Viewers of The Big Breakfast were delighted on Saturday with the return of '90s children's puppet Zippy from show Rainbow. With the puppet was the man behind his voice, Ronnie Le Drew, as they ...

Someone recently sent me a YouTube clip entitled ‘Zippy being An Asshole For Five Minutes’. It was sent by a stranger on social media. They didn’t explain why they’d sent it but I’m glad they did.

Actor Roy Skelton, who provided voices for the Daleks and George and Zippy in long-running children's show Rainbow, has died today aged 79. His daughter Samantha said he died at home in Brighton ...

Puppet character Zippy from cult children’s TV show Rainbow will return to the screens next month in an advertisement for the spread Marmite. Puppet character Zippy from cult children’s TV show ...

He’s supposedly Dundee United’s biggest fan but we can now reveal kids’ telly legend Zippy is really a Blue at heart. The Rainbow puppet’s unnerving grin was pictured among jubilant Chelsea fans at ...

The star of beloved children ’s TV show Rainbow has revealed the cast indulged in heavy drinking and lewd behaviour, in a new tell-all memoir. Ronnie Le Drew, the puppeteer who played Zippy, says the ...

Pizza Hut Delivery’s latest TVC features some big names in the world of nostalgic kids' TV: Rainbow’s Zippy, Bungle and George, all of whom join a family in the process of ordering their customary ...

Rainbow’s Zippy is backing calls to liberate Orville and Emu – and put them in a museum. We told yesterday how the bird puppets are at the centre of a legal battle, after the widows of TV legends ...

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Roy Skelton, the actor best known for providing the voices of Zippy and George in childrens’ TV classic Rainbow, has died. His daughter Samatha Skelton revealed today (June 8) that her father had ...

Rainbow star Zippy has undergone a facial makeover for a new ad campaign. As our picture shows, the cult hero's famous zipped lips have been transformed into a soft, luscious and kissable proposition ...

It was with no small degree of bewilderment that I read about PI Global’s new packaging for Marmite (DW 17 October), which features a prominent image of Rainbow’s Zippy. Why is he there? PI Global ...