A Scare at Bedtime (also known as Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime) is an Irish adult comedy series which aired on late-night television on Network 2 (RTÃÂ2) starting in 1997. The series features the two puppets Podge and Rodge, who went on to have their own chat show. The duo are middle-aged farmers who live in "Ballydung Manor" in the Irish midlands and tell lewd jokes.
In each episode, Rodge arrives home and Podge insults him and proceeds to tell a ghost story acted out by live actors. The show won an Irish Film and Television Award for best entertainment programme. It ran for nine series, with a total of 150 episodes from 1997 until January 2006.