Puppets from the UK Iceberg | Scribbles to Screen

[@kusuossecretgf5401]

Hi! French here! I didn't expect to see some shows I watched as a kid on this list, but you brought back old memories of kindergarten me sitting and drinking milk in the morning while watching the tweenies! Thanks!

[@sorcerersapprentice]

I'm Canadian. You know when you've never heard of over half of the shows in level one, you know you are in for a ride in the best way possible. Heard of The Storyteller, strangely enough.

[@michaelbullen3104]

@dangerzone334archivel o o n e t k a

[@starlight6046]

I'm so glad they showed the "we're just innocent men" line from Hacker 😂

[@TheDigitalApple]

The UK has given us Americans so many great puppets. From help funding The Muppet Show, Pipkins, Noddy and Jerry Andersons work!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

His first name is spelled "Gerry"

[@michaelbullen3104]

Now THIS is a video of yours that’ll be hard to beat I can tell. Especially the REALLY R E A L L Y early days of UK Television puppets… Aka pure nightmare fuel

[@butterflyminder]

You're not wrong. Honestly, a lot of these probably scared parents as well.

[@gojirafan0577]

Gerry Anderson is a huge inspiration for me, and his shows like ThunderBirds and Captain Scarlet, are some of the reasons on why i am hoping to make my own television shows someday in the future.

[@skootergirl22]

My mum told me that she thinks my dad looks like brains 😂

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Four Feather Falls and Terrahawks are good too, especially in the music department

[@DisneySonic1991]

Man, I grew up with Dustin, Socky and Moorebags as a kid. Big nostalgia when hearing them be mentioned here.

[@EvilApted1992]

As a child the head from art attack absolutely petrified me

[@original_demonic]

YOU MISSED YONDERLAND! It was a show made by the horrrible histories gang for an older audience, like Ghosts, but was made in between the two. It was about a mum named Debbie who found a magical land in her cupboard, and has to save Yonderland as a result. There were so many different puppets in that show, including one of the main characters being Elf and his magical stick named Nick, that can make a portal between yonderland and Debbie’s cupboard. Most of the humour comes from the people of yonderland acting like her children, with petty arguments she solves in three seconds which hails her a hero, along with some of the characters causing mischief in her own house while she hides it from her husband and kids. I loved the show when it first was broadcast on Sky, but I don’t think it had many reruns.

[@MrYumpherdinker]

I absolutely adore your videos discussing obscure British TV shows since they give off a really cosy Nostalgic vibe, I actually grew up with a lot of these (the Muppet show in particular) since I LOVED puppetry as a child. Keep up the fantastic work, you're one of the best youtubers I've had the pleasure of subscribing to!

[@simonlaxon9474]

Pipkins' hartley hare really freaked me when I was younger 😂

[@deefox7333]

Japan is famous for anime and animation, while the UK is known for puppets and stop-motion animation. I wonder which other countries are also known for their unique forms of animation.

[@thepeternetwork]

I remember seeing Terrahawks on US syndicated television, during the after school kid's block, and I was like, "What the heck am I looking at? This isn't cartoons." Also, thanks for mentioning The Muppet Show, also shown in US syndication (before prime time). My sister and I grew up with Jim Henson's magical muppetry.

[@koda_dawgg]

i didn't grow up with a lot of these characters and shows because i'm american (the teletubbies being one exception as i did watch that as a kid) but i know a lot of them because puppetry is one of my interests/fixations so this video is right up my alley!

[@higbeeproductions2340]

Yey! I think this is the first time you ever talked about stuff like Boohbah! That and Teletubbies are one of my favorites

[@KatieAliceGamer]

Hello again 👋 I’m trying to remember 2 programs (that weren’t on the iceberg) that I watched as a kids in the early 2000s that used puppets. I wasn’t big fans of these 2 shows, I would just watch them because they were on as this was before Watch on Demand and streaming. One was about a boy whose grandad tells him about his missing pocket watch as he’s putting him (the boy) to bed in the intro. As he falls asleep he always says “one day I’ll find that watch” and then starts to dream about himself and other characters on a ship. When the programme ends, the boy wakes up and then he tells his granddad about his dream. I don’t know if it was British or Irish, but I do remember it showing on a BBC channel or some other kids’ channel. The next one is a little vague. All I remember is that it’s about a crow who is friends with a little blonde girl & is always getting into trouble- mainly with the police. Throughout the series he ends up living in a grandfather clock. I want to say this aired on back when we still had BBC Choice. My second guess would be CITV. If this jogs anyone’s memory, I would love to know. I tried googling them but nothing came up.

[@KatieAliceGamer]

Great video. I saw a lot of my favourites growing up on the list ☺️ my mum is a fan of Gerry Anderson’s work which was past onto my brother- Thunderbirds being his ultimate favourite 😁

[@nathanforester5993]

I know most if not all of these, and glad Spitting Image got a mention.

[@sophiehanssel2017]

40:28 MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD SHOW OF ALL TIME🙌🏻

[@jettmcplane]

This is my favourite KZbin video ever.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the mascot for get squiggling always reminded me of the Pokemon Bidoof

[@edenanimates1465]

Also squiggles was voiced by Pablo from backyardigans

[@DSCMedia-gk7pp]

I don't know if this has been said already (if so then I'm sorry for repeating) Michael Windsor who is the second person to perform as Basil Brush is credited as Basil's personal assistant.

[@Abigart69]

Shame you didn’t mention the puppeteers behind them, they’re not sentient puppets. Peace and love

[@MichaelBoothofOz2009]

I'm American and I've seen some of these shows, particularly Teletubbies, Booba, and some UK exclusive like 5 Children and it and it's follow up, Tots TV, Pob, Sooty, Rainbow, and Pipkins.

[@rolloxra670]

The Thunderbirds is a work of art

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

The Boobahs still haunt my nightmares, even as someone who watched it from the US airings. I even had more toys of them than the actual Teletubbies.. I think I even still have the PC game somewhere too.

[@Grace-hz7uq]

I can’t believe you forgot the Argos aliens 🥲

[@manicmonochrome7098]

I love Drashig's, one of the scariest Who monsters. Giant, carnivorous and will not stop once they have your scent. Plus they make a horrorfying wail.

[@deadeye_john]

This really was fun to watch all the way through.

[@milgrauuu9275]

Man this video was so interesting, wish there was one for puppetry from across the world, but it would be like, 4 hours minimum lol

[@LamangoKaijura]

I figured Round the Bend and Dizzy Heights would make the list. Or that Disco Bus Duck show.

[@NJAdamArt]

Glad someone else mentioned Dizzy Heights not being on the list.

[@KyleRDent]

Paul Zerdin gets a mention but not Nina Conti? Or did I miss it 😢

[@Smokelamontmusic]

I have to go grab a bag of popcorn and a Pepsi Max for this. I have 9 hours before the video. (can't wait)

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

Nice! 👍 I’m not from UK but I recognize some of some of this stuff.

[@kpopemotrash8799]

Swear to god yonderland better be on here 🤣🤣

[@KathySage234]

. W a n d e r O v e r Y o n d e r l a n d (Kmn)

[@larrychilders6599]

18:57 I do recall Brum being on the TLC Channel back in 2001

[@cedriccassielfernandez1681]

35:45 "I am going to get my gun."

[@NJAdamArt]

A great iceburg with some really nostalgia punches. A couple of puppets that were a shame to not see were The Gristles from Dizzy Heights in the early 90's (they also got their own spin off series) and Round the Bend from I think mid 90's. Also it's Pob not Pog, he even spelt it on the screen in his own spit 😂

[@tsubasatsubaki9707]

I could be wrong but I think you missed the puppets from You And Me (1974 -1992) In 1983 the program introduced Cosmo and Dibs who were these lion-bear-things who were the child audience's insert who interacted with human co-stars (Much like Sesame Street) the program had other puppets throughout it's run too.

[@KennethNicholson1972]

people in fursuits are not puppets. and where were the flumps and chorlton and the wheelies, or does stop motion not count. tragic, lol. Great video chum. Much nostalgia

[@TylerRakstis]

One question on The Land That Time Forgot, where did you get that behind-the-scenes photo of that Tyrannosaurus/Allosaurus puppet at 55:02-55:07? The first photo with Roger and the size comparison of his model of the T-Rex/Allo, along with the Triceratops, Styracosaurus, and Ceratosaurus I've seen on Flickr.

[@Capnbritish]

A friend of my little brother was on Ed & Oucho! He did not get to keep the invention :(

[@EthanDolan61101]

Paul Zerdin did win America's Got Talent.

[@deadeye_john]

11:32 Watching this with Phillip doesn't feel the same anymore

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Harry Hills cat was called Stoofer not whatever you said 😂

[@butterflyminder]

Heh. When you got to Hacker T Dog all I could think was "show the thing... show the thing... YAY HE SHOWED THE THING!" (Has anyone ever found the context for that clip? I want and don't want to know it in equal measure.)

[@ScribblestoScreen]

To tell you the truth, there's no real context the puppet performer playing Hacker just wanted to mess with the lady 😂

[@butterflyminder]

​@ScribblestoScreen That makes it all the better! Great video as always, thanks from a Canadian for the wild rides through UK TV.

[@ZionKraze]

Playbox was on ITV, not Channel 5!

[@andriksalcedo]

Where does the footage from the first clip come from?

[@eastonmoon]

Those chin bumpers explain a lot of how the character of Susie from Gumball came to be

[@skootergirl22]

The creator is British after all

[@eastonmoon]

@skootergirl22 I'm well aware, the show was even made in Europe

[@skootergirl22]

@@eastonmoon yet it's based in America

[@lorcan_203]

My childhood... 😢 11:56

[@ZionKraze]

Well, it's a Puppet Iceberg on the British Isles.

[@RoderickFernandez-bo8pc]

Bixby what is wrong with the brits if they don't take care of their shows and put them on the web, but the terrier rates somewhere you'll understand it

[@55twintv39]

40:58 I didn’t know Honey Monster was from the UK.

[@cookimaus1]

Do you think you'd ever be interested in doing a video on weird UK dark rides?

[@55twintv39]

6:45 I had no idea that the Teletubies were from the UK.

[@55twintv39]

7:50 That show is set in the 2060s.

[@mathieuleader8601]

knew otis and nev would make the list

[@juliusnepos6013]

Scratch and sniff

[@55twintv39]

50:59 That boy looks creepy.

[@hokton8555]

why not renaming it to british island

[@KathySage234]

. 36:23 *"I'M PISSING ON THE MOON!!!"*

[@55twintv39]

1:15:58 Wikipedia says it’s from Canada.

[@abanana]

me and brother love sooty :D

[@55twintv39]

5:45 They’re still from America.

[@SmilingAdvocate]

the tweenies were actually nursery kids and the horrible historys rat is Rattus Rattus, the scientific name for brown rats

[@55twintv39]

53:48 I agree.

[@Indigoh1980]

no Wambles?

[@cedriccassielfernandez1681]

54:29 Top 10 Biggest Anime Trolls

[@jimmyssecretwardrobe4813]

I thought it was ratus ratus

[@hokton8555]

art attack is far too low (German here)

[@Celtic1020]

Why is Kermit in the thumbnail? Jim Henson is from the state of Mississippi in America.

[@james68908]

the muppets was made in britain at ATV elstree studios at the request of lew grade(the same lew grade who greenlit gerry anderson’s supermarionation shows in the 1960s).

[@abanana]

yay!!

[@autumnmissepic8498]

bookmark 1:00:20

[@55twintv39]

1:05:49 *Mr. Flapper.

[@55twintv39]

49:48 1969-1976

[@RoderickFernandez-bo8pc]

Interesting show, but not much.Of actually, seeing the puppets do what they do just photograph, which I think makes it less Enjoyable, certainly in the united states.We never had so many animated shows

[@djungelskog132]

Yeaasss

[@coyoteartist]

1. Love Sooty. Can't remember how I sawr him in the US, but it was love at first sight. Also I recall seeing a clip of Justin Hayward and John Lodge of the Moody Blues on with Zig and Zag back in 1996 I think. Don't know how Justin kept a straight face listening to those puppets sing Nights In White Satin.

[@55twintv39]

1:01:27 *Bug Alert

[@DiscombobulatedProductions]

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