Children’s TV host appeared on variety of BBC shows in 1970s and was frontman for country rock band Meal TicketTributes have been paid to the former children’s TV presenter Rick Jones, best known for hosting Play School and Fingerbobs, who has died fro…
Warnings distinctly British children’s TV could vanish if subsidy ends
Government weighing whether to continue fund that covers costs of kids’ shows for public service broadcastersBritish children could miss out on the next Peppa Pig or Bob the Builder if the government decides to stop subsidising television shows for you…
‘I’m loving life,’ says first CBeebies presenter with Down’s syndrome
George Webster, a 20-year-old actor from Leeds, was overwhelmed by the reaction to his first BBC showAt 7.23am on Monday, George Webster made TV history when he bounced into the CBeebies house.Most young viewers would have been unaware they were witnes…
Are the Wombles really the best children’s characters to tackle the climate crisis?
The stars of 1970s television have been announced as ambassadors for the British government’s #OneStepGreener campaign. But would the Octonauts and Go Jetters do better?From Wimbledon Common to Kelvingrove park – the Wombles, Britain’s much-loved envir…
Edward Barnes obituary
Head of BBC television’s children’s programmes who created Newsround and made a great contribution to Blue PeterEdward Barnes’s greatest innovation as head of BBC television children’s programmes from 1978 until 1986 lay in creating Newsround. He launc…