The most mentioned programmes have been Button Moon, Bagpuss and Rentaghost. And a recurrent theme has been that of terror. Steve Thurston of Surrey said of Rentaghost's Timothy Claypole: "I was never comfortable when he was seen hopping about the screen. I had visions of him suddenly appearing in my living room. I can't be the only one who was freaked out by him." Anji from London shuddered: "The revolving music box at the beginning of Camberwick Green filled me with terror". Mark Timbs from Oxford was "terrified of The Boy From Space serial. I spent every night in my parents' bed scared stiff that The Thin Man was after me."
And children's TV programmes have played a pivotal role in shaping our characters and informing our social views.
"I realise at the distance of some years how much my early self was gradually resolving not be anything like the female characters in the 1970s. When they did appear, they were usually bossy, boring, uptight and always spoiling the fun of the other (male) characters. Look at Sue (The Sooty Show) and Madeleine (Bagpuss): always telling off the others and putting an end to their capers." - Amanda Grimes, London
"Bagpuss had an advanced social commentary in a way that many TV programmes are unable to do, even now. Who can forget the episode when the mice went on strike? A stinging critique of something or other." - Andrew, London
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