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Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

  • 2022
  • 58m

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surprising story: of how kids’ TV has frequently been at the forefront of social change, in terms of the stories it tells and the people who get to tell them.

Overview

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surprising story: of how kids’ TV has frequently been at the forefront of social change, in terms of the stories it tells and the people who get to tell them.

Cast

  • Konnie HuqPresenter
  • Floella BenjaminSelf (archive footage)
  • Claire Essex
  • Tim Smith
  • Janet Ellis
  • Valerie Singleton
  • Peter LordSelf
  • Jennie Brown

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