About this season
A Scare at Bedtime was an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urban myths comedy show. It ran from 1997 until January 2006.
Episodes (18)
1. Hell We Go Again
Aired 6 January 2003 • 10 min
An American prisoner of war wakes from an horrific dream to find reality not much different.
2. Second Sight
Aired 13 January 2003 • 10 min
An innocent man stumbles into a twisted trap set by an alluring young woman
3. Deadly Accurate
Aired 20 January 2003 • 10 min
Two assassins; Lance Cocksure and new assassin on the block ‘The Hawk’ battle it out for the coveting Golden bullet.
4. Neighbourhood Crotch
Aired 27 January 2003 • 10 min
A small town is confounded as secret sex tapes featuring the townsfolk in their very own bedrooms are turning up in porn shops across the country. Who can help them solve this mysterious and frankly embarrassing conundrum? The one and only Detective Spunk Murphy of course.
5. Trailer Trash
Aired 3 February 2003 • 10 min
Two down-at-heel petty crooks plan the heist of their life when they plot to horse-nap the world famous Red Bum. They fully intend to give the horse back when the ransom is handed over; but things don't go according to plan.
6. Sleep Tight, Sleep Fright
Aired 10 February 2003 • 10 min
A young woman hopes that changing her lifestyle will rid her of a terrifying recurring nightmare; and it seems to work. But was it just a dream or a premonition of something entirely more sinister?
7. Upstairs Downscares
Aired 17 February 2003 • 10 min
All Randolph Smythe wants is a girl to see past his wealth and love him for himself. When he meets Morwina Pisspot, he thinks he has found just that. And she swears to love him in sickness and in health.
8. Hell Spells
Aired 24 February 2003 • 10 min
Two misfit students - Eloise and Sebastian - spend their evenings terrorising their fellow students with a Ouija Board. Then one day, the tables are turned with fatal consequences.
9. Un-Fortune-ate
Aired 3 March 2003 • 10 min
A rich widow - Lady Urinaroma - is conned by her two servants but proves to be far from an easy target.
10. Fourth Contact
Aired 10 March 2003 • 10 min
A lone astronaut finds himself stranded on a strange planet. Luckily, its inhabitants are friendly and only have the kindest of intentions – but what is their idea of ‘kind’??