If you were a child growing up in the 1980s then there's a good chance you lived for the See-Saw slot which aired on BBC1 (and occasionally BBC2). In an age where there was no such thing as CBeebies, the See-Saw slot - which had evolved from Watch with Mother - was the only real chance for pre-schoolers to get their fix of children's TV.
Some downright legendary shows aired in this timeslot and were usually preceded by a brief ident advertising the upcoming shows. And here are all the ones I've managed to find so far, so let's reminisce for a few moments about a period of life when life felt warm, simple and fuzzy.
1. Pigeon Street
2. Hokey Cokey
3. Stop Go
4. Blank Logo
5. King Rollo / Bric-a-Brac
6. Little Misses
7. Postman Pat
8. Bod
9. Chris and Crumble
10. Heads and Tails
11. Bagpuss
12. Gran
13. Fingerbobs
14. Pinny's House
15. Chock-a-Block
If you find any more then please let me know and I'll get them uploaded! Thanks!
Was choc a bloc in this slot?
ReplyDeleteYes, it most certainly was!
DeleteI couldn't resist compiling a list, ordered by the month each show first appeared in the For The Children/Watch With Mother/See-Saw slot. The 12 shows in the 60s and 70s lists with a hash next to them are the ones that were still in rotation in the slot in the See-Saw era. Another 24 shows debuted in the slot between 1980 and 1989, so in total that's 36 shows that may have had their own See-Saw slide at some point (though some would have just used the empty See-Saw, and some other may have had different unique slides at different points).
ReplyDelete1953 – April – 1. Andy Pandy, 2. The Flowerpot Men
1953 – September – 3. Rag, Tag and Bobtail
1955 – February – 4. Picture Book
1955 – September – 5. The Woodentops
1963 – December – 6. Tales Of The Riverbank
1966 – January – 7. Camberwick Green#
1966 – April – 8. Pogle’s Wood
1966 – October – 9. Joe
1967 – January – 10. Trumpton#
1967 – April – 11. Bizzy Lizzy
1968 – February – 12. The Herbs
1969 – October – 13. Mary, Mungo and Midge, 14. Chigley#
[1970 – January – Andy Pandy, colour episodes]
1970 – April – 15. Along the River
1970 – May – 16. Along the Seashore
1970 – July – 17. On the Farm
1971 – February – 18. Mr Benn#
1972 – February – 19. Fingerbobs#
1972 – May – 20. Along the Trail
1973 – January – 21. Teddy Edward, 22. Ring-a-Ding
1973 – February – 23. In the Town
1973 – April – 24. Barnaby
1973 – October – 25. Ragtime
1974 – February – 26. Bagpuss#
1974 – December – 27. Mr Men#
1975 – March – 28. Boris the Bold
1975 – May – 29. Thomas
1975 – December – 30. Bod#
1976 – February – 31. Rubovia
1976 – October – 32. Playboard
1977 – February – 33. The Flumps#, 34. Heads and Tails#
1977 – October – 35. How Do You Do!#
1978 – October – 36. Over The Moon#
1980 – October – 37. King Rollo, 38. Bric-a-Brac
1981 – February – 39. Pigeon Street, 40. Chock-a-Block
1981 – September – 41. Postman Pat
1981 – December – 42. Stop-Go!
1983 – February – 43. Little Misses and the Mr Men, 44. Gran
1984 – April – 45. Hokey Cokey
1985 – October 46. Mop and Smiff
1986 – April – 47. Bertha
1986 – May – 48. Fingermouse
1986 – October – 49. Animal Fair
1987 – April – 50. Pie in the Sky, 51. Pinny’s House
1987 – May – 52. Philomena
1987 – November – 53. The Adventures of Spot
1988 – April – 54. What’s Inside?
1989 – January – 55. Charlie Chalk
1989 – March – 56. PC Pinkerton
1989 – April – 57. Chris and Crumble, 58. Greenclaws
1989 – May – 59. Hugo, the Man of the Snows
1989 – September – 60. Fireman Sam
1990 – March – 61. Tales of Aesop
1990 – September – 62. Jimbo and the Jet Set, 63. Penny Crayon
1991 – January – 64. The Brollys
1991 – March – 65. Bump
1991 – June – 66. Gordon the Gopher, 67. Barney
1991 – July – 68. Johnson and Friends
1991 – September – 69. Forget-Me-Not Farm
1991 – October – 70. Crystal Tipps and Alistair
1992 – January – 71. Bunyip
1992 – February – 72. Rupert
1992 – March – 73. Miffy and Friends, 74. Spider, 75. Brum
1992 – April – 76. King Greenfingers
1992 – May – 77. Dilly the Dinosaur
1992 – June – 78. Orville and Cuddles, 79. Melvin and Maureen’s Music-a-Grams
1992 – July – 80. Henry’s Cat
1992 – September – 81. Joshua Jones, 82. Pingu
1992 – October – 83. The Family Ness, 84. Fiddy Foodle Bird
1993 – March – 85. Anytime Tales