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This article is about the Irish children's TV character. For the Warner Brothers cartoon character, see Bosko. For other uses, see Bosco (disambiguation).
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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.

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).

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.

Occasionally, characters from the Lambert Theatre's other children's series, Wanderly Wagon, would be introduced into the show.

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.

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.

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Radio Telefs ireann 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 | | | Prime Time | Questions and Answers | 7 Days |
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: Bunts Cainte | Trom agus adrom
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 RT
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