The Mighty Boosh

***The Mighty Boosh*** is a British comedy television series that was shown on BBC Three. It was also a radio programme. Since the television series, there have been live tours of it.

The first series is about two zookeepers called Howard and Vince. The second series is also about them but is set in a flat. The third is set in a shop.

## History

Fielding first met Barratt after seeing him perform his solo stand-up performance at the Hellfire Comedy Club in the Wycombe Swan theatre. The pair soon found that they shared comic interests, formed a double act, and "decided to be the new Goodies". After their first performance together at a bar in London in April 1998, Barratt and Fielding developed their zookeeper characters - Howard Moon and Vince Noir, respectively - in a series of sketches for Paramount Comedy’s _Unnatural Acts_. It was here that they also met Rich Fulcher, who would become Bob Fossil. Fielding’s friend Dave Brown and Fielding's own brother Michael also became regular collaborators.

The Boosh soon produced three stage shows - _The Mighty Boosh_ (1998), _Arctic Boosh_ (1999) and _Autoboosh_ (2000) - all of them were at the Edinburgh Fringe. With the success of _Autoboosh_, a radio series was commissioned by the BBC. Produced by Danny Wallace, _The Boosh_ was first broadcast in 2001 on BBC London Live, later moving to BBC Radio 4, from which the team were given a half-hour television show of the same name.

The first eight-part series, directed by Paul King, was then commissioned for BBC Three and broadcast in 2004, with a second of six episodes the following year. The second series moved away from the zoo setting, and instead Howard, Vince, Naboo the shaman and Bollo the talking ape living in a flat in Dalston. In 2006, the Boosh returned to theatre with _The Mighty Boosh Live_, which featured a new story entitled "The Ruby of Kukundu".

#### _The Mighty Boosh_ (1998)

Main article: The Mighty Boosh (1998 stage show)

The Boosh, then consisting of only Barratt and Fielding, conceived _The Mighty Boosh_ whilst working on Stewart Lee's Edinburgh Festival show _King Dong vs. Moby Dick_ in which they played a giant Penis and a whale respectively.

In 1998, they took _The Mighty Boosh_ to the Edinburgh Festival, recruiting fellow comedian Rich Fulcher, whom the pair had met while working on _Unnatural Acts_. The show won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. During their residency at North London's Hen and Chickens Theatre the following year, they built up a cult following, introducing new characters whilst developing old ones.

After two years, the Boosh returned to the television in November 2007. Set in Naboo’s second-hand shop below the flat, the third series drew in approximately one million viewers with its first episode, and in light of its success, BBC Three broadcast an entire night of _The Mighty Boosh_ on March 22, 2008, which included a new documentary and six of Barratt and Fielding's favourite episodes from all three series.

There will not be a fourth series till at least 2010 because they will be working upon a movie. This movie has been confirmed by the BBC.

## Infobox (comedian)

- **name**: The Mighty Boosh
- **image**: Boosh2006.jpg
- **imagesize**: 300px
- **caption**: The Cast of the Mighty Boosh
- **medium**: Theatre, radio, television
- **nationality**: British people, British (4 members)
Americans, American (1 member)
- **active**: 1998–present
- **genre**: Double act, surreal humour
- **subject**: The Mighty Boosh during their live show
- **influences**: The Goodies, Mr Benn
- **notable work**: _The Mighty Boosh (1998 stage show), The Mighty Boosh_ (stage show, 1998)
_Arctic Boosh_ (1999)
_Autoboosh_ (2000)
_The Boosh (radio series), The Boosh_ (2001)
_The Mighty Boosh (TV series), The Mighty Boosh_ (TV series, 2004–2007)
_The Mighty Boosh (2006 stage show), The Mighty Boosh Live_ (2006)
- [[The Mighty Boosh Festival]]"  (2008)
- **current members**: Julian Barratt
Noel Fielding
Dave Brown (comedian), Dave Brown
Michael Fielding
Rich Fulcher
- **website**: [http://www.themightyboosh.com/ The Mighty Boosh Online]