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'''''The Secret Show''''' was a BAFTA-winnng, independently-produced animation series made for the BBC, by Collingwood/O'Hare Entert[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLY0xxbWNvanFqTGc a]inment. It was about the semi-secret organisation U.Z.Z. and their top agents Victor Volt and Anita Knight, dealing with the dastardly machinations of Doctor Doctor's T.H.E.M. syndicate every second Tuesday, as well as saving the planet several times over from other villains such as The Impostors, Reptogators, and Prince Spong of the Floaty Heads. First devised in 2004, it premiered on CBBC in 2006 (in the UK) and on Nicktoons in 2007 (in the US).
''The Secret Show'' was a BAFTA-winning, independently-produced animation series made for the BBC, by Collingwood/O'Hare Entertainment. It was about the semi-secret organization U.Z.Z. and their top agents Victor Volt and Anita Knight, dealing with the dastardly machinations of Doctor Doctor's T.H.E.M. syndicate every second Tuesday, as well as saving the planet several times over from other villains such as The Impostors, Reptogators, and Prince Spong of the Floaty Heads. First devised in 2004, it premiered on CBBC in 2006 (in the UK) and on Nicktoons in 2007 (in the US).


Although the series itself is available online if you know where to look, a considerable amount of media related to it is currently unavailable.
Although the series itself is available online if you know where to look, '''a considerable amount of media related to it is currently unavailable.'''


==Found/Partially Found Media==
==Found/Partially Found Media==
===The Nicktoons American dub (Partially Found)===
===The Nicktoons American Dub (Partially Found)===
 
[[File:TSSNickMasters.jpg|thumb|320px|right|Two masters found at Collingwood's studio.]]
{{#ev:youtube|uhQJNt5VBh8|256x144|right|Upload of "Booger Ball" showcasing major differences from the original.|frame}}
Paired with "Wedgie Attack" in the second of the double-billed episodes in Nicktoons broadcasts, the episode "Bogie Ball" had every use of the word "bogie" redubbed into "booger" for all voice lines, and the title-card was changed accordingly. Edited portions of it were uploaded by YouTube user TheSecretShow4You from their own camrip, although in very low quality. (It has now been found in good quality from an unedited source via the link below)
Paired with "Wedgie Attack" in the second of the double-billed episodes in Nicktoons broadcasts, the episode "Bogie Ball" had every use of the word "bogie" redubbed into "booger" for all voice lines, and the title-card was changed accordingly. Edited portions of it were uploaded by YouTube User TheSecretShow4You from their own camrip, although in very low quality.


Additionally, the episode "The Z-Ray Goggles Of Power" was redubbed to say "ZEE-Ray Goggles" instead of "ZED-Ray Goggles" when aired on Nicktoons.  
Additionally, the episode "The Z-Ray Goggles Of Power" was redubbed to say "ZEE-Ray Goggles" instead of "ZED-Ray Goggles" when aired on Nicktoons.  


It is unknown how many additional episodes were redubbed as [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7w57zGyAcolcDhYNWFnUjJYZWM only 1 of the 26 Nicktoons double-bills] has surfaced.
It is unknown how many additional episodes were redubbed as only 1 TVrip of the 26 Nicktoons double-bills has surfaced - that being [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7w57zGyAcolcDhYNWFnUjJYZWM Dr. Hypno Returns Again / Secret Sleep,] neither of which appear to have been modified - although on Nov 2nd, 2017, master copies were located for two further double bills, and as of the 23rd they have both been uploaded - the episodes in question being [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DRwi5gIy693cS7uWygejAxtX3AeQlsE8 Booger Ball / Wedgie Attack,] and [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SUKu9s72KojiUP8F3nPZKibrccFbGYzO Flick The Switch / Giant Brain Of Terror,] bringing the total tally to 3/26 found.


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===The Martian Dub of "Super-Vic" (Found)===
===The Martian Dub of "Super-Vic" (Found)===
One of the most famous pieces of lost media from the show, this was exclusive to the Australian release of the Volume 2 DVD - although TV listings suggest it may have briefly aired on Nicktoons. It was a self-satirical in-character commentary on the episode "Super-Vic", showing the main cast supposedly "redubbing the episode into Martian for the benefit of those watching on Mars", seemingly on their first take. Naturally the "Martian" is nonsense and the redub devolves into everyone arguing over what the Martian language supposedly is, and what actually happened during the episode's events. Remaining elusive for many years, it was found and [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLZm1pWHlUUjZhWFk uploaded onto Google Drive] and shared on Tumblr in its entirety in late 2016.
One of the most famous pieces of lost media from the show, this was exclusive to the Australian release of the Volume 2 DVD - although TV listings suggest it may have briefly aired on Nicktoons. It was a self-satirical in-character commentary on the episode "Super-Vic", showing the main cast supposedly "redubbing the episode into Martian for the benefit of those watching on Mars", seemingly on their first take. Naturally, the "Martian" is nonsense and the redub devolves into everyone arguing over what the Martian language supposedly is, and what actually happened during the episode's events. Remaining elusive for many years, it was found and [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLZm1pWHlUUjZhWFk uploaded onto Google Drive] and shared on Tumblr in its entirety in late 2016.
 
===Commentary on "Flick The Switch!" (Found)===
Previously completely unheard of, this overdub was meant to have been released on the cancelled Volume 3 DVD, which never made it to market despite reportedly being complete. It was uploaded by an anonymous affiliate of Tony Collingwood to YouTube in late 2016 but was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuGOUy8FFL0 immediately blocked] by the Content ID system, leaving it inaccessible before it caught any public attention.
 
According to Mr. Collingwood himself, “I enjoyed writing [The Martian Dub] – and we had a blast recording it with the actors.  We did another episode like that as a DVD extra, where Changed Daily held a post-mission briefing, with the entire cast commenting on how they did during the episode. Not sure if that ever made it out into the world?”


===The 2004 'Lucky Leo' pilot (Partially Found)===
As of Nov 23rd, 2017, [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1T8Mg15rjMA3jsNC53trY_QU-IGYWq4Lq the commentary has been found,] and contains references to many parts of canon that until now had only been mentioned by the show staff but not stated in any episodes, such as "Ding Ba-Doo" meaning "Freeze The World", Changed Daily continually "seeing pink elephants" on-duty, and his preference for Madeira cake. It is also revealed that it was Special Agent Ray who drew "the kaboom picture" and that the episode took place on his 40th birthday - it is also worthy to note that this is the only time in canon where Ray is not wearing his sunglasses, although as the overdub is audio-only we still never see his face.
[[File:LuckyLeoPilot.png|200px|thumb|right|The original number on Leo's plane in the trailer.]]
 
===The 2004 'Lucky Leo' Pilot (Found)===
[[File:LuckyLeoPilot.png|200px|thumb|right|The original number on Leo's plane in the 2004 trailer and the original pilot.]]
[[File:LuckyLeoFinal.png|200px|thumb|right|Leo's plane as it appears in the final episode.]]
[[File:LuckyLeoFinal.png|200px|thumb|right|Leo's plane as it appears in the final episode.]]


Before the series was picked up by the BBC, a pilot episode called "Lucky Leo" was fully made in 2004 and later recycled into the series 2 premiere episode of the same name in 2007. As Tony Collingwood explains:
Before the series was picked up by the BBC, a pilot episode called "Lucky Leo" was fully made in 2004 and later recycled into the series 2 premiere episode of the same name in 2007. As Tony Collingwood explains:


"I wrote Lucky Leo as the pilot episode, and we made it at our own expense to pitch the series.  ... Lucky Leo went out as episode 27, with very minor changes.  I think we just re-timed the gag at the end when all the meteorites miss the “lucky” Earth.  Apart from that – the episode is exactly the same as the pilot.  We held the episode back in case we fell behind in production, and could throw that one in to catch up!  So we used it half way through to give the crew a breather!"
"I wrote Lucky Leo as the pilot episode, and we made it at our own expense to pitch the series.  ... Lucky Leo went out as episode 27, with some very minor changes.  I think we just re-timed the gag at the end when all the meteorites miss the “lucky” Earth.  Apart from that – the episode is exactly the same as the pilot.  We held the episode back in case we fell behind in production, and could throw that one in to catch up!  So we used it half way through to give the crew a breather!"


A few short shots of the original version appear in [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLTVNnRFBWaVZjWnM the 2005 trailer for the show.] The only noticeable difference in the clips shown compared to the final version is the number on the bi-plane Leo steals - being "11" in the pilot as opposed to "0207" in the final - otherwise the found footage does indeed look identical to the final cut.
Update as of Nov 2nd, 2017 - [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4-4gK-9O5FzaXZwdy1DQUNBLVE The pilot is finally able to be declared found] on an extremely rare 2004 publicity sampler DVD. Far from being "exactly the same", there are numerous differences: just to name a few, the entire SFX track is completely different - using temp stock effects because the foley hadn't been recorded yet - about 70% of all the voice lines are alternate takes, the UZZ Base is an old design with satellite dishes on the sides, and the animations in the Briefing Room are very different too, utilizing flickering shadows from the fireplace - an effect which was later dropped completely.


==Lost Media==
===The Sounds Of The Secret Show (Found)===
===Commentary on "Flick The Switch!"===
[[File:TSS_BTS_3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Until recently, the only image of the 3rd short:  the thumbnail of the blocked video.]]
Previously completely unheard of, this redub was meant to have been released on the cancelled Volume 3 DVD, which never made it to market despite reportedly being complete. It was uploaded by an anonymous affiliate of Tony Collingwood to YouTube in late 2016 but was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuGOUy8FFL0 immediately blocked] by the Content ID system, leaving it inaccessible before it caught any public attention.
Following the production of "Actors Playing U.Z.Z." and "Artists Drawing U.Z.Z.", a further making-of was short known as "The Sounds Of The Secret Show" was made for [http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/secret-show-uzz-files-volume-three-1970 the ill-fated Volume 3 DVD.] Having been previously unheard of, it was uploaded to YouTube with the "Flick The Switch!" commentary and befell [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM_uFw6P39c exactly the same fate].  


According to Mr Collingwood himself, “I enjoyed writing [The Martian Dub] and we had a blast recording it with the actors. We did another episode like that as a DVD extra, where Changed Daily held a post mission briefing, with the entire cast commenting on how they did during the episode.   Not sure if that ever made it out into the world?”
As of Nov 22nd, 2017, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZE0pvGKeXU8Y6HYS6hs949p0T4CmadDs/view it has finally been found.] It is the longest BTS made for the show, clocking in at 9:27 long, and it chronicles how they made the foley, sound effects, and music used throughout the show. There was previously thought to be a 4th BTS called The Music Of The Secret Show featuring Roger Jackson (the series' composer), but as he appears prominently in the latter half of the 3rd BTS it's existence has now been debunked. It is unknown if there is still a 4th BTS on another topic, however.


===The Sounds Of The Secret Show===
===The CBBC Premiere "Victor" Teaser (Found)===
[[File:TSS_BTS_3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The only image of the 3rd short, the thumbnail of the blocked video.]]
[[File:VICTOR_Teaser.png|200px|thumb|right|A still from the teaser]]
Following the production of "Actors Playing U.Z.Z." and "Artists Drawing U.Z.Z.", a further making-of short known as "The Sounds Of The Secret Show" was made for [http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/secret-show-uzz-files-volume-three-1970 the ill-fated Volume 3 DVD.] Having been previously unheard of, it was uploaded to YouTube with the "Flick The Switch!" commentary and befell [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM_uFw6P39c exactly the same fate]. As such, all that is known is that it is 9:27 long, and that the Farmer From Devon re-appears as he is visible in the thumbnail.
A small set 15-second teasers were made for the show's launch in 2006 on CBBC's block known as "TMI". Produced for "Saturday Mornings" (the company not the time), there was one for Anita, one for Professor professor, one for Changed Daily which was recycled with slight editing for the Nicktoons premiere a year later, and.... that was all that was known. It was considered odd that no trailer for Victor had been made, and was presumed "Existence Unconfirmed" for a while - this has finally ''been'' confirmed because as of Nov 23rd, 2017, the Victor teaser [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oBgwuLiOkZdDG2pHweKZbG-ZIfSqKfmU has been found!]


There may have been a 4th BTS film made, as evidenced by this quote from Tony Collingwood: "We made a lot of bloopers and four mini mock documentaries.  One for each DVD." However, it is unknown if this is referring to the BTS featurettes or the Professor Professor Lectures which also seemed slated to have one on each volume.
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==Lost Media==
===The Last Professor Professor Lectures===
Accessible by finding a particular 4-digit code in the background of an episode, these "lectures" were a set each about Professor Professor presenting a slightly chaotic powerpoint presentation on a different topic. Four have been confirmed to exist but only the first two have been found - [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLcEZqY0U4ZllQVjA "Know Your Baddies"] and [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLRkJuSE9haWdCMFE "Inside U.Z.Z.".] Very little is known about the last two shorts as they were supposed to be on the Vol3 & 4 DVDs which of course were never released.


===The CBBC Platformer===
===The CBBC Platformer===
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The first truly interactive media made for the show, a 2D platformer game titled "Find The Secret Thing" was available on the long-gone Secrets & Spies section of the CBBC website between roughly 2006 and 2009. Predating the TheSecretShow.com website, it was the first game made by Complete Control for Collingwood/O'Hare. A video showcasing parts of it was uploaded to the developer's Dailymotion and Veoh channels. The game's original filename was "framework.swf" in the "spies" directory on the site.
The first truly interactive media made for the show, this game was available on the CBBC website between roughly 2006 and 2009. Predating the TheSecretShow.com website, it was the first game made by Complete Control for Collingwood/O'Hare. A video showcasing parts of it was uploaded to the developer's Dailymotion and Veoh channels. The game's original filename was "framework.swf" in the "spies" directory on the site.
[[File:CBBC_TSS_game_ad.jpg |200px|thumb|left|The original promo advert for the game when it first launched.]]
[[File:CBBC_game.png |500px|thumb|right|Screencap of the single capture the Wayback has of the platformer's homepage on the CBBC site.]]
 
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CBBC_TSS_game_ad.jpg|The original promo advert for the game when it first launched.
CBBC_game.png|Screencap of the single capture the Wayback has of the platformer's homepage on the CBBC site.
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==TheSecretShow.com==
==TheSecretShow.com==
[[File:TSSWeb1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The site's homepage during a brief Christmas update.]]
[[File:TSSWeb1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The site's homepage during a brief Christmas update.]]
The show's official website was launched in late 2006, created by the same team who did the CBBC Platformer, and was an impressively complex and intricate flash-based tie-in to the show - so much so that it won a BAFTA for Interactivity in it's own right. It had dozens of different animated screens and set-pieces, all designed to be as faithful to the show as possible, utilizing archive voice clips from the episodes but also having new lines especially recorded for different pages. The site was active until 2014, and may even have remained online into the first few weeks of 2015, but ultimately disappeared quietly with only a single Wayback capture actually working out of the hundreds taken.  
The show's official website was launched in late 2006 on the 25th of October, created by the same team who did the CBBC Platformer, and was an impressively complex and intricate flash-based tie-in to the show - so much so that it won a BAFTA for Interactivity in its own right. It had dozens of different animated screens and set-pieces, all designed to be as faithful to the show as possible, utilizing archive voice clips from the episodes but also having new lines especially recorded for different pages. It apparently also had a "promo site" full of teasers online in the weeks leading up to its launch, which is now completely lost. The main site was active until 2014, and may even have remained online into the first few weeks of 2015, but ultimately disappeared quietly with only a single Wayback capture actually working out of the hundreds taken.  
[[File:TSSWeb3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Rare shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard when it was still active.]]
[[File:TSSWeb3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Rare shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard when it was still active.]]
The Wayback's archive kept the site technically "still alive" until mid-2017, whereupon seven of the most important .swf files keeping it functional became inexplicably corrupted on the Wayback's own captures. Thus, after over 10 years, the site was finally gone for good, as the loading screen now forever stuck at 0%.  
The Wayback's archive kept the site technically "still alive" until mid-2017, whereupon seven of the most important .swf files keeping it functional became inexplicably corrupted on the Wayback's own captures. Thus, after over 10 years, the site was finally gone for good, as the loading screen now forever stuck at 0%.  


However, a coalition of fans managed to cobble together almost everything from their own archives, which are hosted on Google Drive - [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLZWE1NFVWYi14Q1k all the files needed to at least get it ''running'' survive here,] but a compiled version does not exist at this time - the known missing files are "spiderbike.swf" (the file for a minigame) and data from an alternate version of "shop.swf" with a different shopping mall/escalators background.
However, a coalition of fans managed to cobble together almost everything from their own archives, which are hosted on Google Drive - and thanks to Glynn Hayward [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Tjk8MKs_RLZWE1NFVWYi14Q1k all of the files known to be needed for the site to run survive here,] but a compiled version does not exist at this time. TheSecretShow.com still partially exists on the site Oldweb.today if a person uses the Virtual Chrome 46 Browser.<ref>[http://oldweb.today/chrome/20100602190719/thesecretshow.com/website.htm Oldweb.today archive of TheSecretShow.com website.] Retrieved 10 Dec '19</ref>
 
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File:Capture_2.PNG|''The Secret Show'' website semi-functional in December 2019.
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===Games===
The ''Return of the Secret Thing'' game from the website is still playable on Archive.org.
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016163204/http://www.thesecretshow.com/games/skybike/index.html Archive of the ''Return of the Secret Thing'' Flash game.] Retrieved 10 Dec '19</ref>


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===The Blogs and Messages===
===The Blogs and Messages===
The site had various places with update blogs - most of which made in-character as many of the cast - about either the site itself, upcoming episodes of the show, or just general articles that merely provided snippets of expanded canon not seen elsewhere. One can be partially seen in the above shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard, but they were also present on the website's splash page, the info page, and in the Newsroom. Very few survive as screenshots but many exist as text only, saved from two of the site's XML files. A few examples:
The site had various places with update blogs - most of which made in-character as many of the cast - about either the site itself, upcoming episodes of the show, or just general articles that merely provided snippets of expanded canon not seen elsewhere. One can be partially seen in the above shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard, but they were also present on the website's splash page, the info page, and in the Newsroom. Very few survive as screenshots but many exist as text only, saved from two of the site's XML files. A few examples:


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<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:TSSWeb5.jpg|thumb|none|225px|Rare shot of the T.H.E.M. Leaderboard when it was still active.]] </li>
File:TSSWeb5.jpg|Rare shot of the T.H.E.M. Leaderboard when it was still active.
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:TSSWeb6.jpg|thumb|none|225px|The only two surviving captures of the site's update blog, text-only included.]] </li>
File:TSSWeb6.jpg|The only two surviving captures of the site's update blog, text-only included.
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:TSSWebArticleTexts.png|thumb|none|210px|A small selection of the salvaged articles and messages.]] </li>
File:TSSWebArticleTexts.png|A small selection of the salvaged articles and messages.
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===The Downloadables===
===The Downloadables===
[[File:TSSWeb2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Part of the downloadables section. Over 40 different files could be accessed from here.]]
[[File:TSSWeb2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Part of the downloadables section. Over 40 different files could be accessed from here.]]
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Revision as of 21:40, 11 December 2019

TSSWeb4.png

TheSecretShow.com from 2008.

Status: Partially Lost

The Secret Show was a BAFTA-winning, independently-produced animation series made for the BBC, by Collingwood/O'Hare Entertainment. It was about the semi-secret organization U.Z.Z. and their top agents Victor Volt and Anita Knight, dealing with the dastardly machinations of Doctor Doctor's T.H.E.M. syndicate every second Tuesday, as well as saving the planet several times over from other villains such as The Impostors, Reptogators, and Prince Spong of the Floaty Heads. First devised in 2004, it premiered on CBBC in 2006 (in the UK) and on Nicktoons in 2007 (in the US).

Although the series itself is available online if you know where to look, a considerable amount of media related to it is currently unavailable.

Found/Partially Found Media

The Nicktoons American Dub (Partially Found)

Two masters found at Collingwood's studio.

Paired with "Wedgie Attack" in the second of the double-billed episodes in Nicktoons broadcasts, the episode "Bogie Ball" had every use of the word "bogie" redubbed into "booger" for all voice lines, and the title-card was changed accordingly. Edited portions of it were uploaded by YouTube user TheSecretShow4You from their own camrip, although in very low quality. (It has now been found in good quality from an unedited source via the link below)

Additionally, the episode "The Z-Ray Goggles Of Power" was redubbed to say "ZEE-Ray Goggles" instead of "ZED-Ray Goggles" when aired on Nicktoons.

It is unknown how many additional episodes were redubbed as only 1 TVrip of the 26 Nicktoons double-bills has surfaced - that being Dr. Hypno Returns Again / Secret Sleep, neither of which appear to have been modified - although on Nov 2nd, 2017, master copies were located for two further double bills, and as of the 23rd they have both been uploaded - the episodes in question being Booger Ball / Wedgie Attack, and Flick The Switch / Giant Brain Of Terror, bringing the total tally to 3/26 found.

Upload of "Booger Ball" showcasing major differences from the original.

The Martian Dub of "Super-Vic" (Found)

One of the most famous pieces of lost media from the show, this was exclusive to the Australian release of the Volume 2 DVD - although TV listings suggest it may have briefly aired on Nicktoons. It was a self-satirical in-character commentary on the episode "Super-Vic", showing the main cast supposedly "redubbing the episode into Martian for the benefit of those watching on Mars", seemingly on their first take. Naturally, the "Martian" is nonsense and the redub devolves into everyone arguing over what the Martian language supposedly is, and what actually happened during the episode's events. Remaining elusive for many years, it was found and uploaded onto Google Drive and shared on Tumblr in its entirety in late 2016.

Commentary on "Flick The Switch!" (Found)

Previously completely unheard of, this overdub was meant to have been released on the cancelled Volume 3 DVD, which never made it to market despite reportedly being complete. It was uploaded by an anonymous affiliate of Tony Collingwood to YouTube in late 2016 but was immediately blocked by the Content ID system, leaving it inaccessible before it caught any public attention.

According to Mr. Collingwood himself, “I enjoyed writing [The Martian Dub] – and we had a blast recording it with the actors. We did another episode like that as a DVD extra, where Changed Daily held a post-mission briefing, with the entire cast commenting on how they did during the episode. Not sure if that ever made it out into the world?”

As of Nov 23rd, 2017, the commentary has been found, and contains references to many parts of canon that until now had only been mentioned by the show staff but not stated in any episodes, such as "Ding Ba-Doo" meaning "Freeze The World", Changed Daily continually "seeing pink elephants" on-duty, and his preference for Madeira cake. It is also revealed that it was Special Agent Ray who drew "the kaboom picture" and that the episode took place on his 40th birthday - it is also worthy to note that this is the only time in canon where Ray is not wearing his sunglasses, although as the overdub is audio-only we still never see his face.

The 2004 'Lucky Leo' Pilot (Found)

The original number on Leo's plane in the 2004 trailer and the original pilot.
Leo's plane as it appears in the final episode.

Before the series was picked up by the BBC, a pilot episode called "Lucky Leo" was fully made in 2004 and later recycled into the series 2 premiere episode of the same name in 2007. As Tony Collingwood explains:

"I wrote Lucky Leo as the pilot episode, and we made it at our own expense to pitch the series. ... Lucky Leo went out as episode 27, with some very minor changes. I think we just re-timed the gag at the end when all the meteorites miss the “lucky” Earth. Apart from that – the episode is exactly the same as the pilot. We held the episode back in case we fell behind in production, and could throw that one in to catch up! So we used it half way through to give the crew a breather!"

Update as of Nov 2nd, 2017 - The pilot is finally able to be declared found on an extremely rare 2004 publicity sampler DVD. Far from being "exactly the same", there are numerous differences: just to name a few, the entire SFX track is completely different - using temp stock effects because the foley hadn't been recorded yet - about 70% of all the voice lines are alternate takes, the UZZ Base is an old design with satellite dishes on the sides, and the animations in the Briefing Room are very different too, utilizing flickering shadows from the fireplace - an effect which was later dropped completely.

The Sounds Of The Secret Show (Found)

Until recently, the only image of the 3rd short: the thumbnail of the blocked video.

Following the production of "Actors Playing U.Z.Z." and "Artists Drawing U.Z.Z.", a further making-of was short known as "The Sounds Of The Secret Show" was made for the ill-fated Volume 3 DVD. Having been previously unheard of, it was uploaded to YouTube with the "Flick The Switch!" commentary and befell exactly the same fate.

As of Nov 22nd, 2017, it has finally been found. It is the longest BTS made for the show, clocking in at 9:27 long, and it chronicles how they made the foley, sound effects, and music used throughout the show. There was previously thought to be a 4th BTS called The Music Of The Secret Show featuring Roger Jackson (the series' composer), but as he appears prominently in the latter half of the 3rd BTS it's existence has now been debunked. It is unknown if there is still a 4th BTS on another topic, however.

The CBBC Premiere "Victor" Teaser (Found)

A still from the teaser

A small set 15-second teasers were made for the show's launch in 2006 on CBBC's block known as "TMI". Produced for "Saturday Mornings" (the company not the time), there was one for Anita, one for Professor professor, one for Changed Daily which was recycled with slight editing for the Nicktoons premiere a year later, and.... that was all that was known. It was considered odd that no trailer for Victor had been made, and was presumed "Existence Unconfirmed" for a while - this has finally been confirmed because as of Nov 23rd, 2017, the Victor teaser has been found!

Lost Media

The Last Professor Professor Lectures

Accessible by finding a particular 4-digit code in the background of an episode, these "lectures" were a set each about Professor Professor presenting a slightly chaotic powerpoint presentation on a different topic. Four have been confirmed to exist but only the first two have been found - "Know Your Baddies" and "Inside U.Z.Z.". Very little is known about the last two shorts as they were supposed to be on the Vol3 & 4 DVDs which of course were never released.

The CBBC Platformer

The first truly interactive media made for the show, a 2D platformer game titled "Find The Secret Thing" was available on the long-gone Secrets & Spies section of the CBBC website between roughly 2006 and 2009. Predating the TheSecretShow.com website, it was the first game made by Complete Control for Collingwood/O'Hare. A video showcasing parts of it was uploaded to the developer's Dailymotion and Veoh channels. The game's original filename was "framework.swf" in the "spies" directory on the site.

Gameplay demonstration.

TheSecretShow.com

The site's homepage during a brief Christmas update.

The show's official website was launched in late 2006 on the 25th of October, created by the same team who did the CBBC Platformer, and was an impressively complex and intricate flash-based tie-in to the show - so much so that it won a BAFTA for Interactivity in its own right. It had dozens of different animated screens and set-pieces, all designed to be as faithful to the show as possible, utilizing archive voice clips from the episodes but also having new lines especially recorded for different pages. It apparently also had a "promo site" full of teasers online in the weeks leading up to its launch, which is now completely lost. The main site was active until 2014, and may even have remained online into the first few weeks of 2015, but ultimately disappeared quietly with only a single Wayback capture actually working out of the hundreds taken.

Rare shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard when it was still active.

The Wayback's archive kept the site technically "still alive" until mid-2017, whereupon seven of the most important .swf files keeping it functional became inexplicably corrupted on the Wayback's own captures. Thus, after over 10 years, the site was finally gone for good, as the loading screen now forever stuck at 0%.

However, a coalition of fans managed to cobble together almost everything from their own archives, which are hosted on Google Drive - and thanks to Glynn Hayward all of the files known to be needed for the site to run survive here, but a compiled version does not exist at this time. TheSecretShow.com still partially exists on the site Oldweb.today if a person uses the Virtual Chrome 46 Browser.[1]

Games

The Return of the Secret Thing game from the website is still playable on Archive.org. [2]

The Blogs and Messages

The site had various places with update blogs - most of which made in-character as many of the cast - about either the site itself, upcoming episodes of the show, or just general articles that merely provided snippets of expanded canon not seen elsewhere. One can be partially seen in the above shot of the U.Z.Z. Leaderboard, but they were also present on the website's splash page, the info page, and in the Newsroom. Very few survive as screenshots but many exist as text only, saved from two of the site's XML files. A few examples:

The Downloadables

Part of the downloadables section. Over 40 different files could be accessed from here.

The site was full of hidden secrets for fans to find, unique downloadables hidden behind panels in the walls on different pages or requiring a 4-digit code (which could be found either on the website or in the show's episodes themselves) to unlock and download. However, these files were hosted externally on a separate server which the Wayback Archive was unable to access, and it is mostly these files that are currently lost.

All found downloadables are backed up here, and all known downloadables are as follows:

Thumbnails of all the lost downloadables
Type Name Status
Clips Trailer w/ SFX Watermarked
Creditless Intro Found
CD Outtake Found
Extended Bogie Scene YouTube Rip
PP Outtake YouTube Rip
Ringtones MP3 Found
Polyphonic Found
Music Instrumental Theme Found
Wallpapers Monday Found
Tuesday Found
Wednesday Found
Thursday Found
Friday Found
Saturday Found
Sunday Found
Mobile Lost
U.Z.Z. Found
T.H.E.M. Found
Screensavers U.Z.Z. (Win) Lost
U.Z.Z. (Mac) Lost
T.H.E.M. (Win) Lost
T.H.E.M. (Mac) Lost
Kooky Gadgets (Win) Lost
Kooky Gadgets (Mac) Lost
Top Secrets Desktop Calendar (Win) Found
Desktop Calendar (Mac) Lost
Changed Daily Cut-out Found
U.Z.Z. Agent Card Found
T.H.E.M. Agent Card Found
U.Z.Z. Door Hanger Found
T.H.E.M. Door Hanger Found
Limited Edition Downloadables Guide Found

References