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Post by suedehead on Oct 14, 2013 23:51:26 GMT 1
The BBC are remaking the classic children's show The Clangers. www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-14/clangers-remake-set-for-bbc-in-2015One of the biggest shocks I got when we first got a colour television was that The Clangers were pink. They had shown how to make a Clanger out of a sock on Blue Peter. Socks were grey so surely Clangers were grey as well  |
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Post by o on Oct 15, 2013 7:59:24 GMT 1
Is it starring the current government?
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Post by Mart!n on Oct 15, 2013 10:03:02 GMT 1
This is to tie in with 50 years of Children's TV programmes, there is a special Royal Mail stamp set to commerative the event next January. I'm surprised they are not releasing the series next year.
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Post by greendemon on Oct 15, 2013 11:41:47 GMT 1
yay! i loved the clangers |
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Post by Mic1812 on Oct 25, 2013 14:59:20 GMT 1
And me. I bought the complete clangers on dvd last year.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 1, 2015 15:39:41 GMT 1
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Post by Mic1812 on Jun 13, 2015 14:29:22 GMT 1
I shall be watching this to see if its any better or worse than the original. Its on weekdays monday to friday at 5.30 on cbeebies channel.
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Post by emily67 on Jun 13, 2015 18:14:44 GMT 1
not bad.
i'll probably watch it too- since i did watch a few of the original episodes. (not when it was originally broadcast though)
i want them to remake mister ben and gulla gulla island. (which i absolutely, truly love!)
oh
and the busy world of richard scarry, which i still have a mug of and watched every afternoon
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Post by suedehead on Jun 22, 2015 0:04:14 GMT 1
I've seen a few of them so far and they have been wonderful. My two-and-a-half year old niece watched the first one with her dad (my brother) and kept repeating "Tiny Clanger has lost her music". It looks like we have another fan |
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 22, 2015 7:06:04 GMT 1
I've watched 3 so far, and I'll definitely be watching the entire 52 episode run. It is a charming production, retaining all of the original features that I loved so much as a child. Michael Palin doesn't yet feel right as narrator, but as Oliver Postgate is sadly no longer with us, I can put up with that. But the puppets and the stories are spot on. Congratulations to all involved.
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Post by suedehead on Jul 14, 2015 0:16:04 GMT 1
I'm rather a long way behind. I've just seen the one with the eggbots which was possibly the best one so far.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 14, 2015 8:59:19 GMT 1
I've watched 5 so far, and they have been uniformly excellent. My mother is hooked now, too.
This year's must have Christmas toy will be Clanger related. You read it here first.
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Post by suedehead on Jul 14, 2015 13:46:02 GMT 1
I suspect Clanger merchandise will indeed be popular at Christmas. One of the episodes got one million viewers, which is massive for CBeebies. Its regular audience (based on overnight ratings) is close to half a million, making it the channel's most popular programme.
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Post by Mic1812 on Jul 14, 2015 14:02:42 GMT 1
My niece is walking around now whistling like a clanger.
Reminds me of when i did the first time round. Oh happy days.
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Post by emily67 on Jul 14, 2015 17:13:51 GMT 1
i'm enjoying this too.
though children's programming is my guilty pleasure anyway. serious guilty pleasure
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