Warrick Brownlow-Pike
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Warrick Brownlow-Pike is a British
British people
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 puppeteer
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...

.
  • Space Pirates
    Space Pirates (series)
    Space Pirates is a British children's television series originally shown on CBeebies. It is a mixture of live action and animation, set aboard a space ship which orbits Earth. It stars Luke Toulson as Captain DJ, and features the voice of Radio 1 newsreader Dominic Byrne as an alien...

    , CBeebies
  • Carrie and David's Popshop
    Carrie and David's Popshop
    Carrie and David's Popshop is a children's television series aired on Cbeebies, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant and David Grant, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Chapman, and produced by BBC Scotland.-Overview:Carrie and David took...

    , CBeebies, Scotland
  • Oucho T.Cactus, Puppeteer for CBBC with presenter Ed Petrie
    Ed Petrie
    Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

  • Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
    Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
    Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions is a children's TV show, presented by Ed Petrie and his cactus companion, Oucho . Children send in designs of inventions, and each week one of them gets created. Though educational in a way, it is slightly centred towards comedy...

     Series 1 and 2, CBBC Scotland
  • Transmission Impossible with Ed & Oucho
    Transmission Impossible with Ed & Oucho
    Transmission Impossible With Ed and Oucho was a CBBC show starring Ed Petrie and Oucho T. Cactus. Filmed at Pinewood Studios, it first aired on 16th May 2009 and was shown every Saturday morning on BBC Two and Sunday morning on the CBBC Channel for its run of 26 episodes...

    , CBBC 16 May - 9 August 2009
  • Mongrels (TV series)
    Mongrels (TV series)
    Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010...

     series one and two, BBC3
  • Assistant puppeteer to Kevin Clash
    Kevin Clash
    Kevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...

     and Elmo
    Elmo
    Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...

     on Channel 5's MILKSHAKE!2010
  • Gordon the Gopher, puppeteer for the 25th Anniversary of CBBC on This Morning
    This Morning (TV series)
    This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...

     and the CBBC Channel
  • Dodge the Dog, puppeteer for CBBC, Comic Relief
    Comic Relief
    Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...

     and Blue Peter
    Blue Peter
    Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...

    , interviewing Selena Gomez
    Selena Gomez
    Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...

  • Hacker Time, performs Dodge the Dog and various 'studio staff' characters, April 2011
  • BBC Comedy Proms, performing Mongrels (TV series)
    Mongrels (TV series)
    Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010...

     live at the Royal Albert Hall
    Royal Albert Hall
    The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

    , 13 August 2011
  • Assistant puppeteer to Kevin Clash
    Kevin Clash
    Kevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...

     and Elmo
    Elmo
    Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...

     on Channel 5's MILKSHAKE! 2011
  • Assistant Puppeteer to Kevin Clash
    Kevin Clash
    Kevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...

     on Sesame Street
    Sesame Street
    Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

     viral video

CBBC Presenting

Warrick is half of the 'Ed and Oucho' presenter duo for CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

. Ed Petrie
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

 and Oucho the talking Cactus presented live afternoon continuity for the CBBC Channel
CBBC Channel
CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...

 on weekdays, from 15:25 to 19:00 from On 3 September 2007 until January 2010.

In April 2010 he returned to present CBBC continuity performing 'Dodge the Dog', Hacker the Dog's half brother. He is currently presenting live holiday mornings and live afternoons.

Ed Petrie
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

 spoke about Oucho on his Twitter social networking page on 16/6/10. "Q: What have u done with Oucho?!! A: Nothing! He's taking it easy, but we have lots of ideas for shows with him. Maybe in 2011." When Warrick was asked on his twitter on 18/6/10 about if Oucho is back soon he says: "Hopefully! Lets cross all of our fingers, toes and things!"

CBBC shows

Ed and Oucho's first CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 programme, Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions is a children's TV show, presented by Ed Petrie and his cactus companion, Oucho . Children send in designs of inventions, and each week one of them gets created. Though educational in a way, it is slightly centred towards comedy...

debuted on 5 January 2009 at 4:30pm on the CBBC Channel
CBBC Channel
CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...

. A second series of the show was filmed in Summer 2009 and premièred at the beginning of 2010.

Ed and Oucho had their own Weekend show from 16 May - 9 August 2009 called 'Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho' where they flew a blimp, taking over Weekend Transmission on BBC 2 and the CBBC channel. It ended on Sunday 9 August 2009 so they could start filming Series 2 of Excellent Inventions.

Oucho T. Cactus

Oucho T. Cactus is Ed Petrie
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

's puppet companion, operated and voiced by Warrick Brownlow-Pike. Oucho speaks in the language "Cactinian" and his favourite food is banana
Banana
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....

s. He fears dogs, lawnmowers, water
Water
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, Basil Brush
Basil Brush
Basil Brush is a fictional anthropomorphic fox raconteur, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips...

 and Anne Robinson
Anne Robinson
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. He has an unashamed love of Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 Oucho often dresses up in a blonde wig and mimes to her music. Oucho says he's from Bracknell.

Oucho left CBBC in January 2010, according to CBBC as he was going to be working in another office at the BBC. This was because his puppeteer Warrick Brownlow-Pike was leaving the channel to film for BBC 3, although he returned to puppeteer Dodge T. Dog, temporarily retiring Oucho until further notice.

Ed Petrie and Oucho were briefly reunited on TMi on November 26, 2010, their first appearance together since January.

Ed and Oucho were last seen together on 22 February 2011.

On 11 March 2011 Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson (presenter)
Christopher David Johnson , born 25 January 1991, is a voice actor & presenter for CBBC. His first television appearance was for BBC Three, introducing Family Guy. He began presenting on the CBBC Channel in January 2010...

 was asked via his Formspring account if Oucho T. Cactus would be returning. Johnson
Chris Johnson (presenter)
Christopher David Johnson , born 25 January 1991, is a voice actor & presenter for CBBC. His first television appearance was for BBC Three, introducing Family Guy. He began presenting on the CBBC Channel in January 2010...

 replied: "Since Oucho's puppeteer, Warrick, is still with us as Dodge, it's likely that the little cactus will keep popping up from time to time. However it seems unlikely he'll return as a presenter. The times, they are a changin!"

Dodge T. Dog

Dodge T. Dog is the character that is currently operated by Brownlow-Pike, Dodge was first seen on 6 April 2010. Dodge is Hacker T. Dog's half brother.

Dodge started in April 2010 by presenting the afternoons with Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling
Iain Andrew Stirling is a stand-up, writer and television presenter from Edinburgh now based in London. Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at Edinburgh University, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian of the...

, while Hacker T. Dog was away filming Series 2 of Scoop
Scoop
-Related to journalism:* Scoop , a news story, particularly connotating a new or developing story with aspects of importance and excitement, normally an exclusive for the journalist involved...

. When Hacker returned to the CBBC Office, Ed Petrie
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

 left continuity. Leaving Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson (presenter)
Christopher David Johnson , born 25 January 1991, is a voice actor & presenter for CBBC. His first television appearance was for BBC Three, introducing Family Guy. He began presenting on the CBBC Channel in January 2010...

 with no co-host, so Dodge stepped in to present with Chris. Hacker then returned to weekdays with Iain.

Over the 2010 Summer Holidays Johnson and Dodge presented the weekday mornings. In late August 2010 Hacker left to film Scoop
Scoop
-Related to journalism:* Scoop , a news story, particularly connotating a new or developing story with aspects of importance and excitement, normally an exclusive for the journalist involved...

 Series 3, Dodge took on the Weekday Afternoons with Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling
Iain Andrew Stirling is a stand-up, writer and television presenter from Edinburgh now based in London. Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at Edinburgh University, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian of the...

.

Chris has presented with London Hughes since the beginning of September 2010 leaving Dodge without a co-host.
Dodge presented with Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling
Iain Andrew Stirling is a stand-up, writer and television presenter from Edinburgh now based in London. Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at Edinburgh University, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian of the...

 while Hacker T. Dog was filming Hacker Time. Dodge will star in Hacker Time.

On the 24th March 2011 Dodge left CBBC, according to the BBC he was "Travelling The World", to let Brownlow-Pike film season two of Mongrels. Dodge returned to CBBC on the 19th June 2011 and his shift was Holiday Morning with Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson (presenter)
Christopher David Johnson , born 25 January 1991, is a voice actor & presenter for CBBC. His first television appearance was for BBC Three, introducing Family Guy. He began presenting on the CBBC Channel in January 2010...

 and London Hughes. Dodge went back to presenting with Johnson after Hughes' departure.

Mongrels

Mongrels is an adult comedy puppet show on BBC3. Warrick performs Marion the Cat and various other characters including a stud dog, drugged hamster and Laddie a suicidal sheepdog.

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