What Danes consider healthy children’s television

Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by DanBC on Friday August 12, 2016 @10:16AM (#12275802)

I love Bagpus.

There's also Mister Ben (not sure this stands the test of time) and Ivor the Engine.

(And I have fond memories of Danger Mouse, but I'm not sure that's any good either).

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by david-given on Friday August 12, 2016 @11:06AM (#12276281)

Well, you can't go wrong with Oliver Postgate, who I now notice made nearly half of the programs in my (completely randomly selected) list...

Also I appear to have remembered a fairly small selection of the 'children's television on drugs' genre. See also: Banamaman, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Roobarb and Custard, Captain Pugwash...

While talking about children's television: it's not British, and it's slightly later, but any person of any age who doesn't like Fraggle Rock has no soul.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by abritinthebay on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:49PM (#12277040)

Fraggle Rock actually is British, kind of.

It was co-produced by a British television company (TVS), and had specifically filmed inserts that replaced the Inventor with a Lighthouse owner (the sequences were arguably better too, certainly less rambling and more focused).

But even if you ignore the inserts (others were filmed worldwide) it's still partially British

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by petepete on Friday August 12, 2016 @02:36PM (#12277799)

Charlie Brooker's tribute to Oliver Postgate

https://youtu.be/uAftt3UnzoI

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by stevekemp on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:26PM (#12276882)

You've given me a nostalgia-trip.

In return I give you: The Wombles!

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by rahimnathwani on Friday August 12, 2016 @10:30PM (#12279963)

I used to think the theme tune went 'The wombles of Wimbledon: common are we' but actually it's 'The Wombles of _Wimbledon Common_ are we'. I had never heard of Wimbledon Common, although it's only 4 miles from where I was born.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by stevekemp on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:41PM (#12283933)

I find that strangely adorable, thanks for sharing.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by DanBC on Friday August 12, 2016 @11:21AM (#12276393)

I have no idea if it was British, but Ludwig (the cartoon about a musical mechanical egg) was great.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by squidfood on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:55PM (#12277078)

My children were the right age about 5 years ago, and everything on your list (and by another comment, Fraggle Rock) held up well for them, and also the watching parents. Sure Mister Ben was a little clunky, but in a fairly timeless way. And Postgate and Henson just had the "storytelling" touch.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by zeristor on Friday August 12, 2016 @02:24PM (#12277696)

And there's the Storyreller, also by Henson too.

Stone soup...

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by branchless on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:20PM (#12278504)

my kids love the old dangermouse, the new one is _rubbish_.

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Re:What Danes consider healthy children’s television by pascalmemories on Friday August 12, 2016 @02:08PM (#12277592)

What's Danger Mouse?

Is it a translated version of Donnie Murdo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-5hII715_s

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