Euro Web shows: David Mitchell, Dr Hoo, Deer Lucy and Hello Geekette

• David Mitchell launches Soap Box on ChannelFlip
  David (Peep Show) Mitchell brings some comedy star power to the UK Web show scene, kicking off a direct-to-camera 20 episode series with an interactive rant about catching a mouse in his house. Sponsored by men's skincare brand Bulldog, it’s distributed via ChannelFlip, also FHM and iTunes.
  (tags: onlinetv comedy)
• Virgin 1 commissions first Web show, Dr Hoo
  Cable operator / broadcaster Virgin 1 takes the plunge into Web series commissioning with the 10 x 3 mins Dr Hoo. Ian Hart, from the US drama Life, is an environmentally conscious, veggie Welshman with multiple personality disorder and a possibly imaginary female assistant. It's produced by Lord Entertainment Group.
  (tags: onlinetv comedy virginmedia)
• German say Deer Lucy
  The music industry continues to be a popular Web series setting. Between Bebo's Sam King and the forthcoming US series Rockville, CA, Germany has debuted Deer Lucy. Aspiring singer Lucy (played by real-life folk singer Graziella Schazad) gets a job as an intern at the Deer Records label - but she's actually the illegitimate daughter of an 80s rock star. It's distributed via German newspaper Web site Bild.de and produced by German indie MME, part of UK super-indie All3Media. German retailer Otto is among several sponsors, with clothes and prices appearing beside the video.
  (tags: onlinetv music drama bild)
• French say Hello Geekette!
  The French celebrate a heroine geek with geekette Valérie. The comedy is picking up some buzz on DailyMotion with 300,000 views for the first season. It's just made the leap to broadcast TV, on TF1 last Friday, and is produced by Transkom. Here's the Christmas special.
  
  Hello Geekette 13 " Un Noël Star Wars "
  by hellogeekette
  (tags: onlinetv dailymotion geek humour geekette série drole webserie)