Planet Sketch
| Planet Sketch | |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Written by | Nicholas Barber Annie Caulfield Marc Haynes Jono Howard |
| Directed by | Andy Wyatt Vamberto Maduro |
| Voices of |
Morwenna Banks Paul Bazely Clare Corbett Johnny Daukes Mark Evans Teresa Gallagher Lucy Jules Gordon Kennedy Burt Kwouk Adam Longworth Alan Marriott Felicity Montagu Lucy Montgomery Tom Parkinson Rob Rackstraw Paul Shearer John Sparkes Lizzie Stables Emma Tate Tabitha Wady Keith Wickham Jo Wyatt |
| Composer(s) | Eggplant LF, Inc. |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language(s) |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Helen Brunsdon |
| Editor(s) | Richard Hanson |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) | |
| Distributor | DHX Media |
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| Original release | November 19, 2005 – present |
Planet Sketch is a British-Canadian animated television series produced by Aardman Animations and Decode Entertainment. The show first aired on CITV, and later began airing on Teletoon starting on November 19, 2005.
Every episode features an assortment of sketches. The show typically begins with a Nose Picker sketch, in which a girl named Olivia pulls out an object from her nose (which is also the title of each episode). From then on, several sketches are then played out to fill the remainder of the show, culminating with the June Spume and Melville sketch, in which a girl named June Spume uses her body parts to produce music, such as her teeth as a piano, which accompanies the show's theme music as the show ends.
Typically, there is only one of each type of 3D sketch per episode, but some segments appear twice, and some do not appear at all. The 2D sketches Sara Swapsy, Only Joking, Ira and Lyra, and Bill and Phil always consist of three parts, which alternate with one other sketch in between each portion. The other one-time sketches follow the same pattern but with only two parts each, while the remaining recurring sketches are treated as regular segments.
In the second series, however, only Melville appears, featuring in a dance clip before the credits roll. The Nose Picker sketch still appears though. In this series the 2D sketches didn't return, and the show went completely 3D. The second season adds new characters. 2D segments and some 3D characters disappeared, such as The Gnaughty Gnomes and Mr. Hives & Timbo. In addition, characters dance between segments, or the Planet Sketch sign is shown with a gag, and the 3D format is slightly different from the previous, because of the different shape of the characters' eyes, the short depth of their heads and the huge shading on them not showing the glossy surface of their appearance.
The series has been aired in both full-episode and short form. The following information is for the full-length episodes only.
The first 10 episodes were shown on Teletoon in three blocks on November 19, 2005 as part of a special event on the channel called "Nonsense Day".
Both series have aired on CITV in the UK. The second series aired on Saturdays at 9:40am on CITV on ITV1. Now the series is finished, but there are still minisodes showing on CITV.
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