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Teaching Writer Biography Bob West |
CV/Resume of Nottingham
based Actor and Puppeteer Marcus Clarke Agent Peter Charlesworth +44 (0) 207 581 2478 Contact |
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| TV Puppeteers working
with straight and reverse scan monitors what's the difference? |
BAFTA nominated 2004Marcus Clarke Pre-School Live Action 'Pj's Storytime' |
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Nottingham
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TV Puppet Making
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| Jim Henson encouraged Marcus when he decided
that he wanted to create his own Puppet characters
and Marcus founded 'Hands Up Puppets' in 1989
to "Create Puppet characters for Television".
Teaching himself how to make the Puppets. Marcus knows he was very lucky to meet Jim Henson who remains a constant inspiration to him. It was Jim Henson that got Marcus into the whole 'Illusion of Life' thing and he is mindful of Jim's Philosophy to always 'celebrate life'. Hands Up Puppet have subsequently created over sixty wonderful Puppet characters for a wide range of Television programme makers and continue to do so today. |
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| Marcus is also a Scriptwriter
and has written for many Children's TV Series. He's also been BAFTA
Nominated for his Script Editing work. Marcus attended Paul T. Gray's
Film Directing and Script Revision seminar for industry
professionals. |
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| TV Puppeteering Credits |
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Bafta nominated 'PJ's Storytime' Disney Playhouse |
CBeebies 'SMarteeenies' Doogy Dog 
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Marcus is
also an experienced CG Digital
Performance Animator. Credits include- Left Fox TV's Angel Right NBC's Johnny Chimes |
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Monkey Actor 'Salty
Ticketmaster' Five tv 2009
Bookaboo Live on 'This Morning' ITV Daytime
Puppeteer and Voice of Bookaboo also 'Minder' 2009
Bookaboo Happy Films
CiTV Puppeteer and Voice of Bookaboo 2008
The Milky and Shake Show
3D Animation Five TV Voice of Milky 2008
The Milkshake
Show 2 performed 'Milky' Five TV (2008) BAFTA
Nominated Children's Live Action 2008
Marcus Clarke is 'The Puppet Maker
Adult Stand up Comedy Show at 2007 Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.
The Worms
Barny the Worm for Nickelodeon UK
Tickle Patch
& Friends
Series 11 Milkshake Links puppeteer
to Patch 2007
The Milkshake
Show 1 Milky Five TV
Jim Henson's
Puppet Improv
Edinburgh
Festival Fringe 2006. Performer.
Sandy
and Mr. Flapper Puppeteer to Mr. Flapper
Five TV 2006
Ant and Dec's Saturday night takeaway
Puppeteer.
A Milkshake Summer 8 x 30 min Christmas Specials,
Channel Five. Puppeteer to Puppet character
Mr. Flapper. BAFTA nominated 2006
AChristmas
Milkshake 8 x 30 min Christmas Specials, Channel
Five. Puppeteer to Puppet character
Patch
PJ's
Storytime
6 x 5 min, Disney Playhouse 2004
Puppeteer to PJ Mole. Produced
by Lucy Goodman. BAFTA Nominated 2004.
PJ's Bedtime
20 x
60 min programmes, Disney Playhouse,
Puppeteer to PJ Mole
A House
just like yours
35x30min
Children's Series for Five TV. Puppeteer to
Dusty Mouse. 2002
The Softies
80x5min Series for Five TV Co-Created
programme idea. Co-Produced Series. Puppeteer
to Cosy 2002
Smarteenies Children’s BBC/ CBBC
Production 65x15 min‘Created & performed
Doogy Dog. 2002
The Tenth Kingdom TV film.
Carnival Films/Halmark Entertainment Pinewood
Studio’s.
The Big Bag
Children's Television Workshop NYC/
Yorkshire Television for CITV Puppeteered Bag.
26 x 10 min.
Dotty &
Buzz Religious
Education 6 x 10 min. Channel 4 Schools 2000.
Tickle Patch
and Friends Series 1 to10 2001-2007
Hotdog Thames
TV
Tricky business
BBC/CBBC
The Great Bong Ultimate
Animates
HTV
The
Children's Channel On air presentation, interstition's
and continuity with various of
our comedy puppet character creations,
robots, androids, aliens, penguins, gherkins
and chimpanzees all having great fun with
human presenters like Mark Speight, Konnie
Huq, Tommy Boyd and Gaz Top.
Varied programme formats, mostly comedy sketches
(hundreds) for over 2 years.
Ratkan
Zoo Live Saturday morning 2hr
Show
Ratkan
on the road a Live
Roadshow featuring various puppet characters and
presenters from Alton Towers,
Blackpool etc.
Ike
& Webbers Camcorder Cities
more comedy sketches and TV Station
interstition's for TCC.
Havakazoo Series 2 and 3 78 X 30 min. TV
Series, Meridian TV Production for
C5. Puppeteered Watchdog.
Top Banana
TVAM
It's Droibee
Time 165x30 min. for TCC.
Treasure Box
Thames TV
Playbox Ragdoll production
for Central T.V. 26x10min
Dappledown Farm
166 x 30 min. Puppeteer to Dapple the Horse and Millie the
Moorehen.
Comedy TV
BBC Entertainment Comedy,
Myfanwy Moore, Simon Lupton, 'Before I die' Comedy
Sitcom tryout.
Puppeteer and provided 2 puppet characters.
Television
Computer Animation Include Using
CG Digital Performance
System
Venus
on the Hard Drive Performance
Animator, Face, ‘Venus’ Sitcom Pilot 20th Century
Fox tv L.A. Medialab C.G.PA System.
NBC TV Performance Animator Face NBC's Johnny Chimes
Peacock logo character Burbank L.A.
Demonstrating the Medialab performance
animation system
at;
The Medialab Studio L.A; (5 months) The IBC Amsterdam,
the Pasadena Animation
Festival, CG Osaka and for Sony Japan
in Tokyo. Training
performance animators in USA
& Japan.
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Song & Dance |
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Marilyn the Musical |
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Little Shop of Horrors |
Monster Maker TVS/Jim Henson's Production
Storyteller TVS/Jim Henson's Production
The Tenth Kingdom Carnival/Hallmark
FeaturesFilms
Little Shop of Horrors
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Muppets Treasure Island,
Muppets Christmas Carol
Commercials include
Disney Playhouse 2004
Qantas Koala Bear
Quorn
Applejack Cider.
Booktrust and Bookaboo partnership
Booktrust is pleased to be the charity partner of Bookaboo, CITV’s
new children’s TV series highlighting the pleasure of sharing picture books.
As part of the partnership, 13,000 books will be donated to children
across the UK – 1,000 books for every episode of the series. Booktrust
will liaise with publishers and local authorities to help distribute the
books to children under the age of six years and in care.
| Each episode, a famous face goes back stage to share
a story with Bookaboo on his Bookabus – "a story a day or he just
can’t play!" Bojo restored, this puppy can play and cheered on by his
celebrity guest, he wows us all with the best canine drum solo ever
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| Marcus Clarke is Bookaboo The thirteen celebrities that will appear in Bookaboo are: Meatloaf – The Lamb Who Came for Dinner Amanda Holden – That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown AL Murray – Pooh! Is That You Bertie? Mel C – No Matter What Kym Marsh – The Cow That Laid An Egg Alesha Dixon – More Pants Ben Shepherd – Splat the Cat Fern Britton – A Mummy For Owen Kelly Holmes – Norma Snows Julian Clary – The Hairy Toe Robson Green – Class Two at the Zoo Michael Rosen – The Night Pirates David Seaman – Whatever |
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Marcus is most proud to have worked for UK Kids TV's finest Talent, Nick Wilson for over 20 years.
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