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.

He’s been a prehistoric bird in Pan and a killer plant in Little Shop of Horrors. But there’s one role puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew will never escape Housed in a musty-smelling former temperance hall in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

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 ...