Hugh Pugh
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Hugh Pugh is a news reporter for the fictitious Look Out Wales reports featured on Barry Welsh is Coming. He is played by Welsh comedian, John Sparkes.
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[edit] Reports
Hugh Pugh is a reporter in Fishguard in West Wales, and his reports are constantly in black and white (though he was briefly in colour for a short time). It is explained that Fishguard itself is in black and white because it is behind with the rest of Wales, though this is a ploy for the reports to match with doctored newsreels for Sparkes' jokes.
[edit] Hugh Pugh vs. Barry Welsh
Hugh Pugh himself holds a grudge against Barry Welsh due to the fact that Cardiff is more advanced than Fishguard, and that Barry Welsh is the host of the show.
Fans and viewing figures claim that Hugh Pugh is the most popular segment of Barry Welsh is Coming.
[edit] Fishguard
According to Hugh Pugh, Fishguard is managed by Mayor Kenny Twat, who owns a vineyard where he manufactures a wine named Chateau Myself (A play on "shat on myself", a term used for soiling clothes). Other residents of Fishguard include:
- Mayor Twats' 7-year-old son
- Telly Phone - Member of Fishguard Telephone Club
- Norman Helmet - A fireman
- Dung Bowen - A farmer
- Mr. Clinic-Lee Dead - Retired soldier
- Mrs. Hideous
- The Pop Tarts (A Welsh girls band poking fun at Spice Girls, featuring Big Tart, Ugly Tart, Cheap Tart and Stupid Tart)
- Anne Robinson
- Trevor McDonald
- Pamela Anderson
- The Welsh-Language Homosexual Society
- The Royal Fish-Guards (Led by Colonel "Tosser" Thompson)
- Mr. Slightly Thomas (Deceased - Previously mentioned in Absolutely)
- Fishguard Staring Club (Its' rivals are the Haverfordwest Glaring Society)
Crime in Fishguard is kept under control by Detective Chief Inspector Shortarse, leader of the Santa Squad, a crime unit featuring policemen all dressed as Santa Claus. The most wanted man in Fishguard is ganglord Larry Island (A satire of Barry Island), who runs a gang of baby criminals trained to steal toys and make forgery paintings. Members of the gang include Mad One-Eyed Jack and Baby-Faced Baby.
Transport in Fishguard is restricted to motor vehicles for moving about in the town. A small railway, the Fishguard - Fishguard Railway (run by Fishrail) is also used. To get around outside of Fishguard, the main transport mode is lace-up shoes, although some elastic-sided boots are on some routes. A pipeline was also built to pump thousands of tourists into West Wales per year, but the casualties from its' first run meant that it was soon replaced by an A-Road.
Most of the newsreels of Fishguard are doctored from old newscasts from the 1960's, with the names of celebrities altered for humour, including Richard Cliff (Cliff Richard) and East Clintwood (Clint Eastwood).
[edit] Hugh Pughs' History of Wales
Hugh Pugh also featured in a black-and-white mockumentary about the history of Wales, stretching from the Stone Age to the modern day. The program won two BAFTA awards for best short film and best actor the following year.
