Zig and Zag (puppets) Zig and Zag (puppets) Zig and Zag are a puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison. The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on 22nd September 1987 on RTÉ's "Dempsey's Den". A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year. In 1992 Zig and Zag found fame in the UK when they joined the team of the Channel 4 breakfast show "The Big Breakfast". Eventually Zig and Zag evolved into Jedward. During the 1990s the characters spawned a merchandising range of comic
The Big Breakfast history of "The Big Breakfast", was briefly retitled as simply Snap, in 1997. As well as continuing as a short, daily entertainment news feature within "The Big Breakfast", "Snap" also became a show in its own right. Airing once weekly at 6.00pm on Channel 4, the half hour show was a light hearted round-up of recent news stories concerning popular entertainment in the UK. Presented by Denise Van Outen, the show was intentionally recognisable as being closely related to "The Big Breakfast", from which it originated and continued to be part of. "Snap" contained a number of elements synonymous with