Ripley and Scuff
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Ripley and Scuff is a children's programme that was produced for ITV's children's strand CITV
and originally aired from 7 January 2002 to 28 February 2003. The show is a spin off to the highly successful Roger and the Rottentrolls
.
The Theme tune goes
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
Riding in the jet car
We’re on our way to you
Seeing smiling faces
We’re going to your school.,
We are Ripley and Scuff
Strid and Bargie too, Oh Yeah!
Everybody says we’re Top Banana
And everybody says we’re silly spoons
And when we go to sleep we’re snugarama,
We’re rocking we’re rolling,
We’re Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P to the L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
Rocking with the rascals
We love to sing our song
Everybody’s dancing
So come and sing along,
We are Ripley and Scuff
Strid and Bargie too, Oh Yeah!
Everybody says we’re Top Banana
And everybody says we’re silly spoons
And when we go to sleep we’re snugarama
We’re rocking we’re rolling,
We’re Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
and originally aired from 7 January 2002 to 28 February 2003. The show is a spin off to the highly successful Roger and the Rottentrolls
Roger and the Rottentrolls
Roger and the Rottentrolls is a children's comedy television series made for ITV by The Children's Company, which combined puppets with live action human actors...
.
Plot
The show sees Ripley and Scuff along with their sister Strid and their pet barguest Bargie visiting schools across the UK and wreaking havoc.Characters
- Ripley - the leader of the gang but isn't very clever. Ripley is also the son of Sigsworthy Crags from Roger and the Rottentrolls.
- Scuff - the least intelligent one and usually gets things wrong. Scuff is also the son of Sigsworthy Crags from Roger and the Rottentrolls.
- Strid - their sister who is the most clever and often calls Ripley and scuff "Silly Spoons!". Strid is also the daughter of Kettlewell from Roger and the rottrntrolls.
- Bargie - a baby barguest from Roger and the RottentrollsRoger and the RottentrollsRoger and the Rottentrolls is a children's comedy television series made for ITV by The Children's Company, which combined puppets with live action human actors...
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- Grandad Gordon - a man who does art and craft with the kids of the school.
- The Story Princess - a princess that reads stories to the children (from Series 2). In the first series, the stories were read out by either Ripley, Scuff or Strid.
Ripleys Rascals
At the end of the visit Ripleys band 'Ripley's Rascals' play the theme tune with Ripley on the drums, Scuff on the guitar, Strid on the keyboard and Bargie on the glockenspiel. The music on this TV programme sounds remarkably similar to R-Type music on the Commodore 64 from 1988.The Theme tune goes
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
Riding in the jet car
We’re on our way to you
Seeing smiling faces
We’re going to your school.,
We are Ripley and Scuff
Strid and Bargie too, Oh Yeah!
Everybody says we’re Top Banana
And everybody says we’re silly spoons
And when we go to sleep we’re snugarama,
We’re rocking we’re rolling,
We’re Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P to the L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
Rocking with the rascals
We love to sing our song
Everybody’s dancing
So come and sing along,
We are Ripley and Scuff
Strid and Bargie too, Oh Yeah!
Everybody says we’re Top Banana
And everybody says we’re silly spoons
And when we go to sleep we’re snugarama
We’re rocking we’re rolling,
We’re Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 messing about, messing about
1,2,3,4 Ripley’s Rascals!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
R-I-P To The L-E-Y
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about all day and night
It’s Ripley and Scuff
Messin’ about!,
Trivia
- When CITV promoted the first series, the 'Sneaky Peek' feature had the theme from its predecessor Roger & The Rottentrolls playing instead of Ripley & Scuff's.
- Ripley, Scuff and Strid made an appearance in the CITV studio on the launch day of the first series on 7 January 2002. Including the team having to make something within 15 seconds as part of Finger TipsFinger TipsFinger Tips is a television programme produced by RDF Media's Children's production division, The Foundation. It is made primarily for CITV and was first broadcast in 2001....
(Series 2) launching the same day.
- The second series launched on 6 January 2003, nearly a year when the first series began.
- After the 2nd series was broadcast in 2003, the show wasn't repeated until 2006 when the CITVCITVCITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
channel decided to repeat that series. As of 2010, Ripley & Scuff is no longer repeated.