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Zig And Zag (puppets)
Zig and Zag are an Irish puppet duo, featured on RTÉ, performed by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara. The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on 22 September 1987 on RTÉ's ''Dempsey's Den''. Two years later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year. In 1992, Zig and Zag found fame in the UK when they joined the team of the Channel 4 breakfast show ''The Big Breakfast''. During the 1990s the characters spawned a merchandising range of comic books, videos and embarked on a recording career – scoring a UK top-five single with "Them Girls Them Girls". In 2010, the characters saw a resurgence in their popularity as they joined the ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' team and in October 2010 they were commissioned to host a flagship Saturday morning radio show on 2FM called '' Smells Like Saturday''. A brand new TV bloopers show hosted by Zig and Zag entitled ''Zig & Zag's Superbloopers'' was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempsey's Den
''The Den'' was a long-running popular children's television strand of Republic of Ireland, Ireland's public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 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. ''The Den'' aired for the last time on 19 September 2010. It returned for six weeks from November 2020. Overview ''The Den'' is considered to have pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable viewing for children and young people, often employing irreverent and occasionally satirical humour within its continuity links. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |