Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster
TV series
Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster
2008, English.
Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster is a children's television programme shown on CBBC. The programme features Sam and Mark in non-speaking roles, with Hugh Dennis providing a voice-over. The programme is filmed using chroma key techniques. Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster focuses around four or five disasters or situations, e.g. angry baboons or a volcanic eruption, and aims to present them in an amusing way. It gives a few tips on what to do. Sam and Mark transport about on a red sofa, often against their will, and are increasingly misled into what will happen. A number of sound effects are used for humour, such as the screams of a girl. The series was written by Patrick Makin.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended in 2008
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Latest episode
S1 E13: Series 1, Show 13
Aired 25 December 2008
Seasons 1
Details
- First aired
- 2 October 2008
- Last aired
- 25 December 2008
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster has 1 season and 13 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
Is Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster finished?
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