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Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

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Konnie Huq explores and celebrates the very best of British children's programming from the past 100 years.
Director
Linda Sands
Year
2022
Genre
documentary, family
Box Office
N/A
Production
Mighty Productions,BBC
Awards
1 nomination
Homepage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001djpv

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Madness, really, but kids love madness. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Madness, really, but kids love madness.
And the message has been, it's OK to be different. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
And the message has been, it's OK to be different.
A lot of people used to say to me, "When you came onto the screen, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:10
A lot of people used to say to me, "When you came onto ...
Kids' TV has always felt progressive and yet surprising from the start. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Kids' TV has always felt progressive and yet surprising...
I want to... Get down, Val. ..not to do that. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
I want to... Get down, Val. ..not to do that.
Can I tell you a naughty story? Yeah, tell us. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Can I tell you a naughty story? Yeah, tell us.
This is the surprising story of Kids' TV. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
This is the surprising story of Kids' TV.
When I was five, I came to Wimbledon Common with my mum, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:13
When I was five, I came to Wimbledon Common with my mum,
# Remember, remember - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
# Remember, remember
# Remember you're a Womble... # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
# Remember you're a Womble... #
And they were really ahead of their time - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
And they were really ahead of their time
We found this... this thing dumped in the bushes. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
We found this... this thing dumped in the bushes.
That was one of my earliest memories of kids' TV, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
That was one of my earliest memories of kids' TV,
A BBC camera crew came to film some of the kids, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
A BBC camera crew came to film some of the kids,
As a shy little Asian girl, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
As a shy little Asian girl,
For Fatima. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
For Fatima.
Not content with being a photograph of Fatima, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:14
Not content with being a photograph of Fatima,
How can you claim to be concerned about the environment - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
How can you claim to be concerned about the environment
The Wombles' message about the environment had stayed with me. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
The Wombles' message about the environment had stayed w...
It might not have been obvious, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
It might not have been obvious,
Now, you have heard the campaigns of the two political parties. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Now, you have heard the campaigns of the two political parti...
Mice not work! Mice strike! - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Mice not work! Mice strike!
They live with Mary's mother and father - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
They live with Mary's mother and father
The often trailblazing ways of kids' TV have been with us - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
The often trailblazing ways of kids' TV have been with ...
As a two-year-old, I was transfixed by one awesome woman. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
As a two-year-old, I was transfixed by one awesome woman.
# Underneath the spreading chestnut tree - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:12
# Underneath the spreading chestnut tree
# 'Neath the spreading chestnut tree. # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:11
# 'Neath the spreading chestnut tree. #
As the toll of injury and damage to property - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
As the toll of injury and damage to property
..and there were only four black players in the top flight - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
..and there were only four black players in the top flight
..a new face broadcast to millions of children on BBC's Play School. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
..a new face broadcast to millions of children on BBC's...
She was the first presenter from a diverse background - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
She was the first presenter from a diverse background
Do you know what time of year it is - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
Do you know what time of year it is
I started off my career in a bank - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
I started off my career in a bank
Nice. Mission Impossible, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
Nice. Mission Impossible,
Floella was one of thousands of Windrush immigrants - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
Floella was one of thousands of Windrush immigrants
In fact, the first drama that I did, I played a 16-year-old shoplifter. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
In fact, the first drama that I did, I played a 16-year-old ...
And I said to the producer, "Why do black people - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:10
And I said to the producer, "Why do black people
"Why can't they be professionals like, you know, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:13
"Why can't they be professionals like, you know,
My parents loved Mind Your Language, as it had Asian characters in. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
My parents loved Mind Your Language, as it had Asian charact...
Even though immigrants like them were pretty often - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Even though immigrants like them were pretty often
I was told a lot of times, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
I was told a lot of times,
..and to get into a world where you showed people, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
..and to get into a world where you showed people,
I was born in the West Indies, an island called Trinidad. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
I was born in the West Indies, an island called Trinidad.
And this song is about all the things I remember oh so well. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
And this song is about all the things I remember oh so well.
# Oh, island in the sun... # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
# Oh, island in the sun... #
And I remember watching you because you had the braids - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
And I remember watching you because you had the braids
In fact, the BBC at that time had to send out instructions - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
In fact, the BBC at that time had to send out instructions
The Floella - people'd be going to the hairdressers saying, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:10
The Floella - people'd be going to the hairdressers say...
Do you feel that children's TV was much more receptive and open - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
Do you feel that children's TV was much more receptive ...
Oh, very much so, because it accepted a lot of differences. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Oh, very much so, because it accepted a lot of differences.
# Build it up, build it up - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:20
# Build it up, build it up
My Lords, it's an honour and a privilege - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
My Lords, it's an honour and a privilege
My family motto is, "Who would have thought?" - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
My family motto is, "Who would have thought?"
She now fights for children's rights in the House of Lords, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
She now fights for children's rights in the House of Lo...
I want your children not to be afraid of, but to accept. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
I want your children not to be afraid of, but to accept.
A lot of people used to say to me, "When you came on to the screen, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:16
A lot of people used to say to me, "When you came on to...
Thanks to Floella and her fellow Play School host, Derek Griffiths... - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Thanks to Floella and her fellow Play School host, Derek Gri...
# I wish I could warble like my sister Kate. # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
# I wish I could warble like my sister Kate. #
..millions of children started seeing themselves on screen - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
..millions of children started seeing themselves on screen
It makes you wonder, though, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
It makes you wonder, though,
Well, to find out, what we need to do - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Well, to find out, what we need to do
Here at Birkbeck Baby Lab in London, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
Here at Birkbeck Baby Lab in London,
Much of today's toddler TV is created with speech therapists - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Much of today's toddler TV is created with speech thera...
Early examples of this were Teletubbies - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Early examples of this were Teletubbies
One! Two. Two! Three. Three! - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
One! Two. Two! Three. Three!
Hello. Hi. Nice to meet you. Welcome to the baby lab. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Hello. Hi. Nice to meet you. Welcome to the baby lab.
We have cameras which are tracking the children's gaze. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
We have cameras which are tracking the children's gaze.
Claire Essex is using eye-tracking technology - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
Claire Essex is using eye-tracking technology
Basically, by looking at the blocks, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Basically, by looking at the blocks,
Avi's mum has brought him to the lab to watch his favourite programme. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Avi's mum has brought him to the lab to watch his favou...
# Tinky Winky Tinky Winky! # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
# Tinky Winky Tinky Winky! #
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po
Four British stars had their debut on American television last night. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Four British stars had their debut on American television la...
Their arrival is being compared to Beatlemania. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Their arrival is being compared to Beatlemania.
Despite being underpinned by science, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
Despite being underpinned by science,
Professor Tim Smith has studied the effects of Teletubbies. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
Professor Tim Smith has studied the effects of Teletubbies.
There was that whole hoo-ha about Teletubbies saying, "Uh-oh." - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
There was that whole hoo-ha about Teletubbies saying, "...
It's so radically different to adult TV, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
It's so radically different to adult TV,
They were trying to get the kids to, in a non-language-based way, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
They were trying to get the kids to, in a non-language-based...
Oh! No... - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:04
Oh! No...
They have figured out what works, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
They have figured out what works,
So the power of TV on young minds has now been proved by science. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
So the power of TV on young minds has now been proved by sci...
But the older the kids get, the tougher they are to please. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
But the older the kids get, the tougher they are to please.
No. Why don't you like Play School? Because it's so babyish. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
No. Why don't you like Play School? Because it's s...
TV for schoolkids was born in the '40s and grew up in the '50s. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
TV for schoolkids was born in the '40s and grew up in t...
But then the BBC came under fierce competition - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
But then the BBC came under fierce competition
Brash and confident, the impact was immediate. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Brash and confident, the impact was immediate.
Kids abandoned the BBC - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Kids abandoned the BBC
# Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen. # - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
# Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen. #
Put your curlers in and you'll have frizzy hair - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Put your curlers in and you'll have frizzy hair
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Konnie Huq explores and celebrates the very best of British children's programming from the past 100 years.

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Director: Linda Sands
Writer: Konnie Huq
Production: Mighty Productions,BBC
Genre: documentary, family
Year: 2022
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 26 Oct 2022
Awards: 1 nomination
Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001djpv

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