Fur TV

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Fur TV
Format	Comedy
Starring	Henry Trotter Phil Nichol Simon Greenall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV UK
Original airing	28 February 2004 (BBC 2 Pilot), 4 May 2008 (MTV Series)
External links
IMDb profile

Fur TV is a comedy show with puppets shown on MTV ONE in the United Kingdom. The show uses Muppets style puppetry, but in a more adult setting. The characters are shown to undertake adult activities such as drinking and having sex. The main characters are Fat Ed, Lapeño and Mervin. Fat Ed is a beer chugging heavy metal fan, Lapeño is a Brazilian love god that has a way with women and Mervin is a hapless, self-abusing fanatic.

[edit] Production

Originally a short film which won BBC's Greenlight Award for Comedy in 2003. It was turned into a pilot which aired on BBC2 in 2004 and won the Rose D'Or for Best Pilot at the Montreaux TV Festival. MTV picked it up as a TV series and the show premiered in 2008.