Twenty years since soaring to fame, Dick and Dom are still a double act, though they're now gracing a different stage.
The beloved comedy pair, Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood, became household names with their hit show Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Known for epic slime face-offs, bonkers baby races and the infamous bogies game played in unsuspecting public spaces, they left their mark on Saturday morning TV.
Pitted against Ant and Dec's SM:TV from to , they brought laughter to weekends on CBBC. Transitioning away from their zany antics proved tricky when the Bungalow's doors finally shut. However, now aged 47 and 45, Dick and Dom continued to make waves in TV Land and eventually found a new rhythm in the music scene.
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Unafraid of causing a stir, Dick and Dom courted controversy more than once, one notable instance being when Dom caught the attention of media overseers Ofcom by donning a "Morning Wood" T-shirt an incident that showcased their younger, more rebellious days frolicking across the telly every Saturday morning.
Reflecting on those times in a Vice interview back in , Dick reminisced, "We had a don't care attitude," not forgetting to mention, "Our lifestyle was a bit rock-and-roll at the time: we partied hard and worked hard, young and having fun." Dom chimed in with a nostalgic note, saying, "All our mates worked on the show, we were mates together. You couldn't wait to get to the studio - it was so exciting when the cab pulled up at 5am."
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Dick and Dom's programme became an absolute sensation among children, garnering hundreds of thousands of young fans, even as it drew the ire of some less amused adults. In the zenith of their popularity in , the show found itself under heavy criticism from within the halls of Parliament when Conservative MP Peter Luff took a swing at its "lavatorial" humour.
Questioning then culture secretary Tessa Jowell, Luff queried how such content subscribed to the BBC's public service remit, citing examples from their website: "You can join me in playing How Low Can You Bungalow? , a test to see your response to grossly embarrassing personal situations, largely of a lavatorial nature; Pants Dancers in the Hall of Fame, photos of children with underwear on their heads; Make Dick Sick, a game which I think speaks for itself; and finally Bunged Up, in which you play a character in a sewerage system avoiding turtle poos coming from various lavatories. Is that really the stuff of public service broadcasting? ".
In her response, Ms Jowell emphasised that while drafting a new charter for the BBC was the government's responsibility, it fell upon the broadcaster itself to set the bar for taste, decency and appropriateness. Meanwhile, a BBC spokesperson stood up for the show, highlighting its popularity across both the children and adult demographics and pointing out that it had clinched two prestigious BAFTA awards.
Off-screen, the partners of the dynamic duo are stars in their own right. Dom has been hitched to Sandi Lee Hughes since ; formerly a member of allSTARS*, she shone with a self-titled TV show and landed four UK Top 20 singles within a year. Their home life includes two sons, for whom Dom's bestie, Richard, has taken on the role of godfather.
Meanwhile, Richard's heart belongs to Katrina Bryan, the actress and CBeebies presenter he's been dating since and proposed to in Katrina's credits include roles in Taggart, Nina and the Neurons, Sea of Souls, and even a memorable Irn-Bru commercial.
In , they introduced their first child to the world, sharing an Instagram picture featuring Richard with a pram captioned: "S*** got real".
Dick and Dom have certainly broadened their horizons post 'Da Bungalow', though they admit it's pigeonholed them somewhat in their career. They've graced our screens with their wit on Sky One's Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old, embarked on regal escapades in CBBC's The Legend of Dick and Dom, and entertained audiences with Spatalot, Dick and Dom's Hoopla and Absolute Geniusnot to mention spawning several offshoots like Diddy Dick and Dom from their original hit series.
Dick and Dom, the dynamic duo known for their iconic 'Bogies' game, have encountered a snag on their journey to diversify their careers. According to Dick, certain doors remain closed as they're often pigeonholed for past antics "Projects have been stopped because they just say, 'You're the guys who stood in a small house and yelled bogies,'" he confessed.
Acknowledging the challenge, Dick went on, "It's hard for a lot of people to move on from it, when we know we can do other things. We wouldn't get the Newsnight gig, that's for sure."
Despite this, the pair hasn't let typecasting curb their creative aspirations; they've made waves across various platforms. They graced Radio 1 with their presence back in , wowing audiences every Sunday morning, and have churned out hit podcasts like Cash From Chaos, The Dick and Dom Debate and Diddy Pod.
Nowadays, the unstoppable double act ignites stages with their drum 'n' bass flair, delighting crowds on the uni scene, not to mention touring festivals galore with a tour spreading fun throughout the nation.
Just earlier this year, they rekindled the magic of In Da Bungalow, captivating audiences on tour with the energy of yesteryear. Reflecting on the journey with the Glasgow Times, Dick mused: "It's mad that 20 years have flown by, a click of the fingers and here we are bringing it back to the stage."
Adding to the nostalgia, Dom chimed in with a nod to their evolved audience: "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 legacy of the children's show lives on, as Dick and Dom are still hailed with cries of "bogies" while out and about. The iconic game involved the duo shouting "bogies" increasingly loudly in public spaces, sparking a nationwide craze that persists to this day, often fuelled by enthusiastic parents.
Speaking to The Mirror in , Richard recalled, "Kids still play Bogies nowadays and people shout it at us all the time. I think we are on the third generation of kids growing up," explaining the enduring impact they made. He added humorously, "The kids that have grown up with Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow are between 25 and 35, so they've had kids and are teaching their kids Bogies."
Richard, with a touch of amusement also shared: "I'll be in the supermarket and you can see them egg their kids on to shout bogies."
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