• Air date: 06 Jan '03 18 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 (18)
    • 1. Hell We Go Again

      06 Jan '03
    • 2. Second Sight

      13 Jan '03
    • 3. Deadly Accurate

      20 Jan '03
    • 4. Neighbourhood Crotch

      27 Jan '03
    • 5. Trailer Trash

      03 Feb '03
    • 6. Sleep Tight, Sleep Fright

      10 Feb '03
    • 7. Upstairs Downscares

      17 Feb '03
    • 8. Hell Spells

      24 Feb '03
    • 9. Un-Fortune-ate

      03 Mar '03
    • 10. Fourth Contact

      10 Mar '03
    • 11. Vent

      17 Nov '03
    • 12. Con Air

      24 Nov '03
    • 13. Cheat the Parents

      01 Dec '03
    • 14. Fur Lover

      08 Dec '03
    • 15. Painting by Murders

      15 Dec '03
    • 16. Shelfish

      22 Dec '03
    • 17. Sleep Fright

      29 Dec '03
    • 18. Fado Homo

      05 Jan '04