Line 1:
| series =#REDIRECT [[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow#Characters]]▼
{{Infobox character
| colour = #DEDEE2
| colour text =
| name = Bungle
▲| series = [[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]
| image = [[File:RainbowTV.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Bungle (far right) appearing on the TV show Rainbow
| first =
| last =
| cause =
| creator =
| portrayer = [[Stanley Bates]]
| episode =
| species = Bear
}}▼
'''Bungle''' is a character in the British children's television series ''[[Rainbow (television)|Rainbow]]''. He is a large brown furry [[bear]] and is played by various actors, but chiefly [[Stanley Bates]]. An [[urban legend]] holds that one actor (presumably Stanley Bates) playing the role of Bungle was fired after swearing at a child who had deliberately stood on his foot during a live show, although long-time [[Rainbow (television)|Rainbow]] contributor Malcolm Lord revealed that Bates chose to stand down before the live shows began in order to concentrate upon scriptwriting, giving Lord the opportunity to portray Bungle himself.<ref>[http://archive.is/8vZX Malcolm Lord<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The character of Bungle is inquisitive but also clumsy, and each show typically represents Bungle involved in a comic dispute with the other [[puppet]] characters, [[Zippy (Rainbow)|Zippy]] and [[George (Rainbow)|George]], with [[Geoffrey Hayes]] mediating. Bungle also appeared in an episode of Series 2 of ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]'' when Jonny Keogh hired him and a bouncy castle with his £1,000 scratch card winnings.
{{pp-semi-indef}}
==Road rage==
{{Rcat shell|
In 2001 [[Stanley Bates]], one of the actors who played Bungle, was [[binding over|bound over]] to keep the Peace following an alleged [[road rage]] incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-year-of-the-beast-621148.html |title=The Year of the Beast - Home News, UK - The Independent |publisher=www.independent.co.uk |accessdate=2010-01-05 | location=London | date=2001-12-26}}</ref>
{{R from merge}}
{{R to section}}
==Original look==
▲}}
Originally, Bungle's face stuck out more, and his belly was white.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9PdeZGWiek Footage of the original Bungle]</ref> He also looked more like a bear, but starting with the second season the crew made him look more [[cartoon|cartoon-like]] because some of the younger viewers were frightened by his realistic appearance. They made his fur more of an orange-brown colour, and his head was enlarged with his face squashed in.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
Bungle appeared without clothes during the day, but bizarrely put pyjamas on to go to bed or had a towel round his waist when he'd had a bath.
==Actors who portrayed Bungle==
{{Refimprove section|date=December 2012}}
*[[John Leeson]]
*[[Stanley Bates]]
*Tim O'Riordan
*Malcolm Lord
*Paul Cullinan
*Ben Chivers
*Martin Brown
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Fictional bears]]
[[Category:Rainbow (TV series) characters]]
{{tv-char-stub}}
|