“Monkey” is the popular star of a two year-old advertising campaign for PG Tips tea in the UK.

PG Tips is a popular brand of tea in the United Kingdom (they claim Britons drink 35 million cups of PG Tips a day) that seems to be very progressive. They’re owned by multinational food giant Unilever, which was the first company in the world that committed to sourcing all its tea in sustainable manner. Since last year, PG Tips has also been running an innovative ad campaign featuring Monkey, a popular puppet advertising character created by British comedian Johnny Vegas, who plays Monkey’s companion “Al”.

Monkey is featured prominently on the PG Tips website; you can see most of the PG Tips Monkey ads on YouTube. Monkey is also the star of his own ten minute mockumentary about the history of tea, A Tale Of Two Continents. He’s performed by Nigel Plaskitt and Susan Beattie. His voice is supplied by British actor Ben Miller.

Special thanks to Ron for sending this in!