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Forget the Muppets. As the Masquerade boys in our clip show, you can do pretty well anything with animatronics, computer generated images and other modern puppet wizardry.

The range of skills you need, however, is awesome. Prepare yourself...

What do you need to Get Started? What are the Must Have tools of the trade? We've got a load of Trivia and some useful Links to help you find out more.

Y? - Check out our why should I want to work in television? pages for guides and links to all aspects of working in TV.