Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

PG Tips Monkey

BBC Television
February 2015

Martin was an additional puppeteer and engineer on the PG Tips Monkey as it climbed the Shard in London for BBC Comic Relief in 2015.

Animatronic by Chris Clarke for Millennium FX

Additional Puppeteer

Additional puppeteer & engineer for the PG Tips Monkey, featured climbing London's tallest building to raise money for BBC's Comic Relief.

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PG Tips Monkey poster

Behind the scenes

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  • The knitted PG Tips monkey puppet in a red and green suit and green helmet hangs from a rope by a tower window above misty London

    Monkey

  • A rope access rigger in a black helmet and jacket watches the monkey puppet climb a rope outside a tall glass tower high above London

    Monkey & Rigger

  • The monkey puppet climbs a rope between steel tower beams with a camera arm on its helmet and the London skyline far below

    Monkey over London

  • A rigger in a black helmet and a man in a blue fleece with an arm raised pose smiling beside the monkey puppet inside the tower

    Group Shot

  • Chris kneels on the floor fitting the monkey puppet's harness beside cases of radio transmitters with joystick controls and a Millennium FX toolbox

    Chris Setting up Puppet

  • The monkey puppet sits on a timber deck among coiled ropes beside a toolbox carrying two radio transmitters with custom joystick hand controls

    Monkey Standing By

  • The monkey puppet climbs a rope seen from behind past steel framing and glass, with the River Thames and east London beyond

    Monkey Over the Thames

  • The monkey puppet hangs upside down on its rope with a helmet camera arm, high over the railway lines into London Bridge station

    Monkey Over London Bridge

  • Chris Clarke works the puppet's joystick controls on a transmitter case while a crowd with We love monkey signs cheers up at the tower

    Chris Clarke Puppeteering

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