Anyone remember Rod Jane and Freddy?

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This is showing my age a bit but for some reason Rod Jane and Freddy came into my mind this morning and I was wondering who else remembers them?!

Throuple.

Teddy Edward
The Herbs
Noah and Nellie
Noggin the Nog
Ivor the Engine
Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Trumpton
Camberwick Green
Chigley
Loved them all.

Picture box could be very strange at times.

Of course I do. Dungarees.

Did Let's Pretend have a curtain and a caterpillar? I'm certain I remember watching it but I was very young

My dad worked at Thames TV - he worked on both Rainbow and Button Moon, and brought home Mr Spoon's 'autograph' for me. I also went to a staff Christmas party, where I met Rod Jane and Freddy, don't really remember much about it though... halcyon times!

I used to love Geoffrey (RIP), like a kind uncle or teacher.

Always preferred Bungle to the other 2. But yes, the original is terrifying! The poor creature seems to be part bear, part kangaroo and part tarantula.

The full version of the Picture Box theme is considerably more disturbing…

I remember Paper Play having 2 spiders, Itsy and Bitsy. Think I was too old to watch Let's Pretend but I don't think Itsy and Bitsy were for my age either. I just thought they were cute.

My brother and I were quite strict with viewing everything we could. Play School, then a cartoon like Children of the Sun or that one where they were superheros and used to blast out of a volcano, then Jackanory (°BORING), then Think of a Number or Take Hart. Then it was a cartoon then Blue Peter then Ivor the Engine or Willow the Wisp. Then the News so we were off!!

I must be weird because I absolutely loved Jackanory , loved it , but I loved story time on Playschool . Also when started school I used to fall asleep in the book corner when reading 📚.

I liked the Bernard Cribbens Jackanory but I was definitely more of a short attention span, cartoon sort of fan. Playhouse I liked though. When they acted out a fairy tale.

Now I think of it, Ivor the Engine was just written to send little kids to sleep. It was so gentle and soft, with the train noises going home over the hill. The phsssshh tikoff phssshh tikoff. Quite ready to go to bed now myself

Yes it did, a curtain anyway - it was my absolute favourite programme for a while, closely followed by Button Moon and Chocablock.

I had a doll called Hamble too, but I think it was just one of the tiny tears dolls. I still have a rag doll called Jemima, a Big Bear and a little bear and a Humpty in my loft.

Loved Bod! I used to make Finger Bobs but found the actual programme a bit weird.

Here comes Bod!