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 (16)
1. Vent
Aired 17 November 2003 • 10 min
A ventriloquist’s dummy with a life of its own decides he would be better off without his owner and plans to get rid of him. After all, no one would suspect a dummy and he could be free to live the life he’d always dreamed of. But he had overlooked one vital thing…
2. Con Air
Aired 24 November 2003 • 10 min
Meet Fintan – a man with a completely new take on the ‘mile high club’ – and one nobody will want to join!
3. Cheat the Parents
Aired 1 December 2003 • 10 min
Sabrina Swallows is devastated when her parents ban her from seeing her beloved boyfriend Tony. But just what will it take for her to realise that maybe they do know best?
4. Fur Love
Aired 8 December 2003 • 10 min
A woman tries to work out how to explain to her husband how she acquired the fur coat her lover bought her. She thinks she has a foolproof plan – but her husband has a few secrets of his own!
5. Painting by Murders
Aired 15 December 2003 • 10 min
A spate of mysterious copycat killings sees several art lovers brutally murdered in the modus operandi of executed serial killers The Gardaí are baffled and there’s only one person who can solve this case - the one and only Detective Spunk Murphy.
6. Shelfish
Aired 22 December 2003 • 10 min
A fatal tale of fish, food poisoning and a woman with a plan.
7. Sleep Fright
Aired 29 December 2003 • 10 min
Mickey Joe Girth thinks he has easy. He’s new in town and already has an easy job working the night shift at a local petrol station. Practically the only customer at night is the local sleepwalker Donnie – and sure he’s no problem. But Mickey shouldn’t have made assumptions.
8. Fado Homo
Aired 5 January 2004 • 10 min
The story of two Celtic knights who want to spend Celtic nights together.