{"id":38,"date":"2008-01-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/bbc-playschool-from-1973\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T16:26:18","slug":"bbc-playschool-from-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/bbc-playschool-from-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Playschool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"8871be0151e9a1cce1d799e087a990f7\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The presenters of Playschool included:<\/p><div class=\"8871be0151e9a1cce1d799e087a990f7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Arthur<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Ball<\/li>\n<li>Floella Benjamin<\/li>\n<li>Brian Cant<\/li>\n<li>Derek Griffiths<\/li>\n<li>David Hargreaves<\/li>\n<li>Fred Harris<\/li>\n<li>Colin Jeavons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Playschool ran from the mid 1960s to the 1980s. For many children my age before you went to school you got to learn some of the basics from Playschool.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1395\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1395\" title=\"play-school-toys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys.jpg\" alt=\"BBC Playschool\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC Playschool Toys<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Humpty, the two Teds, Jemima and Poppy, the doll that replaced Hamble in the 1980s, now reside in comfort at the National Media Museum in Bradford. Although they aren&#8217;t currently on display, fans can make an appointment to see them at Insight \u2013 the museum&#8217;s Collections and Research Centre.<\/div>\n<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HDFUnLDxCZo&amp;rel=1\" \/><embed width=\"425\" height=\"355\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HDFUnLDxCZo&amp;rel=1\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Watching with your Mother\/Father you got to learn about imagination, stories, playing, colours, numbers etc. It was a sad day when this show was cancelled because it was like cancelling your childhood.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/bbc-playschool-from-1973\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"BBC Playschool\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys-377x300.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/play-school-toys.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>The presenters of Playschool included: Toni Arthur Johnny Ball Floella Benjamin Brian Cant Derek Griffiths David Hargreaves Fred Harris Colin Jeavons Playschool ran from the mid 1960s to the 1980s. 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