Vision On 1964 - 1976 (Opening Theme, Snippets and Closing Theme )

[@TeeVeesGreatest]

Hey guys! I also have made a playlist on Spotify of all the music played on Vision On here: open.spotify.com/playlist/5CseiRKZCuTUbJuSTCfS40?si=OTZnVd0mQHCpEUtNXBv64g

[@colinjameslichtwark513]

Thank you so much, instantly good childhood memories

[@chrisholland7367]

Born in the late 60s, this children's programme was the bread and butter of my childhood. Like many people have already commented, it was way beyond its time, and although its target audience was children with hearing disabilities there was something there for children without. Pure genius.

[@opetimistic]

I agree

[@squishmallowfan025]

You're not kidding, there was real creativity in this that anyone in their 50s now will look back on. It still doesn't seem like it was put together, it just "was". I had no clue at the time it was aimed at the hard of hearing - we ALL liked it. Still have the drawing of a lion Tony Hart made for me!

[@simonjones7727]

Me too!

[@JasonJason210]

I was born in 1968 and this was one of my favourite TV programmes in the 1970s. The music, the surreal sketches, the gallery and the characters all fascinated me.

[@robc8560]

I was born in 1967 and this was also one of my favorite programs too. I just realized now that Sylvester McCoy is in this who is the 7th Doctor of Doctor Who. WoW!

[@brucedanton3669]

I was born also in 1968 and do remember the Vision On series vaguely. I know it ended in 1976 which was a shame really as it could have gone on. Take Hart replaced it though as far as I know though. Thank you of course!!

[@gwillgi2]

a '68 child too! but in malaysia... good thing we got a fair amount of brit TV shows when i was growing up

[@ElliotFlowers]

Love the tune at 07:17!

[@bigtoe3312]

I was also born in 1968 and I absolutely loved this TV show as I used to watch it in my early childhood years here in Canada.

[@helencoltart3483]

These are the children’s TV shows that kids need today! I still remember trying to figure out how and what each picture or craft was AND how it was being done. Just fascinated with each moment. So ahead of its time!really

[@Michelle-ki3lj]

The concept of this programme was just brilliant. At a very young age I didn't know some people couldn't hear. This was the 1970s. This programme was a real eye-opener, and very educational. I am 50. And still learning, but Vision On helped me originally.

[@rjjcms1]

And it must have really encouraged all the children who watched it to do their own art at home. Back in the days when both BBC1 and ITV showed a full schedule of children's programming in the late afternoons on Monday to Friday for almost a couple of hours before the 6 o'clock news. Vision On was weekly and about 25 to 30 minutes long,but this condensed 10-minute version shows nearly all of the show's regular elements and characters. Though neither of us had a hearing or speech impediment me and my little sister enjoyed watching it regularly in the early to mid 70s and luckily we already had a colour TV from near the start of that decade.

[@originalveghead]

A wonderful reminder of why TV made me happy as a child - thanks for posting.

[@ewaf88]

Such a great show for when I was growing up. So much visual creativity.

[@ChrisWestin]

Right? What a treat to see some of it again here.

[@glynperrisgp]

The wonderful Pat Keysell and Tony Hart were the signature of my youth. Rest in peace and thanks for all you the entertainment you gave to us kids. Absolutely loved the Prof used to make me laugh hysterically with his slapstick and pulling those silly faces ....

[@olrepas]

The talent and creativity here is amazing, and it was just everyday stuff back then

[@sengkai9144]

Every generation should have the opportunity to enjoy this wonderful program anew. I only saw a few episodes but it left an indelible mark on me. Many years later, after I have long forgotten about this program, a chance encounter of the gallery theme invoked a strange sense of familiarity and warmth. To other people, Cavatina is the theme to the movie Deer Hunter. To me it's the VisonOn gallery theme, along side Left Bank 2. An internet search led me back to this childhood gem. Thank you for putting this on the tube. I sometimes pity younger generations who never had the chance to enjoy this program before they become too jaded.

[@manxpuss]

Glorious memories of this show. The 70s was a great time to be a kid.

[@citycrusher9308]

Yes, this and Sesame Street were great

[@soniaramos5165]

I always loved all the art project things they did and the gallery showing all the art sent in with names and ages!❤❤❤

[@Makromark]

glad to see this show again, it was a blast for me as a child

[@BrothaBuds]

One of my childhood favourites growing up as a child in the 70's. Watched on TvOntario

[@Werten25]

The creativity in all of the sketches is really inspiring. They should honestly bring this back.

[@brooklyncarmelena5755]

It's nice going back to the world I was born in even if it's only for almost eleven minutes. I haven't seen these shows in about 46 years, since I was a baby, but somehow I remember these skits and tunes as they play. Thank you for the upload.

[@davidhammond3033]

Such an inventive, anarchic, engaging and surreal series. So much going on every week, it was an integral part of 1960's and 1970's television for children. I loved it!

[@cristophergregory8938]

Closing theme is my best. What a beautiful show to watch as a child many years ago 😊

[@bradpanther]

wow what a blast from the past. i remember watching Vision On as a young kid when we had black and white tv in New Zealand!

[@DizGrl]

I LOVED This show so much as a kid on the 70’s. ❤

[@Avant-garde3240]

Vision On was one of my best TV programs. Though I didn't get to see them till in the '90s in my own corner of the world in Africa. Such should be brought back to the TV.

[@raindog1971]

I'd been trying to find this show FOREVER. All I could really remember was the theme song at the end(Java), and the man who did cool crafts/drawings. Thank you!!

[@enriquebarajas6758]

I tried too. My only clues were that the show was british, and the insect logo formed with the show´s name. But that name is what I forgot. Then, browsing the extensive list of british tv shows in wikipedia, I was picking children shows at random. The mouse wandered and wow! the logo appeared in a pop up window! Carefully, not moving the mouse pointer, I read the name: Vision On. 1964 - 1976

[@jo4478]

Same here. I don't recall the theme song, but I remember Tony Hart (I didn't even know his name then but now I do...LOL)very well indeed, British guy with the white hair. Been trying to figure out the name of the TV show for years until I saw today the insect logo posted on my KZbin recommended list. Fancy that!😂😭

[@TheRetroShed]

Oh wow. That just took me back to the very early 70s when I used to watch this. Brilliant programme.

[@GFSTaylor]

I met Sylvester McCoy at an event a few years ago. A friend had him sign a Dr Who DVD. As we were all chatting, I suddenly remembered that I have a battered Vision On annual I could have brought to get signed. Sylvester said he'd liked to have seen it: he had fond memories of the show.

[@robalexander8065]

Sylvester would be in his early thirties in the days of Vision On.

[@JasonJason210]

I got him to sign a new Doctor Who book I bought at a Science Fiction convention a couple of years ago in Sweden. He was one of the guests. I said "Hello Mr Coy, would you mind signing this Doctor Who book for me?" to which he humorously replied "Am I in it?". Later on, he went for a walk around the convention, seemingly enjoying being unrecognised. As I we passed in opposition directions, he exchanged a glance with me and gave a quirky smile.

[@joaopereira817]

I really love the music and the sound effects from this show.

[@bcm5679]

Finally found it ! Many Thanks for sharing this

[@nickburton100]

A brilliant programme and the only one that catered for the deaf at the time.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Fantastic. Ground breaking childrens tv

[@seemorebeer2848]

Thank you soooooo much for posting ! 👏🏻👍🏼😊 Happy, simpler days !

[@vinylexperience77]

This brings back good memories. I loved this show when I was a kid growing up in Scotland.

[@meredithburton7918]

Thank you so much for posting this. I really enjoyed this program as a wee one.

[@dayson88]

its 2022 ...and i just suddenly remembered one of the songs from this series...and i came looking for it. i am from Nigeria and i remember watching this as a kid in the mid to late 80s.

[@amazingkris]

I love this more than ever now. Awesome music.

[@TheScratchingKiwi]

Now I remember why I wept when Tony Hart died. Such wonderful memories. Everything is a creative opportunity. Nothing is wasted. The horizon in the world of creativity is wide and never ending.

[@Nrthmnsplbnd9]

This was awesome! Seeing & hearing all the characters and music that I'd forgotten but remembered as soon as it played. those old tunes that I loved! Never forgot Morph though! 😁🤣😍 Thanks for posting this gem!

[@TeeVeesGreatest]

Your welcome bud!

[@Jamesee777]

Oh my gosh! For many years, I tried to find the name of this show and then search for it on youtube. I remembered the jumping monster squiggly line (it's just a sideways Vision On - lol), the artist that looked a little bit like Benny Hill was the best arts and crafts and nothing compares to what my little boy watches today! I haven't seen it in almost 40 years and I'm glad it actually refreshed my childhood memories and I actually remembered many parts of this video! Thanks for posting.

[@JamesHere-ou9xp]

Brought up on this series. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@akinkunle9304]

This brings back so many childhood memories I wan to cry

[@delightonailende620]

Tony Hart was awesome....

[@AlSuwaidiABD]

The British are the most creative! Thank you UK! :-) Greetings from Dubai.

[@Patrick-tx9rh]

Remember watching this back in the mid 70's on KOMO 4 (ABC) in Seattle, Sunday mornings before going to church.

[@christopherwibberley8984]

It would be naive to say any era was better than another because the perspective differs with the age of a person and their individual circumstances, but watching this again after over forty years gives me a warm glow

[@phoenixman8569]

I watched this when was knee high to a grasshopper in the 1970s, i had forgotten Mr. MCcoy was also on this program this was years before he played "the doctor" in the late 80s

[@Dan-bg7be]

Some the art the kids submitted is fantastic. I love this program.

[@garethedwards9129]

Bloody hell this takes me back...

[@FreshTillDeath56]

This show is the epitome of a great music collection. Vince Guaraldi

[@lolawilliams6532]

Lol... I remember this particular episode even though i was so young,about 8years old then. The art gallery segment was my favorite because of the theme sound(it actually dropped a tear while listening to it)and for the fact that i loved abstract sketching back then. Thanks. #Nostalgia...

[@guleiro]

Watched this in Angola in the 1980s. Beautiful...

[@annecohen8927]

I remembered watching it on KQED on tv as a child! My favorite program! I haven’t watched it for ages. I love the original version of Java by the famous 🎺 player, the late Bert Kaempfert!❤️❤️❤️. I also love the xylophone accompaniment to Java and the vibraphone to the children’s art gallery.

[@dilleberge]

Keith Moon was quite a versatile talented mind!

[@colinr0380]

Sad what the lure of rock and roll can do to talented youngsters ;-)

[@nicholascarey9705]

We were able to see this in the US for a short time. A treasured memory - thanks for posting it...

[@TeeVeesGreatest]

Your welcome bud!

[@eddieandrews3335]

Fantastic show

[@FrostFrost-ql2sr]

wonderful wonderful memories

[@bladecastlevania3653]

I remember watching this show on the PBS station in Buffalo📺

[@mccartney2]

bloody fab show!

[@saradh3385]

I love this programme so much. I was always convinced that the mad Professor and Bryan Ferry of Roxy music were one and the same person 🤣

[@khrystree9233]

Genuine entertainment and creativity for kids 😌

[@tjackson76c]

I watched this on TVOntario

[@merseydave1]

God I Loved that programme

[@ewaf88]

Music is Accroche Toi by Claude Vasori (still alive) Gurney Slade by Max Harris and Left Bank Two by Wayne Hill

[@robalexander8065]

Sadly news came through today of Claude's death. He was a brilliant composer and band leader known internationally as Caravelli.This theme for 40 and 50 somethings in the Uk at least, remains a fine epitaph. RIP Claude "Caravelli" Vason.

[@QuinnyAllFootball]

The best music in the gallery at 7:14

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

blimey I was only seven when this finished but remember it still so clearly

[@anonUK]

"Animated Plasticine Men"- aka Morph. First Aardman animation.

[@robalexander8065]

Actually, the first animation was a character on Vision On called Aardman - hence the name of the studio.

[@johntomlinson6849]

THIS is what public service broadcasting is all about.

[@deadlyvelociraptor]

Omg a walk in the black forest too!

[@michaelt977]

i remember watching this on wnet channel 13 when it aired @ 10.30 weekday mornings.great show it was.

[@OrdinaryMarioBrosOfficial]

7:11 INSANE ORIGINS for one of the best songs ever composed

[@kusakage1266]

beautiful thankyy

[@shmoostead5419]

Always thought Tony Hart seemed like such a wonderful bloke.

[@PaulSmith-l7b]

The tune with the clock is just fantastic. I was trying to work out what programme it was from. Totally made up with this clip 😃👍

[@tortysoft]

Brilliant.

[@zhongli9509]

I feel bad for some deaf people watching the show when they were kids. They never got to hear the music. Some of them probably had no hearing aids. The show is made for deaf children so that is why in the beginning you see the woman do sign language.

[@marcodamanlius]

I am deaf and I recalles watching it in the deaf program daily. I was fortunate to have hearing aids. I still can hum to all music on the show. It was designed to make it more bass music or up bear music for deaf children to feel the music rather than hear it and deaf people enjoyed anything visual. This partial reason why I am a Freelance Designer and Artist. I loved the show

[@planetwonky2088]

This is so Awsome!!

[@MwanzaNaphtalilungu]

I watched this in the late afternoons. My father still at work my mother is in the kitchen making supper .iam from school my brothers are somewhere playing . It's 197 ?? What 79? The world was beautiful. I mean beautiful. Iam 9 years I know absolutely nothing except where he bread and jam and butter and sugar is.there was no disease and bills and hunger .I worried for absolutely nothing. Except my homework and how to fix my bird trap. Today iam 53 years old in 2024 .life isn't as it was .needless to say

[@julietfischer5056]

This was either on PBS or a local syndicated station in the U.S. I remember the bouncing logo and a few isolated bits. I looked it up on Wikipedia and discovered it was targeted at deaf children, which I never knew. It does explain why I don't remember dialogue.

[@anthonybailey1966]

brilliant stuff....the end theme reminds me of ex-gymnast Olga Korbut.....I'm sure this was her floor routine music when she won Olympic gold in 72!

[@annoldham3018]

Yes it was. The tune is called Java.

[@gilliancockroft1719]

2020 vision on ❤

[@H105]

AAh the Fuzzy Worm ... oh how we loffed!

[@DM-hh7wl]

I've just found out which programme had an orange fuzzy thing that whizzed about - Vision On! Been trying to find out for decades, it used to really crack me up. 😀👍

[@mbclev]

At 1:19, I hear the theme to the British version of "Joker's Wild", presented by Barry Cryer.

[@robalexander8065]

Yes, it is the same theme. Hadn't noticed that before. Used to call it Smokers Wild, such was the high far content!

[@mazzab1970]

Lots of familar library music here. That first piece of music with the dinosaur was also used in Mary, Mungo and Midge when they all go down in the lift! The music with the scientist in the white coat was used the Jokers' Wild TV show with Barry Cryer. The music with the cuckoo clock was used from The Strange World of Gurney Slade - an early 1960s surreal comedy/drama with Anthony Newley. Left Bank Two - The Gallery, of course. The closing tune is called 'Java', originally by Allen Toussaint. I have heard the others before, but not sure where.

[@uqmahmou]

The music with the cardboard rocking birds is A Walk in the Black Forest. Much lampooned by The Goodies.

[@haileyshannon7548]

Of course we all know what Sylvester McCoy would later go on to do! That Katta Farrer's painting is awesome reminds me of the Beatles Revolver!

[@RoadCone411]

I wonder why he went by Sylveste McCoy in the closing credits (at 10:19?)

[@xushipang]

I watch this TV show in china in 90S when I was a kid !

[@robalexander8065]

Why the clip from Take Hart? Morph and Chas were very much a part of that show but didn't appear on Vision On.

[@colindyer1414]

Errr, they did. I was a big fan of Morph on Vision On, and then watched Take Hart at twenty one years old just for Morph!

[@colindyer1414]

I was wrong, it wasn't Morph on Vision On. I found some early claymation from Aardman on a Vision On episode. I must have just loved Morph after Vision On finished!.

[@bongopedro4927]

Thanks for this and the GREAT playlist. There's a section of the show I can't find any significant evidence of. It was a short montage of quite "urban" photography cut to a piece of repetitive rhythmic music. There's a tiny snippet of it at 9:31 in this sequence. Anyone know what the music was?

[@jacquesherve925]

Émission sublime !

[@Sid-Cannon]

Born in '68 and the guy in the white coat was my favourite. I thought my mind might be playing tricks on me, but there he is at 1:20 ...

[@ravinathwani9758]

Does anyone have anymore of vision on series

[@screenagekick]

Listed in the end credits are David Sproxton and Peter Lord - co-founders of Aardman Animations. No surprises there!

[@brain8484]

sorry we cant return your pictures , imagine how many disappointed children sent in their best works never to be seen again and thrown in the BBC dustbins. we all know the art shown was from the kids of the producers and presenters friends and families..

[@tonyworrall7379]

I was one who sent one in....at that age you honestly believe they will show it too!

[@hgwells1899]

London W12 8QT

[@subspaceanomaly]

The absolute bastards!

[@danielwilder7835]

I have one episode of vision on but I’ve never been able to find more

[@QuinnyAllFootball]

This I called morph now and a movie or cut into shorts. Still smacks everytime. Lol!

[@leighsaunderson9203]

As kid I loved this but had no skill to replicate it, can you imagine what Tony Hart could/would have done today with 3D graphics and VR !!!

[@NinaLanyon]

Surely he would have stuck with the physical things, scissors, paper, paint, glue. The birds rocking on the wire can be done by anyone with some light card stock and a pair of scissors and you get something that exists outside of a computer. Doing it in a 3D design program would be considerable more difficult. Remember that the idea was that children of all ages should be inspired to create their own art.

[@speakfreeley4473]

The Burbles at 5:35. This is how 'phone texting came into being. (Didn't they used to live in a grandfather clock)

[@ritawing1064]

yes, they did, I was waiting to see it!

[@saintjingo]

And the music is called Goofy by Cliff Johns (a proper ear worm)

[@johno4521]

I heard that Vision On will never be realeased on DVD as finding the copyright owners for all the music used in the programmes would be an impossible task....

[@CharlieTheZombie]

Gurney Slade (Max Harris ) is my ringtone

[@bigbigarchive]

Flour makes you stronger apparently.

[@19madmod6960]

Vision on grasshopper

[@MarcKloos]

I can see that now. 45 years ago I saw a scary monster! 😵

[@robalexander8065]

Tony Hart nicknamed it Grog - a cross between a grasshopper and a frog. He and the team were playing with mirror images one day and he simply pencilled the show's title and folded the paper in two. Upon opening it the charcoal mirror image had created the Grog!

[@FrankJCarver]

This show was a million times better than Blue Peter. The BBC never had any idea which were the good programmes.

[@mlsutton73]

LBP fans here

[@Artoliann]

Yo

[@ignacioandlaura]

Here