The Joke Machine
Schoolchildren compete to tell the best jokes, with a comedy punishment for those whose efforts are not up to scratch. Jarred Christmas hosts
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2014 - 2016
- Channel
- CBBC
- Episodes
- 50 (1 series)
- Star
- Jarred Christmas
- Director
- Jason Dawson
- Producers
- Jason Dawson, Jamie Isaacs and Hugh Lawton
The Joke Machine is an interplanetary craft manned by the Joke Master, who is in search of the UK's best jokes. Where better to look than the school playground?
In each episode, children from two schools are beamed up into the Joke Machine and compete to tell the best jokes. However, if they fail to amuse the Joke Master they get a comedy punishment.
From smoke, splats, stamps and blasts, the feisty banter between master and joke teller can lead to unpredictable consequences.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 26th May 2014 on CBBC at 5:55pm
- Last new broadcast
- Wednesday 15th October 2014 on CBBC at 7:30am
- Length of episodes
- 10 minutes
- Last repeat
- Friday 8th December 2017 at 2:15pm
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