This article is about the Irish children's TV character. For the Warner Brothers cartoon character, see Bosko. For other uses, see Bosco (disambiguation). Bosco is an Irish children's television programme produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre. Bosco was voiced by Miriam Lambert initially; in later years Paula Lambert took over the character. This article is about the Warner Brothers cartoon character. ...
Bosco may refer to any of the following people: Saint John Bosco (Don Bosco), Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Salesian Society Henri Bosco, a French writer Bosco Hogan, an Irish actor Hieronymus Bosch, a Flemish painter known in Spanish as El Bosco. ...
Image File history File links Bosco. ...
Image File history File links Bosco. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
The Lambert Puppet Theatre & Museum is a puppet theatre located in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland. ...
The main character in the programme is Bosco, a small red-haired puppet with bright red cheeks and indeterminate gender. Bosco lives in a box, only leaving it to go on excursions to places such as Dublin Zoo (Dublin Zoo was the only place he ever ventured). The entrance to Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park. ...
Each episode is hosted by two presenters. The roster of presenters included Jonathan (Ryan), Marian (Richardson), Frank (Twomey), Gráinne, Philip & Susie.
Any guests to the show enter and exit through the 'Magic Door'. This is also used to exit the shot to any inserts in the show. The Magic Door told viewers where people (or the camera shot) are going for the day's adventure.
There are various short animations, usually stop-motion, as part of the show. The plonksters were plasticine critters, which are continually engaged in fights or schemes against each other. Flaherty is a dog, plagued by an amateur crow magician (Cornelius, who would often turn purple, much to his distress) in a series of shorts featuring stop-motion models. Freddy the Fox features a host of well-modelled characters each with distinctive traits, such as Fiachra the Frog. There is also a cartoon featuring a potato family, The McSpuds, that live in a supermarket (Savers). At night, the potato children, Sheila and Seamus, run amok. Stop motion is an animation technique which makes things that are static appear to be moving. ...
Not to be confused with the Pleistocene epoch which is part of the geologic timescale. ...
Occasionally, characters from the Lambert Theatre's other children's series, Wanderly Wagon, would be introduced into the show. Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational childrens television series which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. ...
The show featured arts and crafts segments, in the style of the BBC's children's programme Blue Peter. Another prominent part of the show was story-time. A shared cultural experience for children in Ireland at the time, it ran for at least 300 episodes, but was repeated before (and later during) The Den daily until 1998, when it was replaced by The Morbegs. Small wooden sculpture depicting a Native American mother holding her child. ...
For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ...
The Den (first broadcast 29 September 1986) is the childrens television strand on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
A Morbeg Screenshot The Morbegs was a popular Irish childrens television show which was aired on The Den in the late 1990s. ...
Quotes
- "Knock knock, open wide, see what's on the other side, Knock knock, any more, come with me through the Magic Door." - the Magic Door Rhyme
Trivia - A DVD containing episodes of Bosco was officially released in November 2005. This was followed up by a second DVD which was released in the run-up to Christmas 2006.
External links - Satirical site 'watching Bosco's movements'
- 'Bring Back Bosco! Petition'
| Radio Telefís Éireann original programmes | | Drama: Strumpet City | Bachelors Walk | Fallout | Comedy: The Blizzard of Odd | Bull Island | Hall's Pictorial Weekly | The Irish R.M. | Killinaskully | Naked Camera | The Panel
The Podge and Rodge Show | A Scare at Bedtime | The State of Us | | News & current affairs: Broadsheet | Discovery | Nine O'Clock News | One O'Clock News | Prime Time | Questions and Answers | 7 Days | Six One News | | History: Atlantean | Reeling In The Years | Seven Ages | | Chat shows: Kenny Live | The Late Late Show | The Live Mike | Tubridy Tonight | The Afternoon Show | Seoige and O'Shea | | Soap operas: Bracken | Fair City | Glenroe | The Riordans | Tolka Row | | Talent contests: Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels | Charity You're A Star | You're A Star | | Quiz shows: Challenging Times | Don't Feed the Gondolas | Fame and Fortune | Gridlock | Know Your Sport | The Lyrics Board | The Trump Card | Winning Streak | | Irish language: Buntús Cainte | Trom agus Éadrom | | Children's: Bosco | The Den | Dustin's Daily News | Fortycoats & Co. | The Morbegs | Wanderly Wagon | | Teenage: 2Phat | iD Two | TTV | | Music: The Last Broadcast |
| | See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ Radio TelefÃs Éireann[1] (RTÉ; IPA: , ) is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Strumpet City (1969) is an historical novel by James Plunkett set in Dublin city at the time of the Dublin Lockout. ...
Bachelors Walk was a comedy-drama based around three single men living in a house in Dublin’s Bachelors Walk. ...
Fallout is a RTÉ two-part fictional drama, made in the style of a documentary. ...
The Blizzard of Odd is an RTÉ television programme, aired each Tuesday night at 22:25 on RTÉ Two. ...
Bull Island was an Irish television and radio satirical comedy show broadcast on RTÉ One and later on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1999 until 2002. ...
Halls Pictorial Weekly was one of Irelands most popular television shows. ...
The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novellists Somerville and Ross, and the TV comedy drama series based on them. ...
Killinaskully (Irish Ceann Scoilte, split head) is an Irish television comedy which details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Tipperary. ...
Naked Camera is an Irish hidden camera comedy show that began airing on RTÉ in 2005. ...
The show logo The Panel was a humorous weekly chat show aimed at young people that was aired on Monday evenings on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. ...
The Podge and Rodge Show (also known as The Podge and Rodge Show with Lucy Kennedy) is an Irish television show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the chatshow, with Lucy Kennedy as a co-host. ...
A Scare at Bedtime (also known as Podge and Rodge: 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. ...
The State of Us is a four-part comedy sketch show broadcast on Irish television channel RTÉ One on Sunday nights at 9. ...
Broadsheet was a current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ during the early 1960s. ...
Discovery was the first documentary television series to be broadcast on RTÉ. The series started on January 7, 1964 with a programme on Dublin Airport. ...
Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ...
Questions and Answers is a topical debate television programme in the Republic of Ireland. ...
7 Days (previously Seven Days) was a current affairs programme that was broadcast on Radio TelefÃs Éireann in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. ...
For other uses, see Atlantis (disambiguation). ...
Reeling In The Years is a historical documentary series broadcast in Ireland by Radio TelefÃs Éireann. ...
Seven Ages is a historical documentary series that was produced by Araby Productions, in association with The OReilly Foundation, for RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland. ...
Kenny Live was a very popular television chat show which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One between 1988 and 1999. ...
This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Live Mike was a television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio TelefÃs Éireann from 1979 to 1984. ...
Après Matchs George Hook on Tubridy Tonight on December 2 2006 Tubridy Tonight is a television chat show broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. ...
In Ireland, ´ The Afternoon Show ´, is Radio TelefÃs Éireanns live flagship daytime show. ...
Seoige and OShea is an Irish television chat show. ...
Bracken was an Irish television soap opera broadcast from 1978 to 1982 on RTÉ One in Ireland. ...
This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...
Glenroe was an Irish television drama series broadcast between 1983 and 2001 on RTÉ One. ...
The Riordans was the second Porkchop pig eater made by Joe Mcburger Master to boost ratings (then called TelifÃs Éireann). ...
Tolka Row was the first Irish soap opera made by Radio TelifÃs Éireann (then called TelifÃs Éireann). ...
Celebrity Jigs n Reels is an Irish reality entertainment television show broadcast on RTÉ One. ...
Charity Youre A Star (initially known as Youre A Star Charity Special) is a talent contest created by Radio TelefÃs Éireann, where various Irish Celebrities sing to raise money for the charity of their choice. ...
Youre A Star is a singing contest in Ireland, created by Screentime ShinAwiL and Radio TelefÃs Éireann. ...
Challenging Times was a television programme on RTÉ in Ireland that ran during the 1990s. ...
Dont Feed The Gondolas is an Irish television quiz show on RTÉ, similar in format to the BBCs Have I Got News For You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. ...
Fame & Fortune is an Irish game show, broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday nights during the summer months of June, July and August. ...
Gridlock was the name of a 1990s television game show in Ireland. ...
Know Your Sport was an Irish sports quiz television programme broadcast by RTÉ beginning in 1987. ...
The Lyrics Board is an Irish game show, with local versions around the world. ...
The Trump Card is an Irish game show, broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday nights during the summer months of June, July and August. ...
Winning Streak is an Irish game show, shown live on Saturday nights on RTÉ One, and funded by the An Post National Lottery Company. ...
Buntús Cainte was a programme aimed at teaching the Irish language that was broadcast on Radio TelefÃs Éireann in Ireland, beginning in 1967. ...
Trom agus Éadrom (Heavy and Light in English) was a bi-lingual television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio TelefÃs Éireann in the 1970s. ...
The Den (first broadcast 29 September 1986) is the childrens television strand on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Dustins Daily News (DDN) is an Irish television chat/comedy show. ...
Fortycoats & Co. ...
A Morbeg Screenshot The Morbegs was a popular Irish childrens television show which was aired on The Den in the late 1990s. ...
Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational childrens television series which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. ...
2Phat was an Irish television programme shown on Network 2. ...
iD Two (previously iD) was a programming strand on RTÉ Two which ran from 17:00 to 19:00 weekdays, following The Den. ...
TTV is a youth-aimed programming strand broadcast on RTÉ Two in Ireland. ...
The Last Broadcast is a music television show broadcast on RTÉ television (RTÉ Two) in Ireland, usually on a weekday night. ...
This is an incomplete list of current and historical television programmes produced for Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ). RTÉ also shows a range of foreign produced shows. ...
| |
Feeds |
Contact