• Air date: 04 Oct '99 19 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 (19)
    • 1. Plughole

      04 Oct '99
    • 2. Backdoor Man

      11 Oct '99
    • 3. Laptop

      18 Oct '99
    • 4. Foreplay

      25 Oct '99
    • 5. Second Coming

      01 Nov '99
    • 6. Porno Shop

      08 Nov '99
    • 7. Black Brogues

      15 Nov '99
    • 8. The Man in the Aran Mask

      22 Nov '99
    • 9. Potion

      29 Nov '99
    • 10. Love Triangle

      06 Dec '99
    • 11. Prison Song

      13 Dec '99
    • 13. Clamped

      25 Dec '99
    • 14. Mr. Meat

      26 Dec '99
    • 15. Splendercock

      03 Jan '00
    • 16. Face Off

      10 Jan '00
    • 17. Hunter

      17 Jan '00
    • 18. Hand Luggage

      24 Jan '00
    • 19. Tease

      31 Jan '00
    • 20. Freakshow

      07 Feb '00