The Magic Roundabout
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...
Roland Rat, The Series
Roland Rat, The Series, 1986
Roland Rat was a popular puppet character who had made his debut on TVam. In 1985 the character switched sides to the BBC.The original contract was set to run for three years,...
Sally And Jake
Sally And Jake, 1973
Sally And Jake, were an early creation from Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall (Danger Mouse), when they operated under the Stop Frame Productions banner. The children first appeared in a series...
Crackerjack !
CRACKERJACK ! 1955
It's Friday, It's Five To Five And It's Crackerjack!Crackerjack was the long running kids TV Comedy/variety show that originally ran for a mammoth 29 years and over 400 shows.Probabl...
Captain Pugwash
Captain Pugwash, 1957
Cult kids show perhaps as famous for inferences as for it's popularity. Captain Horatio Pugwash made his debut in a comic-strip format in the first issue of The Eagle in 1950, then appea...
Here Comes…..
Bod, 1975
As a kid I hated Why Don't you? but as a younger kid I remember hating this even more!Bod was a BBC children's television programme. Originally screened in the afternoon 'Watch With Mother Slot'...
Here Come The Double Deckers
Here Come The Double Deckers, 1970
Here's a real oldie but goldie from when kids TV seemed far more interesting than it does today. Thev series seems these days to have largely been forgotten about, but let's...
Not Just Corporal Jones
Grandad, 1979
Clive Dunn will perhaps always be best remembered for his role as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army. However among his many other roles was his successful venture into children's television with this...