"was the inspiration for the ""Mrs Goggins"" character in the ""Postman Pat"" series. On 30 December 2013, Goggins became seriously ill after collapsing while running, resulting in emergency surgery. He died in Salford Royal hospital on 7 January 2014 following complications from a brain haemorrhage. Paul Goggins Paul Gerard Goggins (16 June 1953 – 7 January 2014) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East from 1997 until his death in January 2014. He was also previously a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. Paul Goggins was"
"Toonatics Toonatics is a children's television programme that was first broadcast on Children's BBC between the summers of 1997 and 1998. The show was created, directed and presented by Paul Burnham (as Thomas 'Tommy' Toon). The show broadcast cartoons, which included ""Tom and Jerry"" and ""Looney Tunes"", and played games in between each cartoon. Every day Tommy toon's mum went out to the shop and told his son ""Thomas, Thomas, I'm going to the shop. So you'd better not start watching those crazy cartoons!"" But regardless of his Mum's orders, Tommy doesn't care and invites four Toonatics to join him"
"Oliver Postgate Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. ""Pingwings"", ""Pogles' Wood"", ""Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"" and ""Bagpuss"", were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll ""Bagpuss"" was voted the most popular children's television programme of"
"watching some cartoons with him for half an hour, and also to play a few mini-games in-between, before Tommy's mum comes back from the shop. 52 episodes of the show were produced by Paul Burnam and the BBC. Toonatics Toonatics is a children's television programme that was first broadcast on Children's BBC between the summers of 1997 and 1998. The show was created, directed and presented by Paul Burnham (as Thomas 'Tommy' Toon). The show broadcast cartoons, which included ""Tom and Jerry"" and ""Looney Tunes"", and played games in between each cartoon. Every day Tommy toon's mum went out to"
"Jonny Briggs Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam (Jane Lowe) and Dad (Leslie Schofield), older sister Rita (Sue Devaney) and older brothers Albert (Tommy Robinson) and Humph (Humphrey) (Jeremy Austin). Another older sister, Marilyn, is mentioned but never seen. The stories often centre on Jonny's school life, where he and his best friend Pam are constantly in battle with the dreadful twins Ginny and Josie."
"Giggle and Hoot Giggle and Hoot is an Australian children's TV ""wrapper"" programme which airs on the Australian children's channel ABC Kids. It began in 2009 and depicts the adventures of Jimmy Giggle (James Rees) and his best friend Hoot the Owl (played by David Simes). It was also aired on ABC1 in 2009–2011, but was later discontinued on that channel. In later series they are joined by a second owl called Hootabelle (played by Jemma Armstrong). In the programme, Jimmy Giggle (James Rees) is shown to enjoy mending objects, although he relies on a ""problematic magic button"" that never"
"Mr. Badger (John Forbes-Robertson) Pamela Dean (Georgina Lane) Jinny (Adele Parry) Josie (Rachel Powell) Nadine (Abigail Fisher) Martin (Dexter Lynch) Lily Spencer (Sophie Buckley) Peter (Alex Moran) Razzle (Fizzy) Jonny Briggs Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam (Jane Lowe) and Dad (Leslie Schofield), older sister Rita (Sue Devaney) and older brothers Albert (Tommy Robinson) and Humph (Humphrey) (Jeremy Austin). Another older sister, Marilyn, is mentioned"
"Bodger & Badger Bodger and Badger was a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes. It was spawned from a pair of 1988 appearances the double act made in the Saturday morning BBC1 children's programme On the Waterfront. The programme focused on the exploits of a handyman - Simon Bodger (played by Andy Cunningham) - and his pet badger, who has a disturbing proclivity for mashed potato. The first four series focused on Bodger's varying"
"Worzel Gummidge (TV series) Worzel Gummidge is a children's sitcom, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the ""Worzel Gummidge"" books by English author Barbara Euphan Todd. Beginning in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. On a countdown of the greatest British children's programmes, this series was number 50 in the 50 Greatest Kids TV Shows on Channel 5 on 8 November 2013. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as ""Worzel Gummidge Down Under"", which was set in New Zealand. In 1979, a television"
"Ragtime (TV series) Ragtime was a children's television series created by Michael Cole and presented by Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris. The programmes featured play with words, songs, stories and puppets. Puppets made by Joanne Cole emerged from the green Ragtime Bag, including wooden spoons with faces drawn on them. These were named Mr Porridge, Mr Curry, Mr Jelly, Miss Sponge, Mrs Custard, Uncle Casserole and Mrs Ragamuffin. Other puppet regulars included Dax and Sniff (both dogs), Humbug the tiger and Bubble, a cushion-shaped toy. The music was provided by Peter Gosling and Dave Moses. In 1973 the series won"
"a cartoon featuring a potato family, ""The McSpuds"", that live in a supermarket (Savers) owned by Mr McGinty. At night, the potato children, Sheila and Seamus, run amok. The ""Tongue Twister Twins"" were also regularly featured. These animations were created by Jim Quin from Thurles, County Tipperary. The show featured arts and crafts segments which were called ""make and do"", in the style of the BBC's children's programme ""Blue Peter"". Another prominent part of the show was story-time and each show featured a song. The roster of presenters included Paul Burton (whose working-class Dublin accent drew complaints from some viewers),"
"to even several viral videos that were popular at the time. In the Sarah Jane episode, ""The Mysterious Ticking Noise"" from The Potter Puppet Pals was shown, marking its first broadcast on television. Programmes and clips that made frequent appearances on the show included: Throughout the show there are gags which are featured in every or most shows: Chute! (TV programme) Chute! was a British children's television series broadcast on CBBC and presented by Ross Lee. It was originally broadcast between September and December 2007 and was cancelled after its first series. Lee played a version of himself trapped inside"
"Pogles"" and ""Pogles' Wood"" survive, and all are available on DVD. Episodes of ""Pogles Wood"", selected by its creators, were initially released on DVD in 2006 by the ""Dragons' Friendly Society"" (an organisation founded by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin). Subsequently three further DVDs followed, again released by the ""Dragons' Friendly Society"", including the final collection of 14 episodes, released in November 2015 under the title ""Pogles' End"". Pogles' Wood Pogles' Wood (in its first series it was entitled ""The Pogles"") is an animated British Children's television show produced by Smallfilms between 1965 and 1967, first broadcast by the BBC"
"Tots TV Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair and white skin, who speaks in basic French (changed to English in French broadcasts), Tom, a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller than the others and has green hair and white skin. It also featured their pet Donkey who lived in a stable next to the tots' secret house and a mischievous little dog named Furryboo that the tots never knew about."
"Fury (whom Mr. Ship looked after), as well as Ben Gunn the ""pirate seagull"". In the later series Robin and Rosie had a baby sister called Holly. Thames Colour Production Cockleshell Bay Cockleshell Bay is a children's television series which was shown at lunchtime on ITV during the early 1980s. It was made by Cosgrove Hall for their parent company, the ITV broadcaster Thames Television. Other children's programmes in the same ITV time slot on the remaining four weekdays included ""Let's Pretend"", ""Jamie and the Magic Torch"", and ""Rainbow"" – the latter in which ""Cockleshell Bay"" began as a regular"
"the ""Watch with Mother"" segment ""The Woodentops"" and other live action puppet shoes to create several stop motion animated children's series' in the 1960s, including ""Camberwick Green"" (1966), ""Trumpton"" (1967) and ""Chigley"" (1969). Modelmaker Peter Firmin and writer Oliver Postgate likewise created several stop-motion animated works for children during this period, including ""Pingwings"" (1961-1964), ""Pogles' Wood"" (1966-1967) and ""Clangers"" (1969-1972). It is during this period that ties between the UK's children's animation and several other British media and literary tendencies consolidated, with shows of this period providing a blueprint for future children's TV focussing on rural communities and day-today interpersonal"
"was entitled ""The Pogles"", and was broadcast by the BBC in 1965. It had only a single showing. Comprising six episodes, of nine minutes each, it set the scene for the sequel series entitled ""Pogles Wood"". The original series told how the Magic Plant came to live with Mr and Mrs Pogle... and also revealed the truth about Pippin's real identity, as the foundling son of the King of the Fairies (Pippin is seen only as a baby, and Tog does not appear at all). However, the story centred on a dark and evil old shape-changing Witch, and the overall"
"the building. Ragdoll Productions Ragdoll Productions is a British television production company located in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, that produces children's programmes. It was founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously made similar programmes for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. Among its most famous productions are ""Teletubbies"", ""Rosie and Jim"", ""Brum"", ""Boohbah"", ""Tots TV"", ""In the Night Garden..."", ""Pob's Programme"", ""The Adventures of Abney & Teal"" and ""Twirlywoos"". Ragdoll Productions is owned by Ragdoll Ltd, which in 2006 formed a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, Ragdoll Worldwide, to sell and license the company's programmes outside the United Kingdom, Canada, & the"
"(thanks to Michael Rosen's work with Kerr and Faulkner in Ewan MacColl's Critics' Group). Postgate, Firmin, Kerr and Faulkner went on to make Bagpuss together. Sam on Boffs' Island Sam on Boff's Island was a British educational television series made by the BBC and aimed at developing the reading skills of 6-8 year olds. First broadcast in 1972 as part of the ""Words and Pictures"" strand, it was one of the first television appearances of Tony Robinson. Robinson played the character Sam, who is magically transported to Boff's Island when he is eating his breakfast cereal in the morning. Each"
"Get Squiggling Get Squiggling is a British children's television series created and produced by Jo Killingley at Dot To Dot Productions, directed by Adrian Hedley, and broadcast on CBeebies and BBC Two in the UK. The show begins with a theme song. The lead character is a live-action anthropomorphic monster named Squiglet who talks directly to the audience. The show teaches pre-school aged children how to draw, as well as basic colors and shapes. The audience is encouraged to use drawing as a method of triggering imagination, and as a means to progress the story. Each episode begins with him"
"Pogles' Wood Pogles' Wood (in its first series it was entitled ""The Pogles"") is an animated British Children's television show produced by Smallfilms between 1965 and 1967, first broadcast by the BBC between 1965 and 1968 (but repeated regularly until the early 1970s). The original six episode series, ""The Pogles"", was broadcast from July 29th, 1965, within the childrens' magazine programme ""Clapperboard"". The 26-episode sequel, ""Pogles Wood"", was shown as part of the ""Watch with Mother"" strand, whose target audience was pre-school children (meaning, in the 1960s, children under 5 years of age): a somewhat younger audience than that for"
"to have survived as recordings. Whirligig (TV series) Whirligig is a BBC television programme for children broadcast from 1950 until 1956. It was the first children's programme to be broadcast live from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 5:00 pm on alternate Saturdays. Humphrey Lestocq was one of the presenters and the stooge of the obnoxious puppet Mr. Turnip, voiced by Peter Hawkins. Lestocq's catchphrase was ""Goody, Goody Gumdrops"" and Mr. Turnip's was ""Lawky, Lawky, Lum"". The series took the form of individual serials such as ""In Search Of The Shadow"", ""Stranger From Space"" and ""The Highwayman's Bargain"". None of"
"the bear got eaten, and the boy got stomped by a huge clawed foot. Jamie and the Magic Torch Jamie and the Magic Torch is a British children's television series made by Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown on the ITV network, running from 1976 to 1979. It was shown again in the 1980s to a new audience of children. The series was written and narrated by Brian Trueman, who later wrote shows such as ""Danger Mouse"" and ""Count Duckula"" for Cosgrove Hall, and Kate Murray-Henderson (uncredited) as the voice of Jamie's Mother and the character ""Nutmeg"". The programme"
"Robin Stevens Robin Gordon Stevens (born 30 January 1960) is an English puppeteer, actor, director and writer for children's TV for nearly 30 years, and has done many successful programs. These include ""Pob's Programme"", ""Teletubbies"", ""Rosie and Jim"", ""Tots TV"", ""Boohbah"" and ""Blips"". Stevens was born in London. He trained with John Blundall the world-famous puppet master. Stevens worked for Ragdoll Productions for about 20 years, at times co-writing scripts and originating content with Alan Dapre, before that working for the BBC. He puppeteered Pob in ""Pob's Programme"", Jim in ""Rosie and Jim"", Tom in ""Tots TV"" (he also wrote"
"Elephant, Giraffe) (Little Kittens, Cuddly Bunnies, A Happy Dog) In 1997, four special VHS tapes were released under the name Tots Video. The four titles were re-released by Carlton Video in 2000 with the same titles. The four titles were: Tots TV Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair and white skin, who speaks in basic French (changed to English in French broadcasts), Tom, a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller"
"Whirligig (TV series) Whirligig is a BBC television programme for children broadcast from 1950 until 1956. It was the first children's programme to be broadcast live from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 5:00 pm on alternate Saturdays. Humphrey Lestocq was one of the presenters and the stooge of the obnoxious puppet Mr. Turnip, voiced by Peter Hawkins. Lestocq's catchphrase was ""Goody, Goody Gumdrops"" and Mr. Turnip's was ""Lawky, Lawky, Lum"". The series took the form of individual serials such as ""In Search Of The Shadow"", ""Stranger From Space"" and ""The Highwayman's Bargain"". None of the 39 episodes are believed"
"a film-making competition (Tozer would later write two books aimed at amateur photographers and film makers). The last edition was broadcast on 4 November 1970. The producers of the series were John Duggan and Bob Murray (the show's director). Both left to join ITV in 1968. The designer was Chris Robilliard. From 1968, Lawrence Wade took over as producer. In April 2017, John Earle, aged 87, was sentenced to four years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor during the late 1950s and early 1960s at Upcott House Preparatory School in Okehampton. Tom Tom (TV series) Tom Tom (1965–1970)"
"afraid the light would turn them to jelly. Unlike the normal sprites, they lack wings and have snail shells upon their heads. Their ears and eyes are much larger than the other sprites. Rootle has an odd impediment where he switches the first letters of characters names around (Twom and Tigs, Pink and Stuffy, though he does not do this with Shade) Tree Fu Tom Tree Fu Tom is a live-action/CGI children's television program which has been shown on BBC and CBeebies in the UK and Universal Kids and NBC in the USA. It is set in a miniature magical"
"Watts played one of the show's characters, Reg Linchpin, for a year from 1989 to 1990. Other notable guest performers on the show included actor Paul Chubb and magician Timothy Hyde. Mr. Squiggle Mr. Squiggle (originally also known as Mr. Squiggle and Friends) is an Australian children's television series, and the name of the title character from that ABC show. The show was presented on television in many formats, between its inception on July 1, 1959 and 1999, from five-minute slots to a one-and-a-half-hour variety show featuring other performers, and has had several name changes, originally airing as ""Mr. Squiggle"
"show, which became the By Jeorge show and was centered on the premise that the ventriloquial duo worked in a television properties department where Jeorge mischievously puts on his own show in front of a live audience. Frank Thornton played the irate manager of the fictitious TV station and Harold Goodwin was the friend of Jeorge. Ali Bongo provided the magic section. The title track By Jeorge was written by Graham Gouldman of 10cc. The pilot was aired in December 1972 but failed to garner any enthusiasm from the executives at Thames. Sue Turner became the new head of Children’s"
"puppet Muffin the Mule made his television debut on the show, accompanied by his ""friend"" Annette Mills. The puppet's character was devised by the puppeteer Ann Hogarth. ""For the Children"" was last broadcast in December 1952, when it was superseded by other BBC children's television programmes, including ""Watch with Mother"". For the Children For the Children was a British television programme targeted at children of school age. First broadcast on the BBC Television Service at 3 pm on Saturday 24 April 1937, for its first two years the series was ten minutes in length. Suspended in 1939 along with the"
"was included as part of an episode of ""Salty's Lighthouse"" on the DVD ""Toddler Time"". Tugs (TV series) Tugs (stylized as ""TUGS"") is a British children's television series first broadcast in 1989. It was created by the then producers of ""Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends"", Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton.<ref name=""Sunshine/Pirate""></ref> The series deals with the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port. The series was set in the Roaring Twenties, and was produced by Tugs Ltd., for Television South (TVS) and"
"became one of the longest-running children's programs on Australian television. ""Mr. Squiggle"", the central character was created by cartoonist and puppeteer Norman Hetherington, and the character first appeared on the ""Children's TV Club"" on ABC TV, but was spun off into his own programme which first aired on 1 July 1959. Hetherington voiced and operated all of the show's puppets, while his wife Margaret wrote the scripts. The basic premise of the show remained the same: children wrote in with their ""squiggles"" and Mr. Squiggle would turn them into recognisable drawings by connecting lines with his pencil nose. More often"