The series follows the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during the daily lessons. His drawings depict the life of Father Nicholas, who lives in a Vatican City , he is charged with being the handler for the Pope.
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Cast
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| Morwenna Banks | ... | Sister Marie 10 episodes, 2006 | |
| Mackenzie Crook | ... | Various roles 10 episodes, 2006 | |
| Kevin Eldon | ... | Cardinal Two 10 episodes, 2006 | |
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Simon Greenall | ... | Cardinal Three 10 episodes, 2006 |
| Jerry Hall | ... | Sister Penelope 10 episodes, 2006 | |
| Matt Lucas | ... | Cardinal One / ... 10 episodes, 2006 | |
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Bob Mortimer | ... | Father Nicholas 10 episodes, 2006 |
| Ruby Wax | ... | The Pope 10 episodes, 2006 | |
| Ben Miller | ... | The Priest 10 episodes, 2006 | |
| Rhys Thomas | ... | The Kid 10 episodes, 2006 | |
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The series follows the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during the daily lessons. His drawings depict the life of Father Nicholas, who lives in a Vatican City , he is charged with being the handler for the Pope.
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The banned TV series they didn't want you to see!Certificate:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 July 2005 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
プーペタウン See more »Filming Locations:
Balls Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), CHX Productions, Moi J'Aime La Television See more »
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Popetown is extremely clear to get people talking. Firstly most of the show is a mix of 3D rendered environments of a town, maybe because it would have been a pain to hand drawn them and the actual 2D animation of the characters, which are quickly drawn and animated. Maybe trying to pioneer a mix between the two rendering styles, which looks tacked on, sloppy and don't match, so it doesn't impress anyways. What does anyone do? Make the show really reach the idea that the media are talking about it, saying how controversial it is, get it banned and have such a tagline anyways, maybe to make more sales and this is what exactly Popetown does..It really reaches to a height that it just begs to get noticed considering the animation and rendering techniques are all tackled on together.
Story wise, all the characters are there. Does tell a story, a predictable story and gives episodes to justify its point and it is interesting in a way that the cartoon does try to prove a point. The characters at least are something to make Popetown worth the watch. Nice to know as there's been animations of this quality that have been fall out awful but I think you'll find that the lawd presentation helps the character stand out a bit and gets away with trying to fight the production value anyone would expect to a set of characters who people expect to have loads of value but with the media sometimes giving them the value many feel they don't live up too.