Zippy (Rainbow) Zippy (Rainbow) Zippy is a fictional character on the British children's television programme "Rainbow". Zippy is a brownish-orange puppet with a rugby-ball-shaped oval head, blue eyes and a zip for a mouth, hence his name. His voice was first provided by Peter Hawkins and later by Roy Skelton. Violet Philpott and Ronnie Le Drew operated the character, the latter also providing the voice for the 1994 series and "Rainbow Days". It is unclear what kind of creature the character represents; while Bungle is a bear and George a hippopotamus, Zippy bears no obvious resemblance to any real animal. Presenter Geoffrey
Beyond the Black Rainbow he and the director "also looked at abstract paintings, photographs, and architectural design books" for inspiration. One of "Beyond the Black Rainbow"'s notable characteristics is its deliberately slow, hypnotic pace. According to Cosmatos, "Beyond the Black Rainbow" belongs to what he dubbed the "trance film" subgenre. Cosmatos mentioned Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" (1979), Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961) and Saul Bass's "Phase IV" (1974) as cinematographic blueprints for his debut film. Cosmatos explained the rationale behind his screen-writing, which downplays the "very concrete story at the heart of it" in favor of an "atmospheric" approach: Jeremy Schmidt,