Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Our Zoo

BBC Television
April - July 2014

Martin built the mechanical head and neck for the bear characters Adam and Eve, and dressed and maintained them on set, for the BBC series Our Zoo.

Bear Created by Millennium FX

Animatronics Model Designer & Puppeteer

Lead Animatronic Engineer for mechanical aspects of the black bear creature, created by Millennium FX. Puppeteering for the black bear cub birthing scene.

Videos

Our Zoo poster

Behind the scenes

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  • Archive photo of a girl in a short skirt and socks standing on a ledge to feed a black bear through a wire fence

    Real June and Adam

  • Neck mockup rig in the workshop, a man bent forward inside a white tubular cage frame while one of the crew holds a cream bear head puppet

    Workshop Neck Mockup

  • Puppeteer lies hidden in straw while a woman in a red cardigan holds a black cub with a quilt over her lap and an older woman watches

    Puppeteering Cub from Straw

  • Publicity still of a man in brown overalls holding a shovel in a brick stable while two bear cubs and a sleeping adult bear look on

    Puppet Mum with Real Cubs

  • Film frame: a man holds a broom beside a black bear looking out of a van on a ramp while two men watch

    Our Zoo Ident

  • Large black bear puppet walks across a straw floor in a brick stable while crew stand beside a camera and a boom pole

    Bear Enclosure

  • Performer in a black bear costume with the head tilted back and a padded neck collar, standing beside camera gear in the stable

    Oxygen Break

  • Performer in a black bear costume with padded collar talks with a woman checking her phone in a brick courtyard, a man and vans behind

    Phone Break on Set

  • Black bear puppet walking on a woodland path of leaf litter and ferns, head lowered and sunlight dappling its fur

    Nick's Woods Shoot

  • Black bear puppet in profile beside a mossy rock face, looking along a sunlit woodland path with leaves on the ground

    Head Closeup

  • Black bear puppet walking straight toward the camera along a woodland path, head low, with green foliage and ferns behind it

    Bear in the Woods

  • Black bear puppet emerging from a dark stone doorway in a mossy sandstone wall onto a leaf covered woodland floor, facing the camera

    Emerging from the Cave

  • Martin and Nick stand together in woodland, one in a black bear suit with a padded collar and paw hands, the other in a grey T-shirt and jeans

    Me and Nick

  • Publicity banner for Our Zoo showing a man in a flat cap beside a camel, with the BBC One and bigtalkproductions logos

    Our Zoo Logo

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