Diddy TV
Diddy TV | |
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Genre | |
Written by | Andrew Barnet Jones, Tony Cooke and Ciaran Murtagh |
Directed by | Julian Kemp (series 1,3 and 4) Dez McCarthy (series 2) |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Andrew Blythe and Marten Joustra |
Opening theme | "Diddy TV" by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood[1] |
Ending theme | "Diddy TV" (shortened) |
Composers | |
Country of origin | Britain |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 39 + 10 shorts (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Annette Williams |
Producer | Steve Ryde |
Editors | Craig Harbour (series 1) Emma Collins (series 2) Jon Dean (series 3) |
Running time | 14 minutes |
Production company | CBBC Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBBC |
Release | 14 March 2016 present | –
Related | |
Diddy Dick and Dom |
Diddy TV is a British children's sketch comedy series on CBBC. It stars Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom). It is a sequel series to the Diddy Dick and Dom sketches on Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow and Diddy Movies . The series features various parodies of television series including Top of the Pops and The Great British Bake Off. Series 1 began on 14 March 2016 , series 2 began on 20 June 2016, series 3 began on 19 March 2018, and series 4 began on 25th June 2018.[2] Many of the cast have been in other Dick and Dom series including Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, The Legend of Dick and Dom and Diddy Movies.
Premise
When the Diddy Movies boss, Larry Bingbongberger was bankrupted because his movies filled with countless budgets was a disaster. But with his last of his money, he quits of making movies and launched a television station for Diddy Dick and Dom on channel 6597423. It has filled with crazy and silly entertainment, sports and everything on TV which features parodied shows like Diddy Doctor Who, Diddy Pops, Deadly Diddy 60, Diddydown and even an American sitcom RoboPop as well as adverts, most of them starring Dick and Dom.
Cast
- Richard McCourt as Diddy Dick/Various
- Dominic Wood as Diddy Dom/Various
- Ted Robbins as Larry Bingbongburger (formerly Weinsteinburger but changed due to the Harvey Weinstein scandal)/Various[3]
- Ian Kirkby as DI Harry Batt/Various
- Paris Atkins as Various
- Dave Chapman as Various
- Bob Golding as Various
- Darragh Mortell as Various
- Sabrina Sandhu as Various
- Gail Kemp as Various
- Kate Maylon as Various
- Sabrina Sandhu as Various
- Inel Tomlinson as Various
- Eve Munyanyi as Various
- Louise Woodward as Various
Guests
The guest stars often appear between the sketches with Larry Bingbongberger in his house. Some episodes have Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow character Mr. Choosy. Guests play Diddy versions of themselves unless stated otherwise. In series 3 new guest stars appear with Diddy Dick and Dom on Diddy Chat. Some guests appear in more than one episode.
- Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm
- Ashley Roberts
- Joseph Garrett
- Bruno Tonioli
- Eamonn Holmes
- Barney Harwood
- Hazel Irvine
- Shaun Murphy
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Melvin Odoom
- Jake Mitchell
- Paul Zerdin
- Sally Lindsay
- Randzi Chinyanganya
- Michelle Gayle
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First released | Last released | |||
1 | 10 | March 14, 2016 | March 25, 2016 | |
2 | 10[4] | June 20, 2016 | December 16, 2016 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Misty" | Julian Kemp | Tony Cooke, Andrew Jones, Ciaran Murtagh and Steve Ryde | March 14, 2016 | |
Guest: Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Peanuts" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke and Steve Ryde | March 15, 2016 | |
Guest: Ashley Roberts. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Angel" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Steve Ryde, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | March 16, 2016 | |
Guest: Joseph Garrett. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Let's Face the Music" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke and Steve Ryde | March 17, 2016 | |
Brian and Kirk Must have a spider on their faces for 20 seconds.
Guest: Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Popcorn" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Steve Ryde, Hannah George, James Whitehouse and Rubie Pomeroy | March 18, 2016 | |
Guest: Bruno Tonioli. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "He Ain't Heavy" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke and Steve Ryde | March 21, 2016 | |
Guest: Eamonn Holmes. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Saturday Night Suit" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Steve Ryde, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | March 22, 2016 | |
Guest: Joseph Garrett. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Forever and Ever" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Steve Ryde, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | March 23, 2016 | |
Guest: Barney Harwood. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Let It Go" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Steve Ryde and Ben Ward | March 24, 2016 | |
Post Credits Scene: Ronnie can't take anymore of Snooker. Guests: Bruno Tonioli, Hazel Irvine and Shaun Murphy. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "That's What You Think" | Julian Kemp | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Steve Ryde, Hannah George and James Whitehouse (previous sketches used) | March 25, 2016 | |
The pair look back at some of their greatest ratings hits over their first season on air. Note: This is a compilation episode. |
Series 2 (2016)
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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11 | 1 | "Breaking Wind" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | June 20, 2016 | |
Guest: Ashley Roberts | ||||||
12 | 2 | "Mr Bully" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | June 21, 2016 | |
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13 | 3 | "Watch More TV" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Steve Ryde, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | June 22, 2016 | |
Guest: Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm | ||||||
14 | 4 | "Don't Be Naughty" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Hannah George, James Whitehouse and Ben Ward | June 23, 2016 | |
Guest: Joseph Garrett | ||||||
15 | 5 | "Starry Pies" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh and Tony Cooke | June 24, 2016 | |
Guest: Bruno Tonioli | ||||||
16 | 6 | "Mr Choosy" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | June 27, 2016 | |
Guest: Hazel Irvine and Shaun Murphy | ||||||
17 | 7 | "Mr Stockholm" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh and Tony Cooke | June 28, 2016 | |
Guest: Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm | ||||||
18 | 8 | "Don't Be Silly" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Hannah George and James Whitehouse | June 29, 2016 | |
Guest: Barney Harwood | ||||||
19 | 9 | "Diddy iPlayer" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tony Cooke, Steve Ryde, Hannah George, James Whitehouse and Ben Ward (previous sketches used) | June 30, 2016 | |
Diddy Dick and Dom are on duty at Diddy iPlayer HQ ready to play 'on demand' their greatest shows from this series. Note: This is a compilation episode | ||||||
20 | 10 | "It's Christmas" | Dez McCarthy | Andrew Barnett Jones, Tony Cooke and Ciaran Murtagh | December 16, 2016 | |
Guest:Eammon Holmes |
Shorts (2016-17)
A series of shorts are uploaded on to CBBC's website and YouTube channel. Some are Diddy Chat, where Diddy Dick and Dom interview a celebrity. Others are parodys of popular Internet videos, such as Unboxings and Carpool Karaoke
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date[6] | |
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1 | 1 | "Diddy Chat: Joe and Jake" | May 6, 2016 | |
Diddy Dick & Dom chat to the UK Eurovision hopefuls Joe and Jake ahead of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Guests: Joe and Jake | ||||
2 | 2 | "Tasty Treat Tutorial" | May 20, 2016 | |
A parody of YouTube tutorials where Diddy Dick and Dom show you how to make a tasty treat. | ||||
3 | 3 | "Mystery Box Unboxing" | May 27, 2016 | |
4 | 4 | "Diddy Carpool Karaoke Gone Wrong!" | May 27, 2016 | |
A parody of Carpool Karaoke from The Late Late Show with James Corden videos where Diddy Dom takes a lookalike of Adele on a drive for some karaoke but soon realises that it was a bad idea. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Make-up Vlog with Diddy Dick and Dom" | June 1, 2016 | |
A parody of YouTube make-up and fashion videos where Diddy Dick has a go at doing Diddy Dom's make-up. | ||||
6 | 6 | "Beyoncé Carpool Karaoke Spoof" | June 3, 2016 | |
Another parody of Carpool Karaoke from The Late Late Show with James Corden sees Diddy Dom unsuccessfully impressing "Beyoncé" with his playlist of her songs. | ||||
7 | 7 | "Rita Ora Needs a Wee Sketch" | June 7, 2016 | |
A parody of Carpool Karaoke from The Late Late Show with James Corden videos where Rita Ora (or someone that claims to be Rita) tries to make it to the toilet in time. | ||||
8 | 8 | "Diddy Chat: Louis Payne" | September 26, 2016 | |
Louis Payne (TJ) reveals some Wolfblood 'secrets' in this exclusive funny interview with Diddy Dick and Dom for Diddy TV! Guest: Louis Payne | ||||
9 | 9 | "Diddy Chat: Lauren Layfield" | November 18, 2016 | |
Presenter Lauren Layfield joins Diddy Dick and Dom to chat about brand new The Dengineers series 2 and shows off a few of her special talents! Guest: Lauren Layfield | ||||
10 | 10 | "Diddy Chat: Colson Smith" | January 16, 2017 | |
Diddy Dick and Dom join Colson Smith from Coronation Street. Guest: Colson Smith |
Release
Series 1 began on 14 March 2016 and ended on 25 March 2016. Series 2 began on 20 June 2016 and ended on 30 June 2016. There was a Christmas special on 16 December 2016.
Series 3 started on 19 March 2018 and ended on 31 March 2018
Every episode is available to purchase on the BBC Store.[7]
References
- ^ "Dick and Dom on Twitter".
- ^ "CBBC picks ANIM8 finalist, re-commissions 8 series".
- ^ Diddy TV, Series 1: 1. Misty, retrieved 2018-03-19
- ^ "BBC - CBBC in-house productions announce a range of new commissions and re-commissions - Media Centre".
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNd5PyP0vE)
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Diddy TV - CBBC Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide".
- ^ "BBC Store". 10 November 2015.
- 2016 British television programme debuts
- 2010s British children's television series
- Television programs featuring puppetry
- English-language television programs
- BBC children's television programmes
- BBC television comedy
- British television sketch shows
- Children's comedy television series
- 2010s British television sketch shows