Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was an
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winning
CBBCCBBC is the brand name used for the BBC's children's television programmes, and currently specifically refers to those programmes aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12...
children's television series presented by the double act
Dick and DomDick and Dom are a comic double act consisting of the presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood . They are primarily known for presenting children's television, especially Dick and Dom in da Bungalow...
-
Richard McCourt"Dick" "Dick" "Dick" (born Richard Allan McCourt on 12 August 1976 in Langley Mill, Derbyshire is an English actor and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom...
("Dick") and
Dominic Wood"Dom" is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom....
("Dom"). In the final series, Series 5, five children and one celebrity guest (known as
Bungalow Heads) came to "stay the weekend" in their "
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". Throughout the two shows (on Saturday, 9 am to 11 am and Sunday, 9 am to 10 am), the Bungalow Heads attempted to win
bungalow points, by playing various oddly-named and weirdly themed games, which converted to prizes at the end of the episode. At the end of each episode, the 'Bungalowheads' threw 'Muck Muck' at each other and usually trashed the bungalow. The show also featured the talents of the other cast members: Lee Barnett,
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,
Ian KirkbyIan Kirby is a British actor and writer. He has made appearances on CBBC programmes such as The Slammer, Harry Batt and Dick and Dom in da Bungalow.-Television:-Films:...
and
Melvin OdoomMelvin Odoom is an English-born comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Melvin attended the University of Luton, where he learnt his craft at Luton FM...
as random other characters as required. The show was produced by
Steve RydeSteven Ryde is a British actor, voice-over artist and producer working mainly in children's television.He has appeared in various television programmes, including:*Your Mother Wouldn't Like It...
and directed by Simon Hepworth. The last episode was aired on Saturday 11 March 2006.
Although the show was aimed at the CBBC Channel's target audience, it enjoyed a large cult following amongst students.
Since the bungalow ended on the BBC, there have been other shows that were made by the same production team who created Da Bungalow. Shows including
The SlammerThe Slammer is a CBBC children's comedy television series broadcast on BBC One.Set in a fictional prison called HM Slammer, this programme follows a variety show format where “prisoners” compete, by performing to an audience, who decide which act should be released.The show is produced by Steve...
(which featured the four main bungalow regulars).
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(which had a guest appearance from Dick & Dom and the bungalow regulars - although it was only one episode for CBBC's
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. None of the stars of Da Bungalow have appeared in the recent CBBC show made by
Steve RydeSteven Ryde is a British actor, voice-over artist and producer working mainly in children's television.He has appeared in various television programmes, including:*Your Mother Wouldn't Like It...
,
Chute!, apart from when Dick & Dom made an appearance on the sixth episode of the current series, which was broadcast on Thursday 8 November 2007.
When the website closed down a while after the show ended in 2006, the games they had were kept on CBBC website's games section. But since Monday 3 September 2007, the games were kicked off for the re-launch of CBBC's website and they are no longer available to play.
The show happened to end the same day as CBBC's rival
CITVCITV is the brand name used for the majority of children's television output on ITV's television stations, including the ITV Network, breakfast broadcaster GMTV and the ITV plc-owned CITV Channel as well as non ITV plc owned regions...
launched its own channel. And the show was replaced by
TMiTMi is a Saturday morning children's show presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes . They were originally joint by Caroline Flack . It began on 16 September 2006 and is currently running its fourth series since Saturday 26th September 2009...
from September 2006.
Series 1 & 2
The first two series were broadcast on the
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in 2002/3, with each programme lasting three hours (9am to 12pm, and repeated later the same day, 1pm to 4pm).
Series 3
Recommissioned for 2003/4, the show was cut to two hours on both days. Series 3, beginning on 20 September 2003, gained a much bigger audience when it became
BBC One
's flagship Saturday children's show, replacing
The Saturday ShowThe Saturday Show is a BBC children's Saturday morning show that first aired in 2001, replacing the popular Live & Kicking. It had a mix of audience participation, cartoons, games and gunge. Initially it was presented by Dani Behr and Joe Mace. They left in 2002 and were replaced by Fearne Cotton...
for six months of the year. However, the Sunday show remained only on the CBBC Channel.
The new series saw many new characters being introduced, some of which became regulars to the show. At the start of the series they tried a number of ways of bringing in the prizes before using the Prize Idiot. A number of other short-term characters, used mainly for just one game were played by both Dick and Dom. The basement set was used as an alternative place for some of the games, as well as containing a celebrity 'locked up' in the cage.
Series 4
Series 4, broadcast 2004/2005, retained the same format as the previous series. Notable additions to this series was the addition of an attic to the bungalow, which was mainly used for the 'Drop Your Guts' game (see games section). During this series the Sunday edition became pre-recorded, where previously it was broadcast live. Prior to Sunday's editions being recorded one notable event was a fire alarm which went off during a cartoon, resulting in an extra cartoon having to be played out by CBBC before they could return to the bungalow to finish the show.
Comic Relief in da Bungalow
- During the week leading up to Red Nose Day 2005, Dick and Dom allowed six celebrities each day into their bungalow to raise money for Comic Relief.
The programme was broadcast live from Monday 7 March to Thursday 11 March 2005 at 4:30pm on BBC One and at 6:00pm on BBC Two. On Friday there was a highlights show, only broadcast on the CBBC Channel.
Series 5
Series 5 started broadcasting on 10 September 2005, and saw many noticeable changes. The Saturday edition remained two hours long on both
BBC One
and the
CBBC ChannelThe CBBC Channel is a BBC television service aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 07:00 to 19:00 on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as,...
; however, the Sunday edition was cut to one hour on the CBBC Channel. Most of the games were changed, and some features were removed.
Other significant changes to this series saw the bungalow getting a garden, which replaced the basement set. Additionally, Series 5 saw the replacement of the sixth child Bungalow Head with an adult replacement. On Saturday the final Bungalow Head was a celebrity, and on Sunday it tended to be someone who the other Bungalow Heads knew (eg. relative, teacher, etc). This drew some controversy as Dick and Dom previously mentioned that one of the main "rules of The Bungalow" was that no celebrities were allowed in. This rule was seemingly forgotten after Series 4.
From the beginning of 2006, the Saturday show was moved to BBC Two while the BBC experimented with their Saturday morning lineup. BBC Two shows were moved to BBC One in return. The last episode was broadcast on BBC Two on Saturday 11 March, 2006. From the end of the previous Sunday and throughout the final episode they built up to the big finale, which involved all the cast members singing a song and getting covered in "creamy muck muck". Then, for the first time ever, viewers were shown the outside of the bungalow, which subsequently collapsed under creamy muck muck. A final post-credits scene shows the "Big BBC Boss" (
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) waking up in bed and saying to the camera, "Oh, what a terrible dream!" Dick and Dom then sit up either side of him and end the show with a theatrical cackle.
Highlights shows of Dick and Dom were shown the next day and on the following weekend.
The following day on Sunday 12 March, there was a special
Behind Da Bungalow programme broadcast on the CBBC Channel between 9 & 10am which featured an interviewer asking questions to Dick & Dom, The Prize Idiot, The Next Door Neighbour's Cat, DC Harry Batt, Mr Choosey, Melvin Odoom and other past characters on the show.
The following weekend on Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 March the team broadcast the highlights show of Da Bungalow which saw Dick & Dom when they were older, sitting in two separate chairs in a posh house while telling their grandchildren what they did every week on Da Bungalow when they were younger.
Show format
For Series 5 the programme was adjusted slightly. Whereas in Series 1-4, the points total at the end of Saturday - with an extra prize for the winner on Saturday - was carried over to the Sunday show, and prizes were awarded at the end of that show, they now awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes on the basis of Saturday's scores only.
The first and second prizes were usually desirable items such as a TV or games console, but the third prize was always a 'booby prize' like a hubcap, a cake made of carpet, a hairy cheese, bottled water from the
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or a chocolate tea pot. At the very end the Bungalow Head with the least points was
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d, sitting on the toilet - though for the last series this practice was largely dropped, possibly because the contestants were already covered in "creamy muck muck" and the finale was becoming more and more chaotic!
Points were earned through success in Bungalow games, although points could be awarded or taken away at any time by Dick or Dom. Although they threatened to do this, for example, when a particular child was being troublesome, this was mostly never carried out. Occasionally, at the end of the show, a phone call was taken from
The Almighty Kid. The Almighty Kid's identity was unknown, but changed each time he/she called. The Almighty Kid could award or take away points from one Bungalow Head for no reason at all.
The show's
games were broken up by random
features, and
cartoons.
The picture frame
Each week Dick and Dom had a famous celebrity's picture on a picture frame with a moving mouth. One week, for example, the picture in the frame was of
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. Usually the person in the frame said something silly, for example when
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was in the frame and started singing "I'm Roly, I'm Poly...", or Terry Wogan said 'Wiggity wiggity wah!'.
Season 5 saw the picture frame being used less than in previous seasons and in addition, there were attempts to implement numerous tricks with the picture frame, including firing gunge and pushing out small objects like bouquets of flowers. e.g. when
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was in the picture frame he said "News just in, this just out" before the person operating the mouth hosed gunge out of his mouth.
Bungalow games
In accordance with UK children's television tradition many games involved the participants being
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d. This was particularly true of the final game of every show,
Creamy Muck Muck. Some of da bungalows games were Yum Yum Yack, Musical Splatues, Nae Body Move, Baby Race, Toddler Tug of War, Er Yum Yum
Creamy Muck Muck
Creamy Muck Muck was always played just before the end of every Saturday show. Throughout the series the precise theme varied. The games were sometimes presented by the other members of the crew, Dave, Ian and Melvin. If not, then they were featured somewhere in the background, often chucking "creamy muck muck" (
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) at whoever was currently answering a question. Bungalow Heads were also equipped with their own buckets of muck muck, which they could flick at each other.
Towards the end the words
"Go! Go! Go!" were shouted (Usually by Dick) and a gunge-fest began, accompanied by the song "
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" by
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. There followed a minute's frenetic creamy muck muck throwing, as a lead in to the end of the show. By the end of the process, it was extremely rare to see anything or anyone on the set not completely covered in "muck muck". On rare occasions Creamy Muck Muck was temporarily replaced with Custard Pies
During Series 1 to 4 there was no precise nature or specific theme to Creamy Muck Muck, except for its ending. It has seen simple pie throwing in earlier series, various sport based themes, a murder mystery, and many where they have pretended that they were not going to be throwing muck muck. For the end of Series 3 there was a surprise
This Is Your Muck Muck a spoof of
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, which involved many of Dick and Dom's family and friends, as well as featuring
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.
For Series 5 the theme was normally a
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of a traditional
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, most of which aired many years earlier, long enough for the contestants not to be old enough to know them. In whatever format the game took, the current 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed Bungalow Heads - The Prize Winners - competed against the 4th, 5th and 6th placed Bungalow Heads - The Prize Losers. If the Prize Winners won, then they would keep their current positions, and win the three prizes on offer. If the Prize Losers won, then they became the new 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and take the prizes off the previous Prize Winners. Past spoofs have included
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,
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,
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and
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(with the names changed to something like "Muck or no Muck").
Forfeit Auction
The Forfeit Auction only ever featured on the Sunday editions of
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Dick and Dom had "traditional" culinary objects to throw at the Bungalow Heads. Dick dressed up as 'Tomdickunharry', a
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geezer, and auctioned forfeits "for hard earned bungalow points, to stitch up your bungalow mates". His catchphrase was "Alright me darlin's?"
He often also said "Bourbon Biscuit? Lovely Bourbon biscuit? Can I sell you a lovely Bourbon biscuit? No? Well wrap up warm!"
Usually, these forfeits included a Bungalow Head being covered in different foods, known as 'the usual', including Creamy Muck-Muck and 'Dirty Norris' (originally a
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-like substance, later replaced by
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),
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and
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.
The forfeits were of two types: The first that was auctioned was usually a task for a Bungalow Head that lasted the whole show, for example 'The Clockwork Kid', or 'The Caveman Kid'. The second involved a Bungalow Head dressing up and being covered in the items explained above. For example, in one instance where a Bungalow Head was transported back to
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, he had to ask for more from characters like "Jack The Let One Ripper", "
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", "Victorian
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" and "
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" (who made him king).
For the fifth series, due to the reduction in broadcast time, the forfeit auction was changed. Only one auction remained, which unsurprisingly was the messy one. Also 'blind bidding' was introduced where the Bungalow Heads would write their bids down, this was done to help save time. At the end of the final Sunday episode (5 March 2006), Tomdickunharry revealed himself to have been Dick all along on-screen.
Baby Race
The Baby Race started in series 4 and continued through to series 5. In the game, six babies and their parents were brought in to the studio. Each parent sat at one end of a mat and the first baby to get from one parent to the other was the winner. Usually the parent on the far side held an object or toy that the baby liked, or found interesting. The race was treated much like a horse race (to get points the Bungalow Heads had to bet on which baby they thought would win) up to and including the humorous commentary where other 'race tracks' are referred to as if baby racing was a popular sport.
In one episode in the fifth series a baby stopped crawling and took their first steps live on TV. "It was a touching moment," said Dick and Dom afterwards.
Dick and Dom's Top Ten All Time Favourite Games
On the final ten Saturday shows Dick and Dom replayed their favourite games on the bungalow ever. These were:
- Make Dick Sick (or Make Dom Vom)
- Musical Splatues
- Do Not Laugh Or You Will Lose
- Heads Shoulders Knees and Toast
- Don't Go Daddy
- Fairly Hairy Fizzogs
- The Mucky Puddle Power Shower Game
- Sweet Face
- The Bungalow Small Change Hunt
- What A Sweaty Flap
List of other games
Some other games featured include:
- Baby Race
- Balloon Bang-a-Bang
- Bangers and Dash
- Barky Cluckinson's Alfresco Pie Challenge
- Blind Man's Buff Man
- Bogey Cars
- Brum Brum Ding Ding Sing Sing
- Bungalow Battle Bots (including many variations of this game)
- Bungalow Boffin (where they played a game invented by a viewer)
- Bungalow Bingo
- Bungalow Head Bungalow Heads
- Bungalow Head Household Appliances
- Bungalow Rodeo
- Cat Mad Do
- Caution! Wet Wildlife
- Celebrity Two Word Tango (later appeared as a feature on The Chris Moyles Show
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)
- Cereal Race
- Craggy Anal Bag Tag
- DC Harry Batt's Interrogation Game
- Do I Know You Or Snot?
- Do Not Laugh or You Will Lose
- Don't Drop Your Guts / Don't Drop The Sausage
- Don't Go Daddy
- Euugghhhh... Yum Yum
- Eeenymeanymackerrackerraridominackashickapoppadickywhopperrompomstick [Series 5 It was called Eeenymeanymackerrackerraridominackashickapoppadickapoppaompomstick]
- Fat On Your Back
- Get Out Of That!
- Grasping Rasping Wrinklies
- Harry Batt's Interrogation Game
- Jonny Rowe's Slap Bass in da Bungalow
- Make Dick Sick (or Make Dom Vom)
- Melvin Odoom's Gurn Baby Gurn
- Mince Pie Mouthfuls
- Muck or No Muck?
- Musical Splatues
- My Gang
- Nae Body Move
- Painty Painty Paint Paint Painty Paint Paint
- Pocket's Noise Scream Challenge
- Pop My Saggy Bags
- Pumpy Rumpy
- Push Plop Protein
- Raymond Farmer's Farmyard Races
- Repetition Competition
- Run Prize Idiot Run
- Santa's Sack Race
- Shave and Vac
- Short Change Hunt
- Sloppy Feet
- Snot Danglies
- Splat and Scatter
- That's the Stuff
- The All Electric Granny Snog Quiz
- The Big Bad Blooming Bungalow Bonus Bonanza Banging Booty Break
- The Crying Game
- The Dubbing Game
- The Mucky Puddle Power Shower Game
- There's a Face in My Bucket
- There's a Famous Face in My Bucket (with the end face tending to represent Rachel Stevens
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)
- Toddler Tug of War
- Translation Game
- Tricky Training
- Two Word Tango
- Wappy Feet (Variations include hoppy and sloppy feet)
- What a Sweaty Flap
- What's In The Box
- Watch Out, Yeti's about
- Yes I Have Trifle* Trousers (* or mini-meringue, or pies, or jelly and ice cream-birthday cake etc.)
- You'll Never Do That With a Carcass On Your Hands
- Yum Yum Yack
Bungalow (regular) features
Bungalow Features normally took place outside the Bungalow, and were shown in short film segments during the show. They were mostly for entertainment purposes and had no bearing on the points totals of the Bungalow Heads. These included Dick and Dom's Dirty Day in which the two competed to get as messy as possible with help from the general public, Public Transport in which Dick and Dom had to be transported somewhere via the public, for example via piggy backs or being carried.
Bogies
The most infamous part of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was a game called
Bogies. In this game Dick and Dom situated themselves in a quiet public place such as a museum or restaurant and took turns to shout "bogies" at gradually increasing volumes, until one of them didn't shout as loud as the other (judged by the Bogeyometer, or Snotometer, which appears on screen to rank the bogey), or quit due to embarrassment. Variants of this game, such as
Pro-Celebrity Bogies - involving a challenge from a minor celebrity to Dick or Dom - were seen in Series 5. Series 4 also included
Premier League Bogies, which involved playing the game in extremely intense circumstances, such as a during a performance of a play in a theatre, and during a session of
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.
Euro Bogies saw the game being played in prominent places throughout
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, often resulting in Dick and Dom being ejected from the premises involved. The term used for "bogies" in
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was "crotte de nez" (literally "nose droppings"), and in
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"moccio" (Italian for "snot").
The memorable commentary for bogies was done by the show's producer, Steve Ryde, who invented it.
Diddy Dick and Diddy Dom
Inside the Bungalow was a large purple cupboard, and once or twice during each show, away from the attention of Dick, Dom and the Bungalow Heads, the cupboard doors would open to show the adventures of
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. These were short sketches, no more than a minute in length, with Dick and Dom donning black clothes and attaching a small puppet's body around their necks. Both Diddy Dick and Diddy Dom spoke with very squeaky voices, edited in post production.
The sketches involving Diddy Dick and Diddy Dom tended to be either
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humour,
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s or, more often than not,
toilet humourToilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination, flatulence, vomiting and other bodily functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo in many cultures...
.
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was a guest inside the cupboard on two occasions, both times appearing as a head inside Diddy Dick and Dom's TV. According to the final episode, Diddy Dick and Dom left the cupboard to go to Hollywood. Also in the final episode Dick and Dom venture to look inside the cupboard to find the "mice" that have been there ever since the show began. Instead, they find Diddy Dick and Diddy Dom.
Diddy Dick and Diddy Dom now have a 5 minute show on CBBC called Diddy Dick and Dom on CBBC, where some of the classic sketeches are shown.
Eeny Meeny Macka Racka Rair Rie Dominaka Shickeywhoppa Dickypoppa Om Pom Stick
This oddly named game took place in the streets of a random town. It involved Dick and Dom placing
stickersA label is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or article, on which is printed a legend, information concerning the product, addresses, etc. A label may also be printed directly on the container or article....
of their own faces of increasing size on the backs, or other places, of unsuspecting members of the public. The game was over when a member of the public discovered that they had been a victim, and the loser was the one who placed that sticker. Classic strategies of ensuring a successful "lay" (sticker placement) involved asking members of the public for the time, and as they turned giving them a tap on the small of their back, thus delivering the sticker. Hoods of coats were also a common target.
Commentary was provided by "Alan Sanchez" (Ian Kirkby) in a very convincing
Northern IrishNorthern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
accent, who often became excited about any attempts at a "lay-on-lay" - where Dick or Dom placed a sticker on top of an existing sticker placed by their opponent.
The game returned for Series 5 (with the name misspelled as
Eeny Meeny Macka Racka Rari Dominacka Shickapappa Dickapoppo Om Pom Stick) and it saw some remarkable "lays", including a very large sticker on a
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's stomach, and a large sticker on a businessman's
tieThe necktie is a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat. Variants include the bow tie, ascot tie, bolo tie, and the clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally...
.
Cat's Britain
Until Series 5 of 'Da Bungalow', each week a short five minute feature would be shown of the travels of 'next door's cat', who would visit the Bungalow to recount the tales of his adventures. The Cat has never been named. It was puppeteered and voiced by Dave Chapman, with a gruff
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accent.
The film was normally a short segment about a town, full of irreverent comments about the people and the monuments that the Cat came across. Such towns included
UckfieldUckfield is a town in the Wealden district of East Sussex, in southern England. It is located on the southern edge of the Weald and on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse.-Etymology:...
,
ElyEly is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge.Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese. Its status was confirmed by Royal Charter in 1974, when the parish council of the single civil parish that makes up...
,
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,
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,
WetwangWetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Driffield on the A166 road....
,
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and
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, a song about which was one of the highlights of the third series.
Cat's Britain was also referred to as 'The Pussycat's Travels' in the fourth series of the show. This feature was repeated on Sundays in the fifth series, with the Cat claiming he visited the same places again, met the same people and made exactly the same films.
Prize Idiot On The Job
This feature followed Dick and Dom's neighbour, The Prize Idiot (played by Lee Barnett), in his attempts to get a job. He tried several professions—including being a
farmerA farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials.- Definition :The term farmer usually applies to a person who grows field crops, and/or manages orchards or vineyards, or raises livestock or poultry such as chicken and cows...
, a
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, a
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, a airline steward for
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—without much success and invariably got 'the sack' at the end of the day.
This feature was first broadcast on Saturdays during the fifth series but moved to Sunday's show a few weeks later, replacing the
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cartoon. The feature was relatively short lived as it was discontinued later in series 5.
The Pants Dance
Towards the end of the programme, the Bungalow Head with the fewest bungalow points had to do "The Pants Dance", in which he or she danced with a pair of underpants on the head, singing:
I've got my head in my pants
(I wouldn't believe it 'less I'd seen it)
I'm in a groovy disco trance
(Are you sure that that's hygienic?)
They were clean on just last week
(Good grief they're gonna reek!)
Yeah, yeah baby, look at me
You gotta dance in your pants
Just like they do in France
You gotta take a chance
And do the knickers on your noodle prance
And dance in your pants!
(Lines in brackets are only sung in the accompanying music track, and not by the bungalowheads.)
Although the second line is "I'm in a groovy disco trance", Dick & Dom sing the line "I've got a groovy disco trance". This has previously been brought up on the show.
List of other features
- Bungalow World Record Attempt
- Dirty Day
- Public Transport
- Strangely talented
Regular characters
Either as part of the games or features, peripheral characters played by the other members of the cast often appeared on a regular basis. One of them was The Prize Idiot, played by Lee Barnett, who was the next door neighbour of Dick and Dom's bungalow. As the name implied, the character often came out with strings of logical errors and tautologies.
Another was Raymond Duck / Raymond Farmer / Raymond Newsreader. This character often provided links between cartoons that had been split in two. Raymond Farmer, played by
Ian KirkbyIan Kirby is a British actor and writer. He has made appearances on CBBC programmes such as The Slammer, Harry Batt and Dick and Dom in da Bungalow.-Television:-Films:...
, was also involved in several games in earlier series. In the Raymond Newsreader sketches Bungalow regualrs such as Melvin O Doom were invited to discuss the severity of the situation (relating to the cartoons) and often cartoon characters biggest fans would make an appearance also to discuss to cartoon or at times just talk rubbish!
Some other characters included:
- Mr Choosy, a character with a balloon for a head. His routine was to come in, run around to his theme song and burst his head with a pin. Different substances would come out, such as glitter or "muck muck" (usually played by Melvin Odoom).
- DC Harry Batt
Harry Batt is a television programme starring Ian Kirkby as the fictional "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt. The article is about both the character and the show itself....
(sometimes DI or DCI Harry BattHarry Batt is a television programme starring Ian Kirkby as the fictional "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt. The article is about both the character and the show itself....
), a policeman with a broad GeordieGeordie is a regional nickname for a person from the Tyneside region of England, or the name of the dialect of English spoken by these people. Depending on who is using the term, the catchment area for Geordie can be used for some parts of the north east of England, or as small as the city of...
accent (played by Ian Kirkby) who would address crimes in the Bungalow. One such example in when during a game of "That's the stuff" in which Dick, Dom or one of the regulars had to eat copious amounts of disgusting items, Dom replaced Garlic Mayonnaise with yoghurt. DI Batt uncovered this (in reality he was stitched up by a crew member) and for the rest of the series Batt would randomly appear to try and force Dom to consume mayonnaise. It wasn't until the very last episode where he gained success by forcing Dom to eat a mixture of disgusting foods.
- Melvin Odoom
Melvin Odoom is an English-born comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Melvin attended the University of Luton, where he learnt his craft at Luton FM...
, a breakdancer and a regular extra who played many characters and was referred to by Dick and Dom as "tomorrows star". He famously replaced Rachel Stevens on the first edition of Series 5 when she refused to take part in Creamy Muck Muck.
Controversy and criticism
In 2004 the programme was the subject of a reprimand by media watchdog
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after a viewer complained that Dom's T-shirt with the slogan "Morning Wood" referred to
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(rather than (good) Morning (Dominic) Wood).
On 17 January 2005 the programme was debated in parliament when
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(
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for Mid Worcestershire) attacked it for its "lavatorial" content. Referring to the show's web site, he invited the Culture Secretary to "join me in playing How Low Can You Bungalow, a test to see your response to grossly embarrassing personal situations, largely of a lavatorial nature; Pants Dancers in the Hall of Fame, photos of children with underwear on their heads; Make Dick Sick, a game which I think speaks for itself; and finally Bunged Up, in which you play a character in a sewage system avoiding turtles' poos coming from various lavatories". He added, "Is that really the stuff of public service broadcasting?"
Additionally 40 people complained about the last episode of series 4. During the finale Richard McCourt was seen to give birth to a countless number of babies, though they were dolls covered in "muck muck".
No celebrities allowed
The main rule of 'da Bungalow' was that there were no celebrities allowed, except for Comic Relief. Celebrity Bungalow Heads included:
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, Chris Parker and
Timmy MallettTimothy "Timmy" Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster who achieved cult status in the UK on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and then later on TV-am. He lives in Cookham, in Berkshire...
.
The lack of celebrity was symbolised in earlier series by the presence of a minor, and often somewhat cult, celebrity, locked up in a cage in the dungeon of the Bungalow. In later series, the celebrity would sit in the attic. In both cases they would say nothing and often do nothing. Some people who have been in the cage or the attic include:
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,
Sarah GreeneSarah Greene is a British television personality. Her most famous work was a period on the popular children's television show Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983.- Early life and career :...
,
John KettleyJohn Graham Kettley is an English freelance weatherman.-Biography:Brought up on Commercial Street and educated at Todmorden Grammar School on Ferney Lee Road in Todmorden, he played cricket for Burnley and Todmorden. A geography teacher at his school sparked his interest in weather forecasting...
,
Hugo MyattHugo Myatt is a British actor, best-known for his role as dungeon master Treguard of Dunshelm in the children's game show Knightmare. He has often commented that he did not mind working with children on Knightmare as his first job was as an actor in children's theatre.In addition to numerous...
(as Treguard from
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http://www.knightmare.com/reviews/dickanddom),
Su PollardSusan Georgina Pollard is an English comedy actress, most famous for her roles in the sitcoms Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?. She is also well known for her unusual and flamboyant dress sense.-Early life:...
,
Bodger and BadgerBodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potato.- Plot :...
and Peter Simon.
For the final series, however, this rule was changed, and five Bungalow Heads were joined by a Celebrity Bungalow Head.
The first celebrity to enter the Bungalow was
Rachel StevensRachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, television personality and occasional model. She is a former member, and one of the lead singers, of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in...
. It seems, however, that she did not know what she was letting herself in for; she later stormed out when it was time for the finale of the show, Creamy Muck Muck: Muckversity Challenge. Melvin Odoom had to take her place in the sketch, given that she obviously did not want to be covered in creamy muck muck. Reports suggest that Dick & Dom have banned Rachel Stevens from any live broadcast they do in the future.
List of celebrities
Comic Relief in Da Bungalow
In order of appearance;
- Brian Conley
Brian Conley is an English comedian, television presenter, singer and actor.-Biography:Brian Paul Conley was born and raised in West London and studied Performing Arts at The Barbara Speake Stage School. He started his career as a holiday camp entertainer, working as a Pontin's Bluecoat at the age...
- Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is a British presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1's Chart Show...
- Rowland Rivron
Rowland Rivron is a British comedian, musician, writer and a television presenter. He was brought up in Hillingdon, West London....
- Siân Lloyd
Siân Lloyd is an ITV Weather presenter.-Biography:A daughter of two teachers, Lloyd attended Ystalyfera Bilingual School and performed at the Eisteddfod where she won the Crown. She then graduated with first class honours from University College, Cardiff...
- Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne is a Perrier Award-nominated, Irish stand up comedian and voice over artist. He has presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just For Laughs, and is a regular guest on various television panel games.He is an Edinburgh Festival Fringe favourite and has performed six sell-out...
- Michelle Heaton
Michelle Christine Heaton is a British pop singer, television personality, and sometime glamour model voted "the most sought after girl in Newcastle" . She was married to former boyband member Andy Scott-Lee and was consequently the sister-in-law to former Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee and the...
- Andy Scott-Lee
Andy Scott-Lee is a Welsh pop star, who is an ex-member of the group 3SL. After the group broke up, he appeared in the second series of Pop Idol, making it to the final seven....
- Antony Worrall Thompson
Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson is an English celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster.-Biography:...
- Poojah Shah
- Colin McAllister
- Justin Ryan
- Sheila Ferguson
Sheila Ferguson was one of the longest serving singers of 1970s American female soul music group The Three Degrees....
- Kirsten O'Brien
Kirsten O'Brien is an English television presenter and stand-up comic.She presents SMart, and presented Smile and Totally Doctor Who alongside Barney Harwood on CBBC.- Early life :...
- Chris Colquhoun
- Gina Yashere
Gina Obedapo Yashere is an English comedienne of Nigerian descent.-Early life:Yashere was born in Bethnal Green, London, England. Before becoming a comedienne she worked as a Elevator maintenance engineer. Her mother is an immigrant from Nigeria.-Stand-up comedy:Yashere was a finalist in the...
- Tom Fletcher
Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is one of the lead vocalists, guitarists and songwriters in the British pop rock/pop punk band McFly, along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd...
- Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop band McFly, alongside fellow band members Dougie Poynter , Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd ....
- Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter is bass player and vocalist for the British Pop Punk band McFly who along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd rose to fame after the release of their first single, "Five Colours In Her Hair", which reached #1 in the charts as did their following...
- Iwan Thomas
Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE (born 5 January 1974 in Farnborough (London Borough of Bromley) is an Olympic Athlete, who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK...
- Lisa Scott-Lee
Lisa Scott-Lee is a Welsh singer-songwriter and graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, who is best known for her five years with Steps.-Steps :...
- Will Mellor
William "Will" Mellor is an English actor and former pop star.-Early life:Mellor grew up in the Bredbury area of Stockport and attended Bredbury Green Primary School and later Werneth School, Greater Manchester...
- Chris Parker
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- Fran Cosgrave
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- Timmy Mallett
Timothy "Timmy" Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster who achieved cult status in the UK on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and then later on TV-am. He lives in Cookham, in Berkshire...
Pro Celebrity Bogies
In order of appearance; (* indicates they won the game)
- Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films. In December 2007, Grint was ranked #16 in the list of Forbes Top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $4 million .-Early life:Grint was born in Hertfordshire...
*
- Craig Doyle
Craig Doyle is an Irish television and radio presenter.Craig Doyle grew up in the south Dublin suburb of Booterstown. Being educated in catholic schools, the priests wanted Doyle to take to a religious career, but he originally wanted to be a veterinarian...
- Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is an English media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown .-Early life:Vorderman was born in Bedford to a Dutch father and Welsh mother...
- Sara Cox
Sara Cox , born Sarah Joanne Cox, affectionately known as "Coxy", is an English TV presenter and radio DJ. Her most prestigious role was that of presenting the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 from 2000 to 2003...
*
- Chris Moyles
Christopher David "Chris" Moyles is an English broadcaster, author and DJ, who currently presents The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1, and his own show on Channel 4, Chris Moyles' Quiz Night.-Pre-Radio 1:...
*
- Lady Isabella Hervey
Lady Isabella Frederica Louisa Hervey is a British socialite, model, and actress. She is the youngest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and his third wife Yvonne Marie Sutton, half-sister of the 7th Marquess of Bristol, and Lord Nicholas Hervey, both deceased, and sister of the 8th Marquess...
- John McCririck
John McCririck is an English television horse racing pundit. He is notable not only for his racing opinions, but his old-fashioned style of dress and mannerisms...
*
- Jodie Marsh
Jodie Louisa Marsh is an English model and media personality. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared on her own reality show, Totally Jodie Marsh.-Television and film appearances:...
*
- Keith Harris
Keith Harris is an English ventriloquist who is known for his television show , audio recordings, and club appearances with his puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey....
and OrvilleOrville the Duck is the puppet of ventriloquist Keith Harris and was named after Orville Wright . Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front...
- Lisa Scott-Lee
Lisa Scott-Lee is a Welsh singer-songwriter and graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, who is best known for her five years with Steps.-Steps :...
- Dani Harmer
Danielle Jane Harmer is an English actress and singer, best known as the title character in The Story of Tracy Beaker, and as Molly Venables in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone...
*
Series 5
In order of appearance;
- Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, television personality and occasional model. She is a former member, and one of the lead singers, of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in...
- Eugene Sully
- Paul Danan
Paul Danan is a British actor who played Sol Patrick in the United Kingdom teen soap opera Hollyoaks between 1997 and 2001. In 2005, Danan appeared in Celebrity Love Island....
- Dani Harmer
Danielle Jane Harmer is an English actress and singer, best known as the title character in The Story of Tracy Beaker, and as Molly Venables in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone...
- Andy McNab
Andy McNab DCM MM is an English novelist and former soldier.McNab came into public prominence in 1993, when he published his account of the failed SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero for which he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1991...
- Gina Yashere
Gina Obedapo Yashere is an English comedienne of Nigerian descent.-Early life:Yashere was born in Bethnal Green, London, England. Before becoming a comedienne she worked as a Elevator maintenance engineer. Her mother is an immigrant from Nigeria.-Stand-up comedy:Yashere was a finalist in the...
- Kate Lawler
Kate Louise Lawler was the first female winner of Big Brother UK, winning the 2002 third British season of Big Brother...
- Adam Woodyatt
Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders, and is the only member of the original cast who appeared in the very first episode in 1985 to still work on the show today.-Early life:A native of...
- Al Murray
Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray , is a British comedian best known for his stand-up persona, "The Pub Landlord," a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee, and indeed earlier in his career he performed in pubs....
- Tony Christie
Tony Christie is an English musician, singer and actor. His mother was English and his father came from Ireland.-Career:...
- David Grant
David Grant is an English pop singer and celebrity vocal coach.-Career:Grant became famous in the early 1980s as a member of UK soul/funk duo, Linx, whose biggest hit was "Intuition" in 1981. He began a solo career in 1983 with the Top 40 hit "Stop and Go"...
- Ewen Macintosh
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- Ryan Moloney
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- Freddie Starr
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- Bobby Davro
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- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
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- Brian Conley
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- Julia Winter
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- Oliver Skeete
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- Charlie Higson
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- Fearne Cotton
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- David Schneider
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- Lizo Mzimba
-Early life:He attended the independent Solihull School and The University of Birmingham.-Newsround:...
- Sara Cox
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( who appeared on the penultimate episode. There was no celebrity bungalow head for the last edition.
Merchandise
- Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow: Da Book 2006 (book)
- Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow: Da Book 2007 (book)
- Dick & Dom's Joke Book (book)
- Dick & Dom's Guide to Life (book)
- Dick and Dom's Mucktivity Book (book)
- Dick & Dom's Doodle Book (book)
- Dick & Dom's Stinky Sleepover Kit (book)
- Dick and Dom Funfax (Funfax)
- Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow: Muck-azine (released by DeAgostini)
- Dick & Dom Birthday Cards (6 different cards)
- Da Board Game (Bungalow board game)
- Dick & Dom in da Bungalow Music CD (Audio CD
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- 2 discs)
DVD and Video releases
On 18 October 2004, a
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and
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was released under the title
Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow - The Dirty Norris Files. This contains several 'best of' clips from the third series of the show.
In Da Bloomsbury!
On 30 April 2006 Dick and Dom did a show for the
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Myeloma UK,
http://www.myeloma.org.uk, in the Bloomsbury Theatre,
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There were two shows (one at 2pm and another at 5pm), which consisted of games from the show including the Outboard Motor Gob Game, Sloppy Ploppy Choosy Pops and the Cereal Race. The 5pm show was filmed and is available on DVD.
Diddy Dick and Dom on CBBC
After
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each Saturday on BBC Two there is a 5mins program looking at some of the best clips from the original Diddy Dick and Dom . There are now regular repeats of the series on
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.
Harry Batt
The BBC brought back the Bungalow character
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in his own comedy series. A 30-minute pilot based around the fictitious policeman aired as part of the CBBC comedy showcase series
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on 12 January 2007.
The Slammer
In August 2006, six months after the end of Da Bungalow, a new programme was announced that would feature some of the regular cast from the programme.
According to
Broadcast magazine "The Slammer" would be a programme where "the inmates are performers incarcerated for crimes against creativity". Each week the governor, played by actor
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, puts on a show where four novelty acts perform in front of a "parole board" of 50 children to determine which will be released. Celebrities with special skills are also being lined up to become performing inmates.
Around half of each 30-minute show is scripted as a sitcom starring the cast of Da Bungalow, headlined by Ian Kirkby who played policeman Harry Batt. Melvin Odoom, Lee Barnett and Dave Chapman also feature.
The Slammer was made in-house for a Friday afternoon slot on BBC One. It went into production in early September 2006, with the first broadcast on 22 September 2006. There was later a second series.
It Started With Swap Shop
Broadcast on 28 December 2006, the programme focused on the first four versions of the BBC's Saturday morning output so like The Saturday Show and TMi, Dick and Dom were not featured in their own section, however a small number of clips were show in the 'Back in Time' and 'Up to Date' compilations.
Basil's Swap Shop
Continuing from 'It Started With Swap Shop, the BBC brought back a loved favourite to be hosted by a puppet just as old. The major link was the continuing Bungalow-style comedy and constant contributor and 'presenter' Melvin O'Doom.
Chute!
From the same producer as Da Bungalow and The Slammer also came another series 'Chute'. It too followed the previous by similar jazzy title music and comedic values. Ross Lee is trapped down the Chute with various old BBC archive material which is played in some might say a clip show. Dick and Dom both made an appearance as celebrity guests in an episode of series 1.
The Legend of Dick and DomThe Legend of Dick and Dom is a sitcom that stars Dick and Dom as two budding young princes that are on a quest to find the antidote to a terrible plague that consumed Fyredor because Dick dropped the potion. They are accompanied by Mannitol , a wizard that is really bad at doing magic tricks, and...
A sitcom began at the start of 2009, Friday 4.30pm BBC1.
The overview of the show is a plague breaks out and after the antidote is made Prince's Dick and Dom are the first (and last) people to be cured after breaking the potion jar. They are then banished until they've retrieved all the items needed to remake the antidote. To make things worse the ingredients are very hard to get eg. a piece of fruit from the
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, because the Nehiis don't like fruit.
It was discovered at the end of series 1 (aired on 27/03/2009) that the team have been collecting the ingredients for a potion curing athletes' foot. A second series was therefore hinted at.
Da Dick and Dom Dairies
A new show started on BBC2 in January 2009 which is a compilation of the best bits of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow and some brand new sketches from Dick and Dom and the original cast. Dick and Dom only feature minimally in new sketches, one at the start of the show and one at the end. They are shown now to be living in a posh big house and we are told that only a few of their treasured Bungalow possessions survived the Muck Muck explosion. These possessions include their "Dairiy" which the show is based on. New sketches include
- Game or No Game in which Little Noely (a parody of Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds, DL is an English television presenter and executive, who made his name as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presented many light entertainment television programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show and Noel's House Party...
played by Ian Kirkby who appeared in the Bungalow on two occasions) presents a parody of Deal or No Deal in order to determine whether or not a game will be shown or not. Little Noely invited viewers to pick one of two boxes. We are led to believe that if the "No Game" box is picked the show will end. If the "Game" box is picked the name of the game shown in the box is played.
- Good Game Good Game Gamey Game Game in which parodies of Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly pick random cards each enlisting a game until a pair is found. The game which is the subject of the pair is subsequently shown, after "Bruce" says "What do we do with a pair?" and "Tess" says something like "Eat it!". For some reason in this feature Tess Daly is just a mini spinning cardboard cut out which talks with a gruff northern accent!
- Batt Files in which Harry Batt interrogates former Bungalow Heads and relieves classic Bungalow moments. The Prize Idiot also features who we are now told is a Police Constable working for DI Batt.
- Good Bungalows Go Bad Melvin O Doom features in a sketch in which he relieves some of his personal favourite Bungalow moments.
20 half-hour episodes of the show were produced and shown between January and February 2009 on CBBC on TWO in the mornings.
In the final episode, the Creamy Muck Muck finale was the final ever Muck Muck fight where the Bungalow exploded.
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