Series 8 - 1999

Series 8 introduced Minnie the Mini Magician (Sophie Aldred), who took over from Smart Arty (Neil Buchanan) who had been in the first 7 series. This was the first series to use the eye as a Puzzle Page. The eye was used as a spot the difference element, this was used every now and then for the next 2 series. The clown frame, which was rumoured to be used as a Puzzle Page, was replaced by a dot to dot element, the zig zag frame which was never used as a puzzle page in its 4 years got replaced by a frame which was eyes in leaves, basicially a animal version of the question mark, but the picture was shadowed so that it made it a mystery, until the end of the element. Cuthbert Lilly, The Handymen, Daisy Dares, The leg (which was never used),and the question mark remained. Series 8 was Deborah McCallum's last series as Daisy Dares. The giant comic changed as the giant hand with the ZZZap remote which was used from Series 1 to Series 7 got ditched, and was replaced with a yellow zig-zaggy word balloon around the letters ZZZap! the television comic. The star which was on the blue banner got binned, but the blue banner remained. The Cuthbert Lilly square changed into a more contrast frame, and the same with the Daisy Dares frame. Before each sketch started, ZZZap! had a white fog/snowy type effect, and then the white fog disappeared with a ding and the sketch started. Also at the end of the sketches, it used to have the ZZZap remote with the giant hand from Series 1 to Series 7. Series 8 was a explosion of cartoon words like SPLAT,e.t.c. The background for the giant comic was a more darker blue than the 2nd background (Series 2 - Series 7). The Background voices were still being done by Neil Buchanan, including Minnie the Mini Magician's voice.

This was the following set-out of the ZZZap series 8 comic:


 * 1) Cuthbert Lilly-He's Dead Silly
 * 2) Dot to Dot
 * 3) The Handymen
 * 4) The Eye
 * 5) Daisy Dares You
 * 6) The Eyes In The Leaves
 * 7) The Leg
 * 8) The Question Mark
 * 9) Minnie The Mini Magician

Episode 13:
In this episode, Cuthbert Lilly goes rock climbing, Daisy Dares You shows Daisy challenging a group of kids to throw balls at wooden bottles on a wall, but what the kids don't know is that there are pots of paint behind the bottles and under them are two builders,