Rainbow S20E8 (1988) - FULL EPISODE

[@VideotapeFTW]

If you've ever wondered what the guys who played George, Zippy and Bungle looked like in the flesh, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5W6dnSCfdmgh7Mm17s :-)

[@lykacastuciano1604]

VideotapeFTW ucool

[@itsjemmabond]

Bungle was in The Voice UK a few years ago, but none of the judges turned for him.

[@zippygeorgebungleandgeoffr5511]

Cool

[@dominewimbury2039]

That was fantastic to see

[@carolinekelmendi7733]

​@@itsjemmabonda

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

Rainbow was a national children's hit which everyone loved watching as part of CITV

[@VengaboysRbackINtown]

It's great to see Rainbow tackling the important social issues of the day, such as widespread unemployment.

[@VideotapeFTW]

Yeah, it's only when you look back on these things that you really see what society was like at the time, and what problems it faced. Good for Rainbow for incorporating such things!

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Yeah

[@zippygeorgebungleandgeoffr5511]

Yeah

[@mattw8332]

RIP Patsy and Geoffrey. National Treasures.

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

I know

[@conordillon374]

Yeah And Freddie Marks (RIP 2021)

[@richallenxbox1976]

Actually, just before he died, Geoffrey was outed as a kiddy fiddler.

[@mattw8332]

@@richallenxbox1976 Oh no! Really? 😮

[@ppotter]

Glad to see an Auntie Patsy episode after all these years.

[@shepopop]

When my daughter was born , she was given Bongo as a little present , we named him Zippy by mistake . 29 years later , Zippy is doing well , he has a focked up eye though !

[@thecinematicmind]

Rod, Jane and Freddy’s song is damn spectacular. Somebody needs to send this to David Bryne.

[@shamemeadams1872]

3:17, how adorable are they in the car? 😍, if I'd have seen them I'd have to stop to hug them.....especially little Zippy! 💙

[@drssexy2142]

but that film was clearly shot earlier in the 80s. You can tell by the cars on the street.

[@kevinstoneham1245]

I am 51 years old and off work with flu. Rainbow is the tonic.

[@AmberTheFangirl]

As a fellow Carry On films fan AND Rainbow fan, its fabulous to find an episode with 'Aunty' Patsy Rowlands :-)

[@VideotapeFTW]

You may enjoy this episode of Mooncat which I've just uploaded - it also features Patsy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGSYp31ugpxsjpY

[@TallSilentGuy]

There's another episode with Patsy in it titled Chatterbox.

[@just4kidz881]

Really?

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Yes

[@BrendanBarney]

Anyone else here from James A Williams?

[@Y0Y0Evan]

i am

[@KLa35]

Me

[@nickfan22]

Yep

[@JoshProductions07]

Me

[@MrLoreto288]

I do!

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

Awww, Patsy Rowlands. One of the best of British. Such a loss.

[@Bustygirl-dz1wi]

She was in the carry on flims

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

@@Bustygirl-dz1wi Yes. So much to enjoy.

[@just4kidz881]

I know

[@teviottilehurst]

Saw and spoke to Pasty Rowlands in a shop in Brighton around 1990. Nice lady.

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

@@teviottilehurst Very good news. Thanks.

[@MissFeline]

Still love rainbow, such wonderful memories of it, zippy will always be my fav💛

[@just4kidz881]

Same

[@Potionette81]

One of the best Rod, Jane & Freddie songs ever!

[@billymyers9268]

The song that Rod, Jane and Freddy sing is very reminiscent of the songs "Live It Up" by the Austrailian rock band Mental as Anything and "I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

[@maxromero23]

I also noticed a resemblance to Don’t Bring Me Down by ELO and This Must Be The Place by Talking Heads.

[@EurythmicsObsession]

@@maxromero23 Also a bit of ELO's "Calling America" in there somewhere.

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

I absolutely love this episode of Rainbow it is one of my favourites

[@alexthepensmith6101]

Love Rod, Jane and Freddy's song in this. Also done solo by Rod in the "Emotions" episode of their own TV series!

[@davidfarmer2193]

Wonderful Patsy Rowlands. She was great in some of the "Carry on..." films. :)

[@izzy.8844]

Zippy bungle and George looked hilarious in the car

[@shamemeadams1872]

Zippy looked adorable in the car!! 🥰🚗

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

Initially there were no plans for a second series of Zzzap! The reason Zzzap was created in the first place was to support Meridian as the new ITV broadcaster for the South East of England and to expand both Meridians’ and The Media Merchants’ children’s output - which was by January 1993 limited to 3 programmes (Zzzap, Wizadora and Eye of the Storm). Both Zzzap and Wizadora had proved successful and were recommissioned for new series. Series 2 of Wizadora was broadcast in Autumn - this time on the CITV slot. The first series of Wizadora was broadcast during the predominately pre-school lunchtime slot (Other programmes sharing the slot included Tots TV and Allsorts. The lunchtime slot was previously used for pre-school Thames/ Ragdoll/ Central programmes such as Rainbow, Playbox, Rosie & Jim and Rod, Jane and Freddy). The slot was frequently not directly linked or mentioned as CITV - and was incorporated into afternoon CITV in September 1993. That was actually a few months after the out-of-vision continuity service with Steve Ryde began (that had started in February and the preschool shift happened in September). The presentation and idents for the first twenty minutes was different to the rest of the strand however, and there were four mascots: Abacat (who was a cat who counted on an Abacus, is that the one you remember?), Cheesy, Mr. Clockface and Ruskman, who all remained until Stephen & Danielle came along in 1998. It was part of a substantial revamp of ITV daytime in Autumn 1993. Families was axed, the preschool programmes were merged into CITV, This Morning gained an extra 10 minutes as a result (the other ten minutes given to regional news) & Supermarket Sweep made it's debut at 9:25.

[@JoshProductions07]

That song is a masterpiece

[@spinout3]

great upload. takes me right back to my childhood.

[@VideotapeFTW]

Glad to hear it, because that's exactly why I do what I do! :-)

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Yeah

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

Thanks so much for uploading this to KZbin this is one of my favourites and I absolutely love this one

[@pagrant]

I use to love watching Rainbow when I was a child seem to remember it use to be shown at lunchtime once per week during the late 80s/early 90s?

[@VideotapeFTW]

Yes, there were definitely lunchtime broadcasts of Rainbow, and a few other shows later repeated as part of Children's ITV. (Let's Pretend springs to mind. Puddle Lane, perhaps, and maybe the Giddy Game Show? I can't think of any more.)

[@pagrant]

@@VideotapeFTW I seem to remember Allsorts, Playbox were shown at lunchtime

[@VideotapeFTW]

@@pagrant Button Moon and Raggy Dolls (I think), too. Basically, there was a time when whatever was on on first on Children's ITV at 4pm was probably a repeat of a lunchtime showing.

[@just4kidz881]

Yeah

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

🤗

[@allenginesgofan101iambeing4]

5:43 - 7:47 this song helped me SOOOOOO much mentally

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

This episode of Rainbow was Social Behaviour Groups and it was originally shown at 11:10am on Tuesday 23rd February 1988 but this was a repeat from later that day.

[@clark82]

Was just thinking that I had no memory of Rainbow being on the main tea time slot, but do not remember the lunch time CITV slot having any presenters

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Amazing Episode

[@joachsworld6364]

6:15 Who came here from James A Williams

[@JoshProductions07]

Me

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

😄

[@darania1]

Bless Bungle for offering poor jobless Aunty his pocket money 🙏🐻🙏

[@dominewimbury2039]

RIP Freddy 😭

[@zippygeorgebungleandgeoffr5511]

Me too 😭

[@raspberrymojitogirldec]

Used watch this as a kid loved George hippo

[@waffle6652]

Bungle terrifies me. The way he moves, and that dead expression on his face

[@VideotapeFTW]

You sure about that? This Bungle's cuddly and harmless compared to _original_ Bungle: www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fi2p2cdr7t5u91.jpg

[@waffle6652]

@@VideotapeFTW i've just watched the episodes 'Water' & 'Work' from 1972 and can confirm, the original Bungle is 100x more terrifying.

[@jpbdude4223]

It’s sad to announce the death of Geoffrey Hayes, who died today at the age of 76. It was annoying Uncle earkuer today. R.I.P to a wonderful person

[@97channel]

Haha, what I wouldn't give to see that car just casually going past as though it were the most normal thing in the world. Is Geoffrey still taxi driving these days? I have an idea for a booking. I watched an episode online recently of them all going on a camping break in the "real" world. The unfortunate sight of Geoffrey in a pair of shorts is permanently burnt into my retina.

[@VideotapeFTW]

I don't know if he's still driving a taxi, but Geoffrey popped up on Pointless Celebrities not so long ago - I think he and Sally James won the trophy, but not the jackpot. He seemed on good form, happily.

[@vikingsmb]

Geoffrey passed away this year.

[@MissFeline]

97channel same!🤣 would love to see that🤣🤣

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Awesome

[@shanecthechipsandnuggetslo4592]

5:34 James A Williams got me here

[@callummorgan5058]

Does any know what song is in the background when they are driving in the car

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

If you come across anymore episodes of Rainbow can you upload them to KZbin because they would be great to see

[@VideotapeFTW]

Oh, absolutely - anything I come across will definitely be uploaded!

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

@@VideotapeFTW I am a Rainbow fan and I absolutely love the original Thames series plus the Rainbow Toy shop series and Rainbow Days

[@VideotapeFTW]

@@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq I think the era with Rod, Jane and Freddy in it is my favourite. Just one of those rare times when all the right ingredients came together perfectly!

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

@@VideotapeFTW Well we all have different opinions

[@VideotapeFTW]

Yes, of course! :-)

[@dominewimbury9120]

much better than anything now

[@VideotapeFTW]

Definitely an all-time classic is good old Rainbow.

[@just4kidz881]

Yeah

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Rainbow in the 70s, 80s and 90s

[@billymyers9268]

3:49-3:53 Bungle's always been tall, though.

[@billymyers9268]

Zippy wears trainers? 2:21-2:25

[@Trainboy17]

Your All Here For 5:42

[@JoshProductions07]

Thank James for this masterpiece of a song

[@t.w.9217]

I sure was.

[@stephenkissane4268]

What lessons can we learn from this

[@CalumTheConfident]

About not letting bad things get to us, such as some people in our family losing a job.

[@pagrant]

Zippy turning down food

[@pagrant]

loving Geoffrey jumper

[@gazelson4545]

Wouldn't you just want to headbutt Zippy. Great program of the time.

[@just4kidz881]

Awesome Episode

[@martynmcnulty782]

I always liked Zippy ! 😊

[@David-h4z2s]

Big Pimping in the motor With Zippy circa 1988❤

[@Stray1One]

Lost her job, can’t she find find it anywhere?

[@TintinMeetsGorillaz]

Can you upload Social Behaviour - Others please?

[@VideotapeFTW]

I'm afraid I don't think I have that one - sorry!

[@just4kidz881]

Oh well

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

I guess

[@HullBoy-ld6nf]

5:42 for those who are here from James A Williams. Thank me later.

[@VideotapeFTW]

What have I missed?

[@JoshProductions07]

Me

[@just4kidz881]

Me

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Me

[@MuncheeZRetro]

has anyone got the episode "Humpty Dumpty"? been wanting to see that for years and never found it. any help would be appreciated :)

[@VideotapeFTW]

You mean the one from 1978? Not me, I'm afraid - sorry. Here's hoping it shows up one day.

[@just4kidz881]

@@VideotapeFTW I agree with you

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

I got it

[@maxheadroomsfan]

Do you have the full CITV Broadcast?

[@VideotapeFTW]

I'm afraid not, no. In fact, a full CITV broadcast from this era is quite near the top of my want-list, but no-one seems to have one...

[@just4kidz881]

Hmmm

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

😇

[@clark82]

Have no memories of Rainbow being on the afternoon slot of CITV….. I remember it was showing on the lunchtime slot between This Morning and the news, but that was not done with any in studio presenters

[@VideotapeFTW]

Yeah, for a while the first thing on CITV each afternoon was a repeat of something shown at lunchtime.

[@clark82]

@@VideotapeFTW was that during that spell where they would show something from 3:45-4pm, before the main schedule started frpm 4 until 5:05? Vague memories of that in the late 80's.... sure the Riddlers were like this that it would get a shown at lunch time, and then start the afternoon slot (living in the Scottish TV network, we had a odd habit of getting a slot where it would show something in Gaelic.... when CITV started showing the Magic House in the early 90's, we never got it in English)

[@VideotapeFTW]

@@clark82 I definitely remember it from the latter half of the 80s, because I lived 30 seconds from my school gates at that point and often went home for lunch! I'm pretty sure it was part of the regular 4pm slot.

[@clark82]

@@VideotapeFTW if it was on the afternoon slot, it might have been up to around 86ish…. No memory of it on after that when CITV seemed to look to aim for a slightly older audience (maybe the odd one was used, as ITV had a habit of using Thomas series 2, Telebugs and things like that as filler up to 1989) Certainly remember that pre-school (I started primary school in 87) that it was only almost daily at lunch time… but I know by 90ish it was more Rosie and Jim, Riddlers and Tots TV that made up the lunch time slot before the lunchtime news.

[@VideotapeFTW]

Here's a random example from 1988 of Rainbow opening the 4pm CITV, having already been shown earlier in the day: pbs.twimg.com/media/F0S4ziXX0AM1LIU?format=jpg I think you could be right that it changed soon after, possibly once the Gary and Debbie era of CITV came to an end that year. I'll have to search some more.

[@Chris_34]

George is such a drip.

[@AR-dn6kh]

Bring your pet to George the vet 😀😀😀quality scripts from this as well 👍👍

[@rtfury6503]

Patsy Rowland, Spudgun's Mum - Bottom

[@chrisdrennan1997]

RIP Patsy Rowlands

[@artisticafflair408]

wow I thought Rainbow was a BBC series not ITV

[@VideotapeFTW]

Pretty sure it was a Thames Television production from the start.

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Yeah

[@christopherdrennan5819]

Hi do you have any Rainbow episodes from 1990 or 1991?

[@VideotapeFTW]

Possibly - if I find any, I'll upload them.

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Same

[@leeosborne3793]

This week - Rainbow critiques the economic legacy of Thatcherism.

[@lewis72]

Where's Moon Cat ?

[@VideotapeFTW]

There's one episode of Mooncat on my channel, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGSYp31ugpxsjpY

[@just4kidz881]

Got it

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

I know

[@jess7670]

Upload more old rainbow episodes please like these ones plz?

[@willeetumbrella5278]

I love your travels

[@zippygeorgebungleandgeoffr5511]

Hi

[@MultiVince95]

Nice

[@malcolmcarter884]

I wish they would make nick jr aimed at children under seven years pre kindergarten programing

[@danielwesoloski15]

5:02 5:06 5:08

[@malcolmcarter884]

I wish they would make nickelodeon primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged three and eighteen years old younger children ages of three and six noggin it was initially aimed at teenage audience shifted key demographic who are older adult viewers aged 19 to 35 it is nineteen to forty five year old viewers 19 to 50 year olds persons 36 to 50 year olds 36 to 65 36 65 to pre kindergarten audience

[@tommiatkins3443]

Its the Tories. Even kids programs reflect reality. Auntie lost her job. Everything is fucked. Auntie is doing telephone chat lines instead.

[@tommiatkins3443]

Zippy. Trump.

[@colmreilly8779]

Wow I suddenly remembered how much I hated George.