"David Nobbs David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Petts Wood, London. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for the ""Sheffield Star"", before starting his career in comedy as a writer for ""That Was The Week That Was"" in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les"
"Go With Noakes Go With Noakes was a BBC Television children's programme, broadcast between 28 March 1976 and 21 December 1980. A documentary series, it was presented by John Noakes initially alongside, then following his departure from, ""Blue Peter"" in 1978. Broadly similar to the reports he made for that programme, each episode had an adventure-based outdoor theme in keeping with Noakes's reputation on ""Blue Peter"" as a man of action. Noakes was accompanied on most installments by Shep the dog, who had left ""Blue Peter"" at the same time. One episode featured the Blue Peter pony for the disabled"
"1973-74: Nemo of the Four Winds, For Love of Looney. 1974-75: The Bridge of the Gods, Bigfoot in the Backyard, The Breadman Cometh. 1975-76: The Happy Prince, and Alice in Voterland 1976-77: Miser of Tahoma, Trouble at the Fort, and Alice in Wonderland (version 1) 1977-78: Sungura the Hare (version 1) 1978-79: The Black Heart of Indri 1979-80: You Are What You Eat (Nutrition Show), Inanna in the Underworld, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1980-81: The Magic Calliope, Onion Skin Soup, THE MASQUE COMPANY 1981-82: Coyote and the Cedar Tree, Faces in Time (MASQUE Co.), Frogs (MASQUE Co.), Sungura"
"Noakes"", in which they travelled around the country getting involved in diverse activities like motor racing, rowing, aerobatics and painting. In each series Noakes was featured travelling around Britain in a particular mode, e.g. sailing, narrow boat, walking, open top car. ""Go With Noakes"" began on 28 March 1976, and would run for six series and 31 episodes, finishing its original run on 21 December 1980. Noakes left ""Blue Peter"" on 26 June 1978. and the BBC offered to let him keep Shep, as the dog had lived with him since his TV debut. Despite Shep living with Noakes, the"
"The Wombles (1973 TV series) The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. The Wombles are creatures that live underground, collecting and recycling human rubbish. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC1 children's television programme ""Jackanory"", the BBC commissioned producer FilmFair to create a television series of the books. The series was produced by Graham Clutterbuck and directed by Ivor Wood using stop-motion. The characters were all voiced by actor Bernard Cribbins. Sets and model making were by Barry Leith. Two series of 30, five-minute episodes were produced, with"
"Potamus Park Potamus Park was a British preschool program that ran on CITV between 1996-1999. In Canada for YTV in 2002. And United States which aired on Disney Channel in 2005. The show centered on a small family of hippos. Characters included Ticker, (a bird) Got To Guess, (a blue creature that used sign language to communicate) and Mindy and Mo (two Moles who live in a well and use a bucket as a lift when the hippos need help). Each episode was introduced by a set of talking flowers, who would explain what's to come or what's been happening"
"in British popular culture, especially moments when things have gone wrong, such as the much-repeated clip of Lulu the elephant (from a 1969 edition) who urinated and defecated on the studio floor, appeared to tread on the foot of presenter John Noakes and then proceeded to attempt an exit, dragging her keeper along behind her. Although it is often assumed to have been broadcast live, the edition featuring Lulu was one of the rare occasions when the programme was pre-recorded, as the presenters were en route to Ceylon for the summer expedition at the time of transmission. Other well-remembered and"
"Victorian England, and the programmes included many real historical events such as the publication of Jerome K. Jerome's ""Three Men in a Boat"" and the sale of London Zoo's famous elephant, Jumbo, to Barnum and Bailey's Circus. The stories included issues such as bare-knuckle prize fighting, spiritualism and Irish terrorism. Assisting Cribb was Detective Constable Thackery, played by William Simons. The 1979 pilot episode was entitled ""Waxwork"" and featured Carol Royle and Susie Blake and was produced and directed by June Wyndham-Davies. ""Cribb"" is available on Region 2 DVD as a box set, distributed by Acorn Media UK. The series"
"known than ""Noah and Nelly"". It seems that more mainstream production techniques may have led to ""Noah and Nelly's"" ending up less famous than its siblings, in spite of its unique storyline and witty script. Equally, however, it could simply be down to the fact that ""Noah and Nelly"" was not repeated anywhere near as frequently as its stablemates; its final repeat run (which only covered selected episodes, not the full 26) was in 1980, a mere four years after it began, and it has not been shown on British television since. By contrast, both ""Roobarb"" and ""Henry's Cat"" were"
"Pictures. Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was ""a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 ""Bagpuss"" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs,"
"Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was ""a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 ""Bagpuss"" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs, the"
"Hippies (TV series) Hippies is a six-part British television comedy series broadcast on BBC 2 from 12 November to 17 December 1999. It was created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, the writing partnership most famous for ""Father Ted"", but the scripts were written by Mathews alone. It starred Simon Pegg, Sally Phillips, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Darren Boyd. ""Hippies"" is set in 1969 during the 'Swinging Sixties' and follows the misadventures of Ray Purbbs (Pegg), who is the editor of a counterculture magazine called ""Mouth"" (a parody of ""Oz"" and ""International Times""), which he produces in his flat in Notting"
"(based on Noël Coward), with the catchphrase, ""My eyes are not first-class, you know"", The Moog, a supposed ""dog"" who is unable to think for himself, Twit, a small bird, The Beast, a former prince turned into a hairy shambling creature by Evil Edna, gnomes, the Astrognats (a group of bugs who explore outer space by means of their toadstool rocket), the Bookworm and a regiment of toy soldiers. Each of the original 26 episodes lasted approximately 5 minutes and were broadcast at 5:35pm on BBC1, continuing a tradition of short cartoons (such as ""The Magic Roundabout"" and ""The Wombles"")"
"interview with Brian Cosgrove. Chorlton and the Wheelies Chorlton and the Wheelies is an animated children's television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on the British television channel ITV. It followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World. ""Chorlton and the Wheelies"" was created by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network. The eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based: the legend ""Made in Chorlton-cum-Hardy"" is found written on the inside of the egg from which"
"Moschops (TV series) Moschops is a stop motion-animated children's television series produced by FilmFair, and broadcast on ITV in 1983. The characters in ""Moschops"" are designed by Sue Marke. All of the cast are prehistoric animals, except for Flower, who is the world's first flower. The dinosaur characters' names imply their species or genus. The title character, Moschops, is a young therapsid of the genus ""Moschops""; Ally is a theropod of the genus ""Allosaurus""; Grandfather Diplodocus is a sauropod of the genus ""Diplodocus""; Mrs. Kerry is a ceratopsid of the genus ""Triceratops""; Uncle Rex is a ""Tyrannosaurus rex""; and Mr."
"synopses. The dubbed version, narrated by Burt Kwouk, was shown by the BBC from 1976 to 1978. An English novelisation, written by Weir, was released in 1978 as ""Water Margin"". ""The Water Margin"" is known for its sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as ""Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?"" The first ten episodes were shown on the BBC from 21 September 1976 to 23 November 1976. The final three episodes were shown just before series 2 from 20 September 1977 to 4 October 1977."
"a factor in Central Television's decision not to bring the programme back for a ninth series. Semi-regulars were dwarf actor David Rappaport who played characters such as 'Green Nigel' (in a pastiche of BBC programme Blue Peter) and the Fonz-like 'Shades', Emil Wolk and puppeteer Trevor James with a giant parrot, presumably to fill the void left by Bob Carolgees. At the end of 1981, a restructure of ITV's broadcast franchises saw ATV win back the franchise for the Midlands on condition of changes in management, regional output and branding. Thus the first part of the series was produced by"
"Dingbat, a vampire dog who used a bat-shaped novelty straw to eat most foods, Sparerib, a strangely rotund skeleton with the ability to change himself into useful items (such as a floor lamp, which he did in the opening credits), and Nobody, a gravelly-voiced jack-o-lantern who led the team and often found them various work. The second season, called ""Heathcliff and Marmaduke"", ran for 13 episodes and featured backup segments with fellow comic strip character Marmaduke (although the Marmaduke segments are actually the first to be seen in each half-hour show). Reruns of the second season (""Heathcliff and Marmaduke"") were"
"the first series airing in 1973, animated by Ivor Wood, and the second in 1975, animated by Barry Leith. In all, 60 episodes were produced. The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films in 1996, a new series of episodes was created, with three new Womble characters. In the UK, the series was purchased by ITV and was screened on their CITV brand. The Wombles (1973 TV series) The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. The Wombles are creatures that live underground,"
"Birds"", ""The Life of Mammals"", ""The Blue Planet"", ""The Planets"", ""The Human Body"", ""Walking with Dinosaurs"", ""Walking with Beasts"", ""Scotch & Wry"", ""Steptoe and Son"", ""The Good Life"", ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"", ""The Vicar of Dibley"", ""The League of Gentlemen"", ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"", ""Absolutely Fabulous"", ""Rab C. Nesbitt"", ""The Fast Show"", ""Harry Enfield's Television Programme"", ""Keeping Up Appearances"", ""Red Dwarf"", ""Porridge"", ""Open All Hours"", ""The Two Ronnies"", ""Dad's Army"", ""Yes Minister"", ""Hancock's Half Hour"", ""Doctor Who"", ""Last of the Summer Wine"" and ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", as well as the children's"
"""Clapperboard"". The 32 episodes were filmed using stop-frame animation, in Peter Firmin's barn (not in a BBC television studio). All were made in black-and-white. The episodes were narrated by Oliver Postgate, who introduced the story (typically beginning each episode with the show's catchphrase, ""Now where shall we find the Pogles?"") and also voiced several of the characters. The Pogles were tiny magical beings who lived in a hollow tree in a wood. The four principals were Mr and Mrs Pogle, their adopted son Pippin, and a squirrel-like creature named Tog, who was Pippin's playmate. The initial series featuring these characters"
"Planet of the Apes"", which ran on NBC from 1975 to 1976 and ""The Oddball Couple"", which ran on Saturday mornings on ABC from 1975 to 1977. One of the studio's television specials was ""The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas"" (1973), with Tommy Smothers voicing the little bear who goes out to find Christmas (in the human world) while his fellow bears head for hibernation. DFE was also responsible for a number of Dr. Seuss specials, including ""The Cat In The Hat"" and different incarnations of The Grinch. Inflation, the increasing costs of producing theatrical cartoons, and the pressures of"
"(Wednesday 25 April 1984, 9:20AM BBC1)<br> 6. ""From Queensferry to Whitby"" (Thursday 26 April 1984, 9:20AM BBC1)<br> 7. ""From Wells-Next-The-Sea to Woodbridge"" (Friday 27 April 1984, 9:20AM BBC1) 1. ""Blaenau Ffestiniog Here we Come"" (Sunday 1 July 1984, 9:35AM BBC1)<br> 2. ""Down to Land's End"" (Sunday 8 July 1984, 9:30AM BBC1)<br> 3. ""By Caravan Through Kerry"" (Sunday 15 July 1984, 9:30AM BBC1) Go With Noakes Go With Noakes was a BBC Television children's programme, broadcast between 28 March 1976 and 21 December 1980. A documentary series, it was presented by John Noakes initially alongside, then following his departure from, ""Blue"
"episodes were broadcast in Australia on ABC TV. In 2013 Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) adapted Hobbs’ book ""Mr Chicken Goes To Paris"" for the stage and the book is a popular title in the Musée du Louvre bookshop in Paris. Leigh Hobbs’s children's books are often described as working on a number of levels and could be seen as gently subversive. For example, Hobbs's most popular creation, ""Old Tom"", is a grotesque one eyed cat, but the word cat is never used in the books. Old Tom's 'owner' a prim matron like character called Angela Throgmorton thinks"
"'Rags'. Travelling around the country, they got involved in diverse activities like motor racing, rowing, aerobatics and painting. In each series Noakes was featured travelling around Britain in a particular mode, e.g. sailing, narrow boat, walking, open top car, etc. The series was produced by BBC Manchester and began on 28 March 1976, running for six series and 31 episodes. The last edition was transmitted on 21 December 1980. Being made on film allowed great flexibility with the shooting and editing of each week's subject matter. An example of the first series run was where Noakes met the RAF's Red"
"Olobob Top Olobob Top is a British children's television series that originally aired on CBeebies in UK, S4C in Wales, and ABC Kids/ABC4 Kids/ABC for Kids in Australia. The programme is narrated by Stephen Mangan. The series follows a group of young creative creatures called the Olobobs. Tib, Lalloo and Bobble live in a big forest and have fun playing, exploring and solving everyday problems. In each episode, they work together combining shapes, colours and patterns to create a new character, who joins in with the Olobobs’ fun, while a friendly narrator encourages them to think for themselves. The first"
"Pipkins Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) is a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981. ""Pipkins"" was one of the first children's programmes on British TV where the characters had regional accents: Pig had a Birmingham accent, while Topov the monkey was a Cockney and Octavia the ostrich had a French accent). In 1972, the ITV network expanded its daytime broadcasting hours and the Independent Broadcasting Authority commissioned four of the main ITV companies to each provide a series of interest"
"of ""The Hoober-Bloob Highway"", a 1975 CBS TV special. In this segment, Hoober-Bloob babies don't have to be human if they don't choose to be, so Mr. Hoober-Bloob shows them a variety of different animals; including ones from ""If I Ran The Zoo"" (and ""On Beyond Zebra!""). Such animals include: Obsks, a flock of Wild Bippo-No-Bungus, a Tizzle-Topped Tufted Mazurka, a Big-Bug-Whos-Is-Very-Surprising, Chuggs, a Deer with Horns-That-Are-Just-A-Bit-Queer, a New Sort-Of-A-Hen, an Elephant-Cat, and an Iota. ""If I Ran the Zoo"" is often credited with the first printed modern English appearance of the word ""nerd,"" although the word is not used"
"a terrible memory, and later even forgot his own name, and so became known simply as ""Henry's Cat"". Each episode in this series is 5 minutes long. Each episode in this series is 5 minutes long. Each episode in this series is 15 minutes long. Each episode in this series is 15 minutes long. Each episode in this series is 13 minutes long. (c) Stan Hayward Bob Godfrey Films Ltd. 1983 Henry's Cat Henry's Cat is a British animated children's television series, created by Stan Hayward and directed by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of ""Roobarb"" and ""Noah"
"programme ""Roobarb"" (1974). Originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news, each five-minute cartoon was written by Grange Calveley and produced by Bob Godfrey. He was the original voice actor for ""Noddy"" (1975) TV series based on the Enid Blyton character, and then another series with Godfrey, ""Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk"" (1976). He also provided the voice of Fiver in the animated film adaptation of ""Watership Down"" (1978). In 1990 Briers provided the narration and voiced all the characters in the five minute animated series ""Coconuts"" about a monkey, a king lion and a parrot who lived on"
"Hububb Hububb was a Children's Television program broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom, it was named after Les Bubb who also played the title character with the same name. The Show ran from 1997 until 2001. Five series of the show were made. The Show was about a delivery man who lives in a tower in the center Edinburgh who kept getting into all sorts of bother, he is also known for using his trusty mountain bike which he uses for his work. The show was filmed and set in the Scottish Capital City, Edinburgh and the tower"
"and there were no catch-phrases as there were in other programmes in the cycle, but the series is still remembered with affection. Twenty-six 12-minute episodes were made, two of which were never broadcast, each shot in a single take. The repeat showings came to an end in December 1965, replaced by Tales of the Riverbank (moved from its normal Monday slot by Camberwick Green). In 1987, a ""Watch With Mother"" video was released by the BBC. The episode of ""Rag, Tag and Bobtail"" featured a scene in which Bobtail discovered that the baby rabbits had been playing in a muddy"
"Summerton Mill Summerton Mill is a British children's television series created by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson. It was first shown on the CBeebies channel in 2005 as a segment of the BBC's Tikkabilla. It has subsequently been repeated both within Tikkabilla and as a standalone show on CBeebies and BBC2. It is a stop-motion animated series featuring the characters Dan, his companion Fluffa, Dr and Mrs Naybhur who live up on the hill, Francoise the cow, Mousey-Tongue the cat, two ""yellow-spinner"" chickens and the ""millfreaks"", tiny creatures which appear to resemble small, furry hedgehogs. In all, twenty-six episodes (and"