That Puppet Game Show
| That Puppet Game Show | |
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| Genre | Comedy Game show |
| Written by | George Jeffrie Bert Tyler-Moore Dawson bros Tim Inman |
| Directed by | Richard Valentine |
| Presented by | Dougie Colon |
| Starring |
Dave Chapman Louise Gold Brian Henson Nigel Plaskitt Colleen Smith Victor Yerrid |
| Composer(s) | Paul Farrer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Derek McLean Brian Henson Martin Baker |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Nichols |
| Editor(s) | Nick Peto Ian Moffat |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Entertainment The Jim Henson Company |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 10 August 2013 – 5 January 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
That Puppet Game Show was a British television series hosted by Dougie Colon, which began airing on 10 August 2013 on BBC One and ended on 5 January 2014. The show has been made by the BBC in conjunction with The Jim Henson Company and features the Miskreant Puppets from Puppet Up! in their first family-related appearance. On 25 October 2013, it was announced that the show had been axed after the show had attracted largely negative press reviews and struggled in the ratings.
Each week two celebrities go head to head in a number of games, hoping to win £10,000 for their chosen charity. They compete in subjects such as sport, science, celebrity, nature, music and mental agility. Each of the games is run and hosted by a different puppet character, who is an "expert" in their field.
In between each of the games, backstage scenes feature the experts and crew. There is also a family watching the game show on TV who make comments after each of the games are played.
Many of the puppet characters were recycled from characters in various other Henson productions.
The first series aired for seven episodes, each starring different celebrity guests.
The following are the crew members that help to run this show:
Shane Richie and Claudia Winkleman compete against each other to win money for the charity of their choice. Meanwhile, everyone starts believing that Jake Hamilton-Jones ate Eddie Watts. But did he really eat Eddie?
After The Amazing Ian accidentally burned down his house, he moves in with Eddie driving Eddie insane. Meanwhile, Mel Giedroyc and Vernon Kay battle each other out in order to win £10,000.
Despite the show's cancellation announcement on 25 October 2013, the Daily Star reported on 16 August 2013 that the BBC show is set to go global with TV chiefs in Scandinavia and Asia wanting to buy the show and make their own versions.
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