Dick & Dom in da Bungalow
television series
Dick & Dom in da Bungalow is a British children's television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood). The series was broadcast on weekend mornings for five series on the CBBC Channel, BBC One and BBC Two, running between 31 August 2002 and 11 March 2006.
Premise
Dick & Dom in da Bungalow is a children's television show presented by the duo Dick and Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood). The show was broadcast live on Saturday and Sunday mornings, with the Saturday shows simulcast on BBC One and the CBBC digital channel, and the Sunday shows airing on the CBBC channel only. Set in Dick and Dom's fictional bungalow, six studio contestants—known as Bungalow Heads—would compete in a series of games and sketches across both days in order to win 'Bungalow Points'.
The contestants with the most Bungalow Points would win prizes. While first and second prizes would usually be desirable items, the contestant in third place would be given a joke prize such as a cake made of carpet, hairy cheese, bottled water from the River Hull or a Mobile Joan. The Bungalow Head with the most points at the end of the Saturday show would win a bonus prize, while the one with the fewest points at the end of both shows was sent to the toilet to be gunged.
For series 1–4, the Bungalow Heads were all children aged 8–13 years; in the final series, five children and one celebrity guest were the contestants on the Saturday shows, with a special guest replacing the celebrity on Sunday, often family members and friends but also a cast member of the show in character, such as Darth Vader, Queen Elizabeth I, Godzilla and Mr. Blobby.
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