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The
Secret Show
(2006)
producers:
Collingwood O'Hare
for
the BBC
animation: 2D
animation
episodes:
52 x 13 minutes
Super secret agents Victor Volt and Anita
Knight take on evil in all its dastardly
forms in this high-kicking, karate-chopping, gadget-busting,
action-packed,
series from Collingwood O'Hare. Victor and
Anita work for U.Z.Z., an underground
organisation run by possibly-mad scientist
Professor Professor and an operations
chief whose name really is Changed Daily.
Together they must thwart the
twisted machinations of T.H.E.M., a loose
conglomerate of bad guys and
ne-erdowells lead by bad girl extraordinaire, Doctor
Doctor. Evil takes
on inumerable guises, from bogie balls to
Commando Babies but somehow
some way, they'll be stopped in their tracks
by our heroes, just in the
nick of time...
"The Secret Show" takes its cue
from those classic ITC spy series of the
sixties. It's "Mission:Impossible"
meets "Austen Powers", "Danger Man" and
"The Avengers" and a bit of
"Monty Python" to boot. The show is positively
overflowing with enthusiasm, effervescent
humour, enraged enemies, and
fluffy pink bunny rabbits. It also features
some super secret voices
on its soundtrack, including ex-Eastender
Mike Reid as Mr Atom, Tom
Baker as Robert Baron, Felicity Kendall
as Lucy Woo and Penelope
Keith as Nana Poo-Poo.
And then there's Stephen Fry. He came
on board the pilot episode, voicing
that luckiest of bad guys Lucky Leo.
This was produced in August 2004
and used to sell the show at Cartoon
FORUM and MIPCOM. Whereupon
the BBC boarded and commissioned 52
episodes for broadcast
from Autumn 2006. Lucky
old Leo subsequently got a second bite
at the cherry, because his titular episode
was revamped to kickstart
the second series!
What a lucky fellow. And what luck for
us, because "The Secret Show"
is a karate kick up the backside for kids
tv....
T.H.E.M.
Evil comes in inumerable forms. Here
are a few of them:
Doctor Doctor
The diabolical leader of the Bad Guys...
The Impostors
Creatures capable of replicating humans
as "hardcopy holograms"...
Martian Gravity Thieves
Planetary thiecves capable of stealing
gravity...
Nanny Poo-Poo
Controler of an unstoppable army of
Commando Babies...
Helsinki-Man
He's hell-bent on the downfall of our
agents, thanks to a mind-bomb...
The Floaty Heads
Aliens bent on sieving the world (yes, "sieving")...
Robert Baron
A man with a super-secret plan...
Dr Hypno
His hypno-powers are mind-bending...
Eartha Quaker
A super-stomping superhero...
Porka-Worka
A super-intelligent pig...
The Reptogators
Underground monsters who can suck your
brains out!...
Mr Atom
The smallest man in the world...
The Chef
A culinary villain, with grand guignol
on his mind...
Awards
2007 Children's BAFTA
- Best Animation
2007 Children's BAFTA - Interactive
(for the show's web site)
In
the news
The
Hound: November 2007 The
Hound: May 2005
A Double Agent revealed... The
BBC come onboard...
The
Hound: November 2006 The
Hound: October 2004
A Secret web site... The
Hound watches the series pilot...
The
Hound: February 2006 The
Hound: August 2004
Some ever-so Secret images... The
Secret Show is coming...
Ssh!
- Those secret episodes...
Series One
The Secret Thing Secret
Sleep
Who Stole Switzerland? Super-Vic
Bogie Ball (aka Booger Ball) The
Thing That Goes Ping
Wedgie Attack! The
Trousers of Doom
Commando Babies What's
in The Box?
Bad Hair Day Return
of the Killer Toothbrush
And That's For Helsinki! Reptogator
Attack!
The Ball of Spong Mr
Atom
Destination Sun When
Good Food Goes Bad
The Secret Room Flick
the Switch
Alien Attack! Giant
Brain of Terror!
Mirror Mirror You're
History
Dr Hypno Returns Again! A
Purrfect Villain
Series Two
Lucky Leo The
Wobble Men from Dimension 10
Zombie Attack Mission
to Monkey Nut Island
Imposting the Impostors A
Hairy Scary World
Ammonites Rule!
World Savers
Victor of the Future The
Hand
Monument Racers Secret
Santa
Impostor Attack! The
Z-Ray Goggles of Power
Secret Spider The
Secret Man
Rise of the Floaty-Heads Planet
Professor Professor
Catch the Birdman The
Abyss
World Anthem
Stuff Stealers
It's a Hamster World The
Villain Nobody Took Seriously
The Fluffy Bunnython Secret
Double Agent
of Doom
Broadcast
info
The series premiered on BBC1 as part of the
BBC's new
Saturday morning magazine show "TMi"
on 16th September 2006...
The
Secret Show on DVD
The
Secret Show: The U.Z.Z. Files - Vol.1
Region
2 / nine episodes / BBC / April 2008
a
Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd
production for the BBC
created by Tony Collingwood
directors: Tony
Collingwood, Andrea Tran
producer: Chris
O'Hare
writers: Tony
Collingwood, Mark
Holloway,
Mark
Zaslove, Lee Pressman,
Jimmy
Hibbert, Ken Pontac,
Ken
Segall, Ben Townsend,
Baz
Hawkins, Dave Ingham,
Laura
Beaumont & Paul Larson,
David Stafford, Paddy Granleese,
Alex
Williams, Ken Segall
script editing
& casting:
Helen Stroud
music: Roger
Jackson
designer: Andrea
Tran
voices: Allan
Marriott
Kate
Harbour
Rob
Rackstraw
Keith
Wickham
Martin
Hyder
additional "Lucky Leo"
pilot credits
animators: Paul
Daley, Christian Chessell,
Dennis
Sisterson
prod man: David
Eldon
editor: Fred
Ziecker
sound des: Alex
Boyesen
CelAction 2D
support: Andy
Blazdell, Simon Lipowicz
Stephen Fry (Lucky Leo)
On
the web
The
Secret Show
A BAFTA-winning promo site designed
by the folks at Complete
Control. Zap the bunnies and open
the first level of its oh-so
secret delights....
Collingwood
O'Hare
The official studio site for all
the info on the creators...
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