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Newzoids

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.

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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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