Every generation grows up with its own favourite children’s television presenters. For many children in the early noughties these were Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood, or Dick and Dom. Their show Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow began on CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ on 31 August 2002 and rampaged across the children’s weekend schedules for the next four years, during which time they won two BAFTAS.
Every week Dick and Dom were joined in Da Bungalow by six children – Bungalow Heads – who competed for bungalow points in a series of silly and messy games. Most of the games involved bodily functions of one sort or another, as their titles Creamy Muck Muck, Pumpy Rumpy, Make Dick Sick, and Bogies suggest.
Children loved the air of anarchy surrounding the show, as did many older people. Dick and Dom were helped by Melvin Odoom, Ian Kirkby and Lee Barnett, who played a variety of characters including DC Harry Batt, Death and The Prize Idiot. Dick and Dom also appeared with puppet bodies as Diddy Dick and Dom. BOGIES!
After Da Bungalow, McCourt and Wood continued at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ with The Legend of Dick and Dom, Diddy Movies and Splatalot. They also found time to take Da Bungalow format on the road, even appearing at festivals. Most recently, they have applied their style to the science show Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom, winning another BAFTA.
August anniversaries
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Family Favourites
1 August 1945 -
Sailor
5 August 1976 -
It's a Knockout
7 August 1966 -
First Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Promenade Concert
13 August 1927 -
The Weakest Link
14 August 2000 -
Junior Masterchef
14 August 1994 -
Launch of 1Xtra
16 August 2002 -
Dr Finlay's Casebook
16 August 1962 -
The Marriage Lines
16 August 1963 -
Observer reveals MI5 vetting of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ staff
18 August 1985 -
Why Don't You...?
20 August 1973 -
The Moral Maze
20 August 1990 -
First experimental Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV Programme
22 August 1932 -
Match of the Day begins
22 August 1964 -
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring
26 August 1939 -
Radio 5 launches
27 August 1990 -
First live TV from the continent
27 August 1950 -
Start of experimental stereo broadcasting
28 August 1962 -
Elizabeth Cowell first female TV announcer
31 Aug 1936 -
The Monocled Mutineer
31 August 1986 -
Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
31 August 2002 -
The Battle of Britain
Summer 1940