Scratchy & Co. facts for kids

Scratchy & Co.
Genre	Children's entertainment
Starring	Ronni Ancona Elliot Henderson-Boyle Mark Speight
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	75–105 minutes
Production company(s)	Mentorn for Central
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original release	6 May 1995 (1995-05-06) – 25 April 1998 (1998-04-25)

Scratchy & Co. was 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 Elliot Henderson-Boyle as "Reg" and Mark Speight as "Scratchy". 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.

Later series introduced other characters such as Sedgely the penguin and Fathead the football.

Later on, the series 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 the fourth (final) series.

The show was nominated for a BAFTA.

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