Uncle Max

Infobox British television
show_name = Uncle Max


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format = Children's comedy
country=United Kingdom
runtime = 15 minutes
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starring = David Schneider (as Uncle Max) & William Howe (as Luke), Johnathon Hanly as Luke
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num_series = 2
num_episodes = 17 (ongoing)
status = CBBC (Broadcast BBC One)
producer = Little Bird Pictures

"Uncle Max" is a British television series that Originally aired on CITV and, since January 2008, has been transmitted by CBBC on BBC One. It stars David Schneider as the Uncle Max and William Howe as Luke, Max's nine year-old nephew, although in the second series Johnathon Hanly took over from William. The show is very similar in style to "Mr. Bean", with the basic premise that Uncle Max can't go anywhere without upsetting somebody in some way. [cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22877-2029215,00.html|title=Shut up and make us laugh|publisher=The Times|language=English|date=2006-02-11|accessdate=2007-09-05]

Filmed during a seven-week block in the summer of 2005, the show was written by David Schneider himself and 13 episodes were made and subsequently transmitted on CBBC and the CBBC Channel in 2006. Schneider himself admitted in an interview for "The Times" that parts of the series are references to Laurel and Hardy, but the majority of the footage is in tribute to the cartoons Schneider grew up watching: "Tom & Jerry", "Scooby Doo" and Wacky Races. He also stated that the name of the Uncle is from his own Uncle Max, Max Ward, who grew up in Hastings and now lives in Hackney, London. Of his own Uncle Max, Schneider says that he used to get into all sorts of scrapes and adventures and would take the young David along for the ride. [ [http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/broadcast/content/ViewEditorialContentStory.do?contentId=3707 Making of "Uncle Max" at broadcastfreelancer.com] ]

The programme contains very little spoken audio at all, instead vocal noises (such as gasping, grunting and a bit of broken vocal) similar to the type of voice Rowan Atkinson gives Mr. Bean in the animated series and the CITV show aimed for deaf children, "Zzzap!". It is made by Little Bird Pictures and marketed as a silent comedy. [ [http://www.littlebird.ie/flash/#/television/children/uncle_max Little Bird productions - "Uncle Max"] ] Many of the acts are over exaggerated as in many kids shows and done in Slow-Motion to create some tension.

List of episodes

Season 1 episodes with William Howe

*Uncle Max Goes Camping (01/03/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes to the Dentist (28/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes Bowling (27/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Walks the Dog (24/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes Flying (23/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes to the Arcade (22/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Buys some Shoes (21/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Plays Golf (20/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Washes his Clothes (17/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Runs a Race (16/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes to the Cinema (15/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Looks after the Baby (14/02/2006)
*Uncle Max Goes for Pizza (13/02/2006)

Season 2 episodes with Jonathan Hanley

*Uncle Max Plays Tennis (11/7/08)
*Uncle Max at the Opera (18/7/08)
*Uncle max goes to the Museum (25/7/08)

References

External links

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* [http://www.littlebird.ie/flash/#/television/children/uncle_max Little Bird productions - "Uncle Max"]
* [http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/broadcast/content/ViewEditorialContentStory.do?contentId=3707 Making of "Uncle Max" at broadcastfreelancer.com]