BBC Schools Dots with 'Bart'

A BBC schools interval sequence re-created from around 1983

[@Littlelambism]

Those days will never come back again!!! This takes me back to my childhood!!!

[@deefakir9335]

WRONG. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55552962 :-)

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you for this of course. If this was 1983, I am guessing this must have been before Schools ended on BBC1, before becoming Daytime on Two on BBC2 later that year on September 19th as far as I know. Well done anyway too!!

[@plane340]

This is an edit of the original 5.20 min version from the album Ruby by Ruby aka Tom Fogerty and the gang. It's from around 1976. The remix was done a few years later and can be found on the CD 'Precious Gems / Deal It Out' by Tom Fogerty & Ruby. I will try and post the full version soon. Watch out!!!!

[@ahsenkhan5386]

17 years and .........

[@TheRagBag]

THE anthem of being a kid in the 70s/80s

[@Templar7832]

Thankyou for putting this on I've been looking for this on the net for years!! Takes me back when I was 6! Now to look for Ruby

[@sirtinycreep]

I used to love the music the BBC would play in the run-up to these programmes!

[@fraserkatie]

I got the impression from watching the real thing as a child that the dots were taken off slowly than recreated here!

[@hyperdrive608]

Oh yeah that's the stuff! Loved seeing this again!

[@Sackbladder]

We did too! God, the music sound great - I'm 9 again!!

[@plane340]

There is a 3 minute and the full 5.20 min version of Bart.... The voice is an origional BBC continuity announcer. Cheers

[@garrysimpson1395]

HAPPY DAYS!

[@RobRobintv]

Love this tune... Got full length schools progs on my channel!

[@plane340]

Yeh, it's a fab tune. One of my fav's.

[@garrysimpson1395]

Good Old Bart. Classic!

[@arthurvasey]

I seem to remember in the late 70s and 80s, they used to have a female announcer who often played pop tunes in the interval between programmes - even going so far as to introduce them, like a DJ - played Summer Nights from Grease a few times and even Daydream Believer by The Monkees!

[@sppider77]

@plane340 The announcer is Paul Harris who went on to work at BBC South

[@borgduck]

What utterly fab stuff to inhale RUSH to!

[@plane340]

It's called 'Bart' by a US band called Ruby from 1976

[@michaeledwards8267]

THE ANTHEM OF CEEFAX ORACLE AND TELETEXT *ALL ABOARD!*

[@Sinclair_Research]

God hell yes!

[@timonline2000]

That's great! Where did the voice come from? I've heard that there's also a 3 minute version of "Bart"

[@dublinbrazilianblue]

It's a great song, what's the name of the CD you have it on?

[@dzod]

Yes we were all cold war babies.

[@sarahwelty9223]

Anybody know what this music is at the beginning it's pretty cool. Sounds like a cross between Rush and Yes

[@delboyplonker]

BBC Television for Cooling Sausages

[@barriep9]

The voice over sounds original what was his name

[@plane340]

It was me that uploaded this to MHP....

[@timonline2000]

There's something about that guy's voice suggesting he might have connections on the other side of the Atlantic, don't you think?

[@aw-h3875]

I suspect this track being played by the beeb in schools was responsible for turning many kids onto prog and psych rock. I remember hearing this waiting for the programme to start at school and honestly the music was better than the following programme. We all grew up to be ravers in the 90s and chilled down to anything proggy or psych😁

[@plane340]

So true

[@chaydavis8442]

A poorly edited version.

[@plane340]

Thanks for that comment