Joe

1 9 6 6 (UK)
13 x 5 minute episodes
1 9 7 1 (UK)
13 x 5 minute episodes

Originally part of the Watch with Mother children’s series, Joe was a lovely little still frame animation concerning the titular little boy and his family.

The central characters were Joe, his mum and dad, Gran, Rosie and Mrs Higgs.

All of them had red rosy cheeks and actually looked quite sickly.

The family managed a motorway transport café and there were always lots of big burly lorry drivers about. Joe would sometimes climb into the backs of lorries and be whisked down the A6 as fast as lightning.

While that’s probably not behaviour we ought to be encouraging in our young ‘uns, Joe remains one of the true classics of 60s British children’s television and deserves to be remembered far better than it seems to be.

The five-minute-long episodes were narrated by Colin Jeavons and beautifully drawn by Joan Hickson for the Q3 animation company. The stories were scripted especially for young children by Alison Prince.

Narrator 
Colin Jeavons

Episodes

Joe and a Horse | Joe and the Flags | Joe and the Ice Lorry | Joe and the Flowers | Joe’s Rainy Day | Joe and the Goulash | Joe and Abel | Joe and the Sheep | Joe and the Market | Joe and the Fog | Joe and the Marbles | Joe and the Dustcart | Joe and the Football || Joe Moves House | The Big Family | Joe and the Pram | Joe and the Painter | Joe and the Baby | The Busy Breakfast | Joe and the Shop | Joe and the Snow | Joe and the Garden | Joe and the Donkey | Joe and the Plumber | Joe and the Big Hill | Joe and the Nursery

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