Tim Worthington

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “It’s Always Also Very Important What Schools Everybody Are From”

The Golden Age Of Children's TV with Tim Worthington and Donna Rees on Mr. Benn, Chris Shaw on Film Fun, Suzy Robinson on The Wombles, Lydia Mizon on Fun House and Deborah Tracey on Emu's All-Live Pink Windmill Show.

Tim Worthington has a new book out called The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – all about the best, worst and most just plain baffling shows you grew up with in the sixties, seventies and eighties – and the lines are open now for an hour of fun, facts, laughs and thrills. Donna Rees will be joining us live from Festive Road to see if there’s anything in her pocket to help her to remember Mr. Benn. Chris Shaw will be taking a seat next to Derek Griffiths to give us the latest movie news and all the reviews of what’s on at your local Roxy in Film Fun. Suzy Robinson has a few tips on how you can make good use of the things that you find and the things that the everyday folks leave behind with The Wombles. Lydia Mizon is on head to lead another couple of teams through the thrills and spills and general mucky messiness of the Fun House, and Deborah Tracey is lining up with the Pink Windmill Kids for another viral song and dance sensation in Emu’s All-Live Pink Windmill Show. So if you want to join in the fun – or just swap a copy of Shake Your Groove Thang by Pat’n’Mick for The Reluctant Pote by Rod Hull – ring the show now!

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Mr. Benn (BBC1, 1971) - listen to Donna Rees and Tim Worthington talking about it in The Golden Age Of Children's TV.
Film Fun (ITV, 1982-83) - listen to Chris Shaw and Tim Worthington talking about it in The Golden Age Of Children's TV.
The Wombles (BBC1, 1973-75) - listen to Suzy Robinson and Tim Worthington talking about it in The Golden Age Of Children's TV.
Fun House (ITV, 1989-99) - listen to Lydia Mizon and Tim Worthington talking about it in The Golden Age Of Children's TV.
Emu's All-Live Pink Windmill Show (ITV, 1984-86) - listen to Deborah Tracey and Tim Worthington talking about it in The Golden Age Of Children's TV.

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There’s tons more about Mr. Benn, Film Fun, The Wombles, Fun House and Emu’s All-Live Pink Windmill Show in The Golden Age Of Children’s TV, available in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here, from the Kindle Store here and directly from Black And White Publishing here.

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Further Listening

There’s much more on children’s television in Tim’s podcast Looks Unfamiliar including Donna on King Of The Castle here, Chris on Bailey’s Comets here, Suzy on Gus Honeybun’s Magic Birthdays here and Lydia on Stoppit And Tidyup here and Look And Read: Through The Dragon’s Eye here.

Further Reading

There’s a look at how Mr. Benn soared to victory in a balloon race in This, He Thought, Is How The Clouds Must Feel here.

The Golden Age Of Children's TV by Tim Worthington.

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