Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
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Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions is a children's TV show, presented by Ed Petrie
and his cactus companion, Oucho
(performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike
). Children send in designs of inventions, and each week one of them gets created. Though educational in a way, it is slightly centred towards comedy. It was first shown at 4:30 pm on Mondays on the CBBC Channel
.
The inventions seen in the show are created by Artem Ltd, a company that creates props and special effects for TV and film productions.
The first series of the show was filmed in 2008 and aired in January 2009 . A second installment of the show aired on 2 January 2010, with the show being filmed in August 2009.
The second series of the show can be seen every Saturday at 10 am on BBC 2 and later repeated on the CBBC channel.
shows without Oucho. Oucho himself does not appear on CBBC anymore apart from rare appearances during sketches.
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...
and his cactus companion, Oucho
Oucho
Oucho may refer to:Oucho T Cactus - a puppet operated and voiced by Warrick Brownlow-Pike as seen on Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions, on CBBC and as a CBBC continuity presenter.*Oucho Sparks - an American music group from Chicago...
(performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike
Warrick Brownlow-Pike
Warrick Brownlow-Pike is a British puppeteer.* Space Pirates, CBeebies* Carrie and David's Popshop, CBeebies, Scotland* Oucho T.Cactus, Puppeteer for CBBC with presenter Ed Petrie...
). Children send in designs of inventions, and each week one of them gets created. Though educational in a way, it is slightly centred towards comedy. It was first shown at 4:30 pm on Mondays on the CBBC Channel
CBBC Channel
CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...
.
The inventions seen in the show are created by Artem Ltd, a company that creates props and special effects for TV and film productions.
The first series of the show was filmed in 2008 and aired in January 2009 . A second installment of the show aired on 2 January 2010, with the show being filmed in August 2009.
The second series of the show can be seen every Saturday at 10 am on BBC 2 and later repeated on the CBBC channel.
Series 1
Series one was filmed in late 2008 and aired from 5 January 2009. The series has thirteen half-hour episodes.Series 2
Filming for the second series began in August 2009, It was broadcasted on 2 January 2010 10 am on BBC 2.Series 3
Despite its popularity a series three seems very unlikely to be commisioned as Ed Petrie has now left CBBC presentation and now works on othershows without Oucho. Oucho himself does not appear on CBBC anymore apart from rare appearances during sketches.