Dare To Believe
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Dare To Believe is a surreal TV sketch show that was shown on ITV1 in the UK. The programme was shown during the early hours of the mornings, and ran for two series between 2002 and 2004. The show gained a cult following amongst students and insomniacs.
The show largely consisted of dada-inspired comedy sketches, interspersed with periods of hypnotic visuals. During these hypnotic visuals, its much-used catchphrase was often recited: "Fly like a mouse, run like a cushion, be the small bookcase."
It was written & directed by Tim Scott, who also acted in the show.
[edit] Characters
Popular characters included The Aguamoose Man, the Twarb Coffee Woman and a lady who presented a weather style mini-programme that gave warnings on the size of elks to be expected in various parts of the UK that evening. Another bizarre yet memorable sketch that reoccured throughout the series was various multicoloured screens containing an object, for example a spoon, whilst a man and woman's voice alternated saying "What's this?" and then what the object was, occasionally replacing the name of the object with a random phrase, for example "Osprey Housing".
