Harry Batt

Harry Batt
Starring Ian Kirkby, Melvin Odoom, Dave Chapman, Dominic Wood, Richard McCourt, Eliza Power.
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 1
Production
Running time approx. 25 min
Release
Original network BBC One (first showing), CBBC Channel (repeat)
Original release 12 January 2007

Harry Batt is a television pilot starring Ian Kirkby as the fictional "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt. The article is about both the character and the show itself.

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow

Harry Batt first appeared on Dick and Dom in da Bungalow in 2004, at the beginning of the show's fourth series. His main reason for coming to Da Bungalow was to punish presenter Dominic Wood after it was learned that Wood had cheated in a game of That's The Stuff, on which Dom had replaced a jar of garlic mayonnaise with yoghurt. Harry forced Wood to eat the garlic mayonnaise on live TV as a punishment.

Games

Harry Batt devised two games during his appearances, both of which were shown during the last series of the show.

"Nae Body Move"

This game was first played on 10 September 2005 during the first episode of the fifth season of The Bungalow. It took place in the back garden of the Bungalow on Saturday mornings.

Aim of the game
The different "Squads"

The first Bungalow head to shout "Nae Body Move" followed by a squad name, won the game. Some of the different squads were:

Memorable games

DC Harry Batt's interrogation game

A game in which the chosen bungalowhead was "taken down the station for a bit of interrogation". In this game the scene was that of a typical police interrogation, the bungalowhead had a secret word, given to them by Dick and Dom. Harry then had ninety seconds to ask him/her some questions. While being asked these questions the bungalowhead had to say the word as many times as possible, without Harry being able to guess the secret word. When ninety seconds was up, he attempted to guess the secret word. If he got it right, the bungalowhead lost all his/her bungalow points. If he got it wrong, the bungalowhead gained 20 bungalow points for each time he said the word.

Harry Batt TV pilot

On 12 January 2007 at 5:00pm (GMT), Harry Batt appeared the first show of his long awaited series, as part of Gina's Laughing Gear on CBBC1. The show is written by Kirkby, Chapman, Steve Ryde and Julian Kemp. Also appearing on the show are Chapman, Melvin Odoom and Lee Barnett, who have also appeared with Kirkby in Dick and Dom in da Bungalow and The Slammer.

It is produced by Ryde, who also produced Dick and Dom in da Bungalow and The Slammer.

Episode 1

BBC One - Friday, 12 January 2007 @ 5:00pm (GMT) Repeated - CBBC Channel - Saturday, 13 January 2007 @ 6:30pm (GMT)

"DI Harry Batt is called upon to stop a spate of illegal sofa bouncing, and cope with sweeping changes to the police force."

Series of events

Cameo appearance in The Legend of Dick and Dom

Harry Batt appeared with another Geordie copper (played by Dave Chapman) in The Legend of Dick and Dom episode 'The Mists of Time' when Princes Dick and Dom find themselves in modern-day Sluff (Slough). Harry Batt is hypnotised by Mannitol into thinking he is a showgirl, He also reprised a similar role in a later episode where he plays Sheriff Harold Batt who arrests the main characters before trying to intercept their evil clones during the "Fairest Fairy Fayre".

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