan Tetsell (born 2 July 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer for radio, television and stage. He has worked on a number of projects, including '' The Museum of Everything'', '' That Was Then, This Is Now'', ''Newsjack'' and ''Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections''. Notably, he created CBBC series ''Young Dracula'' with ''Museum of Everything'' colleague Danny Robins. He is married to comedy actor Margaret Cabourn-Smith. At the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he performed a one-man comedy show entitled ''Sins of the Grandfathers'', focusing on his grandfather's Nazi past. Notable TV roles include Brian in the BBC Two situation comedy '' Lab Rats'' and the voice of the cat Marion in the BBC Three adult puppet comedy '' Mongrels''. He has appeared in episodes of the BBC TV comedies '' Miranda'' and '' Psychoville''. He starred alongside Richard Herring, Emma Kennedy, and Christian Reilly on Richard Herring's weekly podcast, '' As It Occurs To Me''. In 2012 he joined B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmission Impossible With Ed And Oucho
''Transmission Impossible With Ed and Oucho'' is a CBBC show starring Ed Petrie and Oucho T. Cactus. Filmed at Pinewood Studios, PinewoodGroup.com it first aired on 16 May 2009 and was shown every Saturday morning on and Sunday morning on the for its run of 26 episodes. Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho ended on 9 August 2009 to allow Ed and Oucho to film Series 2 of Excellent Inventions. < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Chapman (actor)
David Chapman is an English actor, presenter, puppeteer and voice artist. Career Chapman trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating 1992, and The Jim Henson Company, April, 1994 at Jim Henson's creature shop, Camden. His puppeteering work has featured in the films ''Muppet Treasure Island'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' (Walt Disney Company, 1996), ''My Last Five Girlfriends'' (Paramount), Ridley Scott's ''Prometheus'' (20th Century Fox), and '' Muppets Most Wanted'' (Disney, 2014). On TV, his puppeteering work has featured in '' Wizards vs Aliens'', '' Captain Abercromby'', '' Carrie and David's Popshop'', Children in Need, ''Doctor Who'', ''French and Saunders'', '' Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller'', '' The Saturday Show'', '' Shooting Stars'', ''Sport Relief'', ''Time Trumpet'', '' Tiny and Mr. Duk's Huge Show'', '' What's Up Doc?'', '' Nuzzle and Scratch'', ''Xchange'', ''The X Factor'' and on Jim Henson Company's ''Pajanimals''. He has had a long associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Burgess (actress)
Sarah Burgess (born 7 June 1970) is a British actress and puppeteer who played Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz in the ''Sesame Street'' spin-off series '' The Furchester Hotel'' for CBeebies. Life Burgess was born in Brighton in 1970. She became a puppeteer in about 1997 after working with '' Wizadora's'' puppeteers as their prop assistant. Her roles include Trixie and the UK dub of Stingy on the television series ''LazyTown'', Brassy The Rat in the CBeebies series ''Space Pirates'', Fifi le Fleur for Ed and Oucho (CBBC), and was a puppeteer on The Dark Crystal (Netflix series) and the film Solo: A Star Wars Story. She also puppeteered on the West End production of '' Doctor Dolittle'' and as an actress and puppeteer in The Sleeping Beauty, Fantastic Mr Fox, Philemon and Baucis, The Frog Prince, Odessa and the Magic Goat, The Talkative Tortoise, and The Prince and the Mouse for The Little Angel Puppet Theatre in Islington and has played Ojo on the European tour of ''Bear in the Big Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Pirates (2007 TV Series)
''Space Pirates'' is a British 2007 children's television series created by Tony Reed, originally shown on CBeebies. It uses a mixture of live action and animation, set aboard a spaceship called "Guisto" which orbits Earth. It starred Luke Toulson as Captain DJ, and featured the voice of (then) Radio 1 newsreader Dominic Byrne as an alien news/weather/travel reporter called Zorst. There are 30 half-hour episodes which were first shown from 3 November 2007 until 22 March 2008. Background Space Pirates was commissioned for the BBC's CBeebies channel. The show is now designed to reach all ages and "bring the whole family together to explore a diverse range of musical performances."''Space Pirates - Information for grown-ups'' According to the |
The Dark Crystal
''The Dark Crystal'' is a 1982 dark fantasy, dark fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. It stars the voices of Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell (actress), Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, and Barry Dennen. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company and distributed by Universal Pictures. The plot revolves around Characters and races of The Dark Crystal#Jen, Jen and Characters and races of The Dark Crystal#Kira, Kira, two Characters and races of The Dark Crystal#Gelflings, Gelflings on a quest to restore balance to the world of Fantasy world, Thra and overthrow the evil, ruling Skeksis by restoring a powerful broken Crystal. It was marketed as a family film, but was notably darker than the creators' previous material. The animatronics used in the film were considered groundbreaking for the time, with most creatures, like the Gelflings, requiring around four puppeteers to achieve full manipulation. The primary concept artist was fanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Resistance
''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' is an American television series produced, made and owned by The Jim Henson Company. It is a prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson film ''The Dark Crystal'' that explores the world of Thra created for the original film. It follows the story of three young Gelflings: Rian, Deet, and Brea, as they journey together on a quest to unite the Gelfling clans to rise against the tyrannical Skeksis and save their planet Thra from a destructive blight known as the Darkening. The series premiered on August 30, 2019, to critical acclaim. In September 2020, it was announced that the series had been cancelled after one season. Premise On the planet Thra, three Gelflings – Rian, Brea, and Deet – inspire a rebellion after discovering a horrifying secret behind their customarily worshipped rulers, the Skeksis, that threatens their entire planet. Cast Main cast Resistance Skeksis Supporting cast Gelfling urRu/Mystics Others Additional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target audience. It covers all genres including particularly new comedies, drama, LGBTQ+ programmes, music, fashion, documentaries, brief news, adult animation, and drama series. BBC iPlayer, the BBC's video-on-demand service, launched in December 2007 and included BBC Three alongside the BBC's other channels at launch. The linear channel closed down on 15 February 2016 and relaunched on 1 February 2022, with programming appearing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the interim period. The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 7:00 am). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongrels (TV Series)
''Mongrels'' is a British puppet-based musical situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second and final series of ''Mongrels'' began airing on 7 November 2011. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox (voiced by Rufus Jones, performed by Andy Heath); Destiny, an Afghan hound (voiced by Lucy Montgomery, performed by Richard Coombs and Sue Beattie); Marion, a "borderline- retarded" cat (voiced by Dan Tetsell, performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike); Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon (voiced by Katy Brand, performed by Iestyn Evans); and Vince, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox (voiced by Paul Kaye, performed by various puppeteers). The show is aimed at an adult audience, features "neutering, incontinenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
