• Air date: 24 Nov '97 20 episodes
      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 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 is ignored, as the backstory gradually established on A Scare at Bedtime, presents Podge and his identical twin brother Rodge...
  • List of Episodes (20)
    • 1. The Quare Fella

      24 Nov '97
    • 2. Hitch Hiker

      01 Dec '97
    • 3. Lazybones

      08 Dec '97
    • 4. The Cravings

      15 Dec '97
    • 5. Black Xmas

      22 Dec '97
    • 6. Pulling Me Leg

      29 Dec '97
    • 7. Appendix

      05 Jan '98
    • 8. Sunbed

      12 Jan '98
    • 9. Lovers Peak

      19 Jan '98
    • 10. Tractor of Doom

      26 Jan '98
    • 11. The Eggtimer

      02 Feb '98
    • 12. Brain Scooper

      09 Feb '98
    • 13. Waster

      16 Feb '98
    • 14. Vampire Leprechaun

      23 Feb '98
    • 15. The Golden Arse

      02 Mar '98
    • 16. The Stud

      09 Mar '98
    • 17. Little Green Fellas

      16 Mar '98
    • 18. Clones

      23 Mar '98
    • 19. Banshee

      30 Mar '98
    • 20. Tropical Diseases

      06 Apr '98