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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'll be turning 50 in Spring and i don't give a pig's fart. I'm determined to grow old disgracefully.
So here's an opportunity to reminisce over your childhood. What is the earliest childrens television you remember enjoying? For me it was Bagpuss and The Clangers.  |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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Up above the trees and houses, Rainbows flying high... paint the whole world with a Rainbow.... Oh, Geoffrey!!
A house with a door, windows.. 1, 2, 3, 4..What's the day? Ready to play? What's the day....
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Up above the trees and houses, Rainbows flying high... paint the whole world with a Rainbow.... Oh, Geoffrey!!
A house with a door, windows.. 1, 2, 3, 4..What's the day? Ready to play? What's the day....
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my mum used to fancy Brian cant |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
Livingston |
"Up above the trees and houses, Rainbows flying high... paint the whole world with a Rainbow.... Oh, Geoffrey!!
A house with a door, windows.. 1, 2, 3, 4..What's the day? Ready to play? What's the day....
my mum used to fancy Brian cant"
I could never pronounce his name properly haha |
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By *isa 59Woman
over a year ago
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog."
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When BBC 2 first started broadcasting in colour, the used to run a load of short programs through the day, always remember on about buying and Bola showing life in south East aisa |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Radio 4...Listen With Mother.."
Yep that and Family Favourites with Ed Stewpot Stewart on Radio 2 (I think) was the other children's radio show I remember (or perhaps given the thread it should be wireless show!! ) |
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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago
Fabville |
"Radio 4...Listen With Mother..
Yep that and Family Favourites with Ed Stewpot Stewart on Radio 2 (I think) was the other children's radio show I remember (or perhaps given the thread it should be wireless show!! )"
We used to rent our television |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Andy Pandy (who I hated and wanted to smack), the Woodentops and Bill and Ben.
All in black and white of course, that's how old I am  "
Wow, you certainly don't look it. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Radio 4...Listen With Mother..
Yep that and Family Favourites with Ed Stewpot Stewart on Radio 2 (I think) was the other children's radio show I remember (or perhaps given the thread it should be wireless show!! )
We used to rent our television "
Radio Rentals, Granada or Rediffusion? |
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop "
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Pogles Wood, Tales From The Riverbank, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy are probably the earliest that I can remember watching - all in black and white"
I don't remember Tales from Pogle Wood being in black and white, but I do remember watching it though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking. "
They were narrated by a lovely posh man. |
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking.
They were narrated by a lovely posh man."
I'm going to look on YouTube tonight. I fancy a dose of nostalgia |
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking.
They were narrated by a lovely posh man."
I think everything and anything on BBC in the 60s was narrated in 'posh' received pronunciation. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking.
They were narrated by a lovely posh man.
I think everything and anything on BBC in the 60s was narrated in 'posh' received pronunciation. "
We should all have grown up with plummy accents. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking.
They were narrated by a lovely posh man.
I'm going to look on YouTube tonight. I fancy a dose of nostalgia"
I'm looking for Pogle Wood now. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Is it true that The Magic Roundabout was originally French and that the English narrator didn't bother with translation and made up the stories based solely on the pictures? |
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"Pogles Wood, Tales From The Riverbank, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy are probably the earliest that I can remember watching - all in black and white"
Those were the days! 
Used to love a bit of Casey Jones as well |
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"Watch With Mother. The Woodentops were a favourite of mine with Spotty dog.
I loved spotty dog. All the kids in the street would try to imitate his walk.
My fav though had to be the Flowerpot Men...flobalop
Libob weeeed. Its a miracle we grew up able to speak. Andy Pandy didn't talk at all Bill and Ben spoke nonsense and I don't recall the woodentops talking.
They were narrated by a lovely posh man.
I think everything and anything on BBC in the 60s was narrated in 'posh' received pronunciation.
We should all have grown up with plummy accents."
We didn't  but even now I'm amazed how often London /home counties accents are still described as 'posh' by some Northerners! |
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"Is it true that The Magic Roundabout was originally French and that the English narrator didn't bother with translation and made up the stories based solely on the pictures? "
Don't know about that but it was Emma Thompson's dad wasn't it? |
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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago
Fabville |
"Radio 4...Listen With Mother..
Yep that and Family Favourites with Ed Stewpot Stewart on Radio 2 (I think) was the other children's radio show I remember (or perhaps given the thread it should be wireless show!! )
We used to rent our television
Radio Rentals, Granada or Rediffusion? "
Think it was Rediffusion |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The earliest I remember are Rainbow, Button Moon and Let's Pretend (a show that nobody ever remembers but for some reason I can still recall the theme song after all these years  )."
I can recall the theme to let's pretend. |
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"I'll be turning 50 in Spring and i don't give a pig's fart. I'm determined to grow old disgracefully.
So here's an opportunity to reminisce over your childhood. What is the earliest childrens television you remember enjoying? For me it was Bagpuss and The Clangers. "
Andy Pandy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Captain Pugwash was all kinds of wrong
Fingerbobs puppeteer was creepy looking
Zippy .... ahhh zippy ... moody little bleeder
Surprised we didn’t all grow up warped ... oh though ... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Is it true that The Magic Roundabout was originally French and that the English narrator didn't bother with translation and made up the stories based solely on the pictures?
Don't know about that but it was Emma Thompson's dad wasn't it? "
It was her dad, Eric. |
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"The earliest I remember are Rainbow, Button Moon and Let's Pretend (a show that nobody ever remembers but for some reason I can still recall the theme song after all these years ).
I can recall the theme to let's pretend."
I knew there had to be someone else on the planet who remembered that show. Ok, all together now, "Let's Pretend is at an end, can you play at Let's Pretend..." |
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"Think the Woodentops was on on Friday?
We never had colour tv til 1976 so they were all in black and white.
Blue Peter and Chritopher Trace too. "
Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves were 'my' Blue Peter team. Plus Petra the dog and Jason the cat |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Think the Woodentops was on on Friday?
We never had colour tv til 1976 so they were all in black and white.
Blue Peter and Chritopher Trace too.
Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves were 'my' Blue Peter team. Plus Petra the dog and Jason the cat "
Down Shep.
Robin Hood was on Thursdays at the same time as Blue Peter, and my older brother had that on.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Champion the wonder Horse.
Chuk and PT ?
Why dont you.
Pipkins
Charlie says meow meow meow.
Public information films the one about jumping out of the boat. Eh up Petunia......... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The earliest I remember are Rainbow, Button Moon and Let's Pretend (a show that nobody ever remembers but for some reason I can still recall the theme song after all these years ).
I can recall the theme to let's pretend.
I knew there had to be someone else on the planet who remembered that show. Ok, all together now, "Let's Pretend is at an end, can you play at Let's Pretend..." "
Yup I remember it too, thanks for the ear worm!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Take Hart with Tony Hart and Morph. I still regret never sending anything off for the Gallery.  "
I used to regret not writing to Jim’ll fix it ... but then not obviously ughhhh |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'll be 4O soonish, and I do give a swines pump. 
I can remember watching The Dukes of Hazzard. I knew if I got to watch it from the very start, I'd be guaranteed to see the opening credits. And see Catherine Bach in her red bikini. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Take Hart with Tony Hart and Morph. I still regret never sending anything off for the Gallery.
I used to regret not writing to Jim’ll fix it ... but then not obviously ughhhh "
A narrow escape. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember sitting watching the test card on bbc2 waiting for the children’s programmes to come on. It would be Andy pandy, bill and Ben, playschool. All in black and white x |
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