Scratchy & Co. is a British children's entertainment show that aired on ITV on Saturday mornings from 6 May 1995 to 25 April 1998.
Premise Scratchy & Co. starred Mark Speight as "Scratchy" and Elliot Henderson-Boyle as "Reg". Other characters included Annabel and a Scottish girl, both played by comedian and impressionist Ronni Ancona. The main gimmick of the show was that the cast wore solid rubber wigs and eccentric jackets. A stylistic similarity might be noted between this approach and Max Headroom. This format only lasted for its first series.
Later series introduced other characters such as Sedgely the penguin and Fathead the football.
From the second series, the show moved away from the original Max Headroom-esque style, into a studio where Scratchy (now minus the rubber wig) sat behind a desk, with Reg behind a window. At this point, guests were invited into the studio and interviewed. However, most of the characters which had been introduced earlier were dropped.
Gail Porter was a frequent guest presenter in the third and fourth series.
The show was nominated for a BAFTA. It was axed after the fourth series in 1998 as part of a revamp of CITV's Saturday morning line-up which took effect that autumn with the launch of SMTV Live and CD:UK.
Programmes Gladiators: Train 2 Win (1995) It's Not Fair (1998) Massive! (1995)
Transmissions Series Start date End date Episodes 1 6 May 1995The making of a diarist. Author: David Flusfeder. Date: Saturday, May 6, 1995 Publication: The Times (London, England) 16 December 1995Saturday, Dec. 16, 1995. Publication: The Times (London, England). Issue: 65452 21 2 4 May 1996Saturday, May 4, 1996. Publication: The Times (London, England). Issue: 65571 24 August 1996Saturday, Aug. 24, 1996. Publication: The Times (London, England). Issue: 65,667 17 3 4 January 1997 26 April 1997 17 4 3 January 1998 25 April 1998 17
References
External links
Scratchy & Co. on Paul Morris' SatKids