''Jeff Global's Global Probe'' is a short-lived regional comedy sketch show first seen on
ITV Wales
ITV Cymru Wales, previously known as Harlech Television and HTV Wales, is the ITV franchise for Wales. The new separate licence began on 1 January 2014, replacing the long-serving dual franchise region serving Wales and the West of England.
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in 2004.
Shown exclusively in Wales, the show was intended as a follow-up to the popular ''
Barry Welsh is Coming
''Barry Welsh Is Coming'' is a sketch show produced by Absolutely Productions for HTV Wales. The programme was first broadcast at 10:40 pm on Friday 6 September 1996 and originally ran for 6 series with some episodes later broadcast on ...
'', which had concluded in 2004 with the sacking of the geeky Barry Welsh (
John Sparkes
John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh actor and comedian. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series ''Barry Welsh Is Coming''. He has also had major roles in '' Naked Video'', '' Absolutely'', '' Fireman Sam'', ''Sh ...
) as presenter (and subsequent rehiring as a lavatory attendant). The show is replaced by a clip-based review of cable television hosted by the more competent Jeff Global (also played by Sparkes).
Jeff was, according to Sparkes, ''"smart, strong, attractive...basically, everything Barry isn't"''. New characters and segments were introduced including ''The Rectifiers'' (a Midlands-based parody of the 60s espionage/sci-fi series,
The Champions
''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on ...
), ''Eddie Giraffe'' (a short but tough New York cop) and ''Jay Clough'' (a series of badly edited crime drams from the 1950s). ''Hugh Pugh'' and ''Mr. Ffff'' were brought over from the original ''Barry Welsh'' series.
The series' supporting cast consisted of former ''Barry Welsh is Coming'' cast members Kim Wall, Gordon Kennedy & Felicity Montagu, actress Harriet Halfhead and singer & television presenter Emma Walford.
Only two episodes of the six-part series were broadcast in March 2004 with the remaining four episodes shown in August 2004. The programme was not recommissioned for a second series.
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2000s Welsh television series
2004 British television series debuts
2004 British television series endings
ITV sketch shows
ITV comedy
Welsh television shows