Button Moon
Button Moon, 1980
Yes it's Friday lunchtime and time to wind back the clock to another classic lunchtime kids TV show.Button Moon was kids TV show shown on ITV at lunchtimes. Beginning in 1980 the show r...
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...
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...
Think Of A Number
Think Of A Number, 1978
Think Of A Number was the first of many science and mathematics programs to be made by Johnny Ball.Around 1978, Johnny Ball was perhaps best known for his role as a presenter on the...
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time
Michael Bentine's Potty Time, 1973
Originally the fourth member of the Goons, Michael Bentine popped up on children's television in the early 1970's with this wacky show.The show was screened on ITV and ra...
Noah and Nelly in… SkylArk
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk - 1976
Noah and Nelly was created by Grange Calveley, of Rhubarb fame. There were fifteen five minute films depicting a world loosely based around Noah's Ark, screened on BBC1 in 1...