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    On Christmas Day 1995, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a short documentary on Oliver Postgate (pictured below) and Peter Firmin (pictured above), entitled Trumpton Riots.

    Presumably intended as a Christmas filler, it turned out to be one of the best radio documentaries of the year.

    FILE9386Over the next five days, they continued to broadcast these beautifully produced programmes, presented by such luminaries as Brian Cant, Sally James and Fred Harris, discussing the history of TV shows including Crackerjack, Blue Peter, Vision On, The Clangers, Camberwick Green, Pogle’s Wood and Magpie. Two more programmes followed in 1997.

    Here is the opportunity to once more hear these wonderful programs, which are a credit to the production team involved. If you haven’t yet heard them, download them now and wallow in nostalgia.


    Nogs, Togs & Clangers

    Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin

    FILE761
    Produced by Laura Druce
    Transmitted 25 December 1995
    19.9 MB MP3 file


    Today Is Saturday

    Caron Keating on Tiswas

    FILE763
    Produced by Laura Druce
    Transmitted 26 December 1995
    21.0 MB MP3 file


    Through The Arched Window

    Maggie Philbin on Play School

    FILE762
    Produced by Laura Druce
    Transmitted 27 December 1995
    20.3 MB MP3 file


    Val or Sue, John or Tommy?

    Sally James on Blue Peter & Magpie

    FILE760
    Produced by Laura Druce
    Transmitted 28 December 1995
    26.1 MB MP3 file


    Pugwash, Windy & Barney McGrew

    Presented by Fred Harris

    FILE764
    Produced by Laura Druce
    Transmitted 29 December 1995
    22.0 MB MP3 file


    We Cannot Return Your Paintings

    Fred Harris examines Vision On

    Produced by Laura Parfitt
    Transmitted 25 December 1997
    26.0 MB MP3 file


    It’s Friday, it’s Five to Five, It’s…

    Jenny Hanley on Crackerjack

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    Produced by Laura Parfitt
    Transmitted 26 December 1997

    2.8 MB MP3 file


     

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