Combat Sheep
A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN BABY COW PRODUCTIONS AND THE CHILDREN’S COMPANY FOR BBC2, 2001
Executive Produced by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal
Produced by Robert Howes
Directed by Dominic Brigstocke
Written and Created by Tim Firth
Additional Material by Peter Baynham and Graham Duff
Combat Sheep was a spin off from THE ROTTENTROLLS, broadcast as a Christmas Special on a BBC2 comedy night and got higher ratings than any of the adult programmes at peak time. Steve Coogan took over role of Commander Harris, the deluded redundant military sheep mascot, from John Thomson who was filming in Australia.
Puppeteers included Simon Buckley, who was lead puppeteer on THE ROTTENTROLLS, and Nigel Plaskitt, who had just finished being the 'monkey' on the ITV digital adverts with Johnny Vegas.
Voices:
Steve Coogan
Ronnie Ancona
Mark Williams
Kevin Eldon