Scratchy & Co.
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| Genre | Children's Entertainment |
| Starring | Mark Speight Elliot Henderson-Boyle Ronnie Ancona |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 72 |
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| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 75 to 105 minutes |
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| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 6 May 1995 – 25 April 1998 |
Scratchy and Co was a CITV show, which was broadcast at certain periods from 6 May 1995 to 25 April 1998,[1] which replaced What's Up Doc? as the Saturday morning ITV show.
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[edit] Premise
Scratchy and Co starred Mark Speight as "Scratchy" and Elliot Henderson-Boyle as "Reg". Other characters included Annabel and a Scottish girl, both played by comedian and impressionist Ronnie Ancona. The main gimmick of the show was that the cast wore "solid rubber wigs" (not to be confused with the character of "Sam the Lift" in CBBC's Incredible Games) and eccentric jackets. A stylistic similarity might be noted between this approach and Max Headroom.
Later series introduced other characters such as Sedgely the penguin and Fathead the football.
Later on, the series moved away from the original Max Headroom-esque style, into a studio where Scratchy (now minus the rubber wig) sat behind a desk, with Reg behind a window. At this point, guests were invited into the studio and interviewed. However, most of the characters which had been introduced earlier were dropped.
Gail Porter was a frequent guest presenter in the third and the fourth (final) series.
The show was nominated for a BAFTA. [2]
[edit] Transmission guide
- Series 1: 21 editions from 6 May 1995 - 16 December 1995
- Series 2: 17 editions from 4 May 1996 - 24 August 1996
- Series 3: 17 editions from 4 January 1997 - 26 April 1997
- Series 4: 17 editions from 3 January 1998 - 25 April 1998
[edit] References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/24870 British Film Institute - Scratchy & Co.
- ^ Last Updated: 2:12AM BST 14 Apr 2008 (2008-04-14). "Mark Speight". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/14/db1402.xml. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
[edit] External links
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