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Dick & Dom in da Bungalow was a unique and unpredictable children's show that appealed to millennials in the UK with its wacky antics. The show followed a game show format, featuring strange challenges and gross-out elements, with the losing contestant being slimed. Despite facing controversies and having a strict no celebrity rule, Dick & Dom in da Bungalow became a beloved staple of early 2000s children's programming and had several successful spinoff series.

For millennials from the UK of a certain age, Dick & Dom in da Bungalow was an integral part of their weekend television schedule, and is still a beloved staple of early 2000s children's programming. Debuting in 2002 and running until 2006, Dick & Dom in da Bungalow brought a double dose of wacky action each weekend and aired their variety-style program on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Hosted by the titular comedic duo, the series was a no-holds-barred...

Ask any millennial if they remember Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, and their reply will probably be:

“Bogieeeessss!”

Once they’ve stopped gleefully screaming the show’s catchphrase, they’ll tell you it was a weekend kids’ TV programme on the BBC presented by Richard ‘Dick’ McCourt and Dominic Wood – aka comedy duo Dick and Dom – and it was also pure, unadulterated, I’m-writing-to-Ofcom chaos.

Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow – whose name was a parody of the Sacha Baron Cohen film Ali G InDaHouse – aired between 2002 and 2006. It became a cult hit with kids and students alike, thanks to its puerile humour, its complete absurdity (once a cat randomly appeared and sang a song about Stoke-on-Trent) and the fact that Dick and Dom seemed to be having the absolute time of their lives making total havoc on live TV.

Was there any kind of format to this live mayhem?...

Dick and Dom have discussed the legacy of their game, Bogies, two decades after their hit children’s show Dick & Dom in da Bungalow began on the BBC.

In the game, presenting duo Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood would visit places where silence or discretion were required, such as art galleries, high-end restaurants and plays.

They would then take it in turns to say “bogies” at increasing volume until they were yelling the word, to the confusion and bewilderment of members of the public.

In a new interview in Thei, the pair discussed the fact that many, many viewers of the show had started playing Bogies in real life.

The duo revealed that they even received letters from funeral directors admitting to playing the game while on the job.

“So wrong,” said McCourt. “Nothing to do with us.”

In the interview, the presenters also reminisced about letters of complaint they received from viewers.

Alex Westthorp Oct 3, 2016

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So while we're all getting out our multi-coloured tracksuits in preparation for the live event, which is still having its set built, we cast our minds back to just why the Channel 4 game show was so brilliant.

1. Richard O'Brien was the perfect host

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