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List Of The Den Cast Members
One of the successes of children's television strand, ''The Den (Ireland), The Den'', was its ability to continually produce an array of successful characters, many of whom then went on to achieve fame in other fields, both nationally and internationally. Generation I Generation I include Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials Zig and Zag (puppets), Zig and Zag and their dog Zuppy, all of whom were present from the second season of ''Dempsey's Den''. Zig and Zag left in 1993 but Zuppy remained to become one of the longest serving members of ''The Den'' team (alongside Don Conroy, a human). Zig and Zag Zig and Zag, the first (and possibly the most famous), are ten-year-old alien twins from the planet Zig and Zag (puppets), Zog. They were a very successful franchise on their own, spawning parody tapes, comic books and car toys. A popular toy throughout the late 1980s were zogabongs, the unusual antennae on both Zig's and Zag's heads. Zig and Zag arrived from the Planet Zog ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Den (Ireland)
''The Den'' was a long-running children's entertainment television programme on Republic of Ireland, Ireland's public broadcaster, RTÉ. First broadcast on 29 September 1986 on RTÉ1, it moved to Network 2 two years later. Initially a continuity strand for weekday afternoon programmes, ''The Den'' later expanded during the late 1990s and the 2000s, until it became synonymous with RTÉ Young People's Programming, RTÉ's children's output. At various times during its run, it was known as ''Dempsey's Den'', ''Den TV'' and ''Den2''. In mid-2010, RTÉ Television announced an overhaul of its children's output with the launch of RTÉjr and TRTÉ (now ''RTÉ Kids''). ''The Den'' aired for the last time on 19 September 2010. The ''Den'' name returned for six weeks from November 2020 on RTÉ1, reuniting members of the original cast in a Sunday-evening variety-show format, predominantly aimed at families living through the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, country's cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |