Premiering on Monday 5 February 1973, this 20-minute Yorkshire Television programme was a mixture of live actors and puppets, with live action and film providing songs, games and stories for younger children.
Mr Trimble (Tony Boden) was an old gentleman who looked like a cross between Doctor Who and Mr Pastry and lived in the attic of a house with his talking goldfish, Glug, and his magic telescope through which he would watch short educational films.
Downstairs in the house lived a pop group called Playground, comprising Peter (Gosling), Paul (Spinetti) and Jim (Bywater), who would pop up to sing with Mr Trimble.
Juliet Cooke and Boden’s wife, Mo Sutcliffe, provided the voices for the various puppet characters.
Other puppet characters included Barney (a cheeky red-headed boy), Tickle (a bear), Tronk (a robot) and Squawk (a cross between a parrot and an eagle).
Produced by ex-pat Australian Bill Cole, the show featured puppets from the Harlequin Puppet Theatre in North Wales.
The long-running series was cancelled when Cole returned to Australia.
Mister Trimble
Tony Boden Peter Peter Gosling Paul
Paul Spinetti Jim
Jim Bywater Mrs Brown
Wendy King Puppet Voices
Maureen (Mo) Sutcliffe
Juliet Cooke
Downstairs in the house lived a pop group called Playground, comprising Peter (Gosling), Paul (Spinetti) and Jim (Bywater), who would pop up to sing with Mr Trimble.
