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If you have any Rainbow related questions e-mail us and we'll do our best to answer them! WHAT IS ZIPPY? Thanks to everyone who took the time to e-mail us with suggestions as to our what is Zippy question. Mathew Delius informs us that a 1970's press release alluded to Zippy the Tortoise, Dave suggested a snake or gingerbread man, Eamonn reckons the Zipped one is a friendly monster, Nigel says Zippy is human and Mark believes our YKK'd friend is a Cockney Salesman..... If we had a prize, we would award it to Chris Hughes and Emma who both came up with the correct answer. We tracked Zippy down and asked him the question which everyone is asking. Zippy was only too happy to answer as we can reveal in this Rainbow WebPage exclusive; "I am a unique," said the lively one. WHAT IS GEORGE? George has asked us to confirm that he is a male, pink hippopotamus. We never had any doubts! RUDE RAINBOW? We're often asked about the so called rude Rainbow, clips of which have been shown on the Channel Four programmes, TV Unzipped and TV Offal. The clip can now be found on the web, without too much effort. Although often introduced as the unaired pilot, this episode was actually specially made by the team at Thames Television. Geoffrey Hayes told us, "The VT department of each ITV company, every Christmas had a competition to enter all the outtakes from their particular companies programme out put, and see which ones were the funniest. But ours wasn’t an outtake, we specially did it. It was specially scripted and we did it and I never saw it! We did it and Thames won it, but what they actually won, I don’t know. But I never saw the video. I can’t remember much about it except for Zippy with a banana." The script was written by the voice of Zippy and George; Roy Skelton. To read the script, click here. WHERE CAN I BUY RAINBOW VIDEOS AND TOYS? Rainbow videos and DVDs are available from Fremantle Home Entertainment. These can be ordered online at sendit.com, the UK's Biggest Video and DVD Store. Golden Bear launched a new range of beanies and soft toys in early 2001. Sadly, these are now no longer being produced, but you might find existing stock in the shops if you look hard enough, or try Mail Order 2000. A range of merchandise including posters, T-Shirts and mobile phone covers are also available - as well as a range of greetings cards from Lightweight Designs. If you're willing to hunt around, car boot sales and charity shops are excellent sources for old videos and other Rainbow merchandise. Or you could try on line at ebay, where you can usually find annuals, videos and toys up for auction. Click the link below and happy hunting! This page last updated on January 23 2005.

If you have any Rainbow related questions e-mail us and we'll do our best to answer them!

WHAT IS ZIPPY?

Thanks to everyone who took the time to e-mail us with suggestions as to our what is Zippy question. Mathew Delius informs us that a 1970's press release alluded to Zippy the Tortoise, Dave suggested a snake or gingerbread man, Eamonn reckons the Zipped one is a friendly monster, Nigel says Zippy is human and Mark believes our YKK'd friend is a Cockney Salesman..... If we had a prize, we would award it to Chris Hughes and Emma who both came up with the correct answer.

We tracked Zippy down and asked him the question which everyone is asking. Zippy was only too happy to answer as we can reveal in this Rainbow WebPage exclusive; "I am a unique," said the lively one.

WHAT IS GEORGE?

George has asked us to confirm that he is a male, pink hippopotamus. We never had any doubts!

RUDE RAINBOW?

We're often asked about the so called rude Rainbow, clips of which have been shown on the Channel Four programmes, TV Unzipped and TV Offal. The clip can now be found on the web, without too much effort. Although often introduced as the unaired pilot, this episode was actually specially made by the team at Thames Television. Geoffrey Hayes told us, "The VT department of each ITV company, every Christmas had a competition to enter all the outtakes from their particular companies programme out put, and see which ones were the funniest. But ours wasn’t an outtake, we specially did it. It was specially scripted and we did it and I never saw it! We did it and Thames won it, but what they actually won, I don’t know. But I never saw the video. I can’t remember much about it except for Zippy with a banana." The script was written by the voice of Zippy and George; Roy Skelton. To read the script, click here.

WHERE CAN I BUY RAINBOW VIDEOS AND TOYS?

Rainbow videos and DVDs are available from Fremantle Home Entertainment. These can be ordered online at sendit.com, the UK's Biggest Video and DVD Store. Golden Bear launched a new range of beanies and soft toys in early 2001. Sadly, these are now no longer being produced, but you might find existing stock in the shops if you look hard enough, or try Mail Order 2000. A range of merchandise including posters, T-Shirts and mobile phone covers are also available - as well as a range of greetings cards from Lightweight Designs. If you're willing to hunt around, car boot sales and charity shops are excellent sources for old videos and other Rainbow merchandise. Or you could try on line at ebay, where you can usually find annuals, videos and toys up for auction. Click the link below and happy hunting!

This page last updated on January 23 2005.