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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    Chockablock

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    The “star” of this BBC children’s show was a huge yellow mainframe computer known as ‘Chockablock’. The computer was “chock-a-block” with words and pictures and would dispense knowledge through its array of monitors amid a flurry of spinning tape reels and flashing lights.

    Chockablock was maintained alternately by Chockagirl (Carol Leader) and Chockabloke (Fred Harris), who travelled in a miniature yellow electric-powered  ‘chockatruck’. Both presenters had previously appeared on Play School – as their ever-smiling faces and sing-song delivery demonstrated.

    To activate Chockablock, his attendants had to take a block from the ‘block stock’ and insert it into the block slot of the computer

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