Someone recently sent me a YouTube clip entitled ‘Zippy being An Asshole For Five Minutes’. It was sent by a stranger on social media. They didn’t explain why they’d sent it but I’m glad they did.

Roy Skelton, the voice of the Daleks and George and Zippy from Rainbow, has died aged 79. He brought Doctor Who's arch-enemies to life between 1967 and 1988, and also provided voices for the Cybermen.

They are back and set to cause more mischief than ever before... and it is all for a good cause. Basil Brush, Zippy and George from Rainbow, Hacker T Dog and Dodge, and Tinky Winky return to our ...

AS the Archbishop toured the studios of kids’ TV favourite Rainbow, his ITV guide proudly flicked on a control room monitor. But the pair could only watch in horror as zany puppet Zippy mounted cuddly ...

The star of beloved children ’s TV show Rainbow has revealed the cast indulged in heavy drinking and lewd behaviour, in a new tell-all memoir. Ronnie Le Drew, the puppeteer who played Zippy, says the ...

Rainbow Zippy puppeteer has revealed that he was ‘smitten’ with the woman who played George behind-the-scenes in a heartbreaking unrequited love moment. The adorable puppets were best of friends on ...

Rainbow's Zippy bore a secret love for his pink hippo co-star George and was heartbroken when his advances were rejected. In more revelations from the children’s TV show, Ronnie Le Drew, who handled ...

He’s supposedly Dundee United’s biggest fan but we can now reveal kids’ telly legend Zippy is really a Blue at heart. The Rainbow puppet’s unnerving grin was pictured among jubilant Chelsea fans at ...

In times of political turmoil and uncertainty over the future, what the world really needs is to hear from the most prestigious cultural voices our great country has to offer. While we had him, we ...