Marcus began his
Television pupeteering career
by auditioning for and successfully completing
Jim Henson's 'Puppeteering for Television
Workshop.' A sort of mid 80's puppeteering
'Pop Idol.' Jim Henson found Marcus's puppet character
creations so funny, he actually "rolled
around on the floor with laughter watching
them" according to Sesame Street's Elmo Puppeteer
Kevin Clash.
Marcus Clarke
"...........he
knows how to use a puppet" Jim Henson on Marcus Clarke's
Henson Television Workshop Characters.
Jim cast Marcus in some of his own Productions,
as a Puppet Devil in 'Storyteller' an NBC Co-Production
opposite Bob Peck and John Hurt and 'Monster
Maker' a TV Film starring Harry Dean
Stanton. These were great opportunities to learn and
over subsequent years Marcus had additional individual
puppeteering tuition from the ever generous Brian
Henson. To whom Marcus remains forever grateful.
TV Puppet Making
Information
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.
Script Writing Information
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.
TV Puppeteering Credits
Bafta
nominated 'PJ's Storytime' Disney Playhouse
CBeebies 'SMarteeenies'
Doogy Dog
Marcus is
also an experienced CG Digital
Performance Animator.
Credits include- Left
Fox TV's Angel Right
NBC's Johnny Chimes
Monkey Actor 'Salty
Ticketmaster' Five tv 2009 Bookaboo Live on 'This Morning' ITV Daytime
Puppeteer and Voice of Bookaboo also 'Minder' 2009
BookabooHappy 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. FlapperPuppeteer 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 FriendsSeries 1 to10 2001-2007 HotdogThames
TV Tricky business BBC/CBBC The Great BongUltimate
Animates
HTV The
Children's ChannelOn 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.
Television Film Puppeteering
credits include 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.
Bookaboo on Citv information.
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
heard.
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
Marcus is most proud to have worked for UK Kids TV's finest Talent,
Nick Wilson for over 20 years.