Dare To Believe
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Dare To Believe is a surreal TV sketch show that was shown on ITV in the UK. The programme was shown during the early hours of the mornings, and ran for two 13 half hour series between 2002 and 2004. The show gained a cult following amongst students and insomniacs.
It largely consisted of dada-inspired comedy sketches, interspersed with periods of hypnotic visuals. During these hypnotic visuals, its much-used catch phrase was often recited: "Fly like a mouse, run like a cushion, be the small bookcase."
It was co-written and directed by Tim Scott, who also acted in the show. He was previously known (as Tim de Jongh) for his work on BBC Radio 4 show, And Now, In Colour. He later won a BAFTA for co-writing and directing the children's show Ripley and Scuff. Dare To Believe was commissioned and then re-commissioned by David Liddament. The show was abandoned upon Liddament's exit from ITV.
The show notably contained voice-over work and an appearance by the late Patrick Allen.
[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 recurred 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".
