This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) production stars a very young Michael Crawford (the future Phantom of the Opera and star of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave…
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More directly educational than perhaps any other Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) film, The Boy Who Turned Yellow is also one of the most entertaining, eschewing…
1 9 7 6 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 7 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This kids series from the…
Between 1951 and 1982 this unique institution made films exclusively for those attending the hundreds of Saturday morning children’s matinees hosted in Britain’s cinemas each…
The CHIFFY Award was introduced in 1968 for the best Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) film of the year. The CFF was the major supplier of…
This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) production followed the kids of Barton United – a junior football team based in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles (Lancashire), who were trying…
This ten-part black-and-white weekly serial from the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) aired in British cinemas on Saturday mornings and was written by Michael Barnes and…
This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) production revolves around a group of youngsters who live in a London block of flats (location shooting was at the…
Even by the standards of the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF), this 58-minute film is a painfully juvenile adventure which will test the patience of even…
Recognised as one of the best films to emerge from the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF), The Glitterball tells the story of a small, spherical, metallic alien (the ‘glitterball’…
Looking like a reworking of Soapbox Derby but with engines, Go Kart Go bears the unmistakable stamp of the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) trying to…
Produced in colour by the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF), Headline Hunters was screened on Saturday mornings at ABC cinemas throughout Britain in 1968. The 60-minute film…
This short film from the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) revolves around young Keith Lawson (Peter Newby) – known as the ‘Deptford Dodger’ – who runs…
The first batch of releases for 1952 from The Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) included four short subjects and just two of the hour-long features with…
This classic 1953 Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) production tells the affecting story of a young orphaned Polish refugee named Janek (Eugeniusz Chylek) who faces prejudice…
This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) film sees an alien named Reject 462 (Leo Maguire, who also wrote the film) arrive in the picturesque, sleepy village…
This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) film revolved around three London children – brother and sister Sophie (Rachel Clay) and David (Michael Wade) and their friend…
Professor Popper (Charlie Drake) develops a shrinking formula with which he plans to solve the world food crisis. The idea is that vast stocks of…
1 9 5 6 (UK) 8 x 18 minute episodes Produced by Merton Park Studios for the Children’s Film Foundation, this eight-part serial for children was…
The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop star Keith Chegwin plays the title role in this film from the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF). Lady Marion (Mandy Tulloch) has been…