In 2000, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, and Dave Brown (who played a variety of characters, as well as being the choreographer and photographer) brought their third stage show,
Autoboosh, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where they won the festival's Barry Humphries Award. Noel's brother Michael and his friend Pete went along for the journey, but ended up going on stage with the cast every night. Michael then became a permanent fixture, playing Naboo, whilst Pete continued to assist by playing minor characters. Due to the success of
Autoboosh, Barratt and Noel Fielding were commissioned by
BBC Radio 4 to do a six-part radio series,
The Boosh (radio series). ==References==