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Explain Children's TV Shows to me.

163 replies

TiggyD · 06/07/2013 21:52

I work in childcare and need to keep up to date with children's TV shows so I know what the kids are on about. Please could you explain a show each in just one sentence. And please could somebody do Ben 10?!

eg,
Teletubbies:
4 coloured blobs with various antenae prance about life eating toast and custard aided by a possessed hoover.

OP posts:
Flibbedyjibbet · 07/07/2013 00:42

Zola, love the Fatima Whitbread comment.
Gwedoline, in short then they"re all bastards?!

How did I not know about Owen from Corrie and James Corden (now he is a smug bastard).

Can't offer much to this as have the most wondrous ability to look but not actually watch kids tv. It just doesn't go in (apart from Peppa Pig prob due to repetition like times tables as a kid).

Can I just throw Roary the Racing car in to the mix, how much must that programme cost.. Peter Kay, Murray Walker, Sir Stirling Moss

MamaChubbyLegs · 07/07/2013 00:19

My favourite:
Get Well Soon - 'Embarrassing Bodies' with puppets and songs!

My absolute detested least favourite:
Charley Bear - Some whiney killjoy twat tells tales on his teddy bear.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 07/07/2013 00:14

Peppa Pig

What your breakfast did before it was bacon.

NoComet · 07/07/2013 00:02

Shaun the sheep - pure genius, guaranteed to cheer up anyone from 0-101

NoComet · 06/07/2013 23:59

Fimbles, defunked telly tubbies rip of with stripes.

threepiecesuite · 06/07/2013 23:57

Loving these. This thread deserves to go in Classics.

VisualiseAHorse · 06/07/2013 23:54

piprabbit - my mistake, it is a windmill.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:51

Zingzillas

Evil is coming - bring musical instruments.

Mr Bloom's Nursery

Mummy's little treat.

GeorgianMumto5 · 06/07/2013 23:49

Mist, Sheepdog Tales: dogs on a farm on the Devon/Somerset borders talk in a variety of regional accents. Ducks, sheep, chickens and a seal also talk. One of the dogs loathes everyone else. The rest are out to please.

Big Barn Farm: like Mist, but with none of the charm or humour. The piglet will surely develop an eating disorder, as he is constantly being fed to make his mouth look like he is talking. Oddly for a Labrador, he wouldn't respond to the 'constant treats' regime, so they cgi-ed his chops. Freaky!

Wonderpets: real guinea pig who lives in a cartoon hamster cage teams up with a turtle and a duckling to moonlight as animal rescuers. They have a flying boat, a repertoire of songs and an unfailing belief in the power of teamwork.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:49

Tweenies

Annoying preschooler puppets go to daycare. Their parents are probably sahm/sahds who just can't cope with their shit anymore.

BaldricksTurnip · 06/07/2013 23:48

Fucking brilliant thread Grin

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:47

Roary the racing car

Peter Kaye voices a mechanic with grapes instead of hair.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:45

Miao Mao

Plasticine cats teach us that Italian budgets for kids' shows aren't high.

Tell me why

Descartes for Deschildren.

TolliverGroat · 06/07/2013 23:44

Bob the Builder: Rip-off of Remington Steele in which talented female builder invents male figurehead to improve business then has to watch as amiable conman takes over the role.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:43

Nuzzle and Scratch
Catchy theme tube. One alpaca sounds like Stupid Death from Horrible Histories, except he isn't.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:41

Horrible Histories

Hysterical programme with great songs, teaching everyone the true gory bits of history (except for the bits that QI reckons aren't true).

RubyrooUK · 06/07/2013 23:36

Little Princess - the Royals are not toffs, but are brown-cardigan wearing, farting, burping Northerners. The Princess appears to be flushed from roseacea or a heavy drinking habit. Everyone is camp.

TolliverGroat · 06/07/2013 23:36

Same Smile: Two out of three inanimate pandas are sent out to play with children and solicit "presents" for the only slightly more animate presenter in spite of the fact that she's the only person on screen who's actually being paid for this.

lucysmam · 06/07/2013 23:35

these are funny! dp is looking at me like Hmm while I giggle away to myself Grin

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:35

Squiglet

The BBC believes your children are idiots incapable of understanding words such as crayons and notepads, henceforth known as 'squigglesticks' and 'squigglepads'.

MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 06/07/2013 23:32

Ben and Holly

Despotic fairy family live a life of frivolity whilst lording it over hardworking elves who will one day rise up against the oppressive royal family in a Russian-revolution inspired act of aggression. Wise Old Elf wants to get it on with Nanny Plum.

Ballamory
Miles Jupp loathes himself.

piprabbit · 06/07/2013 23:27

Ministry of Curious Stuff - Vic Reeves and Angelos Epithemiou answer viewers questions about curious stuff with a complete disregard for sanity and reasonableness. Essential viewing.

ouryve · 06/07/2013 23:27

Big and Small: Lenny Henry has bills to pay.

PandaNot · 06/07/2013 23:24

Thomas the Tank Engine. An accident ridden rail network that should have been closed down by the health and safety executive year ago.

WandaDoff · 06/07/2013 23:22

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

High security prison/asylum for mutant lab animals.

Mice in shorts, Ducks with speech impediments in everything but shorts.

Dogs that talk, or not.

Psychedelic musical numbers, hot dogs for the eternal munchies.

Heavy shit man. Wink

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