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Articles about childrens television
Celebrity hosts
Published 6 June 2022
All manner of people turn up at Central TV in Birmingham in order to link the children’s programmes
Keeping them Wide Awake
Published 15 October 2018
Inside TV-am’s popular children’s magazine show, the Wide Awake Club, in 1988
Factsheet 1966: Independent Television Programmes
Published 16 August 2018
An introduction to Independent Television programming in 1966
Making children’s programmes
Published 31 July 2018
Inside ITV’s biggest children’s department in 1977
Audience Research
Published 25 September 2017
A look at what’s popular and how popularity is measured from the BBC in 1961
TV, the child, and the critic
Published 24 July 2017
A report wonders if children’s television is good for 1959’s children
“We now have a World Wide Web page…”
Published 16 December 2010
Don’t forget to have your pen and paper handy to write down the address!
Oliver Postgate
Published 9 December 2008
Like many I grew up with the creations of Oliver Postgate, and his usal collaborator Peter Firmin. Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, the Clangers, and of course, the utterly wonderful Bagpuss, played a huge part of my childhood, as it did so many others – enchanting and enthralling a whole generation.
Children’s air
Published 1 March 2006
Younger television viewers of the early 1950s had their very own startup