Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow to 'ignite childhood memories' in Glasgow

To celebrate 20 years since the cult hit Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow hit our screens, and had the nation's children screaming the word at the top of their lungs, the quadruple Bafta winners are back with a live UK tour. 

The show first aired on CBBC on August 31, 2002, before it was swiftly moved to BBC One after the first series gained hundreds of thousands of viewers. 

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Both Richard "Dick" McCourt and Dominic "Dom" Wood say it's "crazy" to be celebrating two decades since the show aired. 

"It’s mad that 20 years have flown by, a click of the fingers and here we are bringing it back to the stage," Richard says. 

Dominic agrees: "One of the maddest things is the average age of the viewer back then when we started was 10, so these people are now 30, so that’s just crazy."

The live show promises to bring back the spirit of Da Bungalow with its lively but family-friendly anarchic style and will include classic games such as two-word tango, musical splatues, the grunty song, fairly hairy fizzogs, pants dance, what a sweaty flap, creamy muck muck, and, of course, bogies. 

"We’re going to the gym a lot because we have to get in peak physical fitness because we’re both around 45 and so we have to go to the gym a lot to make sure that we can physically handle it," Dominic laughs.

"But it’s going to be fine, we’re actually very busy in rehearsals for the show at the moment making sure that the set’s all right, that the games are all right, and the music is all as everyone remembers - because the most important thing about this show is that we have to hit every single nostalgic note so that everything everyone remembers is there on stage."

Richard adds: "It’s going to be pretty much like you remember from the TV show really.

"I think a lot of people remember it fondly because that was their childhood and it was on every Saturday morning.

"It’s weird how things from your childhood really stick in your memory so hopefully it will bring back some happy memories for everyone."

Both Richard and Dominic say they are looking forward to bringing the show in front of a Glasgow audience following the success of Da Bungalow Live at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018.

Richard says: "We know Glasgow audiences well, we’ve done it a few times, and we’re looking forward to a bit of Glasgow humour.

"Obviously because the age group is older, a few people might have a few Tennent's or a few Buckfasts, it could be a bit more rowdy."

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Dominic continues: "The Scottish audiences are fantastic.

"We did the Edinburgh Festival about five years ago, and the reaction we got from being up there was fab.

"In fact, it’s one of the shows we did at the Edinburgh Festival that gave us the idea of doing this."

While the interactive Da Bungalow Live is a family show and will be PG, Dick says it will "ignite lots of childhood memories" for those who grew up with the show and is aimed at those old enough to remember it. 

He said: "This is going to be the last ever time now in anybody's, including our lives, that we’ll be able to do this. Let’s go out with one final bang, let’s bring some silliness back to the world."

Dominic adds: "If you come along to the show you could get picked to be in the show, that’s the tagline, the most important thing.

"Oh, and bring a spare t-shirt or jumper because you might get messy."

Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow Live will be at the O2 Academy on Thursday, May 11.