Fonejacker is the protagonist in the homonymous show about a masked prank caller; in this fictional show, members of the public are called by actor Kayvan Novak, while impersonating different characters. Reminiscent to Monty Python, the show includes pictures of people animated with funny cut-out mouths. Undercover filming is used throughout the show, depicting the Fonejacker making a call from the street to a company nearby. The Fonejacker always uses sunglasses and wears a red and white balaclava - except in the Pilot, where it was black.
While Kayvan Novak’s figure is kept anonymous by the Fonejacker costume, he can be clearly seen during Mr. Doovdé’s calls, advertising DVD players and dfs. as a model.
Each episode start in similar fashion, with a definition of “fonejack” (to seize control of a telephone conversation by farce esp - to divert it from reason and logic), followed with a scene where Mr Doovdé calls Directory Enquires from an American payphone. Rather than Mr Doovdé, it was Mike who headlined the fifth episode.
The last episode of series 1 revealed that two callers had previously been fonejacked by Terry, implying that phone jacker does not tell the victim the call was a joke. Some Fonejacks are not broadcast, since those two callers hadn’t been seen in other episodes.
Channel 4 runs a show called Comedy Lab centered on the new comic talent; this is where Fonejacker’s pilot first aired, in 2006. Since it was so successful, the show was given a six-part series in October 2006, which would get broadcast on E4 from April next year. A Christmas Special featuring a short version of the pilot was broadcast on December 29, 2006; it was titled Fonejacker’s Christmas Message. The Fonejacker Christmas special finished with the following message: Coming April 2007 - Don’t Pick Up The Phone.
Starting in March, a thirty second advert started airing on E4 and Channel 4, comprising clips of the show’s pilot. When April came, not only the show wasn’t aired, but it was put on hold for undisclosed reasons, False rumors began spreading that broadcast would start June 7 2007. After this, rumours spread that the show would start on June 7 2007, which was also untrue. Even though fans started feeling there would be no show, new trailers got aired in June. The clips showed the Fonejacker in his own flat performing various calls, and a television tuned into the news reporting “new sightings of the Fonejacker”. The new adverts ended with the catchphrase Don’t Pick Up The Phone, followed with the same E4 webpage. Just a few days had gone by, and a newer trailer was introduced.
It was only a few hours before the first show, and the Fonejacker struck: he called as Terry Tibbs into Big Brother’s Little Brother to chat with a girl called Carrie about a Rolls Royce. However, there was no mention of Fonejacker as presenter Dermot O’Leary seemed confused. Just below E4’s on-screen graphic, a sign was displayed throughout the night stating “Fonejacker Tonight 10-30”, as part of its advertising.
The fan site has many soundboards, im quite particular to phone jacker sound boards that features terry tibbs, this one always makes me giggle.
On July 5, 2007 at 10-30pm the first Fonejacker show was broadcast, and it was the first edition to use heavy profanity.Series two aired on September 9, 2008. Currently, one does not know if a third Fonejacker series will be commissioned.