Bungle (Rainbow)

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Bungle is a character in the highly successful children's television series Rainbow. He is a large brown furry bear and is played by various actors. An urban legend holds that one actor playing the role of Bungle was fired after swearing at a child who had deliberately stood on his foot during a live show. He is inquisitive but also clumsy, each show typically represents Bungle involved in a comic dispute with the other puppet characters, Zippy and George, with Geoffrey Hayes mediating. Bungle also appeared in an episode of series 2 of Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps which Jonny hired him with his scratch card winnings. Bungle came with a bouncy castle when hired and was played by Malcolm Lord in that episode.

[edit] Actors who portrayed Bungle

• John Leeson
• Stanley Bates
• Malcolm Lord
• Paul Cullinan.