Naked Camera

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Naked Camera

Genre	Comedy
Running time	24 minutes per episode
Creator(s)	Patrick McDonnell and P.J. Gallagher
Starring	Patrick McDonnell P.J. Gallagher Maeve Higgins
Country of origin	Ireland
Original channel	Radio Telefís Éireann
Original run	2005–present
No. of episodes	12

Naked Camera is an Irish hidden camera comedy show that began airing on RTÉ in 2005. It is set and filmed in the Republic of Ireland, mostly in Dublin. Its concept is similar to that of the show Candid Camera. Filming is currently underway on series 3, which will be broadcast in February 2007.

The sketch characters are played by P.J. Gallagher, Patrick McDonnell, and Maeve Higgins.

[edit] Characters

Jake Stevens (Gallagher)
Jumperman (Gallagher)
Lois Mooney (Higgins)
Drunk Englishman (Gallagher)
Lily the Beautician (Higgins)
The Fixer (Gallagher)
Clifford Crawford the Orangeman (McDonnell)
The Desperate Traffic Warden (Higgins)
Henry Gordon (Gallagher)
Unorthodox hairdresser (Higgins)
The pernicidy park-keeper (McDonnell)
The Dirty Aul' One (Gallagher)
Dutch Tourist (McDonnell)

There are also a number of other characters which make appearances on an occasional basis.

[edit] Trivia

Similar to other comedic acts in Ireland (Dustin the Turkey, Pat Shortt and Richie Kavanagh) one of P.J. Gallagher's alter egos is to release a Christmas single "Merry Christmas Jakey Boy".