Arts/Culture (without music)HDSubtitles
Duration
60 minutes

Quick Summary

The struggle of making children's programmes

About This Program

Nigel Planer narrates the story of the struggle to deliver TV programmes for children, who were an often overlooked audience in the days before everything went digital. Featuring interviews with stars and presenters of classic programmes, including Bernard Cribbins, Derek Griffiths, Janet Ellis, Johnny Ball and John Craven

From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV broadcasts on BBC Four at 2:10am, Sunday, 21 December 2025. (Subtitles)

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Production Details

Runtime60 mins

Cast & Crew

VM
Verity MaidlowProducer
NP
Nigel PlanerNarrator
CW
Caroline WrightExecutive-producer