Gigglebiz

2010, 15 minutes

Children's comedy sketch TV programme

Gigglebiz is a children's television programme (a 'live action comedy sketch show'[1]) made in the UK. There have been two series, first broadcast on CBeebies [2]tbe BBC's younger-children's channel, in 2009 and 2011. The programme's star and creator is Justin Fletcher, who plays the chief characters in all the comic sketches. Some sketches are filmed in the studio ; one regular external location is Portmeirion, used for the town of Wiggyville where the Captain Adorable sketches are set. The sketches are interspersed with 'Giggle Box' - film segments of children viewers telling Justin jokes. The first series was broadcast in September 2009 and comprised 25 15-minute episodes. The second series of 15 episodes was shown in January 2011 (with a Christmas Special on Wednesday December 15, 2010). The new series saw some characters disappear to make way for new ones.

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