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Bad Robots

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Bad Robots
Also known asBad(ish) Robots (pre-watershed edition)
GenreComedy
Created byNathan Eastwood
Written by
  • Ben Spiteri
  • Paul Routledge
  • Lee Kern
  • Charlie O'Connor (additional material)
  • George Sawyer
Directed byPaul Routledge
Voices of
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time35 minutes
Original release
NetworkE4
Release11 November 2014 (2014-11-11) –
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

Bad Robots is a British television prank show that originally aired on E4 from November 2014.[1] Made by Objective Productions, the show centres on a fleet of seemingly defective and even mischievous machines, devices and robots produced by the fictional TezCorp Industries. Unsuspecting members of the public were filmed using these everyday machines, resulting in practical-joke and hidden-camera laughs.

Bad Robots was commissioned for Comedy Blaps (Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy) in late 2013. The pilot was written and performed by Lee Kern, who played a prototype version of the show's primary robot, "BOT".[2] The show was subsequently commissioned for a full series of 6 episodes, to air on E4.

The series was created by Nathan Eastwood, directed by Paul Routledge, and written and produced by Ben Spiteri. Lee Kern wrote the sequences featuring "BOT". Motion graphics for the series were created by Compost Creative. A host of comedy talent provided voices for the machines, including Lee Kern as "BOT", Sir Michael Gambon, Simon Greenall, Rob Delaney, Terry Mynott, Diane Morgan and Tom Allen.

The first episode drew an average audience figure of 338,000.[citation needed]

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 11 November 2014 16 December 2014 6
2 25 August 2015 29 September 2015 6

List of Machines

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Model No. Machine Voice Over (unconfirmed*) No. episodes
TEZ1 BAD ROBOT Sir Michael Gambon 12
TEZ#002 Digi-Photo-Matic photo booth Matthew Holness 7
TEZ#003 Frank and Send postage machine Tom Allen 4
TEZ#004 Non-Stop Radio N/A 2
TEZ#005 Hotel BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#006 Cimema BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#007 Charge-O-Matic mobile phone charger Annabel Raftery 2
TEZ#008 Tourist Information Machine Nico Tatarowicz 5
TEZ#009 Cab BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#010 Con-Struct-A-Bear Dave Benson-Philips 3
TEZ#011 Reception BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#012 Audio Tour Guide Simon Greenall* 1
TEZ#013 Bouncer BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#014 Maxwave Microwave N/A 1
TEZ#015 Takeaway BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#016 Floor Buffer with autobuff mode Matthew Holness* 2
TEZ#017 Nails Babez manicure machine Matthew Le Tissier* 1
TEZ#018 Tezbrowze web browser Matthew Holness* 1
TEZ#019 TezToys: Yank It! Rob Delaney 1
TEZ#020 British Language Test Simon Greenall* 2
TEZ#021 Vet BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#022 Self-Serving Chocolate Fountain Matthew Le Tissier* 2
TEZ#023 Border Control BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#024 S.A.L.Y (Survey - Analysis - Learning - You) survey machine Ross Kemp 2
TEZ#025 Career BOT Lee Kern 1
TEZ#026 DNA Testing Machine Simon Greenall* 1
- British Roadways Centre: 2014-2015 Theory Test Terry Mynott* 4
- Change Machine Rob Delaney 1
- Digi-e-Card booth Felicity Montagu 1
- Dog motorbike kids' rides N/A 2
- Hear 2 Stay hearing test machine Rob Delaney 1
- London Global Money Exchange machine Adam Buxton 2
- Optical Prime eye test machine Simon Greenall* 3
- Parking Ticket Machine Terry Mynott* 3
- Power roller with automatic painting assistant Rob Delaney 1
- Quiziemodo Pub Quiz Machine Matthew Holness 8
- Simple Samples Kelly-Anne Lyons 5
- Speak & Search shopping companion/reference index John Hopkins 7
- Tandalous spray tanning booth Diane Morgan (S01)/Vikki Stone (S02) 2
- Tez Tees golf ball dispenser Matthew Le Tissier* 1
- Tezcorp Alarm System Rob Delaney 1
- Traffic Sign N/A 2
- Water Cooler N/A 1

References

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  1. ^ Wollaston, Sam (12 November 2014). "Hotel in The Clouds review – is the Shangri-La a hotel for voyeurs?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ^ http://comedyblaps.channel4.com Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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