Television of Yesteryear.

[tex]

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Yes, I remember that one being on TV.

Going back quite a bit, anyone remember The Woodentops and Pogle's Wood?

Woodentops was ofcourse part of the watch with mother series which also included Andy pandy and Bill and Ben. Pogles wood was a favourite of mine, similar to the flumps which came along a little later

[George 1978]

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Woodentops was ofcourse part of the watch with mother series which also included Andy pandy and Bill and Ben. Pogles wood was a favourite of mine, similar to the flumps which came along a little later

Not to be confused with Woodentop, the pilot episode of The Bill.

They used to feature in the Pippin annuals - wasn't Pippin the name of a character in Pogle's Wood?

[staffslad]

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It was first known as The Pogles and was a feature in Clapperboard, then became Pogles' Wood and was a Watch with Mother segment. I do remember having a Pogles' Wood annual as a child, or it may have been a The Pogles annual, I know I was very young when I had it. I do believe a character was called Pippin and was also featured in Pippin comic.

Another series was Tales of the Riverbank. It featured real animals, all voiced by Johnny Morris. I recall there was Hammy Hamster and GP the guinea pig.

[tex]

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Tales of the riverbank was great, must of took a lot of patience to get the animals to do what was required, Johnny morris was also great

[Zincubus]

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It was first known as The Pogles and was a feature in Clapperboard, then became Pogles' Wood and was a Watch with Mother segment. I do remember having a Pogles' Wood annual as a child, or it may have been a The Pogles annual, I know I was very young when I had it. I do believe a character was called Pippin and was also featured in Pippin comic.

Another series was Tales of the Riverbank. It featured real animals, all voiced by Johnny Morris. I recall there was Hammy Hamster and GP the guinea pig.

They've actually recently remade the series ?!?!

It's based on the old series stories and there's still Hammy Hamster , GP Guinea Pig but they've got a cute looking mouse as the third main character ( think it used to be a huge rat ?) ... same song but revised version , different voiceover ( obviously) but episode features a mixture of little critters like a frog , toad , ducklings , turtle etc etc ..

It's actually very well made imho

My 3 yr old granddaughter loves it


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[George 1978]

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Tales from the Riverbank was one of the five selections of children's television programmes called Take Five which was seen after Sesame Street on Channel 4 at 1.30 pm on weekday afternoons in around 1992. I think that they varied, but in addition to TFTRB they included a lot of former BBC series such as the Mr Men, The Herbs, Ivor the Engine, Something called Joggy Bear (not to be confused with Huggy Bear out of Starsky and Hutch) and was an exercise type bit for youngsters with Mad Lizzie in tow (seen during her final months at TV-am), and a girl cartoon character called Natalie which I don't remember appearing anywhere else. Each segment was around five minutes long.

[Richard1978]

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I remember Chigley & The Clangers being part of the lineup on Take Five.

Tales Of The Riverbank was originated in Canada in the 1960s, but were revived a few times over the years.

[Zincubus]

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Tales from the Riverbank was one of the five selections of children's television programmes called Take Five which was seen after Sesame Street on Channel 4 at 1.30 pm on weekday afternoons in around 1992. I think that they varied, but in addition to TFTRB they included a lot of former BBC series such as the Mr Men, The Herbs, Ivor the Engine, Something called Joggy Bear (not to be confused with Huggy Bear out of Starsky and Hutch) and was an exercise type bit for youngsters with Mad Lizzie in tow (seen during her final months at TV-am), and a girl cartoon character called Natalie which I don't remember appearing anywhere else. Each segment was around five minutes long.

I watched Tales by the Riverbank in the early 60's !!


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[George 1978]

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I m certain that what was seen on Take Five was a new version of that.

[Zincubus]

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I m certain that what was seen on Take Five was a new version of that.

Let us know if you have any links ..


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[tex]

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Let us know if you have any links ..


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Remake......

[Zincubus]

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Remake......

Na that's the puppet remake ...


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[George 1978]

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Let us know if you have any links ..

It was shown back in the early 1990s.

[Zincubus]

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This the newish series I'm talking about .. based on the original Tales by Riverbank and same theme tune and real creatures ..

https://youtu.be/X8f4y51qC6M


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[tex]

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This the newish series I'm talking about .. based on the original Tales by Riverbank and same theme tune and real creatures ..

https://youtu.be/X8f4y51qC6M


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Roddy the rat has been replaced by Martha the mouse!