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Fingerbobs

Fingerbobs – 1972
Director
Michael Grafton-Robinson

Writers
Joanne Cole
Michael Cole – Creator

Presenter
Rick Jones

Charming finger puppet series with Yoffy telling stories featuring Fingermouse, Scampi, Gulliver the Seagull, and other animal characters.

Only thirteen episodes were ever made by the BBC in 1972. At the end of the series the presenter Rick Jones was apparently so sick of making the show that he destroyed the finger puppets while the camera was still rolling.

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70’s Televison

What an amazing piece of kit our telly was. Can you imagine having to change channel by turning a knob to tune in BBC2 and forever getting up to realign the aerial and contrast, and the only way to stop the picture from rolling was to give the set a good thump? Do you remember that we only have three channels to watch? Thinking about it, the conversation was better at school next day as everyone seemed to be watching the same thing unlike nowadays where we have too much choice. Aye, the quality of programmes seem to have dwindled when you think back to what we had in our days.

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