Marc Wootton Exposed
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Marc Wootton Exposed is a television
sketch comedy
show, written by Marc Wootton
and Liam Woodman, and starring character comedian Marc Wootton
, who plays numerous in-depth characters, with obscured humour situations, in the form of monologue
s. The characters are introduced through the point of view of a photographer taking their pictures in a studio, and the show looks beyond the fake poses and into the life of the person beneath.
The series was filmed over late August 2007 and ran from 13 January 2008 to 25 February 2008 on BBC Three
. The Song We are your friends By Justice V Simian features in the programme's opening and closing credits.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
show, written by Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman and he also appeared in Nativity!- Career :...
and Liam Woodman, and starring character comedian Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman and he also appeared in Nativity!- Career :...
, who plays numerous in-depth characters, with obscured humour situations, in the form of monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...
s. The characters are introduced through the point of view of a photographer taking their pictures in a studio, and the show looks beyond the fake poses and into the life of the person beneath.
The series was filmed over late August 2007 and ran from 13 January 2008 to 25 February 2008 on BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
. The Song We are your friends By Justice V Simian features in the programme's opening and closing credits.
Characters
- Doris, an elderly woman in her eighties whose tyrannical husband Des has recently passed away, setting her free from a life of misery; however, Doris cannot help but compare her newly found good times to her comically shocking times with her husband, with her trademark "When Des were around..."
- Paul Pearson, who claims that he has been bitten by a batBatBats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
and is slowly turning into a vampireVampireVampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
. Throughout the series, he charts his transformation "from human to a DraculaDraculaDracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
" through a series of video diaries, highlighting supposed changes in his nature. - Rufus, an upper-class man who is pursuing a hip-hop musicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
career; however, his lyrics seem to revolve more around puddingPuddingPudding most often refers to a dessert, but it can also be a savory dish.In the United States, pudding characteristically denotes a sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, though it may also refer to other types such as bread and rice pudding.In the United Kingdom and...
and gypsies than anything else. - Stu, an Australian television presenter who hosts a show called 'War on Kids', which introduces parents to terrible advice on tackling problems with children, such as "Wet bed, teddy's dead". He ends each and every show by saying to his parent viewers "And remember, don't let your kid become a Richard."
- Una, who was a modelModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and tour guideTour guideA tour guide provides assistance, information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation to people on organized tours, individual clients, educational establishments, at religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest...
in the sixties, before her husband lost her to a traveller from abroad. After many years, and having apparently sold most of her body parts, she has made it back to EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and attempts to revive her career as a tour guide, but her tours contain little fact and she is all the while convinced that "they're coming for me!" - Pip, a very emotional AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer who talks about the many things that have made him cry (usually for the wrong reasons, such as a woman running for a train who wished she could run faster, before getting her jacket caught in the door and running very fast). Pip then plays the pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, whilst performing a song about a ridiculous topic that he feels passionate about. - Candy is an American comedienne whose act doesn't appear to contain any jokes, and she simply gets through by talking about a series of subjects, whilst repeating "What's that all about?" and "Come on!"
- Prudence, a proud, family-loving housewifeHousewifeHousewife is a term used to describe a married woman with household responsibilities who is not employed outside the home. Merriam Webster describes a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household...
whose husband has returned home with a MexicanMexican peopleMexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
immigrant called Chachi, whom he had apparently run over. It becomes quickly obvious that he is having an affair with Chachi, something that Prudence remains oblivious to, despite the many, obvious clues. - Sonny, a baby who has adult characteristics and speaks with the accent of an East-End geezer. He talks about how all adults, namely his father and his grandparents, appear stupid to him, except his mother, whom he seems to favour above anybody else.
- Gary, a man who won the lotteryLotteryA lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
, but refused to claim his winning, believing it to be a television prank. He continues to remain convinced that it is all a big joke, even when the story begins to worsen, for example, his son announcing that he is in debt to drug dealers, but who, upon Gary's laughing refusal to collect the winnings, is found dead. - Noodle, a controversial artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who attempts to make bold statements through his art about things that aren't particularly important to anyone; however, he doesn't actually know what the meaning of any of his art is, and waits for the critics to tell him. - Ian Jackson is a demonic schoolkid who tells his class, and increasingly shocked teacher, of the things he got up to over the weekend ("My weekend, by Ian Jackson..."). His tales usually revolve around him causing people bad injuries or even death, as well as another teacher who repeatedly sexually harassesSexual harassmentSexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and...
him, whilst he, Ian, remains completely oblivious to the horrid truth of any of it