''Transmission Impossible With Ed and Oucho'' is a

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show starring

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and Oucho T. Cactus. Filmed at Pinewood Studios,Pinewood welcomes Ed and Oucho
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for its run of 26 episodes. Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho ended on 9 August 2009 to allow Ed and Oucho to film Series 2 of Excellent Inventions.

Premise

The premise involved Ed and Oucho " hacking" into "your television" from their

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, replacing ''The Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey Show with Kaptain Krazey and Nigel Smith'' intended to be on air. Kaptain Krazey was a puppet

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that only says "ooh aar" whilst Nigel Smith was Ed Petrie in a blonde

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. Each Saturday episode, their blimp loses altitude, and one by one their four stowaways have to be pushed off. The stowaways play games, e.g. "Oucho's lossoli (Lovely) quiz", to determine who gets pushed off and whether or not they are awarded a parachute.

Programmes

The Saturday episodes include (Broadcast on BBC Two at 10am and available on BBC iPlayer): *''

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'' The Sunday editions feature (Broadcast on the

at 10am but not available on BBC iPlayer): *'' Eliot Kid'' *'' The Owl'' (Episodes 6 & 12 only) *''

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'' (Originally repeated from

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Thursday)

Episodes

References

External links

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Official Transmission Impossible Site
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