Chorlton And The Wheelies
Chorlton And The Wheelies, 1976
Chorlton and The Wheelies was created by Cosgrove - Hall who would later have further success with Danger Mouse.
It ran for three series wheeling up forty episodes along the ...
Vintage Lunchtime Kids TV
Pipkins, 1973
Do you remember those old lunchtime kids TV shows, everybody remembers Rainbow, after all there are plenty of comics who've had good mileage out of it. We've dug out a little gem from the 1970's...
Here Is The Clock…..Telling The Time For…..
Trumpton, 1967
Trumpton was the second instalment of the Trumptonshire trilogy. Created by Gordon Murray it used the same stop motion techniques as Camberwick Green and Chigley.
There was only ever one ser...
One For Sorrow, Two For Joy, It’s……
Magpie, 1968
Intended as the ITV answer to Blue Peter, Magpie was a kids magazine show. It ran for 1000 episodes between 1968 and 1980.
Produced by Thames Television, Magpie was broadcast weekly. Initially...
Remember The One With The Talking Cushion?
Hickory House, 1973
Hickory House was one of those pre-school kids shows that would air on ITV on a weekday lunchtime. One hundred and twenty nine episodes were broadcast over five series, between 1973 and 19...
Emu’s Broadcasting Company
Emu's Broadcasting Company 1975 - 1980
Emu is perhaps best remembered for his appearance on Parkinson and various Kids TV shows such as Emu's World, but by far the best of Rod Hull's work was the BBC TV kids s...
From Timelord To Scarecrow, Worzel Gummidge
Worzel Gummidge, 1979
It has been said that Worzel Gummidge was the one role Jon Pertwee felt completely satisfied with.
Worzel Gummidge was a children's sitcom, produced by Southern Television for ITV, ba...
Vintage Kids TV With….
Noggin the Nog, 1959
Noggin the Nog is a popular British children's character that appeared in his own TV series (of the same name) and series of illustrated books.
He was the brainchild of Oliver Postgate ...
It’s The One With The Small Green Train……
Ivor The Engine, 1959
Another stop-motion animation series from the legendary Oliver Postgate.
By the late 1950's Oliver Postgate had produced two stop-motion animation films for Associated Rediffusion Tele...
Classic Kids’ TV On…….
The Magic Roundabout, 1965 (original version)
This now cult kids TV show was first created in 1963 in France by Serge Danot with help from Ivor Wood and his French wife, Josiane. The French version began tran...