Rainbow Theme Tune (Thames TV)

Rainbow was broadcast on the ITV lunchtime slot, between 1972 and 1992. It featured Geoffrey, the presenter and storyteller, along with the famous puppets Zippy, George and Bungle.
Occasionally there would be music on the show, usually provided by Rod, Jane and Freddy.

[@helenchristinarees4335]

I distinctly remember power walking home from primary school trying to make sure I wouldn't miss Rainbow 🌈

[@deanrideout1275]

Me to as well

[@thelatedentarthurdent5125]

R.I.P. Geoffrey Hayes, thanks for keeping us entertained when we were young.

[@nicolabrooke674]

As an 80’s child l used to watch Rainbow a lot!!

[@56postoffice]

Best theme to one of the best children's shows ever! Ran for 20 years (could have probably gone on longer had Thames never lost its franchise in 1992) but 20 years, that's still damn good innings. Today's kids shows have no heart & soul.

[@jane1975]

56postoffice I know, because they are so patronising and “ dumbed down” by political correctness and “ diversity” is thrust down their throats everyday, all the innocence is gone from their programmes - even Thomas The Tank Engine is getting a PC makeover by the UN, which I think is terrible. Real life social issues factual stuff should never enter fictional stuff for kids, that’s for documentaries and other factual programmes for kids and adults.

[@damienthonk1506]

@@jane1975 in tone and sensitivity, kids shows are nearly the same. They seem more cloying and "PC" because you're jaded and old, and also not 5. Rainbow and say, Creative Galaxy for example are pretty much identical in purpose. One seems better because one had a lovely theme song and some nostalgia for you, and one is from 2014. Calm your jets sweetheart and stop watching Caillou. It's that simple.

[@jane1975]

@@damienthonk1506 What!, You think children should be patronised and talked down to in children's programmes? Never heard of Caillou, whatever that is and how ageist of you - I am 44 that makes me "jaded and old" does it? I thought children's programmes became patronising in the 1990's and I was a teenager then, nothing to do with age and everything to do with involving politics in everything-I used to be a great Dr Who fan, totally ruined now- children's programmes are innocent and should be free of any "real life" political issues in them, they are escapism for children as are their toys. If I had been able to have children, they certainly wouldn't be watching the crap they broadcast to them today, I would rather they were watching my Bagpuss DVD than the garbage that's passes for Children's TV today.

[@oobenoob]

@@jane1975 These days you only have to say you’re English and you get arrested.

[@jane1975]

@@oobenoob I don’t think we are at that stage yet.

[@patrickstocks3986]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes ✝️🙏😥😇

[@tantilizingtrip1]

What a legend.

[@mirabellamcgarry8269]

Omg how sad and cruel Rip

[@1220b]

Made me feel happy as a child. RIP

[@just4kidz881]

Me too

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

😭

[@imogenmai]

must be many kids here from the 80s who think of this as their childhood , and as a kid born in the 00s it was mine too , but seeing the ‘nick jr classics’ sign in the corner rly did it for me , after 8pm on nick jr , some of the best shows

[@klaus8952]

I’m the exact same

[@jackdonnelly4740]

@@klaus8952I used to love rainbow myself.

[@angelacooper2661]

I spent my formative years during the 70s and 80s, but remember this programme very well. Now in my early fifties!

[@Christine_1985]

Rest in peace Geoffrey.😢❤️🌈. Kids programmes today will never match up to the ones I knew and loved when growing up.X

[@Abrocious93]

Oh my God. There just are no words to describe how much this made me smile!

[@ianbell7342]

wow rainbow was tv gold xx

[@CarlHarris-ey2rx]

I'm trying to encourage my kids to watch Rainbow which was an absolute masterpiece.

[@carolinefinley5632]

I loved Rainbow when I was young.I still remember the words to theme song and I’m 49.It’s weird what stuff you never forget.😳I remember the theme lyrics to lots of 80’s children’s program’s but sometimes can’t remember what I went in a room for.😂😂😂😂

[@RNC200711]

The old Thames opening song is epic So is the rainbow theme, loved this show as a kid

[@James-in7if]

Remember watching this when I was younger still banging ngl

[@derekthesec]

I have loved rainbow, even when I was an adult. I have managed to do a karaoke on this song in the Christmas Party.

[@fatimahussain9414]

RIP dear Mr Geoffrey Hayes. So saddened by your passing😢fly up in heavens❤️🌈 much love!

[@amazonionavalon8252]

Worded so beautifully ❤

[@rajnirvan3336]

Memories of coming from school on Friday to my grandparents house. Rainbow was the best

[@pp37903]

Excellent that you've included the classic Thames ident. It's not the same without it.

[@yoyototo2054]

This once appeared in my head I'm in my 30s now and I was just singing it out of a sudden thinking I'm mad checkd on KZbin here it is amazing

[@yoyototo2054]

And I think those days I was like 3 or something

[@OfficialWelshWoman8309]

"gold, the colour of the cornfields, white clouds floating in a sky of blue".. I had the single. Gr8 tune.

[@deanrideout1275]

❤❤😊😊

[@spiro14]

One of my all-time favourites, I never could get into the BBC's Playschool (when you're a kid actual school is enough without having to be reminded of it on morning TV), but I loved Rainbow and its opening theme in particular.

[@jane1975]

spiro14 I loved Playschool too, I don’t remember it ever being about school at all, at least there was none of that patronising crap that kids listen too and watch today full of PC garbage.

[@seansweeney3533]

Rip nick jr classics and rainbow and most important Geoffrey

[@davidian2.024]

I advise anyone to much full episodes of this with a spliff. It's so funny 😂

[@berownesgirl]

Actor and singer Roy Skelton, best known for voicing puppets George and Zippy in the popular children's programme Rainbow, has died aged 79.

[@jane1975]

Dee Miller Geoffrey Hayes has also just died, aged 76.

[@kazkazmi4384]

RIP Mr. Geoffrey

[@harrybeth61]

Really brightened up my childhood. Thanks Geoffrey. Goodbye.

[@deanrideout1275]

❤❤😊😊

[@gemmadakin34]

I was born in 1993. And I much prefer this than the kids TV of today.

[@cyrilsmith5706]

Deep

[@angelacooper2661]

I was born in 1970, so much older than you. Rainbow is a childhood memory along with other 70s TV programmes. Modern equivalents aren't a patch on the 70s vintage!

[@mirabellamcgarry8269]

Omg Rip Geoffrey Hayes

[@StevieO1974]

A rather rude version of the Rainbow lyrics used to do the rounds of playgrounds up and down the land in the show's heyday: RAIN-BOW! Up above the streets and houses, Rainbow shining high, Zippy sticks his arse out the window, Shits in Bungle's eye. Paint - the - whole - world - with - a - RAINBOW!

[@kylecn623]

Thames Logo On Nick Jr. Classics.

[@robbiethepict2783]

Utter joy.

[@FinkyStingers-fr2jq]

Bungle.. just say it..aloud.. feels better now, doesn’t it 😀

[@darketh90]

Up above the streets and houses, there's a ghast that's flying by...

[@candiceabriellepunzalan2794]

0:06 hey, the logo is thames!

[@XMizzTuraX]

Aww so cute, we named our new puppy Bungle XD

[@tech-sk1sd]

I can't hear the topgear theme without thinking of rainbow "paint the whole world with a rainbow"... same ascending scale.

[@thebritgaming2183]

Rip

[@TreeMationsHD]

Your watching "Thames Television on Nick Jr."!

[@jackdonnelly4740]

I used to watch Thames television on nick jr when I was younger but I still like the Thames television logo even though it was my childhood.

[@ashleighdean6943]

No kidding but this came out 7 or so years (maybe less /more?) before I was born so how on earth do I remember watching this show? I remember I used to love this when I was little and I even remember the Thames song :)

[@charliedCharltube]

ikr i remember watching this n the early 2000's but it aired in the 90's

[@jane1975]

Ashleigh Dean Probably a repeat, the show aired from 1974 to 1992, me and my sister watched it in the 80’s, the Thames ident is nostalgia.

[@nicolahodges2]

Omg memories ♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏

[@HiItsRay]

Rest in peace Geoffrey

[@kevmiller2277]

R.I.P Geoffrey Hayes 😢

[@animationdude56]

@berownesgirl he played the daleks in doctor who aswell.

[@utena13]

i manage to find this theme song for my cell!

[@Tommyblueeyes]

+Dori Queen like a jail cell?

[@enigma375]

RIP Geoffrey. And so another large part of my childhood has gone. Happening more often the older I get :(

[@jane1975]

enigma375 I know, we lost Keith Chegwin recently too. All the 80’s presenters we knew growing up are all leaving us now. May he RIP.

[@jaydencruz4957]

Airing on nick jr dec 18th 2014

[@DOBERSTAFFIE]

top quality stuff

[@paulreynolds1337]

Didnt Zippy become a Gangster Rapper when he grow up. He did Rap Battles with Elmo

[@sapphael.]

What a gorgeous show

[@RedIsYellow]

Yogscast brought me here - Vashj'ir Playthrough Part 13: Underwater Prancing Ninnies

[@Soulsurvived]

I agree 👍 💯 🙆‍♀️ 👏 👌 🙌

[@kylecn623]

Rainbow.

[@jl-t3444]

Lunchtime viewing with fish finger and ketchup sandwiches

[@adamreverendcole9835]

up above the streets and houses rainbow's climbing high, everyone can see its climbing over the sky. .. (can't remember it saying "smiling over the sky") is that strange or what.

[@GerardSlay77]

Adam Cole up above the streets and houses rainbow climbing high everyone can see it smiling over the sky paint the whole world with a rainbow

[@gunamerstravels]

tescos brought me here!!

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Nice

[@kal77uk]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes....

[@paulalouise2013]

Tune😂❤

[@podpod6000]

Lol paint the whole world with a rainbow lol

[@jobee6291]

what's funny about that?

[@jane1975]

Jo Bee Ugh, probably because it’s now used by the LBGTQ and whatever initial they put on the end 🙄.

[@AgentFourtySeven_]

this brings back memories

[@cyrilsmith5706]

You sick,fcuk.

[@TheMegaGamingKid]

RIP Geoffery Hayes.

[@ljmerrittproductions3188]

in many ways, Rainbow was the British version of Seasame Street.

[@jane1975]

Sesame Street did air on U.K. television, first with test runs in some regions on ITV in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, but officially it was taken by Channel 4 and broadcast between 1987 to 2001 and was replaced by The Hoobs.

[@taffthesheep]

Aw great days.

[@Scotsman420]

RIP Geoffrey

[@AmberitoPops]

It's sad that children shows are all computerised now

[@TheRulerOfOats]

I know. This and danger mouse were my faves as a kid.

[@m56214]

It's only gotten worse I guess kids today have a short attention span

[@richardupton3323]

r.i.p. geoffrey hayes.

[@smurfmummy3106]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes 😢

[@tonyandthewhoniverse8527]

Up above the streets and clouds getting high. All the kids are getting stoned with the drugs they buy. From the dealer round the corner....

[@mikeyd5486]

Happy 😊 days!

[@RadialSkid]

BlueXephos Voltz Episode 16? That's what brought me here. XD

[@davejohnson3376]

KZbin rocks!

[@darketh90]

Yeah! :) Seems like that was so long ago... like 3 months I guess xD

[@epiphany55]

I never appreciated the Latin American beat at 0:16 as a kid. Only just noticed! Also, if I have a kid Imma call them Bungle.

[@neil73]

Geoffrey Hayes, the presenter from children's T.V programme 'Rainbow' is a taxidriver today. How sad is that?

[@cyrilsmith5706]

Looks old as Fark 2.booze and drugs fcukd him

[@jane1975]

neil73 The man has just passed away at the aged 76, but people have to earn a living especially if they have family and when Thames Television lost its franchise he would of been “laid off”, it would of been sadder if he hadn’t had a job at all- have some respect.

[@DaisyLillyxxx]

R.I.P. Legend 😢❤️🌈

[@tonymontana1974]

0:27 FOR THE AIR DRUMS BOY.

[@helentart1980]

rip Jeffrey xxxxxxxxx

[@ZumunYT]

Reminds me of ashens' Hitler cartoon

[@shohid297]

Miss them days...What a days they were.

[@FighterFlyAUTTP]

Rainbow friends 🐂

[@DEC19775]

Classic

[@ilikecheese3701]

Lol this show would never be allowed today. Too many snowflakes getting offended by a rainbow, the world's gone soft🌈

[@helentart1980]

Everyone wear a rainbow tomorrow

[@cyrilsmith5706]

Got 1 on me nob

[@legots]

yay ashens reference

[@DaPlasticPaddy]

Zippy was a dirty bastard and I love him for it

[@LithiumDinosaur]

^^

[@MNAYMEN]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@milfhunter216]

So this is rainbow six siege ?

[@jane1975]

milf Hunter LOL, it’s a 1980’s ( well it ran from 1974- 1992) children’s television show, with comedy, songs and silly light hearted stuff.

[@dee2641]

🦋👃✨🌈⭐

[@shpearg]

You'll never guess who I had in the front of my cab the other day...

[@lukesweeney9694]

Mr geoffrey hayes

[@neillaw]

Twangers

[@cyrilsmith5706]

Zippy and bungle are farkin,gay!

[@jimnicoll6459]

Jimmy saville beasted Bairns while singing this

[@just4kidz881]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes

[@powerspyin1games]

RIP Geoffrey