2DTV
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| 2DTV | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy/Animation |
| Created by | Giles Pilbrow (Producer) and Georgia Pritchett (Head Writer) |
| Starring | Many impersonated celebrities |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10 to 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 14 October 2001 – 23 December 2004 |
2DTV is a satirical animated television show broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom.
2DTV employs the same satirical style as Spitting Image, but using animation rather than puppets. Director Giles Pilbrow was a veteran of Spitting Image, as were some of the voice artists.
The first two series, broadcast in 2001, featured episodes lasting only 10 minutes. Due to popular demand subsequent editions were extended to half an hour. The original cast members were Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry and Dave Lamb. Alistair McGowan also appeared in the pilot episode. But for series 4, it appeared that all but Lamb had left the show, leaving Lewis MacLeod, Kate O'Sullivan and Enn Reitel to take over. Presumably, Culshaw left to spend more time appearing in his own show, Dead Ringers. 2DTV produced the controversial video for the 2002 George Michael single "Shoot the Dog".
The pilot episode also featured a resident newsreader character, but he doesn't appear in the series. After a fifth series in late 2004, the show was axed.
[edit] Selected list of spoofed celebrities
Celebrities lampooned by the show include:
Politicians:
- Labour:
- Conservatives:
- Liberal Democrats:
- Republicans:
- Baathists:
- British Royal Family:
- Religious
- Osama Bin Laden (depicted as a fugitive)
- Pope John Paul II
- Other celebrities:
- Ant and Dec
- Elton John
- Geri Halliwell
- George Michael
- David Beckham
- Victoria Beckham
- Trevor McDonald
- Anne Robinson
- Michael Jackson
- Uri Geller
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Johnny Vegas
- Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen
- Carol "Smiley" Smillie
- David Dimbleby
- Jordan
- Peter Andre
- Will Young
- Gareth Gates
- Jennifer Lopez
- Chris Eubank
- Madonna
- Guy Ritchie
- Tom Cruise
- David Frost
- Graham Norton
- Davina McCall
- Michael Parkinson
- Andrew Marr
- Frank Skinner
- Johnny Vaughan
- Richard Madeley
- Judy Finnigan
- Tim Henman
- Andre Agassi
- Steffi Graf
- Joan Collins
- Des Lynam
- Bill Gates
- Kylie Minogue
- Liam Gallagher
- Robbie Williams
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Justin Hawkins
- Hugh Grant
- Steve Irwin
- David Coulthard
- Michael Schumacher
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Sharon Osbourne
- Jack Osbourne
- Kelly Osbourne
- Simon Cowell
- Louis Walsh
- Gordon Ramsay
- Nigella Lawson
- Kim Woodburn
- Aggie MacKenzie
- Michael Palin
- Phil Spencer
- Kirstie Allsopp
- Trinny Woodall
- Susannah Constantine
- Wayne Rooney
- Coleen McLoughlin
- Sven-Göran Eriksson
- Michael Owen
- Rio Ferdinand
- Paul Scholes
- David Seaman
- Judi Dench
- Neil Armstrong
- The EastEnders' cast
- The Coronation Street' cast
- The Brookside' cast
[edit] The banned advert
In early 2003, a commercial for the Video and DVD compilation The Best of 2DTV was banned by Ofcom. The commercial depicted George W. Bush taking the video out of its case and putting it in a toaster. Ofcom stated that advertisements for products cannot appear to be endorsed by someone without their permission - in this case George W. Bush.
The programme-makers then produced a commercial satirizing Osama Bin Laden, but this was also banned on the seemingly absurd grounds that Bin Laden would have to give permission for his image to be used. This decision was later overturned on the grounds that the commercial was legitimate satire, and the commercial was shown unedited. The programme-makers claimed that the controversy had generated more interest in the show than the adverts could ever have done alone.
The original advert was reworked into a sketch in which Bush writes a letter complaining about his portrayal in the media as a moron, then "posts" the letter in a toaster.
[edit] External links
- Official 2DTV website
- 2DTV on YouTube
