Although, originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a cult crossover following amongst many adults, including future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman ( as mentioned by Cleese himself in the " Paying my ex-wife " stage performance tour, October 2010 ).

* Gophers !, a British children's television programme

From 1974 to 1980 he wrote, designed, narrated and presented the children's television programme Michael Bentine's Potty Time and made one-off comedy specials.

The Sontarans also appeared in a skit for the BBC children's programme Jim'll Fix It titled " A Fix with Sontarans ", along with Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka.

This nonsense verse, set to music, became a favourite Australia-wide, performed week after week by the ABC children's programme Playschool.

Another Smallfilms production, Bagpuss, came top of a BBC poll to find the favourite children's programme.

The Flower Pot Men is a British children's programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, and repeated regularly for more than twenty years, which was produced in a new version in 2000.

Originally, the programme was part of a BBC children's television series titled Watch with Mother, with a different programme each weekday, most of them involving string puppets.

* Within the foundations of the Dome in 1998, a time capsule was buried by Katy Hill and Richard Bacon, two of the then current presenters of the long running BBC children's programme Blue Peter.

* Badger, a character in the English children's television programme Bodger and Badger

In 1972 he starred in the children's educational programme Sam on Boffs ' Island and was later a presenter on Play Away.

* the dog in the BBC children's programme Come Outside, who also appeared in the CITV series Woof!

The Magic Roundabout ( known in the original French as Le Manège enchanté ) is a children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot.

In America, The series was called The Magic Carousel and it aired in the 1980s on Pinwheel, a children's programme on the kids ' channel Nickelodeon.

In Britain, during the 1960s, she appeared in the drama series Play of the Month, as well as on the children's TV programme Jackanory, reading the stories of Alison Uttley.

It offers a year-round programme of live music, comedy, film, talks, theatre and children's entertainment.

Star of the children's TV programme ' Horrible Histories ', Ben Willbond, lives in Deptford.

This has a programme of dance, world music, sports activity, youth music, spoken word, free children's activity, a carnival parade, information and stalls, health promotion, a world food zone and outside radio broadcast.

Host of the BBC1 children's sports programme We Are the Champions 1973 to 1995

* Bernard Beasley, a character from the children's programme Bernard's Watch

Batley is also the setting for the children's television programme My Spy Family.

He is particularly known to British audiences as the story-telling narrator in The Wombles, a children's programme which ran for 40 episodes between 1973 and 1975.

Ted Ray appeared on television reading on Jackanory ( a children's programme ) in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Listerine brand name is also used on toothpaste, Listerine Whitening rinse, new Listerine Fluoride rinse ( Listerine Tooth Defense ), Listerine Agent Cool Blue ( children's teeth tinting rinse ), PocketPaks, and PocketMist.

In the 1970s, syndicated children's television program Big Blue Marble often invited viewers to write to them for their own pen pal.

* On the sketch show The Armstrong and Miller Show, the sketch that mocks UK children's show Blue Peter, refers to a time capsule, to be dug up in the year 2025.

Most episodes parodied the thriller and murder mystery genres with one notable episode lampooning the trials and tribulations of being a children's presenter in general, and Blue Peter in particular.

Throughout his entire career, Taylor has produced albums for countless bands and artists including Randy Stonehill, Riki Michele, Tom Howard, The Altar Boys, Crystal Lewis and Wild Blue Yonder, Jacob's Trouble, Scaterd Few, Deliverance, Mercy River, Starflyer 59's Leave Here a Stranger, Fine China's You Make Me Hate Music, Mortal, Poor Old Lu, Tourniquet, Rich Young Ruler, Derri Daugherty, an assortment of children's records including the MegaMouth series and the Harry Whodunit?

Also in 1970, Blue Ridge Shoe Co. opened and began making children's shoes.

In 1988, Mangione appeared on the hit children's TV show: Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show as " Little Boy Blue ".

There is evidence to suggest that the children's magazine program Blue Peter was occasionally being telerecorded as late as 1985.

* June 7 – The UK children's magazine show Blue Peter buries a time capsule in the grounds of BBC Television Centre, due to be opened on the first episode of the year 2000.

The track was performed on the children's show Blue Peter but complaints arose due to drug references and the record was subsequently banned by the BBC.

* Newbery Medal for children's literature: Scott O ' Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

Thigpen was perhaps best known for playing Luna in the television show, Bear in the Big Blue House as well as " The Chief " of the ACME Detective Agency in the long-running PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego ?, which involves both education and comedy, and, on occasion, musical performance.

John Noakes of the BBC TV children's programme Blue Peter climbed the column in the late 1970s.

BBC One has traditionally been the home of children's television, Blue Peter had been broadcast on the channel prior to the Children's BBC strand, and sections such as Watch with Mother airing previously on the channel.

It also produced the children's show Magpie, intended as a rival for Blue Peter, and Rainbow, which started in 1972 and ran all the way up until the loss of the Thames broadcasting franchise in 1992.

Hart was a regular face on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter in the 1950s and presented a number of programmes in 1959.

* Christopher Trace ( 1933 – 1992 ) first presenter of BBC TV's Blue Peter children's show lived for a time in Blacksmiths Row, Leverstock Green.

Valerie Singleton OBE ( born 9 April 1937 ) is an English television and radio presenter, best known as a presenter of the popular children's series, Blue Peter.

During her time on Blue Peter, Singleton also presented another BBC children's show, Val Meets ...

He appeared on the popular BBC children's show Blue Peter twice.

The Blue Fairy was a 1950s children's program on WGN-TV in Chicago, hosted by Brigid Bazlen as the fairy.

Basil briefly appeared as a presenter for several Friday episodes of the popular British children's TV programme Blue Peter in 2003, in which he had his own joke segment.

He also worked on the children's magazine show Blue Peter and the current affairs series Newsnight.