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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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Series 2, Episode 3

The Peaky Bakers plot a move to Channel 4; Hillary Clinton is recovering in bed; Prince George and Princess Charlotte head to the Antiques Roadshow; there's a face-off between trashy daytime TV shows; David Cameron tries his hand in a burger bar; Katie Hopkins gives Tyson Fury a few tips; and Jeremy Corbyn heads to the left.

Preview clips

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 17th September 2016
Time
9pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Jon Culshaw Various (Voice)
Debra Stephenson Various (Voice)
Lewis Macleod Various (Voice)
Simon Greenall Various (Voice)
Jess Robinson Additional Characters (Voice)
Harriet Carmichael Additional Characters (Voice)
Writing team
Pete Sinclair Writer
Madeleine Brettingham Writer
Dan Gaster Writer
Sarah Morgan Writer
Tom Neenan Writer
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch Writer
Brona C. Titley Writer
Tony Cooke Writer
John-Luke Roberts Writer
Giles Pilbrow Writer
Natalie Scicluna Script Development
Ben Martin Writer
Production team
Dominic Brigstocke Director
George Kane Director
Giles Pilbrow Series Producer
Caroline Norris Executive Producer
Phil Chalk Executive Producer
Mark Williams Editor
Mark Henson Editor
Margaret Spohrer Production Designer
Ben Jones Director of Photography
Fiona Bunting Costume Designer
Richie Webb Composer
Matt Katz Composer
Mat McHale 1st Assistant Director
Bethan Gorman Consultant Producer

Videos

Peaky Bakers

Bake Off meets Masterchef on Peaky Bakers.

The Tessbot 2000

The Tessbot 2000 (aka Tess Daly) has broken down. Claudia Winkleman takes her in to be repaired.

Adele wants to be a normal girl

Despite the money and the fame, all Adele wants is to be a 'nawmal bird'.

Press

The second series of the potshot puppet satire continues. It may be more interested in being mean about celebrities than angry at politicians, but at least Newzoids has a distinctive look: the primitive Action Man-style marionettes with weirdly slick CGI mouths are vividly grotesque. Tonight's instalment also promises some blue-on-blue action by taking an axe to ITV2 totem Keith Lemon and Xtra Factor host Rylan Clark-Neal among others.

Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 17th September 2016

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