Diddy TV is a British children's sketch comedy series on CBBC. It stars Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom). It is a sequel series to the Diddy Dick and Dom sketches on Dick & Dom in da Bungalow and Diddy Movies. The series features various parodies of television series including Top of the Pops and The Great British Bake Off. Series 1 began on 14 March 2016, Series 2 began on 20 June 2016, Series 3 began on 19 March 2018 and Series 4 began on 25 June 2018. Many of the cast have been in other Dick and Dom sketch series or the sitcom The Legend of Dick and Dom.
Premise The Diddy Movies boss, Larry Weinsteinberger (Bingbongberger from episodes 2 to 8 of season one), filed for bankruptcy due to his movies resulting in catastrophic money loss. But with the last of his money, he quits producing movies and launches a television station for Diddy Dick and Dom on channel 6597423. It parodies shows like Doctor Who, Top of the Pops, Deadly 60, and Countdown. The channel also parodies sports TV and sitcoms, and features adverts starring Dick and Dom.
Cast Richard McCourt as Diddy Dick/Various Dominic Wood as Diddy Dom/Various Ted Robbins as Larry Bingbongberger (formerly Weinsteinberger but changed in the opening theme and edited out of other instances of the name being mentioned throughout the show due to the Harvey Weinstein scandal and was subsequently retired from season 3 onwards)/Various Ian Kirkby as DI Harry Batt/Various Paris Atkins as Various Dave Chapman as Various Bob Golding as Various Darragh Mortell as Various Sabrina Sandhu as Various Gail Kemp as Various Kate Malyon as Various Sabrina Sandhu as Various Inel Tomlinson as Various Eve Munyanyi as Various Louise Woodward as Various
Guests The guest stars often appeared between the sketches with Larry Bingbongberger in his house. Some episodes featured Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow character Mr. Choosy. Guests played Diddy versions of themselves (except Reece Shearsmith). In Series 3, new guest stars appeared with Diddy Dick and Dom on Diddy Chat. Some guests featured in more than one episode.
Reece Shearsmith as Mr. Stockholm Ashley Roberts Joseph Garrett Bruno Tonioli Eamonn Holmes Barney Harwood Hazel Irvine Shaun Murphy Craig Revel Horwood Melvin Odoom Jake Mitchell Paul Zerdin Sally Lindsay Radzi Chinyanganya Michelle Gayle Louis Payne Colson Smith Lauren Layfield
Episodes
Series 1 (2016)
Series 2 (2016)
Series 3 (2018)
Series 4 (2018)
Shorts (2016–17) A series of shorts were uploaded on to CBBC's website and YouTube channel. Some are Diddy Chat, where Diddy Dick and Dom interview a celebrity. Others are parodies of popular Internet videos, such as Unboxings and Carpool Karaoke.
Release Series 1 began on 14 March 2016 and ended on 25 March 2016. Series 2 began on 20 June 2016 and ended on 30 June 2016. There was a Christmas special on 16 December 2016, and another one on 20 December 2018.
Series 3 started on 19 March 2018 and ended on 31 March 2018. Series 4 started on 25 June 2018 and ended on 5 July 2018.
Every episode was available to purchase on the BBC Store. The last episode to be aired was Series 4's Christmas special episode, which aired on 25 December 2023.
References
External links Website