Category: Children’s Favourites

Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. This is the last in the series. ONLY 13 episodes were made, they each lasted less than a quarter … Continue readingBagpuss

THE single joke which made our children laugh the most – and does to this day – was, I fear, a little crude. It was based on the theme song … Continue readingThe Herbs

AT the beginning of the 1980s, teacher John Cunliffe was working in Kendal, in the Lake District, and decided to write about a character who toured the area visiting his … Continue readingPostman Pat

Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. A BUNCH of woollen mouse-like creatures which communicate only in whistles would seem an unlikely subject for a … Continue readingClangers

Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. ‘IN the lands of the North, where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the … Continue readingNoggin the Nog

Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. AS A very young child, I soon learned the differences between the days of the week. Monday was Picture … Continue readingFlower Pot Men

Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. PRODUCED and directed by the brilliant Gordon Murray, who would go on to give us the Trumptonshire Trilogy, Captain Pugwash was … Continue readingCaptain Pugwash