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From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television

Nigel Planer narrates the story of the struggle to make programmes for children in the days before everything went digital.

59 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Feb 2024 00:25
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Music Played

  • Annette Mills

    We Want Muffin (Muffin The Mule) (1949)

  • The Laurie Johnson Orchestra

    Sucu Sucu

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Unsquare Dance

  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

  • The Noveltones

    Left Bank

  • Mr. Bloe

    Groovin' With Mr. Bloe

  • Wayne Hill

    Left Bank Two ('Vision On Gallery' Theme Tune)

    Performer: The Noveltones.

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now? (Edit)

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

  • Alan Hawkshaw

    Chicken Man ('Grange Hill' theme)

  • The Stranglers

    Nice 'N' Sleazy

  • Michael Nyman

    Time Lapse

    Orchestra: The Zoo Orchestra.

  • John Barry Seven Plus Four

    Hit and Miss

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

  • Herbert Chappell

    Paddington Bear

Credits

Narrator Nigel Planer
Executive Producer Caroline Wright
Producer Verity Maidlow

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