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Marcus Clarke Puppeteer
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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 in 2004 to being Bookaboo in this years best Kids BAFTA winning TV Series.
Kids BAFTA 2009 Best Pre-School Live Action Award Winner 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.
Best Children's Programme Award Broadcast 2010
http://www.broadcastawards.co.uk/
2010 Prix Jeunesse International Festival Bookaboo Won its category in this extremely prestigious award.
http://www.prixjeunesse.de/
Bookaboo also nominated for
RTS Award
Marcus's Short Puppet Films have won Koestler and other Awards.
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' Comedy Sitcom tryout. Puppeteer and provided 2 puppet characters. |
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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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