The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh (TV series)

The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others . The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and...

's first series was originally broadcast between 18 May 2004 and 6 July 2004. The series features five main cast members; Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. Barratt is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with comedy partner, Noel Fielding.-The Mighty Boosh:Barratt stars as the character Howard Moon...

, Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding is a British artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his roles as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he co-writes with comedy partner Julian Barratt, and as team captain on the music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.-Stand-up comedy:Noel Fielding performed regularly as a...

, Rich Fulcher

Rich Fulcher

Rich Fulcher is an American comedian and author based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for co-starring in the British comedy series The Mighty Boosh, alongside comedy duo Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.-Early life:...

, Michael Fielding

Michael Fielding

Michael Fielding, more commonly known as Mike Fielding, is a comedian and actor. He was born 1981 in Westminster, London, England and raised in Mitcham, Surrey.-Career:...

 and Dave Brown

Dave Brown (comedian)

Dave Brown is a British comedian, choreographer designer and photographer.He is most famous for his work with The Mighty Boosh.His most prominent role is that of Bollo the ape...

. The first series centers on Howard Moon and Vince Noir (Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding), and the adventures they have whilst working at a zoo

Zoo

A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....

. A DVD of the series was released on 29 August 2005 in Region 2. Series 1 began to air in America on Adult Swim

Adult Swim

Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...

 from 29 March 2009.

Setting

The series is set in a run-down, dilapidated zoo in England

England

England 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...

 known as the "Zooniverse". Howard Moon and Vince Noir work there as zoo-keepers under manager Bob Fossil and owner Dixon Bainbridge. Naboo the Enigma also works there as the resident Shaman. Howard and Vince often leave the Zooniverse for various adventures throughout the series, visiting locations such as Limbo

Limbo

In the theology of the Catholic Church, Limbo is a speculative idea about the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the damned. Limbo is not an official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church or any other...

, Monkey Hell

Hell

In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...

, and the Arctic tundra

Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes through Russian тундра from the Kildin Sami word tūndâr "uplands," "treeless mountain tract." There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine...

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Production

The BBC commissioned the series in May 2003. Rehearsals took place throughout 2003, and filming took place in Studio 11 of Three Mills Studios in London, England from January 2004, directed by Paul King

Paul King (Director)

Paul King is a writer and director. He works in television, film and theatre, and specialises in comedy.He graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge University with first-class honours in English in 1999...

. Certain scenes from the pilot were reused in the episode "Tundra". The pilot was directed by Steve Bendelack

Steve Bendelack

Steve Bendelack is a British film and television director, who has worked primarily on a range of highly-acclaimed comedy programmes.Originally an assistant to Peter Fluck and Roger Law on satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image, Bendelack went on to direct the show in later years...

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Reception

The series was a nominee for The Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards 2004.

Episodes

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External links

• Series 1 at the BBC
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• Series 1 at TV.com
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