Tricky Dicky's Mission Impossible (1993)
Tricky Dicky was played by Richard Waites and was featured in Series 1. He was always seen wearing a black hat, a mask, and a grey coat and his trademark was a very high and slightly creepy giggle. His eyes only appeared at the beginning of his sketches.
His sketches involved him writing a challenge on his typewriter, that would then have to be performed by a selection of children. The challenges initially sounded simple (for example, having to pour custard on a pudding), but they featured a twist that made it more difficult (i.e. the custard might be in a wheelbarrow and the pudding at the end of an obstacle course). Depending on whether the children failed or succeeded in completing the task, at the end of the sketch Tricky would hold up a sign reading - "Mission Impossible" or "Mission Possible" respectively. The character of Tricky Dicky was dropped after Series 1, as the Character was deemed too scary for younger viewers. He was in the centre in the middle below the clown square.
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