2DTV

Infobox Television
show_name = 2DTV


caption =
format = Comedy/Animation
runtime = 10 to 30 minutes
creator = Giles Pilbrow (Producer) and Georgia Pritchett (Head Writer)
starring = Many impersonated celebrities
country = UK
network = ITV
first_aired = 14 October 2001
last_aired =
23 December 2004|

"2DTV" was a satirical animated television show broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom.

"2DTV" employed the same satirical style as "Spitting Image", but using animation rather than puppets. Director Giles Pilbrow was a veteran of Spitting Image, as were some of the voice artists.

The first two series, broadcast in 2001, featured episodes lasting only 10 minutes. Due to popular demand subsequent editions were extended to half an hour. The original cast members were Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry and Dave Lamb. Alistair McGowan also appeared in the pilot episode. But for series 4, it appeared that all but Lamb had left the show, leaving Lewis MacLeod, Kate O'Sullivan and Enn Reitel to take over. Presumably, Culshaw left to spend more time appearing in his own show, "Dead Ringers".2DTV produced the controversial video for the 2002 George Michael single "Shoot the Dog".

The pilot episode also featured a resident newsreader character, but he doesn't appear in the series. After a fifth series in late 2004 in the graveyard slot, the show was axed.

The banned advert

In late 2002, a commercial for the Video and DVD compilation "The Best of 2DTV" was banned by the BACC. The commercial depicted George W. Bush taking the video out of its case and putting it in a toaster. Ofcom stated that advertisements for products cannot appear to be endorsed by someone without their permission - in this case George W. Bush. The original advert was reworked into a sketch in which Bush writes a letter complaining about his portrayal in the media as a moron, then "posts" the letter in a toaster.

The programme-makers then produced a commercial satirising Osama Bin Laden, but this was also banned on the grounds that Bin Laden would have to give permission for his image to be used. This decision was later overturned on the grounds that the commercial was legitimate satire, and the commercial was shown unedited. The programme-makers claimed that the controversy had generated more interest in the show than the adverts could ever have done alone.Fact|date=May 2008

Cast

eries 1 - 3

* Jon Culshaw - Tony Blair, Jack Straw, William Hague, John Major, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Prince Charles, Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Gareth Gates, Chris Eubank, Rolf Harris, George Michael, David Beckham, Trevor McDonald, Michael Jackson, Johnny Vegas, Steve Irwin, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Uri Geller, Bill Gates, Liam Gallagher, Anthony McPartlin, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Roy Keane, Michael Owen, Alex Ferguson, Ozzy Osbourne, Guy Ritchie, Iain Duncan Smith, Richard Madeley
* Jan Ravens - Cherie Blair, Ann Widdecombe, Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Anne, Fergie, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Anne Robinson, Jordan, Carol "Smiley" Smillie, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Davina McCall, Kylie Minogue, Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jade Goody, Kim Woodburn, Aggie MacKenzie, Nigella Lawson, Queen Mother, Judy Finnigan
* Mark Perry - Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, Saddam Hussein, Spider-Man, Michael Howard, Michael Parkinson, Graham Norton
* Dave Lamb - John Prescott, David Blunkett, Stephen Byers, Michael Portillo, Charles Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Philip, Prince Edward, Princes William, Harry, Osama Bin Laden, Pope John Paul II, Elton John, Graham Norton, Andrew Marr, Michael Palin, Declan Donnelly, Martin Keown, Ronaldo, Phil Neville, Tom Cruise

eries 4 - 5

* Enn Reitel - Tony Blair, Jack Straw, John Prescott, Michael Jackson, Johnny Vegas, Anthony McPartlin, Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Howard, Will Young, Tom Cruise, Tim Henman, Justin Hawkins, Jack Osbourne,Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, Phil Spencer, David Dimbleby, Peter Andre, Frank Skinner, Des Lynam, Robbie Williams, Gareth Gates, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Uri Geller, David Blunkett, Charles Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Philip, Prince Edward, Princes William, Harry, Osama Bin Laden, Pope John Paul II, Wayne Rooney
* Kate O'Sullivan - Cherie Blair, Gordon Brown, Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Anne, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Anne Robinson, Jordan, Carol "Smiley" Smillie, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Davina McCall, Kylie Minogue, Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Kim Woodburn, Aggie MacKenzie, Nigella Lawson, Kirstie Allsopp, Trinny Woodall, Susannah Constantine, Judy Finnigan, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Judi Dench, Coleen McLoughlin
* Lewis MacLeod - Chris Eubank, Rolf Harris, George Michael, David Beckham, George W. Bush, Prince Charles, Trevor McDonald, Steve Irwin, Uri Geller, Bill Gates, Liam Gallagher, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Roy Keane, Michael Owen, Alex Ferguson, Ozzy Osbourne, Johnny Vaughan, Richard Madeley, Louis Walsh, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, David Seaman, Neil Armstrong, Guy Ritchie, Robin Cook, Saddam Hussein, Declan Donnelly, Ronaldo, Phil Neville

External links

* [http://www.2dtv.co.uk Official "2DTV" website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2DTV "2DTV"] on YouTube
* [http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0298617/ 2DTV] at the Internet Movie Database