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Nottingham
based Hands Up Puppets Created the Puppets and Partners Marcus
Clarke and Helena Smee
performed the main Puppet Character Presenters. Click
the Logo above to visit the Hands Up Puppets Website
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This is The Children's Channel's on air and interstitions
vehicle 'The Ratkan' which was usually in space orbiting the earth beaming
down programmes.
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Here we are in the Studio but the Ratkan Set was
also taken out on the Road from where we did 'Live' programmes. This was
Dave Taylor's first TV job and here he is, space suit donned, stepping up
the ladder.
Dave is now a very busy TV Producer/Director.
Here I am
(Marcus Clarke) holding one of 'Hands Up Puppets' Android characters 'Void'
which I performed, puppeteered and voiced. Here with Tommy Boyd who's looking
down holding his helmet having only just come on board.
Click below to see a
Video Clip
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The normal presenter costume is a lot less bulk
than the baby like pink space suit affair used here for the presenters arrival.
Tommy was one of the main 'Space Jock' presenters and brilliant he
was too.
He's a very funny, wonderfully talented and knowledgeable man and I
learnt a lot from working with Tommy Boyd.
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Veed and Void the Androids with Presenter
Mark Speight. One of the nicest and most genuine people I've worked with.
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This is Veed and Void the two Android Puppet
Presenter characters created by us 'Hands Up Puppets.'
Other puppet presenter character creations I performed for the
Ratkan Series included, Aliens, Penguins, and Gherkins in varied partnerships
with other human presenters which included Mark Speight who now presents
CBBC's 'SMart' Art Show and 'Blue Peters' Konnie Huq in their very first
ever TV presenting roles. In fact they both got the job in the same Auditioning
round. Both being 'interviewed' by the Puppets. Copyright 1998 Marcus Clarke
Puppeteer.
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Job Shop Comedy Sketches
Mark and Void become miners
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