Planet Sketch is an animated television series co-produced by Aardman Animations and Decode Entertainment, with animation production by C.O.R.E. Toons. The show was first aired on CITV on 10 September 2005, and later began airing on the Canadian network Teletoon starting on 19 November 2005. The series ended its run on 30 December 2007.

Overview

Each episode features an assortment of sketches. The show typically begins with a Nose Picker sketch, in which a girl named Olivia pulls out an object from her nose (which is also the title of each episode in Season 1). From then on, several sketches are played out to fill the remainder of the show, culminating with the June Spume and Melville sketch, in which a girl named June Spume uses her body parts to produce music, (such as her teeth as a piano, her feet as a turntable, her butt as bongos, etc.) which accompanies the show's theme music as the show ends. Typically, there is only one of each type of 3D sketch per episode, but some segments appear twice, and some do not appear at all. The 2D sketches Sara Swapsy, Only Joking, Ira and Lyra, and Bill and Phil always consist of three parts, which alternate with one other sketch in between each portion. The other one-time sketches follow the same pattern but with only two parts each, while the remaining recurring sketches are treated as regular segments. In the second season, however, only Melville appears, featuring in a dance clip before the credits roll. The Nose Picker sketch still appears though. In this show, the 2D sketches never return, and the show went completely 3D. The second season adds new characters. 2D segments and some 3D characters removed, such as The Gnaughty Gnomes and Mr. Hives & Timbo. In addition, characters dance between segments, or the Planet Sketch sign is shown with a gag, and the 3D format is slightly different from the past, because of the different shape of the characters' eyes, the short depth of their heads and the huge shading on them not showing the glossy surface of their appearance.

Sketches

===Original 3-D sketches ===

Season 1 (2005)

Recurring 2-D sketches

One-time 2-D sketches

Season 2 (2006)

New 3-D sketches

Episodes

The series has been aired in both full-episode and short form. The following information is for the full-length episodes only. The first 10 episodes were shown on Teletoon in three blocks on 19 November 2005, as part of a special event on the channel called "Nonsense Day".

Season 1 (2005)

Season 2 (2006–2007)