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YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the [[Children In Need 1993]] telethon broadcast on 26th November. Founded in | YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the [[Children In Need 1993]] telethon broadcast on 26th November. Founded in 1991, Aaardvark was a somewhat unconventional comedy society which produced magazines, held video nights and enacted bizarre stunts around the campus (most famously erecting a notice in a field near campus saying "Please do not throw stones at this notice"). The success (or at least lack of failure) of these sketches led Aaardvark to propose an entire half-hour sketch show the following year, to be titled '''Son of Rasputin'''. Matthew Jarron (aka Jazz) began to assemble the scripts in February 1994 and filming began on 5th March and concluded after the Easter break on 7th May. | ||
[[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio" (this was known as the [[Interregnum]]), though a temporary studio (a classroom in Goodricke) was used for the ''Quoter'' and ''South Bank Show'' sketches. The rest of the show was filmed on locations from Heslington (''Thin Man on a Bicycle'') to Goodricke (''Pomegranate sketch'', ''Record Shop''), by way of Langwith (''Toilet sketch''), Vanbrugh (''Tipperary'' and ''Hand Signals for Cyclists'') the lake at Wentworth (''Fishing sketch'') and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (''Gift Shop'', ''Pet Shop'' and ''Restaurant'' sketches among others). | [[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio" (this was known as the [[Interregnum]]), though a temporary studio (a classroom in Goodricke) was used for the ''Quoter'' and ''South Bank Show'' sketches. The rest of the show was filmed on locations from Heslington (''Thin Man on a Bicycle'') to Goodricke (''Pomegranate sketch'', ''Record Shop''), by way of Langwith (''Toilet sketch''), Vanbrugh (''Tipperary'' and ''Hand Signals for Cyclists'') the lake at Wentworth (''Fishing sketch'') and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (''Gift Shop'', ''Pet Shop'' and ''Restaurant'' sketches among others). | ||