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Last Man Standing (A Scare At Bedtime)
''A Scare at Bedtime ''A Scare at Bedtime'' (also known as ''Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime'') is an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urba ...'' (also known as ''Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime'') was an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urban myths adult comedy show. It ran for nine series, with a total of 150 episodes from 1997 until January 2006. Episodes Series 1 (1997–98) Series 2 (1998–99) Series 3 (1999–2000) Series 4 (2000–01) Series 5 (2001–02) Series 6 (2003) Series 7 (2003–04) Series 8 (2004–05) Series 9 (2005–06) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scare At Bedtime episodes, List of Lists of Irish television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Scare At Bedtime
''A Scare at Bedtime'' (also known as ''Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime'') is an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urban myths comedy show. It ran from 1997 until January 2006. ''A Scare at Bedtime'' was originally commissioned by RTÉ to fill a ten-minute gap that was left before the 23:00 News due to the short running times of American shows that preceded it. This show took its name from the nightly RTÉ 1 show called ''A Prayer at Bedtime'', which overlaid the text of a Roman Catholic prayer over serene images with choral music playing. ''A Scare at Bedtime'', first aired in 1997, is close to being the polar opposite of this, with extremely adult content, lewd jokes and slightly obscene anecdotes being related by the two puppets and 'Tales of Caution' acted out in live action segments. Podge's origins on ''The Den (Ireland), The Den'' is ignored, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podge And Rodge
Pádraig Judas O'Leprosy and Rodraig Spartacus O'Leprosy (born 1941) are the central characters of Irish television series ''A Scare at Bedtime'', created and performed by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara. More recently, the brothers have presented ''The Podge and Rodge Show'', a chat show in the same vein, and '' Podge & Rodge's Stickit Inn'', set in a pub. Morrison and O'Hara also created and perform the characters of Zig and Zag, Bronx Bunny, and Teddy T. Character history Origins Podge originally appeared as a "villain" character on the children's programming block, ''The Den''. He was introduced in 1990, as an ordinary puppet that Zag (of Zig and Zag) had found in a box amongst the rubbish behind an old joke shop. Dubbing the puppet "Podge," Zag used him to practice ventriloquism, and would put on the "Podge and Zag" show, which a jealous Zig usually interrupted. During one of these shorts an unidentified voiceover can be heard saying to Zag, "aren't you a smelly stupi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shite-hawk
''Shite-hawk'' (also spelled ''shitehawk'') or ''shit-hawk'' or ''shitty hawk'' is a slang name applied to various birds of prey that exhibit scavenging behaviour, originally and primarily the black kite, although the term has also been applied to other birds such as the herring gull. It is also a slang derogatory term for an unpleasant person. Origin of the term The term "shite-hawk" is believed to have originated as military slang by the British Army in India and Egypt, as a derogatory term for the black kite (''Milvus migrans''), which was despised by soldiers for its habit of stealing food from their plates: Eric Partridge, an etymologist, claimed that the term was used to refer to the vulture by the soldiers in the British Army in India during the period 1870–1947, although the earliest recorded use of the term in print in the Oxford English Dictionary is 1944. In recent years, in the United Kingdom, the term "shite-hawk" has also been applied to the herring gull (''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Bird
Charles Bird (born 9 September 1949)In his semi-autobiography ''This Is Charlie Bird'', he states he has two birth certificates, one saying he was born 4 September 1949, the other 9 September 1949. He chooses to celebrate his birthday on 9 September. is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. He was Chief News Correspondent with RTÉ News and Current Affairs until January 2009. He took up the role of Washington Correspondent, but prematurely returned to his earlier post in Ireland in June 2010. He retired from RTÉ in August 2012. Early life Bird was born in Sandymount, Dublin in 1949. He was educated at Sandymount High School. In the late 1960s, Bird took an active interest in far-left politics, being a member of Young Socialists. In this role, along with Tariq Ali of the International Marxist Group, he attended the funeral of Peter Graham of Saor Éire who was assassinated on 25 October 1971 in an internecine dispute. A photograph of the funeral shows Ali and Bird giving a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Francis (rugby Union)
Neil Francis is a retired Irish rugby union lock forward and number eight. He played club rugby for Blackrock College, London Irish, Old Belvedere and provincially for Leinster. Francis also earned 36 caps for Ireland between 1987 and 1996 and competed in three rugby world cups in 1987, 1991 and 1995 respectively. Controversy On 16 February 2014, Francis sparked controversy when he said that "gay people do not have any interest in sport" and that "only a tiny percentage are actively involved in professional sports of any kind". The player-turned-pundit was speaking on Newstalk's ''Off the Ball'' and when asked by presenter Joe Molloy if he "believed the percentage of gay people involved in sport was lower than the 10 per cent which is the estimate of the general population who are gay", he said he suspected that the percentage was "nowhere near 10 per cent. I would say in the smaller margin of 1 per cent". In November 2019, he suggested South Africa's win in the Rugby World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Halpin
Gary Halpin (14 February 1966 – 23 February 2021) was an Irish rugby union international player and champion hammer thrower. He played as a prop for Wanderers F.C., Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins and Ireland. He was noted for scoring a try against New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and celebrating with an obscene gesture directed at the All Blacks. Early life Halpin was born in Dublin on 14 February 1966. He attended Rockwell College, where he played schools rugby. In 1984 Halpin was part of the Irish Schools XV being part of the team that beat Scotland 13-26 and two weeks later defeated England 15–7 at Ravenhill in Belfast, only the second time that Ireland had beaten the English U18 Schools team. Will Carling led the team out that day. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship to Manhattan College. There, he threw the hammer on the Jasper's track team, and set college and meet records at the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America. He won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea ( ; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as ''V for Vendetta'', '' Michael Collins'', '' Interview with the Vampire'' and '' Breakfast on Pluto''. Rea was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan's thriller '' The Crying Game'' (1992). He has had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series '' The Shadow Line'' and ''The Honourable Woman'', for which he won a BAFTA Award. In 2020, ''The Irish Times'' ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all-time. Early life Rea was born in Belfast; his father was a bus driver and his mother a housewife. He studied English at the Queen's University Belfast and drama at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. In the late 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney. Career After appearing on the stage and in television and film for many years in Ireland and England, Rea came to international attention when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Bishop
Desmond Bishop (born 12 November 1975) is an American-Irish comedian. He was brought up in New York and moved to Ireland at the age of 14. He primarily resides there. Approach to comedy Bishop's comedy has covered social issues, such as poverty. In 2000, Bishop was diagnosed with testicular cancer; and went on to turn his experiences into comedy material. Life and career Bishop is a comedian who has worked as a comic in Ireland since the late 1990s. He began hosting shows at the International Comedy Cellar - a venue set up by Irish comics such as Ardal O'Hanlon, Kevin Gildea and Barry Murphy. It was here that Bishop honed his act. Bishop appeared in the 2002 film '' In America'', in which he played a high stockbroker rapping in the back of a New York taxi cab. He reached a broader audience after his TV show ''The Des Bishop Work Experience'' screened on RTÉ Two in 2004. The show featured him attempting to survive for one month working a minimum wage job in various part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmine Akram
Yasmine Akram (born 11 March 1981) is an Irish-Pakistani actress, writer and comedian. She has written comedy sketches for the BBC and Channel 4, and played Janine Hawkins in the third series of '' Sherlock''. Early life and education Akram was born in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Her family settled in Drogheda, Ireland when she was 18 months old. Her father is originally from Pakistan. Her mother Mona is from Drogheda and still lives in the town. She has a sister named Masooma. From the age of 14, Akram collaborated with the Calipo Theatre and the Picture Company. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she studied acting. Career After graduating from drama school, Akram wrote comedy sketches for the BBC and Channel 4, and hosted for BBC Radio. She wrote her first play, ''10 Dates with Mad Mary'', a monologue about a young woman's struggles after leaving prison, and performed the play at Project Arts Centre in Ireland in 2010. This was adapted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PJ Gallagher (comedian)
P. J. Gallagher (born 18 April 1975) is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor, perhaps better known from his television show '' Naked Camera''. His various characters in the programme include a mentally unstable taxi driver, ladies' man Jake Stevens and a "Dirty Auld One", an old woman who makes sexual comments. Early life and career Gallagher was born on in Cork, Ireland. He is an alumnus of St Paul's College, Raheny. In , Gallagher married Elaine Stewart who was his long-term girlfriend, they are believed to have separated in 2016. He is also friends with fellow comedian Jason Byrne, and he has worked on BBC's ''The I Hate Show''. Gallagher is also a motorbike racer. He has revealed he has reactive arthritis. He participated in season 4 of ''Celebrity Bainisteoir'' managing St Patrick's GAA Club Donabate, Dublin. He was in ''Meet Your Neighbours'', when RTÉ put him on RTÉ One. He presented ''PJ and Jim in the Morning'' with Jim McCabe on Classic Hits Classic hits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Ryan
Gerard Ryan (4 June 1956 – 30 April 2010) was an Irish people, Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He presented ''The Gerry Ryan Show'' on radio station RTÉ 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until Death of Gerry Ryan, hours before his sudden death. He was presented with a Jacob's Awards, Jacob's Award for this show in 1990. Ryan hosted several series of television shows, including ''Secrets (Irish TV series), Secrets'', ''Gerry Ryan Tonight'', ''Ryantown'', ''Gerry Ryan's Hitlist'', ''Ryan Confidential'' and the first three series of ''Operation Transformation (TV series), Operation Transformation''. In 1987, he earned notoriety and the moniker "Lambo" after an unpleasant incident in Connemara. He was also noted for co-presenting, with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and, in 2008, presenting an edition of ''The Late Late Show (Ireland), The Late Late Show'', television's longest-running chat show, in pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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