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Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

Now... Before he started in TV, Johnny Ball had beena stand-up comedian

Now... Before he started in TV, Johnny Ball had been
a stand-up comedian

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Now... Before he started in TV,
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Johnny Ball had been a stand-up comedian.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:28
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, family
Production
Mighty Productions,BBC

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Movie Summary

Konnie Huq explores and celebrates the very best of British children's programming from the past 100 years.
So, when I was doing the clubs, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:10
So, when I was doing the clubs,
You have fun with it first and then you slowly turn the screw, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
You have fun with it first and then you slowly turn the scre...
I am the devil and I'm coming out of a fiery hellfire. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
I am the devil and I'm coming out of a fiery hellfire.
Fire, the element of the devil! Fire, that all men fear the most! - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Fire, the element of the devil! Fire, that all men fear the ...
Fire, with its licking flame - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Fire, with its licking flame
We were going to talk about a priest who was burnt at the stake - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
We were going to talk about a priest who was burnt at the st...
The plastic on the back of my neck was burning, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
The plastic on the back of my neck was burning,
That is mad! With health and safety nowadays, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:07
That is mad! With health and safety nowadays,
He was the maths and science teacher we all really wanted. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
He was the maths and science teacher we all really wanted.
"I'm going to be a scientist because of you." - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
"I'm going to be a scientist because of you."
One day, somebody's going to come up to me and say, - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:11
One day, somebody's going to come up to me and say,
While Johnny Ball tried to make difficult subject matter - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:13
While Johnny Ball tried to make difficult subject matter
There were still period classics like The Secret Garden - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:08
There were still period classics like The Secret Garden
But there was also something more raw and more real. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
But there was also something more raw and more real.
After the Divorce Act of 1969, families became much more complex - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:09
After the Divorce Act of 1969, families became much more com...
One feels so sorry for the child, though. Such a grubby little thing. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
One feels so sorry for the child, though. Such a grubby litt...
From Kizzy, where an orphan traveller child is threatened - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
From Kizzy, where an orphan traveller child is threatened
..to Break In The Sun, where a young girl runs away - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
..to Break In The Sun, where a young girl runs away
Always hitting me - sometimes for nothing. - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:05
Always hitting me - sometimes for nothing.
And The Cuckoo Sister, where a baby snatched from her pram - Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 00:06
And The Cuckoo Sister, where a baby snatched from her pram