Hacker T. Dog

Hacker T. Dog is a children's comedy puppet. He stars in children's TV show Scoop and Hacker Time. He is currently a CBBC presenter for the weekday afternoons on the CBBC Channel with stand-up comedian Iain Stirling. He has been performed by Phil Fletcher since late 2009. While Hacker is filming Scoop or Hacker Time his half brother Dodge T. Dog (who is performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike) stands in for him and takes the afternoon shift. Stirling went on leave in July 2011 for a comedy tour, in September 2011 he will return and present with Hacker T DOG.

Hacker has made appearances in programmes such as Blue Peter, Sam & Mark's TMi Friday and Little Howard's Big Question. He is most likely a spin off character from the popular Spit the dog, their names are similar as to hack is similar to spit.

Scoop

Hacker was in Scoop Series 1, before he started presenting in the CBBC Office. Series 1 had 13 episodes, and was shown in January 2010. Series 1 was on BBC1 at 3:25pm stripped over 13 weekdays. Series 2 also had 13 episodes but this time was shown over a 13 week period in 2010. The 3rd Series started on Monday 25 July 2011, and is stripped over 13 weekdays. Scoop also stars Shaun Williamson from eastenders.

Hacker Time

"Hacker Time" is a new show featuring Hacker, in which he "interviews" special guests. Filming took place in early 2011, the series will consists of 13 x 30 minute episodes.