A Lookback at Zzzap! (30th Anniversary Special) 

Just to let you know Jack Haywood , that Nick Ayling who work behind the scenes at Zzzap may have been wearing the tricky dicky costurne for the comic scenes where the camera is going to The Handyman panel and Smart Arty panel , but it might have been a free member of the crew, and no it was not Neil Buchanan , and the leg that you see kicking up and down outside the comic is a real leg in the first series of Zzzap as far as i know and if you watch episode 7 of series 1 , you can see the leg panel has collapsed , I spoke to Sean Appleby on here who work on the kids show Zzzap about it , and no he was not part of the filming of the comic , but he worked elsewhere in Zzzap. and he is friends with Richard Waites who play Cuthbert Lilly and Tricky Dicky . Just to update you Jack Haywood

It's funny that Cuthbert's Diary appeared so soon after your video popped up, being considered Lost Media since its one-off airing in 1997. Its also interesting that its existence technically is against the explanation you gave of the series having "no spoken words", as Richard Waites delivers a slew of spoken words, as Cuthbert, to give brief explanations of things happening in each of the days of his week.

@@CTxCB Yes that was a surprise. I find the narration odd. It would've worked without.

@@JacksThrowbackAttack It's also worth nothing that the voice that Richard Waites does for Cuthbert Lilly in Cuthbert's Diary is wildly different from the voice he provided when he took over duties of dubbing Cuthbert from Neil Buchanan in Series 10. I'd argue that the voice for him in Cuthbert's Diary is actually better, it fits the character more, whereas Series 10 Cuthbert just sounds a bit posh and snobbish, which doesn't really fit the character as well.

@@CTxCB and Richard Waites is so funny aswell , but he did appear in Timekeepers of the millennium in 1999 on CITV by the way

Let's traumatize the deaf kids. As if they didn't have enough to worry about.

@@elleeme9451 personally I think it was lovely of the creators to consider it- especially as this show was on when deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis (strictly come dancing winner and Eastenders actress) was growing up- the same time as me.

Many thanks! :)

My pleasure!

Thank you, I really appreciate that. I was a huge Daisy fan as a kid as I found gunge hilarious. As an adult I love the comedy of the Cuthbert sketches. Some of them were quite clever for a kids show.

@@JacksThrowbackAttack I have to agree with you there. Those two and the different puzzles

Thank you!

Duncan is also probably more known as the musician behind the Incidental Music of the 1970s BBC Children's Series, Mr Benn, which he composed under the pseudonym of Don Warren.

@@CTxCB Huh didn't know that.

and deborah mccallum on take the high road was very good looking back than aswell

Yeah, Neil did an interview with Demon DM in 2009 (I believe it's still online) where he did a demonstration of Daisy's voice.

One of the most interesting things of the production is, The Law Enforcement Police Bobbies. Law & Order. Hallo Hallo! Now then, what's going on here?!

Me too haha.

That would be awesome. Neil is a legend of children's telly.

I've been trying since the first series. Not as easy as it seems

@@JacksThrowbackAttack Yeah, there aren't many interviews with him.

No, you’re right, Sophie Aldred did provide the voice for ‘Daisy Dares’ following the departure of Neil Buchanan initially, a pre-recorded cry sound he did was actually reused when the character was modified by Claire Macaulay in the 1st episode of Series 9, quite weird I know, but it did actually happen!

I have seen this mentioned before but there seems to be no official source for this information. I've only ever seen it mentioned on youtube comments. So I was a bit wary including it in without any solid information.

I was looking at the end titles to zzzap to see if your name was on the end titles, and i can't find your name sadly. but what did you do in zzzap ?

@@gavinmartin5151 unfortunately not everyone got a credit as there are always to many on the crew so its normally only the heads of departments. i was in the camera department, keith hunter was the head for most of the series . i do appear occasionally when extras are needed as do most of the crew. i have short brown hair ,slim and about 22 to 30 depending on which series..

@@seanappleby3986 i see , but i want to know is , who played tricky dicky when the camera goes to smarty arty panel and the handymen panel backwards and did a person played the leg on the first series of zzzap

@@gavinmartin5151 i never did the opening sequence but nick ayling would know. he probably did it him self he was very heavily involved in the whole series..

@@seanappleby3986 it looks like i'am solveing the mystery from you their on ticky dicky, so you don't know about the leg panel ? and what it was used for

We've managed to get the first 7 episode its just the final 3 we need

I would love to. I've tried a few times to make contact through various means. Including recently for this video. No luck I'm afraid.

@@JacksThrowbackAttack I found out that Richard Waites himself played Spud in the Bob the Builder Live Show. If you look at his running style it looks very similar to Tricky Dicky's

Cuthbert Lilly did indeed pop into the CITV studio, only to get himself lost. I have spoken to him online on Facebook. He said he had a ball on the show and has happy memories from it. I'm sure he would be more than happy to talk about it as he was a total gent with me. Very quiet and mild-mannered.

I would love nothing more but I'm afraid I've been trying since the start of the podcast, I don't want to go in to too much detail but contact has been attempted through numerous means to no avail. I guess some have retired from the limelight and want it to remain that way and that's fair enough. Never say never though. Unfortunately it's never been released on DVD. There were 5 VHS releases in the 1990's but they're pretty hard to come by and often go for very expensive amounts on Ebay.

@@JacksThrowbackAttack Well, even if you can't get a podcast of such a scale going, at least you had Minnie the Mini Magician on the show

I've already got someone to pass a message on

This episode - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ngS_mPj3zZM.html

how did you know that ?

@@gavinmartin5151 it definitely was him

@@007beck9 you will have to show some proof on that, shame that tricky dicky did not wave to the camera when it move to the smart arty and the handyman square by the way

Four people having ice cream on a bench on a Summer's day.

yes she was pregnant with her first child and because of that she step down from playing Daisy Dare at the end of series 8 , So Claire Macaulay took over the role. sadly at the time of writing . I have no idea where Deborah and Claire are upto nowadays .

Deborah has grown-up. Having her own children.

Had the Hots for this one!! I was about 4 in early 90s when watching this!! Some great Childhood memories.. this show was one of them & after years of FORGETTING ALL ABOUT IT I had a thought about - The Handymen today but couldn't remember who or where I saw... a little searching... & Here I am.... ZZZAP!!!! 😎♥️😊

Hired someone to do it. They cut it out frame by frame from an episode. Took a long time but was worth it.

@@JacksThrowbackAttack good job they have done ✔

@@JacksThrowbackAttack I appreciate the committment you put into your videos!

It's not something you can find unfortunately. It was cut out frame by frame from an episode and inserted over the footage. A friend did it for me, it's not something I have massive technical skill in doing.

South - Eastern England.

I could've seen Tricky Dicky as Bet Lynch's man, actually.

If you think they're "terrible", why did you come here, dementednun1175?