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''Hacker Time'' is a British
children's
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sketch comedy
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talk show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show ...
, broadcast by
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
,
starring
Hacker T. Dog
Hacker The Dog (born 27 October), more commonly known as Hacker T. Dog, is a Border Terrier dog puppet who appears on the CBBC television channel in the United Kingdom. He is described as being born and living in Wigan, Lancashire. He is the hal ...
, a character from
Scoop
Scoop, Scoops or The scoop may refer to:
Objects
* Scoop (tool), a shovel-like tool, particularly one deep and curved, used in digging
* Scoop (machine part), a component of machinery to carry things
* Scoop stretcher, a device used for casualt ...
. In each episode, Hacker interviews a celebrity, and plays games and the show also includes recurring segments, such as sketches. Six series of the show were produced, which were aired from 2011 to 2016.
Production
In December 2014 it was announced that there would be a fifth series, consisting of ten episodes. It started on 27 July 2015 at 9:00am.
In 2017, it was confirmed that the show would not be returning for a seventh series that year.
Episodes
Series 1 (2011)
Series 2 (2012)
Series 3 (2013)
Series 4 (2014)
Series 5 (2015)
Series 6 (2016)
Segments
Each episode has a distinct format. At the start is a cold open featuring what goes wrong in the studio where the show takes place. There is then a title sequence. Often episodes feature an interview with a celebrity (usually a
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star). The episodes consist of a fact file, a
comedic
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
chat about the star of the show, a fictional commercial break (in some episodes), a song, a specific themed segment (usually in the style of a
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
), more chatting, a parody of the show the special guest stars in, another sketch, a game called ‘Sit on the Lav Lav and Answer My Questions’ in series 1-4, and ‘GET OFF!!!’ in series 5-6 and a goodbye song, reminding viewers to tune in to the next edition.
In all of the episodes there are many segments. In series 1, one of the recurring extras are a
spoof
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* Forgery of goods or documents
* Semen, in Australian slang
* Spoof (game), a guessing game
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of ''
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on P ...
'' called ''Downstairs Abbey'' starring
Hacker T. Dog
Hacker The Dog (born 27 October), more commonly known as Hacker T. Dog, is a Border Terrier dog puppet who appears on the CBBC television channel in the United Kingdom. He is described as being born and living in Wigan, Lancashire. He is the hal ...
and
Dodge T. Dog as maids and
Ed Petrie
Edward Oliver James "Ed" Petrie (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television presenter.
Early life
Petrie was born and raised in Rustington, West Sussex. He was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing, West Sussex, and ...
as their master. It stars two maids (Hacker the Dog and Dodge the Dog) who are in love with Lord Percy (Ed Petrie) but to their dismay he is in love with another woman Lady Sarah (
Isabel Fay
Isabel Fay is a British children's screenwriter, formerly a comedy writer and performer.
Early life and education
Fay was born in Bath in 1979 and graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2001 with a 2:1 BA (Hons)
Bachelor ...
). Whenever Lady Sarah comes to the Abbey, Lord Percy tries to do something nice for her involving the maids and it all goes disastrously wrong. Then Lord Percy asks the maids to clear up after him.
There is also the 'Betterer Arena' in which Hacker attempts to perform better than the celebrity/s at their profession, be it
acting
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Acting involves a broad r ...
or
sport
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and then fails spectacularly. This features
Warrick Brownlow-Pike
Warrick Brownlow-Pike (born 28 January 1985) is a British puppeteer. He is best known for performing the character "Gonger" on ''Sesame Street'' and its spinoff series '' The Furchester Hotel'' and Dodge the Dog on the CBeebies Channel.
CBBC ...
as various different assistants for
Hacker
A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who uses their technical knowledge to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle, within a computerized system by non-standard means. Though the term ''hacker'' has become associated in popu ...
.
In Series 2 of Hacker Time, The Adventures of Sherlock Bones (a parody of
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
) replaces Downstairs Abbey, in which Hacker goes around the land of Teapot solving mysteries, often making silly conclusions at the end of each episode. Each episode of Sherlock Bones is about 2–4 minutes long.
In Series 2, Derek, one of Hacker's assistants, shows a part of the episode called Derek Time in which he shows three clips, and when Hacker says no he threatens to show the viewers at home "the photograph".
In Series 3, The Adventures Of Sherlock Bones is replaced with the "hard hitting medical docu-drama", "Casually", a spoof of
''Casualty'', in which all the doctors and nurses give the wrong treatment. "Tales of the Mild West" also appears, where Hacker becomes the mayor of an old western town.
In Series 4 the first 5 episodes featured "A Knight's Tale". The last 5 episodes contained "Areoport", a
mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
set in an
airport
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.
In Series 5 episode 1-5, there was "Ms Marbles Mysteries" (a parody of
Miss Marple
Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Jane Marple lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterized as an elderly spinster, she is one of Ch ...
), where Ms Marbles (played by Hacker) finds many mysteries and solves them. In episodes 6-10 there is "The Next Step But One", a parody of
''The Next Step''. This was replaced in subsequent series by "Lost and Found (And Lost Again)", a parody of The Next Step's spinoff show
''Lost and Found''.
References
External links
Official website*
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* {{IMDb title, 2104403
2010s British children's television series
2011 British television series debuts
2016 British television series endings
BBC children's television shows
British television shows featuring puppetry
English-language television shows
BBC television comedy
British comedy television shows