Glove puppet, brown fur creature with zipper for mouth, Zippy from Thames Television children's show 'Rainbow'. Includes separate arm

Zippy is a fictional character on the British children's television programme Rainbow (1972-1992). Zippy is a light-orange ("tangerine") puppet of ambiguous species 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.