Plot
Tickle, Patch and Friends features the misadventures of two puppet guinea pigs named Tickle and Patch, voiced and puppeteered by Marcus Clarke and Helena Smee. Each episode would see the pair taking on a job to make money. The show featured crossover appearances from Channel 5's other children's programming. The show was filmed at a variety of locations, such as zoos, beaches, churches, schools and farms, and around the Central London area.
Some of the shows and cartoons shown on Tickle, Patch and Friends included PB Bear and Friends , Plonsters , Animal Antics , and Mr. Men and Little Miss . These other shows also aired on Milkshake!.
Other characters
- Pipsqueak – A baby guinea pig who was introduced to the show in late 2002.
- 37 Bear – A taxi-driving bear.
- Thing – A large insect of unknown origin.
- Alien – A fleece alien puppet.
Features
- The Picture Gallery (later changed to The Farmyard Gallery in the later series) – Tickle and Patch look at viewers' drawings.
- Patch FM – Tickle and Patch play at being disc jockeys and talk to viewers on their video phone and answer frequently asked questions from them.
- Joke Time – Tickle and Patch read out viewers' jokes on location (e.g. outside a theme park) and they usually laugh at them so much, their socks or pants blow off for extra laughs.
- Tickle's Quiz – Featured in the later series where Tickle stays in the barn while taking shelter from the rain, and asks the audience a simple question involving what sound does a farm animal or vehicle make.
Programmes featured as part of Tickle, Patch and Friends
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