Former Rainbow host Geoffrey Hayes has said he loved being on the children's TV show - but it meant he was difficult to land a job afterwards.
The Z Cars actor was the host of the top-rated kids' show from 1973 to 1992.
Talking about the show being axed, he said: "It was very difficult; lots of people wanted to cast me in things, but they were frightened of the Rainbow connection, whether it was straight acting or presenting children's programmes.
"It just left me with nowhere to go to be honest, which was very frustrating at the time. I knew I could do the acting jobs, and I knew I could do the presenting ones as well but, it wasn't to be."
Geoffrey said he had now retired, but then added: "Actors don't retire, really, but the phone stops ringing. You take a hint that maybe it's time to stop."
But he said of being associated with the show, famous for its puppets Zippy, George and Bungle: "It's so humbling, even now, all these years later somebody occasionally stops me in the street or the supermarket and talks about Rainbow. We loved doing it; I certainly did. Twenty years of happiness, it really was."
:: Z Cars Collection Two is released on DVD on July 7, courtesy of RLJ Entertainment's Acorn Label.
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