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Rainbow

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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.

Oct 16, 197223 seasons1044 episodesCanceledEN

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Roy Skelton

Zippy / George (voice)

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Geoffrey Hayes

Himself

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Seasons

Season 1

50 episodes

Premiered Oct 16, 1972

Season 2

55 episodes

Premiered Apr 16, 1973

Season 3

34 episodes

Premiered Mar 4, 1974

Season 4

67 episodes

Premiered Sep 16, 1974

Season 5

78 episodes

Premiered Sep 8, 1975

Season 6

50 episodes

Premiered Nov 2, 1976

Season 7

61 episodes

Premiered Dec 26, 1977

Season 8

80 episodes

Premiered Oct 2, 1978

Season 9

69 episodes

Premiered Oct 26, 1979

Season 10

73 episodes

Premiered Oct 16, 1980

Season 11

24 episodes

Premiered Oct 12, 1981

Season 12

36 episodes

Premiered Jan 4, 1982

Season 13

30 episodes

Premiered Jan 7, 1983

Season 14

22 episodes

Premiered Aug 5, 1983

Season 15

29 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 1984

Season 16

44 episodes

Premiered Aug 3, 1984

Season 17

49 episodes

Premiered Aug 2, 1985

Season 18

54 episodes

Premiered Aug 1, 1986

Season 19

16 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1987

Season 20

51 episodes

Premiered Jan 5, 1988

Season 21

24 episodes

Premiered Sep 8, 1989

Season 22

24 episodes

Premiered Aug 31, 1990

Season 23

24 episodes

Premiered Sep 13, 1991

Episodes

1–6 of 50

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Ep 1

Shapes

Oct 16, 1972

Very first episode - very different to what the show later became. All the well known cast are not here (and did not arrive until 1974). The only recognisable puppet at this point is Zippy, although his voice isn't what we are used to.

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Ep 2