Pamela Lonsdale
Director
Rainbow (1972)
Season 21
Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all their friends at the Rainbow House, always an exciting place to be.
Released Oct. 16, 1972
Episode 15 min
7+
Keywords: tmdb.puppet, tmdb.anthropomorphism, tmdb.educational, imdb.humor, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.puppet, imdb.cult-favorite
Production Companies: Thames Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S21E1 - Family Get Together
Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey are going to go for a picnic but it's rains so they decide to have their picnic inside. Zippy and George perform a show for Bungle and Geoffrey and sing "Three Blind Mice". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Home is Best'. Bungle sings "London's Burning" and Zippy, George and Geoffrey join in and they all have their picnic.
Sept. 8, 1989, midnight
S21E2 - Bungling Bungle
Geoffrey decides to decorate with Bungle's help but things don't go to plan when Bungle wallpapers over the door.
Sept. 15, 1989, midnight
S21E3 - Rejected/Neglected
Zippy is trying to write a song for a talent contest . He refuses help from Bungle George and Geoffrey but finds it's more difficult to do than he realised.
Sept. 22, 1989, midnight
S21E4 - Family in the Garden
Geoffrey knocks down Zippy and George's skittles over and then falls over into Bungle's paddling pool. He then goes to sit down but sits on Bungle's lemonade and isn't best pleased. Geoffrey decides that everyone should have their own piece of the garden so that he can have his own quiet corner, Zippy can grow things to eat, George can grow flowers and Bungle wants to have animals on his piece of garden. Bungle and Geoffrey measure the garden whilst Zippy and George design a plan. Zippy and George show Geoffrey their plan for the garden, but they've put everyone in the same part of the garden. Auntie comes round and reads everyone a story called 'Thomas The Gardener'. Then everyone has their own piece of garden and Bungle brings a donkey into the garden so children can ride him.
Sept. 29, 1989, midnight
S21E5 - Geoffrey Babysits
Geoffrey tells Zippy, Bungle and George about Bobby who's moved in next door, but Geoffrey seems to spend most of the time with Bobby leaving Zippy, George and Bungle very unhappy until they find out why. Geoffrey read a story called 'Hot Dog, Shaggy Dog'.
Oct. 6, 1989, midnight
S21E6 - Neighbours
Zippy, George and Bungle, mistaking a sikh turban for a crown, think a King and Queen have moved in next door.
Oct. 13, 1989, midnight
S21E7 - Misbehaving
When Zippy, George and Bungle are misbehaving, Geoffrey gets so fed up that he goes out for the day- and gets his extremely strict grumpy Uncle Bill to come and look after the misbehaving trio.
Oct. 20, 1989, midnight
S21E8 - Zipman and Bobbin
Zippy is building his own Batmobile out of cardboard. Then he and George pretend to be Zip Man and Bobbin the Boy Blunder. Together they stop Geoffrey the Joker from getting rid of the worlds laughter.
Oct. 27, 1989, midnight
S21E9 - Zippy Wants to be a Comedian
When watching Ernie Wise on the TV, Zippy develops aspirations to be a comedian himself, but no-one will laugh at his jokes. That night he has a dream in which he meets Ernie Wise, thus imbuing him with the talent he needs to become a master comedian.
Nov. 3, 1989, midnight
S21E10 - Worried/Weary
George is collecting money for the local hospital. Gabrielle makes lots of paper animals to sell at the jumble sale and shows everyone how to make them. The Rainbow gang have a jumble sale in the garden.
Nov. 10, 1989, midnight
S21E11 - Our Common Land
Geoffrey, Zippy George and Bungle find out that the council want to build houses on the Rainbow woodland.
Nov. 17, 1989, midnight
S21E12 - Time/Space
Geoffrey has forgotten he had to make a rocket for a children's party, so Gabrielle Bradshaw comes round to help him.
Nov. 24, 1989, midnight
S21E13 - Night Out
Zippy, George and Bungle camp out in the garden for the night but not everything goes to plan.
Dec. 1, 1989, midnight
S21E14 - Borrowing 2
Everyone is borrowing things, but they forget to give them back. Zippy's taken George's basket and moved his shells, Bungle's taken Geoffrey's ruler, George has taken Bungle's scissors and Geoffrey's borrowed the paints and forgotten to put them back. Gabrielle shows everyone her game that's she made.
Dec. 8, 1989, midnight
S21E15 - Same/Different
Zippy's cousin Zippo comes to stay but Zippy gets annoyed when Geoffrey's 'friend' Jenny keeps getting them mixed up.
Dec. 15, 1989, midnight
S21E16 - The Toymaker
Dec. 22, 1989, midnight
S21E17 - Super Bungle
Super Bungle helps George get his doll from Zipoid and Mr Geoffrey who live on the planet of too many toys.
Jan. 12, 1990, midnight
S21E18 - George and Germs
Jan. 19, 1990, midnight
S21E19 - Geoffrey Learns French
Jan. 26, 1990, midnight
S21E20 - Family Pressure
Feb. 2, 1990, midnight
S21E21 - Practice Makes Perfect
Bungle is learning to play his keyboard, but he never stops playing it which annoys everyone. Geoffrey comes up with an idea to help improve his playing and asks Jessica to gives him some piano lessons.
Feb. 9, 1990, midnight
S21E22 - The VIP
Someone very special is coming for dinner, a VIP.
Feb. 16, 1990, midnight
S21E23 - Wrong Day
Feb. 23, 1990, midnight
S21E24 - No Accounting for George
Zippy wants to buy a new model car and Bungle wants to buy a comic, so George lends them some money, but then he realises he hasn't got as much money in his money box as he thought he had. Geoffrey reads a story called 'The More The Merrier'. Geoffrey gives George some chores to do to earn extra pocket money so he can buy a xylophone.
March 2, 1990, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 15 min.
Season Runtime: 15 min.
Released: Oct. 16, 1972
Last Air Date: March 6, 1992, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-Y7 / 7+
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