Virgin One’s New Puppet Mascot

Red is the new puppet mascot of Virgin One.

British broadcaster Virgin One has a brand new mascot and he’s a puppet. His name is Red and he’s performed by Brian Herring and was built by Paul Jomain, who also built the PG Tips monkey.

Red was created as part of complete rebranding of Virgin One that begins on air tonight at 9 p.m. in the UK. There’s a promo available on YouTube and eagle-eyed PuppetVision readers will spot several puppets by the Gluvets (see previous post) and Darryl Worbey Studios in the video. The cast puppeteers who worked on this included Mak Wilson, Brian Herring, Phil Fletcher and Simon Buckley.

Update: I’ve revised the post to correct some mistakes I made about who did what on this. Special thanks to James for setting me straight!