A pastor has revealed that legendary UK kids' TV show Rainbow may have attempted to "homosexualise all children".

In a shock YouTube vid, "Pastor D" of the End Times News Ministry questions the true meaning of the show's title song, which explicitly states the programme makers' plan to "paint the whole world with a rainbow".

While the claims of Pastor D, named by PinkNews as Daniel Erickson-Hull, may be considered preposterous, it is widely considered that some of the puppet characters – notably Bungle the Bear and George the Hippopotamus – were somewhat camp.

Chillingly, this episode of the show opens with the pair sharing a bed, complete with rainbow headboard:

Rainbow ran from 1972 to 1992, for most of that time fronted by Geoffrey Hayes. Unsurprisingly, after 19 years or so on the job, Hayes found it difficult to find other acting work after the show's cancellation. ®

Bootnote

No IT angle is required in this case, since El Reg is, as the Independent stated back in 2008, a "lesbian on-line magazine".