The Mighty Boosh (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = The Mighty Boosh


caption = The Mighty Boosh
format = Comedy
camera = Single camera
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audio_format = Stereo
runtime = 30 minutes (approx.)
creator = Julian Barratt Noel Fielding
director = Paul King
producer = Spencer Millman
Alison MacPhail
executive_producer = Steve Coogan
Mark Freeland
Henry Normal
Lindsay Hughes
company = Baby Cow Productions
starring = Julian Barratt Noel Fielding Michael Fielding Rich Fulcher Dave Brown
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narrated =
theme_music_composer = Julian Barratt
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country = UK
location =
language = English
network = BBC
first_aired = May 18, 2004
last_aired = Present
num_series = 3
num_episodes = 20
list_episodes = List of The Mighty Boosh episodes
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followed_by =
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website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mightyboosh
imdb_id = 0416394
tv_com_id = 26324

"The Mighty Boosh" is a British comedy television show by The Mighty Boosh. "The Mighty Boosh" is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often feature elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap, as well as crimping; short vocal "a cappella" songs present throughout all three series. Barratt writes the music within the show, and performs it with Noel Fielding. Noel Fielding also designs many of the show's graphics and artwork. The TV series has many animated sequences, puppets and special effects. Barratt has said that he approached Noel Fielding with the idea of doing a show like The Goodies, as if it were a complete "world" rather than simply a sketch show. [Mind the Gag [http://www.mindthegag.com/pages/boosh.html] Interview with John Dredge 2005 accessed on April 30, 2007] Barratt and Noel Fielding play many of the recurring and one-off characters themselves, with other characters being played by other Boosh members Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown and Michael Fielding.

Format

Series 1 opens and often closes with Howard and Vince addressing the audience in front of a curtain; the viewer is thereby led to believe that Howard and Vince wrote the show themselves. Series 2 leaves this format, instead starting in the characters' flat. Unlike the radio series, which is played as though real, the characters on the TV series all seem aware that they are in a TV show, and Vince especially will often break the fourth wall to address the audience and to comment on the situation. Little attention is paid to continuity; for instance, in the second series the shaman Saboo is shown being killed by the demon Nanatoo, but in series 3 he is alive and well.

Characters

Though there are many recurring characters, the "central cast" consists of five characters:
* Howard Moon (Julian Barratt)
* Vince Noir (Noel Fielding)
* Naboo (Michael Fielding)
* Bollo (Peter Elliot (2004), Dave Brown (2005–present))
* Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher)

Recurring characters include:
* The Moon (Noel Fielding)
* The Hitcher (Noel Fielding)
* Tony Harrison (Noel Fielding)
* Saboo (Richard Ayoade)
* Dixon Bainbridge (Matt Berry)
* Rudi van DiSarzio (Julian Barratt)
* Lester Corncrake (Rich Fulcher)
* Dennis (Julian Barratt)
* Kirk (Kirk Gaitskell-Kendrick)
* Old Gregg (Noel Fielding)

Notable guest actors and actresses include:
* Dee Plume and Sue Denim ("Mutants", "Electro", "Nanageddon")
* Razorlight ("The Priest and the Beast")
* The Horrors ("The Chokes")
* Gary Numan ("The Power of the Crimp")
* Roger Daltrey ("The Priest and the Beast")

History

eries 1: 2004

The Mighty Boosh made the transition from radio to television in 2004, when an eight part television series - called "The Mighty Boosh" - was commissioned by the BBC. It was directed by Paul King and produced by Baby Cow Productions. The pilot episode was directed by Steve Bendelack, and a large portion of the pilot episode was used in the actual series, in the episode "Tundra". The pilot had a live audience because there had been doubts as to whether the successful stage show could translate to the screen, but the actual series did not.

Series 1 of the television version of "The Mighty Boosh" expanded on the radio series. It was first broadcast on BBC Three on May 18, 2004 and, from November 9, also on BBC Two, although in a different order and with the mild swearing censored or edited out.

eries 2: 2005

The second series began showing on BBC Three on July 26, 2005, though with a smaller budget. A full-length preview of the following week's episode was available online at the BBC's Boosh webpage. Series 1 was released on DVD (Region 2) on August 29, 2005, and Series 2 on February 13, 2006.

eries 3: 2007

Series 3 started airing on BBC3 from November 15 2007. The DVD of this series was released on February 11.

Media

DVD releases

External links

* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/boosh/index.html "The Mighty Boosh"] at British TV Comedy

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