• Air date: 09 Oct '00 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. Colosto You, Colosto Me

      09 Oct '00
    • 2. Blind Man’s Bluff

      16 Oct '00
    • 3. Real TV

      23 Oct '00
    • 4. Doggy Style

      30 Oct '00
    • 5. Speed Trap

      06 Nov '00
    • 6. Citric Acid Trip

      13 Nov '00
    • 7. Femme Brulee

      20 Nov '00
    • 8. Red Carnation

      27 Nov '00
    • 9. Room Service

      04 Dec '00
    • 10. Cock

      11 Dec '00
    • 11. Black Spot

      18 Dec '00
    • 12. Not What the Doctor Ordered

      01 Jan '01
    • 13. Love and Straw

      08 Jan '01
    • 14. Gail Force

      15 Jan '01
    • 15. 911

      22 Jan '01
    • 16. Bargain Bride

      29 Jan '01
    • 17. Duffy

      05 Feb '01
    • 18. The Ardagh Phallus

      12 Feb '01
    • 19. Crystal Balls

      19 Feb '01
    • 20. On the Sly

      26 Feb '01