Newzoids
- TV sketch show
- ITV1
- 2015 - 2016
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Topical satirical sketch show featuring puppets. Stars Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Lewis Macleod, Simon Greenall, Jon Clegg and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2015 - 2016
- Channel
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Stars
- Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Lewis Macleod, Simon Greenall, Jon Clegg, Marea Smithson, Jess Robinson, Duncan Wisbey and Harriet Carmichael
- Writers
- Pete Sinclair, Madeleine Brettingham, Dan Gaster, Jason Hazeley, Carey Marx, Sarah Morgan, Joel Morris, Tom Neenan and more
- Directors
- Dominic Brigstocke and George Kane
- Producers
- Giles Pilbrow, Bethan Gorman, Caroline Norris and Phil Chalk
- Companies
Newzoids is a topical puppet animation sketch show poking fun at pop stars, politicians, sports faces and TV favourites, and depicting our most talked about famous faces in a way they have never been seen before.
Imagine a world where David Cameron and Nick Clegg battle it out on Jeremy Kyle, where Ed Miliband joins Ant & Dec on I'm A Catastrophe... Get Me Out Of Here, and where Professor Brian Cox finds an extraordinary new planet in the solar system - Kim Kardashian's backside.
Featuring the voices of impressionists including Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson, Newzoids uses Strange Hill High's mixture of traditional puppetry and state of the art animation to put a satirical and surreal spin on the stories and celebrities we read about every day.
In the world of Newzoids, anything can happen and no one in the public eye is safe. Amongst the roster of famous (and infamous) faces on the roll-call are Ant and Dec, Wayne Rooney, Beyonce, Harry Styles, Prince Harry, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Barack Obama, Russell Brand and Simon Cowell.
Additional details
- Production
- Animated
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 15th April 2015 at 9pm on ITV1
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 11th October 2016 at 12:25am on ITV1 - Series 2, Episode 6
- Tuesday 4th October 2016 at 12:25am on ITV1 - Series 2, Episode 5
- Tuesday 27th September 2016 at 12:25am on ITV1 - Series 2, Episode 4