American reacts to BUTTON MOON (quirky 80s UK kid's show!)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Button Moon fans, where are you?!

[@Poliss95]

BIG FAN! 😂😂

[@uha6477]

Right here! It still is awesome to watch.

[@davewalker6760]

I flipping loved Button Moon! I was born in 1980 and it was a big part of my childhood

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

it's so cute!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

honestly I'm going to spend the afternoon watching it probably!

[@ricom6839]

Watch “ Bagpuss “, you’ll love it.

[@waynekent7068]

Oh my god yes.

[@fomalhaut9]

Anything with Oliver Postgate is marvellous

[@EdgyNumber1]

Clangers, Camberwick Green and Trumpton.

[@stevelknievel4183]

You should check out Bananaman. He had the muscles of 20 men and the brains of 20 mussels.

[@joehoy9242]

You'll find that a lot of British TV shows of this era have a wistful, calming, almost melancholy air about them. In the early '80s, they'd tend to be shown earlier in the day, around lunchtime - the timing was perfect for toddlers' afternoon nap.

[@wispa1a]

After playbus around 9.30

[@joehoy9242]

@@wispa1a - Alas, I'm a little older than you - I was still of the "Playschool" era; "Playbus" was my little sister's jam. As such this may not mean much to you, but I was thinking more along the lines of "Cockleshell Bay", "Gideon", "Bagpuss", "Camberwick Green" and "Trumpton". :)

[@wispa1a]

Later end of the 80s Rosie and Jim. My youngest sister grew up with

[@Stoggler]

It was certainly something that I watched as a child. I’m now going to be humming the theme tune for the rest of the day now! 😊

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

it's so catchy and sweet!

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

I can't wait to hum it all day. My daughters will think I've lost my mind... I won't explain to them 😂

[@Andreaod73]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficialme too. Will get some funny looks at work 😂in a pharmacy where everything’s all serious 😊x

[@dukestt5436]

I do remember Button Moon, but I am older than that so I remember things like The Clangers and Ivor the Engine and other things. Chorlton and the Wheelies was possibly the greatest children's TV ever.

[@jumblechaos9035]

Chorlton and the Wheelies had one of the best theme tunes ever, definitely! The Flumps was a favourite too

[@MrRosebeing]

I remember all of them. I loved Chorlton and the Wheelies when I was young.

[@diane64yorks]

I'm older, Chorlton and the Wheelies was hilarious, my kids loved button moon, I remember the seeing Watch with Mother when I was very small, I used to like the Herbs, and Hectors House & Willow the Whisp

[@scottythedawg]

@@jumblechaos9035 dont forget jamie and the magic torch

[@Windywoo]

Jump in we'll take you for a spin and take you round the wheelie world. (Ho ho ho)

[@rolon-will3362]

At secondary school in the early 90s one of our teachers was caught singing the Button Moon theme whilst prepping a TV for an afternoon lesson. He never lived it down, people sang the theme at him for the rest of time I was at school.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

The show that I thought no one else remembered was Trap Door.

[@jaysmith2858]

Berk!!! Feed me!!!

[@AlmightyCRJ]

@@jaysmith2858 Oh Globbits!

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

There's *something* down there!

[@louhunter7115]

Loved that show. Can still remember the theme tune.

[@KevFrost]

7:00 we in Britain are so chill about cross dressing

[@townsjim]

I had several Button Moon VHS tapes when I was a kid, me and my sister loved it.

[@Poliss95]

And before someone says something about Captain Pugwash. The cabin boy's name was Tom, not Roger. The was no Seaman Staines or Master Bates. It was Master Mate.

[@shaunw9270]

Correct. I have them all on DVD 👍

[@parkerzilla6323]

No-one seems to have heard of Sir Prancelot from the same people. A forgotten classic of my childhood.

[@shaunw9270]

@@drt1605 I agree, it's an urban legend that's harmless enough for people to want it to be true, so many people hold on to the belief for some reason, nostalgia maybe? 🤷

[@clivenewman4810]

​@@parkerzilla6323I remember it!

[@carolineskipper6976]

@@parkerzilla6323 I do remember that, now you mention it!

[@JanJarvis]

My kids (now grown up of course) watched this in the 80s. We also went to a live show at Derby Showcase theatre - really trippy!

[@unbelievablybelievable]

I was born in 83, and that bean can means so much to me ❤

[@robertwatford7425]

I don't remember Button Moon - I'm far too old - but The Clangers, now that was wild. And Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and of course Bagpus. These will keep you busy for weeks :-) Unbelievable The Clangers had a script (you'll understand when you see it) and on one occasion the TV company censored it! The best part of this video was watching your face as you watched the show. A mixture of delight and disbelief :-)

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

I'm a first generation Clangerist. Even after all these years, perhaps especially after all these years, I think it would be great to find myself on a small blue planet, have green soup, followed by blue string pudding then wander out to listen to the trees.

[@Yandarval]

Oh boy. Watching Rainbow as an adult brings a whole different meaning to some of the banter in it.

[@StuartBaillie-q2d]

Nobody has mentioned finger mouse. A man with a paper mouse on his finger. A lot of children's T.V in the 70's and 80's was quite strange and I remember thinking so at the time. Bagpuss was very strange and gave me the creeps as a child, but my wife loved and still has a Bagpuss hot water bottle cover.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

I loved Bagpuss. Fingerbobs gave me the creeps. But the thing that really freaked me out as a kid was in The Pogles when Tog ended up at a nightmare bandstand, and was attacked by trombones and euphoniums under the directorship of a bandmaster with evil looking glasses and an acid-bath killer style moustache.

[@MrRosebeing]

I remember this from when I was a child, along with The Magic Roundabout, Playschool, Bagpuss and Jamie and the Magic Torch. Good times.

[@howey935]

Jamie and the magic torch was my favourite along with Mr Ben.

[@vaudevillian7]

Bloody loved Button Moon, the theme was written and performed by the 5th Doctor Peter Davison and his then wife Sandra Dickinson (who was brilliant as Trillian in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV series). I don’t remember the stage show though, I missed out!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

You should check out other great children's series: 'The Clangers', 'The Herbs', 'Mr Benn', 'The Wombles', 'Captain Pugwash', 'The Magic Roundabout', 'Bagpuss'. There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.

[@mauk2861]

Also Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green... Morph and Tony Hart

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@mauk2861 Yes, excellent series.

[@gwryan1]

About 15-ish, years ago, my i picked my youngest kid up from nursery, and wouldn't stop talking about the puppet show they showed him in school, eventually we figured out what it was, it was Button Moon. he loved it so much, we ended up buying a couple of DVDs for him to watch. Once he'd grown out of the show, we donated them and dozens other old kids show DVD to the school, which I hear they still show.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

This is so sweet! Great story!

[@Poliss95]

🎵We've been to Button Moon. We've followed Mister Spoon. Button Moon. Button Moon. Be back soon. Made for kids? I don't think so. I was NOT a child at the time. I was your age.🤣🤣I watched the end of it in my lunch hour. There wasn't anything else on the telly at lunchtime in those days. Sandra Dickinson, who was Peter Davison's wife at the time, is the other singer on the theme tune. Those pinwheels are little windmills you bought the kids at the seaside. The suitcases are boxes of Ship matches. Rainbow is great. 'Isn't it Bungle?' 'Yes George.' There was a singing trio on the show, Rod, Jane and Freddy. Both Rod and Freddy were married to Jane, but not at the same time I should add. 😂😂 Other shows to watch out for are Jamie and the Magic Torch, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Puddle Lane and Pipkins. Hartley Hare in the Pipkins is the weirdest, tatty old hare that you ever did see. I reckon the people who made all those shows were on something. 😵

[@davidrobinson4400]

Jamie and the Magic Torch. Such a rocking theme tune.

[@paulhollett7183]

Pipkins, well now you're talking !

[@aardvarkmaximus7688]

I was working as an electrician in the theatre in the early 1990s and the show came to us two or three times with morning and afternoon matinées for a week at a time. I remember singing the theme tune every time the show was on! Other children's favourites include The Clangers, Bagpuss, Mr Benn, Captain Pugwash, Jackanory and, of course Play School

[@grunge_surf_witch_uk9130]

I loved this as a kid it was one of my favourite program,remember sitting on the floor watching it 🥰 Also loved Bagpuss too!! ❤️

[@sarahlouisebutler]

I loved Button Moon as a child, theme tune still fills me with nostalgia. I think the DIY aspect is great because it shows how you can use household objects to make spaceships and characters and landscapes etc.

[@mickfoster7140]

Oh yes I remember Button Moon. I worked for Thames TV in the 80s as a video tape engineer and worked on the programme. And yes you must try Rainbow, I worked on that as well. If you can find some out takes and rehearsal recordings that would be extra special as they were definately not for the kids.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

This is so cool!

[@geoffbeattie3160]

I'm far too old to remember this kids show I'm now ,60. Mungo Mary and midge, magic roundabout, rainbow, the clangers, watch with mother much older kids programmes Never knew this one existed!!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

will look some of the others up!

[@stephenlee5929]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Definitely check out The Magic Roundabout, Boing said Zebedee.

[@jamespasifull3424]

It was Mary, Mungo & Midge! 😁

[@carolinecrollick6305]

@@jamespasifull3424I had Mary Mungo and Midge record when I was a child

[@Bossman1959uk]

@@GirlGoneLondonofficialthe clangers was my favourite. Tales of the Riverbank was also excellent but doubt it would be allowed now as they put real animals in boats!

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

I grew up on this in Hong Kong. English channels of TV station would import episodes back in the 80s. My father taped the episodes for me.

[@julietannOsfan1972]

My nephew is 35 soon, was born in 1989, & this is the first children’s programme that he watched. He absolutely loved it & was a huge fan.

[@stevenruffell601]

I've never seen button moon before but if you want something to watch then try the woodentops.

[@CovBloke1310]

"And the biggest spotty dog you ever did see"

[@stevenruffell601]

@@CovBloke1310 and there's always Bill and Ben the flowerpot men...or the original Pinky and Perky. You could always reproduce them by playing a 45 rpm on 78. There's no way to have fun like that these days.

[@stevieinselby]

Even as a small child, I thought that Button Moon was incredibly strange and made no sense. Watching it again as an adult, it's beyond crazy that children were ever subjected to this 10-minute hallucination.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

It's quite tame compared to 60s stuff. I remember Tog, a red and white striped squirrel going to a bandstand and getting attacked by trumpets and trombones while an evil looking bandmaster in jam jar botton glasses looked on. Ah, memories.

[@Dazza5007]

An American distracted by Button Moon 😂 The fact an adult and not a child loves this makes me smile and lol❤😂

[@barriehull7076]

The show's theme tune was composed and performed by Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson, who were married at the time. Sandra Dickinson (née Searles; born October 20, 1948)[2] is an American-British actress.

[@TukikoTroy]

Nah, Button Moon falls between the time of me becoming a grown-up and having kids of my own so didn't appear on my radar. However, from the look of it it seems very like 'The Clangers'.

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

Watch, The Clangers 😂

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

One of the very few things where the modern reboot was as good as the original. Major Clanger limbering up to push a balloon full of soup through a too small doorway was hilarious.

[@eddielasowsky7777]

The theme tune is a crafty 'reimagining' of Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 🥲

[@Nemoticon]

When I was VERY young, Button Moon and Pigeon Street was my bread and butter when sat in front of a TV with a tin of biscuits, lol

[@benjones1917]

Ah i LOVED button moon. I went to see it live at the theatre when i was very small and it was wonderful ❤❤

[@ohheyitskevinc]

Button Moon was awesome! 🙌

[@lawrencegt2229]

Peter Davison's daughter is married to David Tennant, another Dr. Who. Fingerbobs!

[@MisterStuzy]

It was adorable to watch you experience button moon ❤. My partner saw the live show in the 80s (they’re not a small as you think)

[@0KiteEatingTree0]

Remember Button Moon fondly Many households and families added quotes and catchphrases around day to day life

[@mannym7849]

Ahh the memories! Thank you Kalyn, I loved Button Moon ❤ and was about 2-10 years old when this aired on TV.

[@Treguards_Knightmare]

I did watch as a child and have the DVD somewhere. Thinking of the programmes around when I was growing up there were two main sources BBC Broom Cupboard which became CBBC and ITV CITV which ran on weekdays from around 3.30pm with CITV finishing at about 5.10pm and BBC finishing at 5.30pm. Some of the cartoons we got included Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Bananaman, Super Ted Telebugs, Raggy Dolls, Piegon Street, and you grew up in the children's ward, Byker Grove Grange Hill. There were also education and Art based shows such as Think of a Number, Blue Peter, Art Attack and Hartbeat AS a pre-schooler I can remember watching playschool but the one that had its biggest impact was Chockablock and its surprising as they only ever made 8 episodes.

[@mattsmith8124]

There were so many good kids programmes back in the day, and most had great theme tunes as well. Rainbow, Pigeon Street, SuperTed, Danger Mouse, Mr Benn, The Wombles, to name a few. Looking forward to you going over some of them.

[@robertwoolstencroft5946]

And then there was finger mouse, Postman Pat ,The magic roundabout ,Camberwick Green. All these my children watched the youngest is now 36.

[@pauljohnson4871]

Thank you for another video. This brings back so many memories

[@veneration1]

I used to love that show, exactly my era, if you look close enough you can see the black gloves moving about in the scenery. I have the DVDs for nostalgia.

[@Andreaod73]

I loved button moon 🌙 as a child , used to watch with my sister x

[@coldwhite4240]

Ok, I never realised I needed to see a US-born dual American/British citizen doing a running commentary and criticism of classic British children's TV programmes, but I'm completely here for it! You should make this an occasional series - there are plenty of weird, wonderful and silly British children's TV shows from the 60s, 70s and 80s for you to watch! This could be a whole new direction for the Girl Gone London channel! 😅 (And really, I'm only part joking. As a Briton of a certain age, this was funny, wholesome and entertaining, and made my evening!) Several other shows have been suggested already, but I've not seen anyone mention Bod. The artwork is very basic but I thought the theme tune especially was great, as was the soothing narration of the late, great John LeMesurier (who famously appeared in the TV comedy Dad's Army - which you should also check out if you haven't yet)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Thank you so much for this lovely comment! I definitely would like to delve into more programs and appreciate your suggestions! Glad you enjoyed watching. :)

[@carolineskipper6976]

I was too old for ButtonMoon- just heading off to university when this dropped! I did already know that Peter Davison wrote the music - but I see from the credits that he wrote it with Sandra Dickenson who was his wife at the time. What I like about this is that the very 'homespun' look and feel of the world means that you can recreate it- or something very like it- at home with your own toys and a bit of junk modelling, and create your own stories for the Buttons and their friends.

[@vaudevillian7]

Narration was quite a common thing in 60s-80s kids TV, and they were often made by pretty much just one person (Oliver Postgate in particular is iconic)

[@Richard_Ashton]

Noggin The Nog Camberwick Green / Trumpton (And the world famous song 'Time Flies By' by Half Man Half Biscuit).

[@austinseven4720]

I used to love Button Moon (born in 1980), and my mum took me and my sister to the theatre for the stage show. I've never forgotten that because the 'Singing Hotpots' did a rock version of the theme tune! 😂

[@russellpotter7294]

I was working nights when this was on during the day so I often woke up when this was on in the day. I rather liked it. Calming and charming.

[@sharkmaster5467]

I was around 8 when Button Moon came out and still loved it. Definitely one of a kind.

[@kat2270]

In the 80s I was a very young mum with twins and a singleton. We watched Button Moon religiously. I've sent my lads your video. They're in their 40s and 30s now. 😂 Thanks for reacting to this charming tv series, you have brought back so many lovely memories.💕 Your commentary had me in tucks.😂

[@dhar6015]

I absolutely loved Button Moon whan i was a kid. I still remember the song of by heart 😃😃😃

[@earthlyone]

This was one of my favourite tv shows as a child, my sibling & I still love it to this day and we’re all in our 40’s now! Thanks for this GGL 😂

[@ptjogara]

My brother got me a Button Moon T-shirt for Christmas just gone. Wear it often and have had a couple of comments when wearing it from people who obviously remember it.

[@mparkes1821]

Oh dear, yes I remember and watched this back in the day, I was 4 in 1980 and many folk back then had black and white tv sets including me, safe to say program makers were on LSD back then lol😂 very cringe. If you like space themed stuff you could try Jerry Anderson’s puppet show Fireball XL5 or Starfleet or Terrahawks. Anderson also did 2 live acted shows called UFO and Space 1999 all classics

[@zak3744]

🎶 We're off to Button Moon, follow Mr Spoon, Button Moon, Button Mooooon!!!! 🎶 What's really striking is how different the kids programming looks nowadays in comparison. Kids TV used to be run on the basis of: "What do kids like doing? How do their lives look? Can TV help with that?" Kids love playing make-believe, giving characters to whatever they find: spoons and toilet brushes and ketchup bottles, and sending them on adventures. Whatever generation they grow up in. Now kids TV starts much more from the TV end: "We are TV producers, we make TV 'content' (a horrible term!). How can we tailor our product to these specific set of TV consumers?" The thinking seems to be how can kids be squeezed into the TV consumer environment, rather than how can TV play a part in kids' lives. Button Moon tries to be the sort of programme that kids themselves would make if they had the ability!

[@dufflepod]

I offer you a name, gratis, no strings attached, totally up to you if you research him......... 'Oliver Postgate'. A creator of sooo many BBC children's show, he essentially informed each generation of 10 yr olds over five decades. Top Tip: You can masquerade as a Brit with merely a passing knowledge of any of these kids shows: "Noggin The Nog", or "Bagpuss" or "Ivor The Engine". All classics, ,al terribley dated, and all, of course, glorious (to adults only alas).

[@XPLOSIVization]

As someone who was born in the 80s i must admit i cant remember ever watching Button Moon, Maybe i was just way too young, But it left more of impression on my Mum who remembers it fondly

[@terrystewart1973]

I'm too old for Button Moon, but have fond memories of The Clangers and Bagpuss, both creations of the late, great Oliver Postgate. Absolutely iconic shows

[@Spiklething]

Bagpuss is my favourite, I have a Bagpuss hot water bottle!

[@steveknievel]

I loved Button Moon as a kid, also met Peter Davidson at a local cricket match, he used to do a show called Jacanory so I went up to him and said 'I like your stories on Jackanory' because my older brother told me to

[@nowt1002]

Got the button moon theme tune on a 45 record. Got it when I went to see the stage show as a kid.

[@michaelssoftbinbows3237]

I watched that show religiously and I was bloody 11 when it debuted! Partly I suspect because there were only 3 tv channels at the time and it was the best thing on at the time. It's whimsical but with a hint of Eraserhead as well

[@MrTumshie]

I'm a bit too old to have watched it but I have had the theme tune stuck in my head for about 40 years as my wee brother watched it. And yet I only just found out the Doctor was the one singing in my head all this time. Thanks for that!

[@663lotty]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Paddington the 70's version with Michael Hordern. I grew up on that one. I don't remember Button Moon, very cute. 😊

[@ShaneH42]

The one and only time that I’ve been to the theatre was to watch the Button Moon stage show. I was about 6 and I clearly remember how BIG the rocket was, I was in awe

[@mgthestrange9098]

Loved this, if you’re doing Rainbow be prepared for another killer theme tune. 12:29 ha ha imagine if mr Spoon had caught Mrs Spoon knocking off beardy man.

[@Junoleda]

Try greenclaws greenhouse, or Henry’s cat or Portland bill

[@alundavies1016]

Aaah sweet memories of throwing a sicky from school and watching weird daytime kids tv like this. It was delirium enducing, helped the whole act. The Clangers, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Rainbow… all weird af!

[@daviniarobbins9298]

I only ever got to see this show along with Rainbow when I was off school sick.

[@Riz_]

Hi Kalyn, Saw the title of this video and thought "Button moon, I remember that". Used to watch it in the early eighties. Haven't really thought of it since I grew out of it. I heard that theme and no joke I had goosebumps, and that's coming from someone who didn't even like the show back then. It's amazing how it can effect you even years later. Highly recommend the Mr. men and little Misses.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Trapdoor and "Stoppit and Tidyup" were good.... But don't, for the love of god, watch Chocky (to be fair, that one is more "Young Adult") which scared me witless - even though Chocky itself was TECHNICALLY a goody... 😢😢

[@lucie4185]

I am glad you are looking at these aspects of British life that are often ignored. X

[@julianbarber4708]

Brit kids progs of this era were beyond strange. Checkout The Magic Roundabout, which, despite being a French programme originally, was totally re-written for a Brit audience. Magical.

[@JustJane23]

You should look at the Clangers. which we watched in the 70s, and were characters who whisteled on the Moon!

[@hisshissboom]

Love Button Moon - so did my kids - we had a Button Moon DVD they were addicted to. My youngest (now 12 years old) had a Button Moon themed party for her 5th birthday - with a Button Moon cake, Button Moon pyjams anf a Button Moon play set (I made the pyjamas and playset). Happy days!

[@misolgit69]

that spaceship appears to be a stylised Heinz baked bean tin (of the period) you want strange ? check out the Magic Roundabout

[@HalfBlindAssassin-i5q]

clangers , flumps , mr ben , bagpuss , mary mungo and midge , the moomins ...all classics

[@DevilishScience]

You must watch Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men from the 1950s - iconic British children's TV

[@keyproductions100]

You are playing near the edge of Alice's rabbit hole when you start watching 1980s childrens tv

[@stuarttaylor1799]

You need to watch The Clangers.

[@alantheinquirer7658]

Met Peter D. at a SciFi con. Lovely bloke - especially when he signed the cover of my non-Dr Who DVD set (Campion).

[@austinwiththehat]

My childhood right there. I miss these innocent times

[@julianbarber4708]

Wow! Sung by Sandra Dickinson, who was Peter Davidson's wife! I wasn't in the UK when this was on, but I still love it!

[@mannym7849]

Kalyn, could you also please also react to the Moomins, they were cute Finnish trolls who lived in Moomin Valley - a great series

[@pep0409]

Button Moon was a big part of my childhood. I was four when it came out so I was the key target audience.

[@edmundmk6416]

Button Moon was amazing! I still remember the theme tune lol.

[@ghammond2290]

Button moon is amazing

[@CanWeNotKnockIt]

This is the video I never knew I needed.

[@TerenceSquires]

Wow, when you go deep into British culture you really go deep-deep😁. Kids did not see the tin cans and egg boxes they saw "space ships" and "moon-bases". Kids in those days had true imagination that made them creative future adults.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Such a sweet show!

[@jamesfry8983]

My childhood, love this show.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

It's so cute!

[@carolinecrollick6305]

Yes I do love the theme tune watched the programme we loved Rainbow too with George Bungle and Zippy. You will love it 😂

[@mrmr5580]

This was my favourite show when I was 3/4, i had it on video, when my sister had kids I gave her the videos (she had an old video player), she wanted them to watch shows where people spoke properly, she wouldn't let them watch things like teletubbies, because they didn't speak properly

[@johnbuttery1171]

I was not expecting a full on Proustian flashback today but there it is!

[@stinkhornadrian]

If it's nightmares you're after, try Pipkins.

[@Poliss95]

@stinkhornadrian Hartley Hare was on TPTV the other week. He's spuced himself up a bit.

[@j0hnf_uk]

I always thought the narrator to this show always had a degree of sarcasm to his voice when telling the stories. This was one of the first 80's lunchtime children's programmes shown by ITV's Thames Television, back in the autumn of 1980 and managed to last for 8 years. For me, this was right at the end of when I was of an age/in a position to watch such programmes, so only remember it vaguely. There's plenty of others from the 70's, such as, 'Cloppa Castle', 'Paper Play', 'A Handful of Songs', 'Jamie And The Magic Torch', 'Chorlton And The Wheelies', and, 'Issi Noho', that immediately spring to mind. Then, there's the longer 20 minute shows which followed, such as, 'Hickory House', 'Pipkins', 'Mr. Trimble', and the most famous of all, 'Rainbow.' The BBC's version of, 'lunchtime programmes for children', aired a bit later, usually around 1.30pm, and were generally 15 minutes in length. The most famous among them being the Gordon Murry trilogy of, 'Trumpton', 'Camberwick Green', and, 'Chigley.' Then, there's others such as, 'Bod', 'Bagpuss', 'Rag-time', 'The Flumps', 'Barnaby The Bear', 'The Herbs', 'Mr Benn', 'Fingerbobs', and a few others. Then, the BBC would show a 5 minute show at the end of their weekday afternoon children's programmes, at 5.35pm, just prior to the early evening News. 'The Magic Roundabout', is probably one of the best known ones, but there were many others. 'The Wombles', 'Captain Pugwash', 'The Perishers', 'Fred Bassett', 'Ivor The Engine', 'Paddington', as examples. Not only is it the actor who was soon to be Doctor Who, singing the theme song, but also his then wife Sandra Dickinson, who was also a reasonably well known actress at the time.

[@hurnethehunter]

When I was young in the 50s, my favourite children's show was Rag, Tag, and Bobtail... I was about 5/6 then....And another was Nogging the Nog...

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Nice! I will look those up!

[@lucie4185]

See also Tales of the River bank and Pogles Wood.

[@TonyNaggs]

Noggin!

[@weedle30]

@@lucie4185 tales of the riverbank - started my absolute love of guinea pigs !