The Story of Children's Television Exhibition

Mr Spoon from Button Moon

This Summer I visited 'The Story of Children's Television' exhibition at The Herbert museum in Coventry.

A nostalgia trip for most of the adults attending, this exhibition covers the years 1946 to the present, and will hopefully tour the UK after September for other people to appreciate. Here are some of the exhibits I enjoyed:

One of the Wooden Tops

Little Ted and Humpty from Playschool - the latter designed by Kristin Baybars,
a  woman I've met, and whom I greatly admire

Finger Mouse from Finger Bobs

A cat, which I did not recognise, from before my time

Lenny the Lion toy

Ali Cat being un-PC and performing with a cigarette on one of the video screens!

A selection of 1980s toys

Battle Cat from Masters of the Universe

Familiar faces from Dramarama

Gordon the Gopher wearing a jacket that Adam Ant had given to him

Pob - the puppet who used to controversially spit at the TV camera, then wipe it off

One irresistible attraction was to dress up as a favourite character and appear behind a giant TV screen...