Join us for just under an hour 20 minutes of absolutely shocking, exploitive and secret insider information from one of the BBC's biggest child entertainers ever, the Art Ninja.

In this episode we discuss working for the BBC, the birth of the popular kids TV show Art Ninja, skateboarding in Bristol, animation, fake adverts, tarantulas, saucy DM's, getting family and friends on his TV show much more!

00:00 - Coming up in this episode/Intro

01:00 - Toby's new vacuum cleaner

02:05 - This episodes special guest is none other than the Art Ninja himself, Ricky Martin

03:05 - The Art Ninja was once a professional skateboarder!

04:35 - Where is the Art Ninja from, growing up skating with Dibble and hitting his head at a skatepark

06:20 - Dibble stories and the character of Art Ninja...

08:25 - Toby initiating the conversation with Art Ninja & saucy DM's from random strangers on Instagram

11:35 - Starting with animation that eventually lead to skateboarding and directing

13:13 - Breaking into working for and creating media companies and eventually creating his own show which involves his family members

20:27 - The birth of Art Ninja for the BBC & budgets per episode

26:32 - Having to work with a tarantula

27:14 - The Art Ninja set, live Art Ninja & Brain Drain Podcast shows, judging art competitions and cameo appearances

30:07 - Being noticed in the streets for his Art Ninja history...

32:44 - Does Ricks partner watch Art Ninja?

34:12 - What celebrities have appeared on the Art Ninja show & who was one of the worst to work with?

36:51 - Why did Art Ninja end and has Ricky considered taking the show to another broadcasting company?

38:21 - Friends and family appearances throughout the show & being suckered in to targeted adverts.

40:40 - Does Forde know the Art Ninja theme tune?

41:27 - How can Forde and Toby get their own TV show, finding fishy emails in regards to friends being underpaid, self proclaimed nicknames and saved by the bell end...

44:17 - How long does it take to film each episode of Art Ninja

46:59 - Behind the scenes ninjas & ninjettes...

48:52 - How involved was Ricky with the editing process?

49:53 - Does Ricky have future plans of working in TV & does he have a manager?

52:48 - Rickys guests appearance on the TV show Justins House & creating fake commercials for brands...

55:22 - Has Ricky ever thought about making merchandise for Art Ninja?

1:00:15 - Who does Ricky skate with, Rex's & anonymous fan questions...

1:07:28 - Forces random experience wild swimming in Sheffield and more anonymous fan questions...

1:14:53 - Art Ninja draws Forde & Toby!

1:17:40 - Closing statements, final comments and credits...

Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor

Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew

Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer

Title animations: Mike Wright @michael_k_wright_design

Theme tune: Shaun Hancock @shaunofthesad

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