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Nev the Bear is a small, blue puppet bear that originally appeared in the
In 2005, a talking Nev was released, speaking a number of catch phrases upon pressing the toy's paw. Catchphrases the toy said included "Fwightened", "Chipadia" and "No no no no". A complaint was made against the toy with regard to the word "Quick", by an individual who believed she had heard a similar-sounding profanity instead. The toy also moves its head and mouth when talking.
A smaller version of the soft toy has since been released with more limited speech, only capable of saying 'Excuse me, can't scare me!' upon squeezing the toy's tummy.
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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 ...
television programme ''Smile
A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.
Among humans, a smile expresses ...
''. Since 2007, Nev has starred in his own CBBC show ''Bear Behaving Badly
''Bear Behaving Badly'' is a British children's sitcom which originally aired for four series and was broadcast between 3 September 2007 and 21 December 2010.
Background
The programme is centred around the daily adventures of Barney Harwood, h ...
'', alongside Barney Harwood
Barnaby John "Barney" Harwood (born 7 November 1979) is a British actor and television presenter. He is known for his work with CBBC beginning in 2002.
Career Television
For CBBC, Harwood presented '' Prank Patrol'' and was a voice-over comment ...
. His name was created from the name of his co-star Dev Griffin
Devin Joseph Jordan Griffin (born 23 December 1984) is a British radio presenter, DJ and actor, who is most commonly known for his former weekend afternoon shows on BBC Radio 1. Since 2 January 2021, he has presented a weekend show on Heart.
...
on ''Smile
A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.
Among humans, a smile expresses ...
''. He was last seen on Hacker Time
''Hacker Time'' is a British children's sketch comedy talk show, broadcast by CBBC, starring Hacker T. Dog, a character from Scoop. In each episode, Hacker interviews a celebrity, and plays games and the show also includes recurring segments, s ...
when Derek puts Nev on Line 1 for Barney Harwood. Nev has patches in places on his body and is missing part of his ear. This is due to Bandit the cat, who is seen in some episodes of ''Bear Behaving Badly'', biting it off.
Nev likes ice cream
Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as ...
, jam
Jam is a type of fruit preserve.
Jam or Jammed may also refer to:
Other common meanings
* A firearm malfunction
* Block signals
** Radio jamming
** Radar jamming and deception
** Mobile phone jammer
** Echolocation jamming
Arts and ente ...
, and ducks (his favourite toy duck being Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck). When scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would. Originally on ''Smile'', the voice of Nev was prerecorded with his limited vocabulary being played in as appropriate. When Nev took on a more significant role in ''Smile'', puppeteer Ross Mullan, who also stars in ''Bear Behaving Badly'', was recruited to provide the voice live.
On 28 December 2007, Nev appeared on a puppet special of ''The Weakest Link
''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. ...
'' hosted by Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was the host of BBC game show '' The Weakest Link'' (2000–2017). She presented the Channel 4 game show ''Countdown'' from June 2021 to Jul ...
and broadcast on BBC One
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, but was eliminated in the fourth round of play, and as hinted in his post-elimination interview, he has a crush on both Soo and host Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was the host of BBC game show '' The Weakest Link'' (2000–2017). She presented the Channel 4 game show ''Countdown'' from June 2021 to Jul ...
. In 2004, a soft plush Nev was released, but was only available in a few stores.
Other media
In 2005, a talking Nev was released, speaking a number of catch phrases upon pressing the toy's paw. Catchphrases the toy said included "Fwightened", "Chipadia" and "No no no no". A complaint was made against the toy with regard to the word "Quick", by an individual who believed she had heard a similar-sounding profanity instead. The toy also moves its head and mouth when talking.
A smaller version of the soft toy has since been released with more limited speech, only capable of saying 'Excuse me, can't scare me!' upon squeezing the toy's tummy.
References
External links
CBBC website
{{Teddy bears BBC Television British comedy puppets Fictional teddy bears Television characters introduced in 2002