Zippy unzipped: Puppeteer 明らかにする／漏らすs the lewd secrets of children's TV classic Rainbow - from 激しい drinking and backstage sexism to toys arranged in 性の positions and the time Jane showed the 始める，決める her leather S&M outfit

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The puppeteer who operated Zippy today 明らかにする／漏らすd the lewd secrets behind children's TV classic Rainbow that 伴う／関わるd a heaving-drinking cast who loved 'getting 攻撃するd' and arranging the animals into sex positions.

Ronnie Le Drew is 解放（する）ing a tell-all memoir called Zippy and Me, that is 始める，決める to 粉々にする the innocence of the 攻撃する，衝突する show, often 述べるd as Britain's answer to Sesame Street.

Rainbow ran for 27 series and 1,071 episodes, after its 開始する，打ち上げる in 1972 and was famous for its three main characters: Bungle the teddy 耐える, George the hippopotamus and Zippy, an unknown yellowish creature.

Le Drew, a former 負債 collector who took over controlling Zippy from Violet Philpott after she 苦しむd a slipped disk, has 明らかにする／漏らすd the sexism backstage and also the culture of 激しい drinking.

He （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that the show's 星／主役にする singer, Jane Tucker, had the 愛称 '行方不明になる Whiplash' because she would open her coat to show a 'leather S&M outfit' and would ask Zippy to 'play with her maracas.'?

In one 出来事/事件 an 大司教 was 存在 given a 小旅行する of Thames Television’s studios and つまずくd across the team laughing with 'Zippy 機動力のある upon George, going at it 大打撃を与える and 結社s.'

Bungle, George, and Zippy on the 攻撃する，衝突する children's show Rainbow. Stood behind them is?Geoffrey Hayes who 現在のd the show for two １０年間s

Puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew has 明らかにする／漏らすd all about life on the rainbow 始める，決める when he played Zippy

Some of the Rainbow cast and the puppets, 含むing (pictured l-r) Jane Tucker, George, 棒 Burton, Zippy, Bungle and Geoffrey Hayes

Comedians Jim Da vidson and Bobby Davro were '絶対 obsessed' with the puppets and “paralysed with 恐れる” about appearing with them, he said.

And as the show was watched by millions they met the Queen and Prince Philip at a children's party in Hyde Park in 1979.

Le Drew said there was a kids' art 競争 where the 勝利者 had drawn a portrait of the Queen 'painted with an almost 完全に 黒人／ボイコット 直面する', he said.

Her Majesty smiled politely and congratulated the little boy but the Duke of Edinburgh 明らかに burst out laughing before turning to his wife 説: 'Oh dear, I think you’re going to have to change your make-up'.??

Le Drew said that Sid, the 支え（る）s man, would often make lewd suggestions about the show's director Pamela Lonsdale, 説 she had?a 'nice pair of Bristols' or referring to her as?'T*tsalina.'?

Such were the antics on 始める，決める Le Drew said: 'Our exasperated directors could often be heard shouting, "make them stop!" from the 支配（する）／統制する room.'

The cast would also 定期的に alter the?positions of the zoo and farm animals so they were in 性の positions.?

The rainbow puppets Bungle (2nd left) Zippy (支援する 権利) and George (支援する left), with Geoffrey (centre) and 棒 Burton, Jane Tucker and Roger Walker (in the blue, green and red （土地などの）細長い一片s それぞれ)

Ronnie with his Zippy alter-ego in a photo from his time on the classic Thames TV? kids' show

Ronnie's 調書をとる／予約する, Zippy and Me, is out on July 25

There was also a strong culture of 激しい drinking within the group who would often 'get 攻撃するd' and turn up drunk to rehearsals, said Le Drew.?

There were also 緊張s in the cast, as the host Geoffrey Hayes could at times be jealous of his puppet co-星／主役にするs.

'Geoffrey was afraid of 存在 upstaged by Zippy and George', 発言／述べるs Le Drew.

The presenter was also annoyed the trio of puppets received more fan mail than he did.?

Rainbow was cancelled in 1992, and Le Drew delves into other 面s of his personal life in the memoir, 含むing the death of his father when he was just 16.?

• Zippy and Me by Ronnie Le Drew (with Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi) is published by Unbound on 25 July 2019 (£10.99)

What became of Zippy, George and Bungle? Puppeteers behind Geoffrey’s furry co-星／主役にするs and their diverse 地位，任命する-Rainbow careers????

Rainbow's Zippy, George and Bungle were the much-loved friends of 世代s of youngsters who would 熱望して tune into to ITV's 攻撃する，衝突する show to catch up on their adventures. But children who grew up in the 1970s, 80s and 90s may not be aware of t he real-life 直面するs behind the popular puppets. The trio, joined on 審査する by presenter Geoffrey Hayes and singing group 棒, Jane and Freddy were played by a host of actors and 発言する／表明する artists who between them also left their 示す on 攻撃する，衝突する shows 含むing Doctor Who,?法案 and Ben the Flowerpot Men and even singing contest The 発言する／表明する. Here, MailOnline 明らかにする／漏らすs the real characters who wowed Rainbow fans each week, and what became of them after appearing on the show.?

Bungle?

Paul Cullinan, who played large furry 耐える Bungle in Rainbow, appeared on The 発言する／表明する in 2015 (pictured)

The show's large brown furry 耐える, Bungle, was played by さまざまな actors, but 主として Stanley Bates from from 1973 to 1988.?

Paul Cullinan?

In 2015, one of the characters from the 教団 children's show made an 予期しない TV 復帰 on BBC talent show The 発言する／表明する.

Child's 芸能人 Paul Culli nan, who played large furry 耐える Bungle in the classic ITV series, 再現するd on TV for the first time in almost 25 years as a contestant on the singing show.

When he 明らかにする／漏らすd to 裁判官s that he has 以前 starred on Rainbow, just one of the four knew what he was talking about.

It fell to Kaiser 長，指導者s frontman Ricky Wilson to explain to his fellow 裁判官s - will.i.am, Rita Ora and Sir Tom Jones - that he was 'a わずかに （軍の）野営地，陣営 耐える called Bungle'.?

Cullinan was the last of three actors to play Bungle in the 攻撃する，衝突する show.

Malcolm Lord?

Malcolm Lord, who worked on Rainbow from 1980 to 1989, most recently 成し遂げるd on 行う／開催する／段階 in Aladdin, 刑事 Whittington and Calendar Girls.?

Today, he is 活発に 伴う／関わるd in his 地元の community in Shropshire.??

Geoffrey Hayes with Bungle the 耐える, pictured in 1981

Malcolm Lord, who worked on Rainbow from 1980 to 1989, playing Bungle, most recently 成し遂げるd on 行う／開催する／段階 in Aladdin, 刑事 Whittington and Calendar Girls

Stanley Bates?

Stanley?Bates, who played Bungle from 1973 to 1988, was bound over to keep the peace by 治安判事s in 2001 after appearing on a 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of 強襲，強姦ing a mother in a 'road 激怒（する）' 出来事/事件.?

At the time of the 法廷，裁判所 事例／患者 Bates, now 75, was said to have become a self-雇うd lighting 製造業者.??

John Leeson?

John Leeson is best known for 発言する／表明するing K-9 in Doctor Who in the 1970s and 1980s.

He?played Bungle for 50 episodes in 1972.?He has since 発言する／表明するd the character again in さまざまな spin-offs, and has also served as a 治安判事.?

Stanley Bates (left) played Bungle from 1973 to 1988 while?John Leeson (権利) played Bungle for 50 episodes in 1972

Zippy and George

Peter Hawkins?

Policeman's son Peter Hawkins played the 役割 of Zippy and?also 発言する／表明するd the Daleks in Doctor Who.

But Hawkins was perhaps most 井戸／弁護士席-known for his gibberish language in 法案 and Ben the Flowerpot Men.

He died 老年の 82 in July 2006.?

Roy Skelton?

Roy Skelton, who played both Zippy and George, also coincidentally 発言する／表明するd the Daleks in Doctor Who from 1967 to 1988, 同様に as the Cybermen and the Krotons.?

He also wrote many of the scripts for Rainbow. Skelton died in June 2011 老年の 79.

Zippy - The puppet for a zip for a mouth was played by Peter Hawkins and Roy Skelton?

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Policeman's son Peter Hawkins played the 役割 of Zippy and also 発言する／表明するd the Daleks in Doctor Who