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Marcus Clarke Actor and Puppeteer See also his Actors Spotlight listing by clicking CV 
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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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| 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. |
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Awards Over the past five years Marcus has been involved
with five BAFTA nominated Kids TV Series. From gaining an individual
nomination for his Script editing work for Pj's Storytime to
being Bookaboo in this years best Kids BAFTA winning TV Series,
Bookaboo.Kids BAFTA 2009 Best Pre-School Live Action Award Winner Bookaboo.
Marcus Clarke is Bookaboo.
Producer Lucy Goodman writes, “I have worked with Marcus on several productions, the latest being Bookaboo, whom he puppeteers with such talent, sensitivity, timing, humour and craft.
He is uniquely gifted and I know of few other puppeteers (if any) in the UK to equal to him.” see happy films citv bafta
Bookaboo also wins the Best Children's Programme Award at the extremely prestigious Broadcast Awards 2010.
http://www.broadcastawards.co.uk/
Marcus's Short Puppet Films have won Koestler and other Awards.
Filfy Rat Show New
for 2010
An Audience with Marcus
Clarke Adult Stand Up Comedy with Puppets Buxon Festival
2009
Milkshake
Monkey Actor 'Salty
Ticketmaster' Five tv 2009
Clayfields House Film Director/Procucer
and Puppeteer to 'Filfy'. Koestler Award Winner,
Writers in Prison Network, Under 18's Special
Award and Film.
Bookaboo
Live on 'This Morning' ITV Daytime
Puppeteer and Voice of Bookaboo also 'Minder'
2009
Bookaboo Happy Films
CiTV Puppeteer and Voice of Bookaboo BAFTA
nominee 2009
The Christmas Milkshake
Show Puppeteer to 'Milky Cat' BAFTA
Nominated Children's Live Action 2009
The Milky and Shake Show 3D Animation
Five TV Voice of Milky 2008
The Milkshake
Show Series 2 Puppeteer to 'Milky
Cat' BAFTA
Nominated Children's Live Action 2008 Production Company:
Milkshake Production Broadcaster: Five
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
Series 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 in which I performed 'Mr. Flapper'
BAFTA
Nominated Children's Live Action 2006 Production Company: Five Broadcaster:
Five Nominee The Production Team.
A Christmas Milkshake
2006 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
Marcus Clarke 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.
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Entertainment Comedy, Myfanwy
Moore, Simon Lupton, 'Before I die'
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Song & Dance |
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Marilyn the Musical |
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Little Shop of Horrors |
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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.
Storyteller TVS/Jim Henson's Production
The Tenth Kingdom Carnival/Hallmark
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Muppets Treasure Island,
Muppets Christmas Carol
Qantas Koala Bear
Quorn
Applejack Cider.
Bookaboo on
Citv.Check out the Official website bookaboo
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 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.
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