Ronnie Le Drew became besotted with Valerie Heberdent - who handled George - over the course of the show's staggering 1,071 episodes. Bungle, George, and Zippy on the hit children's show Rainbow. Zippy and Me by Ronnie Le Drew (with Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi) is published by Unbound on 25 July 2019 (£10.99)What became of Zippy, George and Bungle? He played Bungle for 50 episodes in 1972. Rod, Jane And Freddy composed and sang hundreds of songs for the programme and their spin-off show The Rod, Jane And Freddy Show, which ran from 1981-1991.

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2019 00:56 UTC