The Quare Fella
Episode 1 • Nov 24, 1997
Damien Mc Arsagone boasts how he had often outwitted the Devil, but he soon shuts up after a dance with a mysterious cloven hoofed girl!
A Scare at Bedtime was an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Enterprises and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of a spooky tales and urban myths comedy show. It ran from 1997 until January 2006.
166 episodes total
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
1997
Rating
7.2/10
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Episodes
Episode 1 • Nov 24, 1997
Damien Mc Arsagone boasts how he had often outwitted the Devil, but he soon shuts up after a dance with a mysterious cloven hoofed girl!
Episode 2 • Dec 01, 1997
Donny O’Leprosy picks up a beautiful hitch-hiker only to be carjacked in the worst possible way.
Episode 3 • Dec 08, 1997
Irelands laziest bollix Henry’ The Sleeper’ Madden sleeps over in a spooky house and has a permanent lie-in!
Episode 4 • Dec 15, 1997
How long will poor Cormac McAnus resist the cravings for the other white meat?
Episode 5 • Dec 22, 1997
After downing a crate of stolen Napoleanic brandy, the Fitznobs of Ballywank Manor have a killer hangover – literally!
Episode 6 • Dec 29, 1997
In 1880 Oliver Feeley from Two–Mile-Hole visits his sister up in Dublin, but after a case of mistaken identity he ends up another victim of the notorious street justice of Judge Breakneck.
Episode 1 • Sep 07, 1998
Lorcan Piles wins the Lottery and offers to buy his best friend Mossie McGoolican anything he wants. But when Mossie asks for a night with ‘Carmel Sutra’-the Mistress of Pleasure, Lorcan finds out the true meaning of friendship.
Episode 2 • Sep 14, 1998
Mickey Scratcher decides to take one more holiday before joining the priesthood. He goes on a pilgrimage to the Far East, but the Holiday of a Life-time becomes a Holiday of a Death-time!
Episode 3 • Sep 21, 1998
Ardle McArdle and his family buy Muff Cottage - the House of their dreams or as it turned out; the house of their Nightmares! And even when they move out, the haunted house won’t leave them alone!
Episode 4 • Sep 28, 1998
The classic tale of Willy Ring from Toolend. A man who had tried everything in the hope of shedding a few pounds. He purchases a miracle pill and takes the art of dieting to an all new low!
Episode 5 • Oct 05, 1998
Poor Johnny Ballsac is a ‘shitehawk’ or so his Dad always tells him. He’s fed up and decides to make something of himself by joining a religious cult led by the charismatic Yogi Gob. The cult allows you to have five wives…but at what price?
Episode 6 • Oct 12, 1998
Dick Dalton from Bognobber is addicted to body-art and on his third wedding anniversary he gets the most intimate piercing as a surprise for his like-minded wife. But has Dick got one piercing too many!
Episode 1 • Oct 04, 1999
Enda Meeshank was studying genetic science and decided to do some extra curricular experiments in the bath of his flat. But the mixture of his very own genes from his bath and the chemicals he flushed away created a creature a little too ‘clone’ for comfort!
Episode 2 • Oct 11, 1999
Flush Lavatory and his wife Nuala had just moved into the new development at Godownonme Crescent and when he spied his sexy new neighbour Shiela Feelit. It wasn’t long before he was popping round for a bit of ‘love thy neighbour’
Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1999
Franky O’Friction was a travelling salesman, living from one hotel room to another. But with his trusty laptop he was never alone. However his passion for dirty Internet sites ended up affecting his ‘sight’!
Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1999
The game of golf takes a sinister twist as an unscrupulous land developer Jimmy Eastwood kicks Patch Keogh off his farm and creates the infamous Glengobble Golf course; where no–one ever makes it to the 18th hole…alive!
Episode 5 • Nov 01, 1999
Mad Dog McGuire’s vicious mutts were running riot around the neighbourhood and he couldn’t care less. Until the day his dogs brought home the mauled corpse of his neighbour Pascal Wrench. But even then Mad Dog had a plan for the ultimate ‘stitch up’!
Episode 6 • Nov 08, 1999
Ballydung Radio are proud to present Fester and Ailin’s latest chart topper celebrating ‘Screw U’ - Ireland’s First pornography shop. And even though the moral majority wanted it stopped, the people of Ireland stuck up their free hand and shouted ‘we don’t want our Porno shop banned!’
Episode 1 • Oct 09, 2000
Podge and Rodge show off their musicial side with a rap about waste management.
Episode 2 • Oct 16, 2000
A young Russian girl discovers that a good deed is not always a good idea.
Episode 3 • Oct 23, 2000
A group of over-enthusiastic film students take a reality TV project too far.
Episode 4 • Oct 30, 2000
One man and his dog fall foul of a woman scorned!
Episode 5 • Nov 06, 2000
Two Gardai play a trick on a new recruit, but take it a step too far.
Episode 6 • Nov 13, 2000
Cocky business boyo "Flush Tone" tries to earn a bit on the side with very unap-peel-ing results.
Episode 1 • Oct 01, 2001
Spunk Murphy is back to solve a most unusual case, Will he spot the colourful clues?
Episode 2 • Oct 08, 2001
A couple of bumbling cops unwittingly mess up their own investigation.
Episode 3 • Oct 15, 2001
Rick Rag and his wife Lillette had the perfect marriage. Or so one of them thought.
Episode 4 • Oct 22, 2001
The tale of the infamous highwayman and petty thief.
Episode 5 • Oct 29, 2001
A college professor tries to outwit four cocky students.
Episode 6 • Nov 05, 2001
A small town call in Spunk Murphy when the beloved pets start disappearing.
Episode 1 • Jan 06, 2003
An American prisoner of war wakes from an horrific dream to find reality not much different.
Episode 2 • Jan 13, 2003
An innocent man stumbles into a twisted trap set by an alluring young woman
Episode 3 • Jan 20, 2003
Two assassins; Lance Cocksure and new assassin on the block ‘The Hawk’ battle it out for the coveting Golden bullet.
Episode 4 • Jan 27, 2003
A small town is confounded as secret sex tapes featuring the townsfolk in their very own bedrooms are turning up in porn shops across the country. Who can help them solve this mysterious and frankly embarrassing conundrum? The one and only Detective Spunk Murphy of course.
Episode 5 • Feb 03, 2003
Two down-at-heel petty crooks plan the heist of their life when they plot to horse-nap the world famous Red Bum. They fully intend to give the horse back when the ransom is handed over; but things don't go according to plan.
Episode 6 • Feb 10, 2003
A young woman hopes that changing her lifestyle will rid her of a terrifying recurring nightmare; and it seems to work. But was it just a dream or a premonition of something entirely more sinister?
Episode 1 • Nov 17, 2003
A ventriloquist’s dummy with a life of its own decides he would be better off without his owner and plans to get rid of him. After all, no one would suspect a dummy and he could be free to live the life he’d always dreamed of. But he had overlooked one vital thing…
Episode 2 • Nov 24, 2003
Meet Fintan – a man with a completely new take on the ‘mile high club’ – and one nobody will want to join!
Episode 3 • Dec 01, 2003
Sabrina Swallows is devastated when her parents ban her from seeing her beloved boyfriend Tony. But just what will it take for her to realise that maybe they do know best?
Episode 4 • Dec 08, 2003
A woman tries to work out how to explain to her husband how she acquired the fur coat her lover bought her. She thinks she has a foolproof plan – but her husband has a few secrets of his own!
Episode 5 • Dec 15, 2003
A spate of mysterious copycat killings sees several art lovers brutally murdered in the modus operandi of executed serial killers The Gardaí are baffled and there’s only one person who can solve this case - the one and only Detective Spunk Murphy.
Episode 6 • Dec 22, 2003
A fatal tale of fish, food poisoning and a woman with a plan.
Episode 1 • Sep 06, 2004
Finbar Fury is saved from a life behind bars by an apparently altruistic boxing coach. Colonel Saunders sees world class potential in Finbar, who he witnessed accidentally killing a man in a dark alleyway. But no sooner has the Colonel turned his protégé into Finbar “Fists of” Fury – a serious contender – than his true motives begin to emerge.
Episode 2 • Sep 13, 2004
Fintan Felon is back with another foolproof scam. This time, he’s got his sights on grieving widows. Checking the death notices on a daily basis, Fintan simply picks out the name of a recently deceased man and pays a visit to his wife with a box of ‘personal goods’ which he claims her late husband had ordered. After all, what widow is going to want the embarrassment of knowing her dear husband had been a regular customer of the infamous ‘House of Wank’? Nope, Fintan reckons they’ll just pay up and shut up… Until he decides to call on the recently bereaved wife of Crispin Murdoch.
Episode 3 • Sep 20, 2004
Ronnie Black was definitely the smoothest criminal around. With several robberies under his belt, not a single soul had ever been hurt and he was a major hit with the ladies. However, his luck is about to change and it looks like Black may no longer be the smoothest robber in the world – he may be the ONLY one!
Episode 4 • Sep 27, 2004
Danny Veckins was a decent man - a good boss and a good father. But when his business and livelihood was threatened by a bitchy jobsworth in the financial institution where he had his business loan, he decides to take the law into his own hands.
Episode 5 • Oct 04, 2004
Steve and Jimmy loved adventure sports. Unfortunately, they didn’t always want to bother their arses actually mastering the sport in question. So far, they’ve been lucky. But what will happen when the two inexperienced climbers try and scale the dizzy heights of the legendary Mount Punani?
Episode 6 • Oct 11, 2004
Detective Spunk Murphy is back in action on his most baffling case to date. A young couple are pushed to their death over Randy Peak whilst ‘in flagrante’ in their car. There are no clues – except an unmatchable set of fingerprints and a very similar crime committed over 50 years ago…. Could they be connected?
Episode 1 • Sep 05, 2005
It was Dick Fitzwell’s turn to buy the lottery ticket for his work colleagues' syndicate. They had played for years, but never won more than a few Euro. So when all the numbers come up, they are ecstatic…until they discover that Dick hadn’t bought the ticket…
Episode 2 • Sep 12, 2005
Willie Palmer was the worst kind of taxi driver. He had a filthy car and a filthy mouth and took people for a ride – and not the one they had asked for. He would wait for an unsuspecting tourist and then take them on ‘the scenic route’ to crank up the fare. Until one day, Willie picked up more than he bargained for.
Episode 3 • Sep 19, 2005
Aspiring news reporter Jack Goff was ambitious to a fault. He would do anything to break a big story. So when someone appears to be leaving him clues to the identity of a serial killer, Jack forgets logic and jumps in headfirst. But he hadn’t bargained on the Red Devil being even more ambitious than him.
Episode 4 • Sep 26, 2005
Aspiring comedian Buster Cherry had one problem; he wasn’t remotely funny. So when the chance arose for him to become the funniest man alive, he jumped at it - even if it meant selling his soul.
Episode 5 • Oct 03, 2005
Pat McCann enjoyed hanging out with his drinking buddies, but some days, he just wanted time to himself. So one day he does just that - spends the day treating himself to a day of retail therapy. But when he bumps into his boozing mates and is duly dragged for a pint, he hides his purchases safely in the gents to avoid a slagging from his mates. Little did poor Pat know, he was about to get a slagging from the whole country.
Episode 6 • Oct 10, 2005
Father Roger Rightly was a devout man of the cloth. So when Bishop Pullit came to visit the parish, Father Roger was appalled by his insinuation that anything untoward may be going on between the young priest and his attractive housekeeper. But is the bishop convinced by Father Roger’s insistence?
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