“Underground, overground, Wombling free, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we…” If that little snippet has you singling along, then Fabulous Films’ latest trip down memory lane is definitely for you. For
British actor Sir Michael Hordern famously said that God, King Lear, and Paddington Bear were his most challenging roles. And while we may argue that Alanis Morissette was probably a better deity,
Under a post box “somewhere in Mayfair” a furry secret agent receives his latest instructions from a spluttering Colonel K. Then itʼs into his trusty Mousemobile with his loyal sidekick, Penfold, in
If you ever wonder why Generation X are so darn odd, take a look at kid’s TV from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Subversive, silly, and laugh out loud funny, the likes of
There’s only one reason why you should buy Chorlton and the Wheelies: it’s joy incarnate. No matter what the world throws at you, no matter how bone-achingly tired you feel, I guarantee
There are only two acceptable answers to the question: who’s your favourite vampire. If you’re American, it has to be Sesame Street’s Count von Count. If you’re a Brit, it’s Count Duckula.
There was a time when children’s TV was Cosgrove Hall. From Dangermouse, to Count Duckula, to Chorlton and the Wheelies, every kid knew, as soon as they saw the Cosgrove Hall logo,
Has there ever been a British animation that better summed up the anarchic soul of the 1970s than Roobarb and Custard? From Johnny Hawksworth’s jangly theme music, to Bob Godfrey’s wobbly animation
Worzel Gummidge: The Combined Harvest Edition is a bumper pre-Christmas release celebrating everyone’s favourite scarecrow: Worzel Gummidge. Walking, talking scarecrow Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) lives on Scatterbrook Farm, where he stands in
Coming to blu-ray and DVD just in time for Christmas … Ivor the Engine: the Colour Series was Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s ‘reboot’ of their original black and white children’s series.