Thames TV’s Rainbow was the ordinary, everyday tale of Geoffrey: a grown man who turned his back on family life and a fulfilling career in favour of living in a primary-coloured nightmare with an assortment of irascible talking animals and polyamorous troubadours. There was Bungle, a moody, stroppy wet-blanket of a bear who spent the day naked but inexplicably donned pyjamas at night-time; George, a passive-aggressive pink hippo who hid his Machiavellian evil and simmering sexuality behind a façade of lash-fluttering shyness; and Zippy, a… a… erm… (whatever the hell Zippy was) hellraiser with a rugby-ball head who enjoyed hurling hand grenades of mischief into every interaction. Whenever we think of Rainbow, it’s this cast of four main characters that comes to mind, but they weren’t the original quartet, and neither would they close out the show’s long run on television.
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- 1/10/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: FX is developing the Robert McCammon horror novel Speaks The Nightbird for a potential series, and Stephen Susco has been set to adapt.
Wolper Organization’s Mark Wolper, Kevin Matusow for The Traveling Picture Show Company, Shay Prentice and Kevin Nicklaus will produce.
The bestseller tells the dark and chilling tale about a witch-hunt in the seventeenth century Carolina colonies. The series centers around the main character Matthew Corbett.
Susco most recently wrote and directed Unfriended: Dark Web for Blumhouse and Universal, a film that premiered at SXSW last year. Susco scripted The Grudge and The Grudge 2, a highly profitable horror series for Sony.
Susco is repped by Verve.
Wolper Organization’s Mark Wolper, Kevin Matusow for The Traveling Picture Show Company, Shay Prentice and Kevin Nicklaus will produce.
The bestseller tells the dark and chilling tale about a witch-hunt in the seventeenth century Carolina colonies. The series centers around the main character Matthew Corbett.
Susco most recently wrote and directed Unfriended: Dark Web for Blumhouse and Universal, a film that premiered at SXSW last year. Susco scripted The Grudge and The Grudge 2, a highly profitable horror series for Sony.
Susco is repped by Verve.
- 6/4/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: to celebrate the release of the ITV60 DVD box set, here's a previously unreleased clip from classic children's show Rainbow...
Forget Marco Polo and The Power Of The Daleks, the true geek treasure at the end of the search for missing classic TV episodes is here. And it features Bungle.
Specifically, the main Bungle, Stanley Bates, joined by Roy Skelton voicing Geoffrey's fellow wards, Zippy and George.
The clip below originated in a Boxing Day Rainbow special, and using our Bungle-senses, we've provisionally placed as coming from 1975 episode, Christmas Party.
The episode has since lain unreleased until Network dusted it off and included it among 59 episodes from other of ITV's classic fare on a DVD box set celebrating the broadcaster's 60th birthday.
You'll notice that Rod, Jane and Freddy are in fact, Rod, Jane and Matt in this one - 'Matt' being Matthew Corbett, who left...
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Exclusive: to celebrate the release of the ITV60 DVD box set, here's a previously unreleased clip from classic children's show Rainbow...
Forget Marco Polo and The Power Of The Daleks, the true geek treasure at the end of the search for missing classic TV episodes is here. And it features Bungle.
Specifically, the main Bungle, Stanley Bates, joined by Roy Skelton voicing Geoffrey's fellow wards, Zippy and George.
The clip below originated in a Boxing Day Rainbow special, and using our Bungle-senses, we've provisionally placed as coming from 1975 episode, Christmas Party.
The episode has since lain unreleased until Network dusted it off and included it among 59 episodes from other of ITV's classic fare on a DVD box set celebrating the broadcaster's 60th birthday.
You'll notice that Rod, Jane and Freddy are in fact, Rod, Jane and Matt in this one - 'Matt' being Matthew Corbett, who left...
- 10/15/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Children's TV favourites Sooty and Sweep are lined up to star in their own film.
The puppet duo are to feature alongside their friend Soo in the new adventure, currently being penned by puppeteer and rights owner Richard Cadell.
The Radio Times reports that the as-yet-untitled movie has the blessing of Matthew Corbett (son of Sooty's creator Harry Corbett), and will see the bear and dog attempting to rescue their panda pal from a ruthless and controlling entertainment manager.
"She has been kidnapped by an evil showbiz impresario who will pull every trick in the book to turn her into a global superstar," explained Cadell.
"The film will be peppered with spectacular locations, countless celebrity cameos and buckets of slapstick, without detracting from the charm of the nation's favourite teddy bear, Sooty and his dim-witted best friend Sweep."
The Sooty Show was previously decommissioned by ITV in 2005, but after...
The puppet duo are to feature alongside their friend Soo in the new adventure, currently being penned by puppeteer and rights owner Richard Cadell.
The Radio Times reports that the as-yet-untitled movie has the blessing of Matthew Corbett (son of Sooty's creator Harry Corbett), and will see the bear and dog attempting to rescue their panda pal from a ruthless and controlling entertainment manager.
"She has been kidnapped by an evil showbiz impresario who will pull every trick in the book to turn her into a global superstar," explained Cadell.
"The film will be peppered with spectacular locations, countless celebrity cameos and buckets of slapstick, without detracting from the charm of the nation's favourite teddy bear, Sooty and his dim-witted best friend Sweep."
The Sooty Show was previously decommissioned by ITV in 2005, but after...
- 6/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Children's TV favourites Sooty and Sweep are lined up to star in their own film.
The puppet duo are to feature alongside their friend Soo in the new adventure, currently being penned by puppeteer and rights owner Richard Cadell.
The Radio Times reports that the as-yet-untitled movie has the blessing of Matthew Corbett (son of Sooty's creator Harry Corbett), and will see the bear and dog attempting to rescue their panda pal from a ruthless and controlling entertainment manager.
"She has been kidnapped by an evil showbiz impresario who will pull every trick in the book to turn her into a global superstar," explained Cadell.
"The film will be peppered with spectacular locations, countless celebrity cameos and buckets of slapstick, without detracting from the charm of the nation's favourite teddy bear, Sooty and his dim-witted best friend Sweep."
The Sooty Show was previously decommissioned by ITV in 2005, but after...
The puppet duo are to feature alongside their friend Soo in the new adventure, currently being penned by puppeteer and rights owner Richard Cadell.
The Radio Times reports that the as-yet-untitled movie has the blessing of Matthew Corbett (son of Sooty's creator Harry Corbett), and will see the bear and dog attempting to rescue their panda pal from a ruthless and controlling entertainment manager.
"She has been kidnapped by an evil showbiz impresario who will pull every trick in the book to turn her into a global superstar," explained Cadell.
"The film will be peppered with spectacular locations, countless celebrity cameos and buckets of slapstick, without detracting from the charm of the nation's favourite teddy bear, Sooty and his dim-witted best friend Sweep."
The Sooty Show was previously decommissioned by ITV in 2005, but after...
- 6/20/2014
- Digital Spy
I was fortunate to read a small mountain of amazing fiction in 2012, but 2013 has the potential to top it with ease. In addition to the books listed below (which I would not be surprised to find sitting in my Top 10 at year’s end), there’s plenty of stuff coming by authors I’ve just discovered, not to mention all of the surprises that the year no doubt holds. In other words, we’ve got a lot to look forward to – here’s just a taste of what I’m anticipating as the new year approaches.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30) (William Morrow)
Joe Hill continues to solidify his voice with each passing project, and what I’ve read about NOS4A2 leads me to believe he’s fully embracing his horrific roots while putting his own gleeful spin on the genre’s tropes. The book is about Charlie Manx,...
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30) (William Morrow)
Joe Hill continues to solidify his voice with each passing project, and what I’ve read about NOS4A2 leads me to believe he’s fully embracing his horrific roots while putting his own gleeful spin on the genre’s tropes. The book is about Charlie Manx,...
- 1/1/2013
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
“Three. That's the magic number.” So claimed legendary rappers De La Soul in the Daisy Age of 1989. And it would seem that everyone's favourite Time Lord agrees too. Back in 1972, three incarnations of The Doctor were needed to defeat the awesome might of Time Lord pioneer Omega and his lumbering jellies. Three is normally the number of seconds afforded by gun-totin' maniacs such as The Brigade Leader, before the trigger is pulled. And in Earth's future, it seems that only three Daleks are needed to create fear and terror throughout the land, while hiding in a cramped metal box.
The Power Of Three extended to the latest triple whammy shenanigans in Doctor Who. Now this doesn't relate to a killer phone network, nor does it relate to a clandestine Time Lord code – in fact, it refers to the penultimate hurrah of the ongoing Tardis trio. The Power Of Three revolves...
The Power Of Three extended to the latest triple whammy shenanigans in Doctor Who. Now this doesn't relate to a killer phone network, nor does it relate to a clandestine Time Lord code – in fact, it refers to the penultimate hurrah of the ongoing Tardis trio. The Power Of Three revolves...
- 9/28/2012
- Shadowlocked
At first glance, FEARnet may seem like an odd place to review a book like The Providence Rider. After all, it's more of a historical thriller than a horror novel. There's no sorcery, no supernatural trappings, no lurking creatures or silent serial killers to be found. But that doesn't stop Robert McCammon's new novel (the fourth in his series about Colonial-era "problem solver" Matthew Corbett) from being as horrific and suspenseful as the paperback novels the author turned out during the "horror boom" of the 1980s. The work he's doing here is a reminder that horror need not be restricted to stories concerned with vampires, werewolves or demonic possession. Sometimes, McCammon reminds us,...
- 6/25/2012
- FEARnet
The Providence Rider by Robert McCammon
(Subterranean Press)
The Providence Rider is the fourth standalone installment in the extraordinary series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, professional problem solver. The narrative begins in the winter of 1703, with Matthew still haunted by his lethal encounter with notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter. When an unexplained series of explosions rocks his Manhattan neighborhood, Matthew finds himself forced to confront a new and unexpected problem. Someone is trying—and trying very hard—to get his attention. That someone is a shadowy figure from out of Matthew’s past: the elusive Professor Fell. The professor, it turns out, has a problem of his own, one that requires the exclusive services of Matthew Corbett.
The ensuing narrative moves swiftly and gracefully from the emerging metropolis of New York City to Pendulum Island in the remote Bermudas. In the course of his journey, Matthew encounters a truly Dickensian assortment of memorable,...
(Subterranean Press)
The Providence Rider is the fourth standalone installment in the extraordinary series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, professional problem solver. The narrative begins in the winter of 1703, with Matthew still haunted by his lethal encounter with notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter. When an unexplained series of explosions rocks his Manhattan neighborhood, Matthew finds himself forced to confront a new and unexpected problem. Someone is trying—and trying very hard—to get his attention. That someone is a shadowy figure from out of Matthew’s past: the elusive Professor Fell. The professor, it turns out, has a problem of his own, one that requires the exclusive services of Matthew Corbett.
The ensuing narrative moves swiftly and gracefully from the emerging metropolis of New York City to Pendulum Island in the remote Bermudas. In the course of his journey, Matthew encounters a truly Dickensian assortment of memorable,...
- 2/1/2012
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Now for my annual list of my favorite books from 2010. I managed to read 56 books this year, basically one a week. That is along with various magazines that I manage to squeeze in also; Diabetic Forecast; Home Theater Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Morpheus Tales etc. Also, along with spending time with the amazing new woman in my life, working on my sites, taking care of my dog, training in mixed martial arts, taking care of my Diabetes and writing my own stuff. I need another me. But all in all it was a great year for horror fiction in my opinion. So without further adieu here they are:
1.) By Wizard Oak – Peter Crowther
By far my favorite book this year. Mr. Crowther took witches to a whole new level. It was decadent, dark, nasty and scary as hell. Loved every second of it. If I had read this instead of seeing...
1.) By Wizard Oak – Peter Crowther
By far my favorite book this year. Mr. Crowther took witches to a whole new level. It was decadent, dark, nasty and scary as hell. Loved every second of it. If I had read this instead of seeing...
- 1/6/2011
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Some people are born into wealth. Others are born into a showbiz lifestyle. But nobody has ever been left with a legacy quite like Matthew Corbett, who was handed the world's most famous bear - Sooty - by his dad Harry in 1976. Matthew went on to work with Sooty (and his pals Soo and Sweep) for 22 years, man and boy. Squirted with water pistols, harassed by a squeaking dog and for generally putting up with living with three glove puppets for the majority of the '80s, Corbett should be recognised as a legend in his own field. Pre-Sooty, Corbett earned his showbiz stripes with cameos on Doctor (more)...
- 11/26/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
ITV1 is set to axe a number of children's TV programmes including 'The Sooty Show'. The network has revealed plans to chop iconic programmes - also including 'Emu' and 'Captain Mack' - from its main channel, airing them on their digital channel Citv instead. The decision has sparked outrage amongst a number of TV stars, with 'The Sooty Show' host Matthew Corbett calling it ''a sad day for the country''. According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, bosses at ITV have told regulatory body Ofcom they have become ''ineffective and inefficient'' in airing children's programmes alongside their drama shows aimed at an adult audience. A spokesman ..
- 6/18/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Wikipedia describes Sweep as "a grey, glove puppet dog" with a "penchant for bones and sausages". Never has someone so great been so undersold. Sweep was so much more than a mere "glove puppet dog" - at least for those who watched any incarnation of The Sooty Show during the last 50-odd years. He represented and stood up for the ignored, downtrodden and forgotten members of society. While Harry and Matthew Corbett wasted their hours with the mute, attention-seeking, faux-magician Sooty and nagging, irritating, fussbag panda bear (more)...
- 10/16/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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