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It's essentially a reworking of [[Jigsaw (1)|Jigsaw]] for the ''fin de siecle''. | It's essentially a reworking of [[Jigsaw (1)|Jigsaw]] for the ''fin de siecle''. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[ | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit natashacollins markspeight group.jpg]]''Natasha Collins, Mark Speight and Philip Fox''</div> |
Mark "Scratchy" Speight plays a bungling king accompanied by two jesters, See and Saw. There follows a selection of sketches and miscellaneous messing-about with the king and jesters, interspersed with some other comedy sketches. | Mark "Scratchy" Speight plays a bungling king accompanied by two jesters, See and Saw. There follows a selection of sketches and miscellaneous messing-about with the king and jesters, interspersed with some other comedy sketches. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit natashacollins.jpg]]''See her: Natasha Collins''</div> |
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit saw philipfox.jpg]]''Saw him: Philip Fox''</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit king.jpg]]''Stand up: Mark Speight''</div> | ||
After each comedy sketch the king asks an observation question, with two possible answers. You take the initial letter of the correct answer from each of the four sketches to build up a four-letter word. The main gimmick is that the audience, made up of probably about 100 kids - a year from a school? - are sitting on a giant see-saw contraption. | After each comedy sketch the king asks an observation question, with two possible answers. You take the initial letter of the correct answer from each of the four sketches to build up a four-letter word. The main gimmick is that the audience, made up of probably about 100 kids - a year from a school? - are sitting on a giant see-saw contraption. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit chamberlain sylvestermccoy.jpg | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit chamberlain sylvestermccoy.jpg]]''A heavily made-up [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Chamberlain''</div> |
The kids get the chance to answer some of the questions as well - leaning or shuffling to their left if they think one of the answers is correct, leaning or shuffling to their right if they think the other answer is correct. The see-saw then either sees or saws according to the majority decision. | The kids get the chance to answer some of the questions as well - leaning or shuffling to their left if they think one of the answers is correct, leaning or shuffling to their right if they think the other answer is correct. The see-saw then either sees or saws according to the majority decision. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit seesaw.jpg|400px]]''The incredibly convincing medieval set''</div> |
It's quite clever, official, and that's about it. No real game in-studio, but viewers at home can write in with the correct word to win a T-shirt or something. | It's quite clever, official, and that's about it. No real game in-studio, but viewers at home can write in with the correct word to win a T-shirt or something. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit jesters.jpg]]''No change.''</div> |
== Catchphrases == | == Catchphrases == | ||
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A [[Clive Doig]] creation, although in the end credits, Julia Doig gets a credit for the idea (as a wild guess, she would have thought of the see-saw gimmick?) | A [[Clive Doig]] creation, although in the end credits, Julia Doig gets a credit for the idea (as a wild guess, she would have thought of the see-saw gimmick?) | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit juliadoig.jpg]]''Julia Doig''</div> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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Mark Speight met his fiancee, jester Natasha Collins, on the programme. However, she died of a drugs overdose in their London flat in January 2008, and tragically Mark took his own life the following April. | Mark Speight met his fiancee, jester Natasha Collins, on the programme. However, she died of a drugs overdose in their London flat in January 2008, and tragically Mark took his own life the following April. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Collins natasha.jpg | + | <div class="image">[[File:Collins natasha.jpg]]''Natasha Collins''</div> |
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Speight mark.jpg]]''[[Mark Speight]]''</div> | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
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== Pictures == | == Pictures == | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit | + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit king2.jpg]]''The king sits on his throne...''</div> |
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit natashacollins2.jpg]]''...and he "sees" a jester sitting on a giant stool...''</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Seeitsawit natashacollins3.jpg]]''...looking gloomy and...gloomy.''</div> | ||
[[Category:Childrens]] | [[Category:Childrens]] | ||
[[Category:Observation]] | [[Category:Observation]] | ||
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Current revision as of 21:09, 26 September 2023
Contents |
Host
Co-hosts
Court jesters: "See" (Natasha Collins, 1999; Kate Crossley, 2000-1) and "Saw" (Philip Fox)
Supporting cast included Sylvester McCoy and Julia Binsted
Broadcast
Brechin for BBC One, 6 January 1999 to 26 March 2001 (39 episodes in 3 series + 8 specials)
Synopsis
It's essentially a reworking of Jigsaw for the fin de siecle.
Natasha Collins, Mark Speight and Philip FoxMark "Scratchy" Speight plays a bungling king accompanied by two jesters, See and Saw. There follows a selection of sketches and miscellaneous messing-about with the king and jesters, interspersed with some other comedy sketches.
See her: Natasha Collins
Saw him: Philip Fox
Stand up: Mark SpeightAfter each comedy sketch the king asks an observation question, with two possible answers. You take the initial letter of the correct answer from each of the four sketches to build up a four-letter word. The main gimmick is that the audience, made up of probably about 100 kids - a year from a school? - are sitting on a giant see-saw contraption.
A heavily made-up Sylvester McCoy as the ChamberlainThe kids get the chance to answer some of the questions as well - leaning or shuffling to their left if they think one of the answers is correct, leaning or shuffling to their right if they think the other answer is correct. The see-saw then either sees or saws according to the majority decision.
The incredibly convincing medieval setIt's quite clever, official, and that's about it. No real game in-studio, but viewers at home can write in with the correct word to win a T-shirt or something.
No change.Catchphrases
Mark: Did you see it? Audience: Saw it!!
Inventor
A Clive Doig creation, although in the end credits, Julia Doig gets a credit for the idea (as a wild guess, she would have thought of the see-saw gimmick?)
Julia DoigTrivia
Mark Speight met his fiancee, jester Natasha Collins, on the programme. However, she died of a drugs overdose in their London flat in January 2008, and tragically Mark took his own life the following April.
Natasha Collins
Web links
Pictures
The king sits on his throne...
...and he "sees" a jester sitting on a giant stool...
...looking gloomy and...gloomy.