Rainbow: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran between five times weekly, twice weekly and once weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network, from 1 September 1972 to 31 December 1992. After more than 1000 episodes, the series came to an abrupt end when Thames Television lost its ITV franchise at the end of 1992. Since then, it has gained cult status and continues to get frequent mentions on radio and television.

Series details

• Title: Rainbow
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1972-09-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9258
• TVDB ID: 72834

Cast and credited roles

• Geoffrey Hayes — Geoffrey
• Stanley Bates — Bungle
• Freddy Marks — Freddy
• Jane Tucker — Jane
• Malcolm Lord — George (Puppeteer)
• Rod Burton — Rod
• Roy Skelton — George/Zippy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-09-05; final listed air date 1972-09-05.
• Season 9: premiered 1979-10-26; final listed air date 1979-10-29.
• Season 10: premiered 1980-10-16; final listed air date 1980-12-01.
• Season 11: premiered 1981-10-12; final listed air date 1982-05-05.
• Season 12: premiered 1983-01-07; final listed air date 1983-02-11.
• Season 13: premiered 1984-01-06; final listed air date 1984-12-07.
• Season 14: premiered 1985-01-04; final listed air date 1985-12-13.
• Season 15: premiered 1986-01-10; final listed air date 1986-04-04.
• Season 16: premiered 1987-01-09; final listed air date 1987-09-29.
• Season 17: premiered 1988-01-05; final listed air date 1989-01-27.
• Season 18: premiered 1989-09-08; final listed air date 1990-01-12.
• Season 19: premiered 1990-08-31; final listed air date 1991-02-08.
• Season 20: premiered 1991-10-25; final listed air date 1992-01-31.
• Season 21: premiered 1992-12-24; final listed air date 1992-12-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rainbow on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.