Anorak Zone - Behind the scenes photos
"Dogs behaving badly... puppet style"
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Gary operating Davina, Mandy operating JP the parrot. Note that the "upstairs toilet" set is nothing more than a bit of tiling wallpaper stuck on the back wall of the kitchen.
TThe Set: Notice how all the walls and the furniture are mounted two feet off the ground, to make life easier for the puppeteers.
Writer/Producer Andrew Barclay gives last minute acting notes to Davina the cat.
MPuppeteer Mandy trying the get her hand up Hamish's arse at the breakfast table. Cameraman is Seb Knight. Note the monitor stuffed under the table so that Mandy can check to see that no part of her body gets into shot.
Above: Lighting cameraman Alan Benns' long-suffering camera crew.