Moving In
Tom, Dick and Harry move into their new home in this first episode of a Yorkshire TV children's series
The gentle comedy of children's television is often built around a set of platonic friends or siblings. There is no conflict or complicated emotions that might feature in a drama or situation comedy for adults, just the requisite amount of misunderstanding and slapstick to put a smile on children's faces. The characters of Tom, Dick and Harry here are basically big kids, but appropriately hirsute for their 1970s origins.
Six episodes were released from May to June in 1976, though a pilot episode, featuring a different Harry and an alternate setting, also survives in the BFI National Archive.
First in series. The under-fives meet new friends Tom, the little one with the
curly hair, Dick, the tall one with the moustache and Harry, the one who never
takes off his hat. Dick is the first to arrive at their new flat, with lots of
surprises for Tom and Harry.
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Kid's TV
Our relationship with the small screen starts early in life, opening our square eyes to a heady mix of drama and comedy; fantasy and fact.
Dedicated children’s programming has been part of the television mix from its earliest years, growing from short intervals “For The Children” after WWII, to a plethora of standalone channels today. The start of the BBC’s long-running “Watch With Mother” series in 1953 set much of the template for pre-school television, blending puppets, song and animation, with the implicit expectation that mum - assumed to be a housewife - would supervise.
Catering for older children, meanwhile, sought to balance the kinds of programmes children want to watch with those their parents want them to see. Eventually a fuller menu of drama, comedy, factual and magazine programmes for children - in other words, versions of 'grown-up' programmes for 'small people' - came to fill the schedules of weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
Sadly, the segregation of children’s television to its own satellite, cable and digital channels has made its much less likely for adults to experience the frequent delights of kids’ TV. But our collection welcomes all ages! (Though please note that some programmes maybe flagged as unsuitable for young children.)
48 videos in this collection
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Diane's Panda Party [28/09/72]
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Animal Kwackers [09/10/75]
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Witches' Brew [28/12/72]
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Origami [09/04/70]
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Mr. Trimble [21/02/73]
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Gathercole Bunch
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The Distant Voice
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The Challenge
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Play It Again, Stewpot [25/07/74]
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Play It Again, Stewpot [05/09/74]
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A Handful of Songs [27/05/77]
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Saturday Scene Road Show [11/05/75]
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Big and Bigger
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Mickey the Demon Barber
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Kevin Goes to the Library
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Ragdolly Anna and the Bacon
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Britain in the Year 2000
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Delilah
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Zzzap! [19/02/93]
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Granny's Kitchen [26/05/77]
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Heavens Above [23/02/81]
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Moving In
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Nature Trail [16/05/83]
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Our Show [29/10/77]
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Peter Ustinov Tells Stories from Hans Andersen
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Quest of Eagles Episode 1 Sailor
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Sunny Side Up [28/04/82]
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The Children's Royal Variety Performance
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There's Nobody There
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Think Tank [18/08/81]
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Two Good Turns
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William Clears the Slums
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Gus Hunnybun
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One Day in the Life of Television
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Gus Honeybun Animation
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Gus Honeybun around Plymouth
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Modern Music
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Calendar Kids
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Sus
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School Around the Corner
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Tots TV [19/03/93]
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The Raggy Dolls [10/11/92]
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Skoosh Summer Special [14/07/98]
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Zig Zag (Prog 11)
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Stookie [15/09/85]
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Brushes
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