You'll find that a lot of British TV shows of this era have a wistful, calming, almost melancholy air about them. In the early '80s, they'd tend to be shown earlier in the day, around lunchtime - the timing was perfect for toddlers' afternoon nap.
I do remember Button Moon, but I am older than that so I remember things like The Clangers and Ivor the Engine and other things. Chorlton and the Wheelies was possibly the greatest children's TV ever.
I'm older, Chorlton and the Wheelies was hilarious, my kids loved button moon, I remember the seeing Watch with Mother when I was very small, I used to like the Herbs, and Hectors House & Willow the Whisp
And before someone says something about Captain Pugwash. The cabin boy's name was Tom, not Roger. The was no Seaman Staines or Master Bates. It was Master Mate.
@@drt1605 I agree, it's an urban legend that's harmless enough for people to want it to be true, so many people hold on to the belief for some reason, nostalgia maybe? 🤷
Even as a small child, I thought that Button Moon was incredibly strange and made no sense. Watching it again as an adult, it's beyond crazy that children were ever subjected to this 10-minute hallucination.
You should check out other great children's series: 'The Clangers', 'The Herbs', 'Mr Benn', 'The Wombles', 'Captain Pugwash', 'The Magic Roundabout', 'Bagpuss'. There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
I'm far too old to remember this kids show I'm now ,60. Mungo Mary and midge, magic roundabout, rainbow, the clangers, watch with mother much older kids programmes Never knew this one existed!!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficialthe clangers was my favourite. Tales of the Riverbank was also excellent but doubt it would be allowed now as they put real animals in boats!
I loved Button Moon as a child, theme tune still fills me with nostalgia. I think the DIY aspect is great because it shows how you can use household objects to make spaceships and characters and landscapes etc.
About 15-ish, years ago, my i picked my youngest kid up from nursery, and wouldn't stop talking about the puppet show they showed him in school, eventually we figured out what it was, it was Button Moon. he loved it so much, we ended up buying a couple of DVDs for him to watch. Once he'd grown out of the show, we donated them and dozens other old kids show DVD to the school, which I hear they still show.
🎵We've been to Button Moon. We've followed Mister Spoon. Button Moon. Button Moon. Be back soon. Made for kids? I don't think so. I was NOT a child at the time. I was your age.🤣🤣I watched the end of it in my lunch hour. There wasn't anything else on the telly at lunchtime in those days. Sandra Dickinson, who was Peter Davison's wife at the time, is the other singer on the theme tune. Those pinwheels are little windmills you bought the kids at the seaside. The suitcases are boxes of Ship matches. Rainbow is great. 'Isn't it Bungle?' 'Yes George.' There was a singing trio on the show, Rod, Jane and Freddy. Both Rod and Freddy were married to Jane, but not at the same time I should add. 😂😂 Other shows to watch out for are Jamie and the Magic Torch, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Puddle Lane and Pipkins. Hartley Hare in the Pipkins is the weirdest, tatty old hare that you ever did see. I reckon the people who made all those shows were on something. 😵
I don't remember Button Moon - I'm far too old - but The Clangers, now that was wild. And Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and of course Bagpus. These will keep you busy for weeks :-) Unbelievable The Clangers had a script (you'll understand when you see it) and on one occasion the TV company censored it! The best part of this video was watching your face as you watched the show. A mixture of delight and disbelief :-)
Bloody loved Button Moon, the theme was written and performed by the 5th Doctor Peter Davison and his then wife Sandra Dickinson (who was brilliant as Trillian in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV series). I don’t remember the stage show though, I missed out!
Aaah sweet memories of throwing a sicky from school and watching weird daytime kids tv like this. It was delirium enducing, helped the whole act. The Clangers, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Rainbow… all weird af!
I'm a bit too old to have watched it but I have had the theme tune stuck in my head for about 40 years as my wee brother watched it. And yet I only just found out the Doctor was the one singing in my head all this time. Thanks for that!
As someone who was born in the 80s i must admit i cant remember ever watching Button Moon, Maybe i was just way too young, But it left more of impression on my Mum who remembers it fondly
Nobody has mentioned finger mouse. A man with a paper mouse on his finger. A lot of children's T.V in the 70's and 80's was quite strange and I remember thinking so at the time. Bagpuss was very strange and gave me the creeps as a child, but my wife loved and still has a Bagpuss hot water bottle cover.
I did watch as a child and have the DVD somewhere. Thinking of the programmes around when I was growing up there were two main sources BBC Broom Cupboard which became CBBC and ITV CITV which ran on weekdays from around 3.30pm with CITV finishing at about 5.10pm and BBC finishing at 5.30pm. Some of the cartoons we got included Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Bananaman, Super Ted Telebugs, Raggy Dolls, Piegon Street, and you grew up in the children's ward, Byker Grove Grange Hill. There were also education and Art based shows such as Think of a Number, Blue Peter, Art Attack and Hartbeat AS a pre-schooler I can remember watching playschool but the one that had its biggest impact was Chockablock and its surprising as they only ever made 8 episodes.
Narration was quite a common thing in 60s-80s kids TV, and they were often made by pretty much just one person (Oliver Postgate in particular is iconic)
Love Button Moon - so did my kids - we had a Button Moon DVD they were addicted to. My youngest (now 12 years old) had a Button Moon themed party for her 5th birthday - with a Button Moon cake, Button Moon pyjams anf a Button Moon play set (I made the pyjamas and playset). Happy days!
There were so many good kids programmes back in the day, and most had great theme tunes as well. Rainbow, Pigeon Street, SuperTed, Danger Mouse, Mr Benn, The Wombles, to name a few. Looking forward to you going over some of them.
My brother got me a Button Moon T-shirt for Christmas just gone. Wear it often and have had a couple of comments when wearing it from people who obviously remember it.
This was my favourite show when I was 3/4, i had it on video, when my sister had kids I gave her the videos (she had an old video player), she wanted them to watch shows where people spoke properly, she wouldn't let them watch things like teletubbies, because they didn't speak properly
You're enthusiasm and narration for this show was enchanting 😅 Being Australian I have not seen it before, nor do I have the imagination of a 5 year old anymore. If I did I'm sure I would have found it entertaining, even though it makes absolutely no sense 😂
I watched that show religiously and I was bloody 11 when it debuted! Partly I suspect because there were only 3 tv channels at the time and it was the best thing on at the time. It's whimsical but with a hint of Eraserhead as well
Brit kids progs of this era were beyond strange. Checkout The Magic Roundabout, which, despite being a French programme originally, was totally re-written for a Brit audience. Magical.
I always thought the narrator to this show always had a degree of sarcasm to his voice when telling the stories. This was one of the first 80's lunchtime children's programmes shown by ITV's Thames Television, back in the autumn of 1980 and managed to last for 8 years. For me, this was right at the end of when I was of an age/in a position to watch such programmes, so only remember it vaguely. There's plenty of others from the 70's, such as, 'Cloppa Castle', 'Paper Play', 'A Handful of Songs', 'Jamie And The Magic Torch', 'Chorlton And The Wheelies', and, 'Issi Noho', that immediately spring to mind. Then, there's the longer 20 minute shows which followed, such as, 'Hickory House', 'Pipkins', 'Mr. Trimble', and the most famous of all, 'Rainbow.' The BBC's version of, 'lunchtime programmes for children', aired a bit later, usually around 1.30pm, and were generally 15 minutes in length. The most famous among them being the Gordon Murry trilogy of, 'Trumpton', 'Camberwick Green', and, 'Chigley.' Then, there's others such as, 'Bod', 'Bagpuss', 'Rag-time', 'The Flumps', 'Barnaby The Bear', 'The Herbs', 'Mr Benn', 'Fingerbobs', and a few others. Then, the BBC would show a 5 minute show at the end of their weekday afternoon children's programmes, at 5.35pm, just prior to the early evening News. 'The Magic Roundabout', is probably one of the best known ones, but there were many others. 'The Wombles', 'Captain Pugwash', 'The Perishers', 'Fred Bassett', 'Ivor The Engine', 'Paddington', as examples. Not only is it the actor who was soon to be Doctor Who, singing the theme song, but also his then wife Sandra Dickinson, who was also a reasonably well known actress at the time.
I'm too old for Button Moon, but have fond memories of The Clangers and Bagpuss, both creations of the late, great Oliver Postgate. Absolutely iconic shows
Hi Kalyn, Saw the title of this video and thought "Button moon, I remember that". Used to watch it in the early eighties. Haven't really thought of it since I grew out of it. I heard that theme and no joke I had goosebumps, and that's coming from someone who didn't even like the show back then. It's amazing how it can effect you even years later. Highly recommend the Mr. men and little Misses.
Trapdoor and "Stoppit and Tidyup" were good.... But don't, for the love of god, watch Chocky (to be fair, that one is more "Young Adult") which scared me witless - even though Chocky itself was TECHNICALLY a goody... 😢😢
🎶 We're off to Button Moon, follow Mr Spoon, Button Moon, Button Mooooon!!!! 🎶 What's really striking is how different the kids programming looks nowadays in comparison. Kids TV used to be run on the basis of: "What do kids like doing? How do their lives look? Can TV help with that?" Kids love playing make-believe, giving characters to whatever they find: spoons and toilet brushes and ketchup bottles, and sending them on adventures. Whatever generation they grow up in. Now kids TV starts much more from the TV end: "We are TV producers, we make TV 'content' (a horrible term!). How can we tailor our product to these specific set of TV consumers?" The thinking seems to be how can kids be squeezed into the TV consumer environment, rather than how can TV play a part in kids' lives. Button Moon tries to be the sort of programme that kids themselves would make if they had the ability!
I am a 40 year old man, who back in the 80’s Button moon was my favourite show, I used to watch it on tv every time it was on. My mum also took me to the live stage show for my 5th birthday. I loved every second of it, although being only 5 unfortunately I can’t remember a whole lot about what happened in the live show. After button moon finished my favourite show then became Rainbow, thank you for bringing button moon back to life for me and I didn’t know button moon was available on ITVX. ❤
I am in my mid 50’s and grew up watching childrens tv in the 70’s. As an adult I love sci-fi, but I got into sci fi as a 4 year old watching the clangers… Other ones I loved include Ivor (pup! Pup!), bag puss and Paddington, narrated by Sir Michael Horden, The Trumptonshire collection (Chigley, Camberwick Green and Trumpton), Bod, Mr Benn and the Flumps…
I was too old for ButtonMoon- just heading off to university when this dropped! I did already know that Peter Davison wrote the music - but I see from the credits that he wrote it with Sandra Dickenson who was his wife at the time. What I like about this is that the very 'homespun' look and feel of the world means that you can recreate it- or something very like it- at home with your own toys and a bit of junk modelling, and create your own stories for the Buttons and their friends.
We didn't watch a lot of ITV in my childhood, perhaps because of the adverts! As a result i missed Button Moon until I was older. Bod and Bagpuss on the other hand...
There were two slots for children's programmes. One was from midday to 1.00pm and the other one was at 5.55pm just before the BBC News. The later ones were mostly watched by adults. The Magic Roundabout was big. There was a No.1 single by Jasper Carrot about The Magic Roundabout which was banned by the BBC. On Top of the Pops they played the B side called Funky Moped. 😂 The biggest show was The Wombles which was all about recycling before it became a mainstream topic.
In the 80s I was a very young mum with twins and a singleton. We watched Button Moon religiously. I've sent my lads your video. They're in their 40s and 30s now. 😂 Thanks for reacting to this charming tv series, you have brought back so many lovely memories.💕 Your commentary had me in tucks.😂
I offer you a name, gratis, no strings attached, totally up to you if you research him......... 'Oliver Postgate'. A creator of sooo many BBC children's show, he essentially informed each generation of 10 yr olds over five decades. Top Tip: You can masquerade as a Brit with merely a passing knowledge of any of these kids shows: "Noggin The Nog", or "Bagpuss" or "Ivor The Engine". All classics, ,al terribley dated, and all, of course, glorious (to adults only alas).
I used to watch Button Moon. :) I'm looking forward to your video on other children's shows. I hope you'll include Sooty, he's a cultural icon. I'd love to see you do a reaction video to that too, either an episode from the Harry Corbett era or the Matthew Corbett era.
I used to love that show, exactly my era, if you look close enough you can see the black gloves moving about in the scenery. I have the DVDs for nostalgia.
Loved this, if you’re doing Rainbow be prepared for another killer theme tune. 12:29 ha ha imagine if mr Spoon had caught Mrs Spoon knocking off beardy man.
I’m 46, so I was just the right age when it came out, it wasn’t one of my favourites, but as there was hardly any toddler/ young kids tv at the time I always watched it 😆But one of my favourite memories from my early childhood is going to the local theatre just me & my mum ( which was very special as my sister was only a few months old at the time) to see the stage show, I remember I liked it better than the tv show, again at the time there wasn’t many things to take children to the theatre, ( apart from Panto at Christmas) so I think that’s why people my age are so sentimental about the show ❤
i'm nearly 49 I remember Button Moon very well it was on at 12 pm- 12:10pm This was followed by another childrens show that was on for 20 minutes. There were different programmes everyday Monday- Friday such as Pipkins Rainbow Cockleshell Bay The Munch Bunch Our Backyard Let's Pretend Portland Bill Get Up and Go Woofits Gideon
Button Moon fans, where are you?!
BIG FAN! 😂😂
Right here! It still is awesome to watch.
I flipping loved Button Moon! I was born in 1980 and it was a big part of my childhood
it's so cute!
honestly I'm going to spend the afternoon watching it probably!
Watch “ Bagpuss “, you’ll love it.
Oh my god yes.
Anything with Oliver Postgate is marvellous
Clangers, Camberwick Green and Trumpton.
You'll find that a lot of British TV shows of this era have a wistful, calming, almost melancholy air about them. In the early '80s, they'd tend to be shown earlier in the day, around lunchtime - the timing was perfect for toddlers' afternoon nap.
You should check out Bananaman. He had the muscles of 20 men and the brains of 20 mussels.
I do remember Button Moon, but I am older than that so I remember things like The Clangers and Ivor the Engine and other things. Chorlton and the Wheelies was possibly the greatest children's TV ever.
Chorlton and the Wheelies had one of the best theme tunes ever, definitely! The Flumps was a favourite too
I remember all of them. I loved Chorlton and the Wheelies when I was young.
I'm older, Chorlton and the Wheelies was hilarious, my kids loved button moon, I remember the seeing Watch with Mother when I was very small, I used to like the Herbs, and Hectors House & Willow the Whisp
@@jumblechaos9035 dont forget jamie and the magic torch
Jump in we'll take you for a spin and take you round the wheelie world. (Ho ho ho)
And before someone says something about Captain Pugwash. The cabin boy's name was Tom, not Roger. The was no Seaman Staines or Master Bates. It was Master Mate.
Correct. I have them all on DVD 👍
No-one seems to have heard of Sir Prancelot from the same people. A forgotten classic of my childhood.
@@drt1605 I agree, it's an urban legend that's harmless enough for people to want it to be true, so many people hold on to the belief for some reason, nostalgia maybe? 🤷
@@parkerzilla6323I remember it!
@@parkerzilla6323 I do remember that, now you mention it!
It was certainly something that I watched as a child. I’m now going to be humming the theme tune for the rest of the day now! 😊
it's so catchy and sweet!
I can't wait to hum it all day. My daughters will think I've lost my mind... I won't explain to them 😂
@@GirlGoneLondonofficialme too. Will get some funny looks at work 😂in a pharmacy where everything’s all serious 😊x
Even as a small child, I thought that Button Moon was incredibly strange and made no sense.
Watching it again as an adult, it's beyond crazy that children were ever subjected to this 10-minute hallucination.
You should check out other great children's series:
'The Clangers',
'The Herbs',
'Mr Benn',
'The Wombles',
'Captain Pugwash',
'The Magic Roundabout',
'Bagpuss'.
There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
Also Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green... Morph and Tony Hart
@@mauk2861 Yes, excellent series.
I was born in 83, and that bean can means so much to me ❤
I'm far too old to remember this kids show I'm now ,60.
Mungo Mary and midge, magic roundabout, rainbow, the clangers, watch with mother much older kids programmes
Never knew this one existed!!
will look some of the others up!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Definitely check out The Magic Roundabout, Boing said Zebedee.
It was Mary, Mungo & Midge! 😁
@@jamespasifull3424I had Mary Mungo and Midge record when I was a child
@@GirlGoneLondonofficialthe clangers was my favourite. Tales of the Riverbank was also excellent but doubt it would be allowed now as they put real animals in boats!
I loved Button Moon as a child, theme tune still fills me with nostalgia. I think the DIY aspect is great because it shows how you can use household objects to make spaceships and characters and landscapes etc.
About 15-ish, years ago, my i picked my youngest kid up from nursery, and wouldn't stop talking about the puppet show they showed him in school, eventually we figured out what it was, it was Button Moon. he loved it so much, we ended up buying a couple of DVDs for him to watch. Once he'd grown out of the show, we donated them and dozens other old kids show DVD to the school, which I hear they still show.
This is so sweet! Great story!
You are playing near the edge of Alice's rabbit hole when you start watching 1980s childrens tv
🎵We've been to Button Moon. We've followed Mister Spoon. Button Moon. Button Moon. Be back soon.
Made for kids? I don't think so. I was NOT a child at the time. I was your age.🤣🤣I watched the end of it in my lunch hour. There wasn't anything else on the telly at lunchtime in those days.
Sandra Dickinson, who was Peter Davison's wife at the time, is the other singer on the theme tune.
Those pinwheels are little windmills you bought the kids at the seaside. The suitcases are boxes of Ship matches.
Rainbow is great. 'Isn't it Bungle?' 'Yes George.' There was a singing trio on the show, Rod, Jane and Freddy. Both Rod and Freddy were married to Jane, but not at the same time I should add. 😂😂
Other shows to watch out for are Jamie and the Magic Torch, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Puddle Lane and Pipkins. Hartley Hare in the Pipkins is the weirdest, tatty old hare that you ever did see. I reckon the people who made all those shows were on something. 😵
Jamie and the Magic Torch. Such a rocking theme tune.
Pipkins, well now you're talking !
I remember this from when I was a child, along with The Magic Roundabout, Playschool, Bagpuss and Jamie and the Magic Torch. Good times.
Jamie and the magic torch was my favourite along with Mr Ben.
My childhood right there. I miss these innocent times
I don't remember Button Moon - I'm far too old - but The Clangers, now that was wild. And Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and of course Bagpus. These will keep you busy for weeks :-) Unbelievable The Clangers had a script (you'll understand when you see it) and on one occasion the TV company censored it! The best part of this video was watching your face as you watched the show. A mixture of delight and disbelief :-)
Ah i LOVED button moon. I went to see it live at the theatre when i was very small and it was wonderful ❤❤
Bloody loved Button Moon, the theme was written and performed by the 5th Doctor Peter Davison and his then wife Sandra Dickinson (who was brilliant as Trillian in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV series).
I don’t remember the stage show though, I missed out!
I loved button moon 🌙 as a child , used to watch with my sister x
Aaah sweet memories of throwing a sicky from school and watching weird daytime kids tv like this. It was delirium enducing, helped the whole act. The Clangers, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Rainbow… all weird af!
Oh boy. Watching Rainbow as an adult brings a whole different meaning to some of the banter in it.
I'm a bit too old to have watched it but I have had the theme tune stuck in my head for about 40 years as my wee brother watched it. And yet I only just found out the Doctor was the one singing in my head all this time. Thanks for that!
Button Moon was awesome! 🙌
As someone who was born in the 80s i must admit i cant remember ever watching Button Moon, Maybe i was just way too young, But it left more of impression on my Mum who remembers it fondly
Nobody has mentioned finger mouse. A man with a paper mouse on his finger. A lot of children's T.V in the 70's and 80's was quite strange and I remember thinking so at the time. Bagpuss was very strange and gave me the creeps as a child, but my wife loved and still has a Bagpuss hot water bottle cover.
I did watch as a child and have the DVD somewhere.
Thinking of the programmes around when I was growing up there were two main sources BBC Broom Cupboard which became CBBC and ITV CITV which ran on weekdays from around 3.30pm with CITV finishing at about 5.10pm and BBC finishing at 5.30pm.
Some of the cartoons we got included Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Bananaman, Super Ted Telebugs, Raggy Dolls, Piegon Street, and you grew up in the children's ward, Byker Grove Grange Hill. There were also education and Art based shows such as Think of a Number, Blue Peter, Art Attack and Hartbeat
AS a pre-schooler I can remember watching playschool but the one that had its biggest impact was Chockablock and its surprising as they only ever made 8 episodes.
Got the button moon theme tune on a 45 record. Got it when I went to see the stage show as a kid.
It was adorable to watch you experience button moon ❤. My partner saw the live show in the 80s (they’re not a small as you think)
Narration was quite a common thing in 60s-80s kids TV, and they were often made by pretty much just one person (Oliver Postgate in particular is iconic)
Love Button Moon - so did my kids - we had a Button Moon DVD they were addicted to. My youngest (now 12 years old) had a Button Moon themed party for her 5th birthday - with a Button Moon cake, Button Moon pyjams anf a Button Moon play set (I made the pyjamas and playset). Happy days!
I only ever got to see this show along with Rainbow when I was off school sick.
Thank you for another video. This brings back so many memories
You must watch Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men from the 1950s - iconic British children's TV
hell yeah button moon i remember that happy times 😆
Omg button moon! My first fave show when I was 4 or 5. This must be a first for a reaction channel 😂
There were so many good kids programmes back in the day, and most had great theme tunes as well. Rainbow, Pigeon Street, SuperTed, Danger Mouse, Mr Benn, The Wombles, to name a few. Looking forward to you going over some of them.
Met Peter D. at a SciFi con. Lovely bloke - especially when he signed the cover of my non-Dr Who DVD set (Campion).
Wow! Sung by Sandra Dickinson, who was Peter Davidson's wife! I wasn't in the UK when this was on, but I still love it!
This is the video I never knew I needed.
My childhood, love this show.
It's so cute!
My brother got me a Button Moon T-shirt for Christmas just gone. Wear it often and have had a couple of comments when wearing it from people who obviously remember it.
Loved button moon - was 5 when it came out
Yes I do love the theme tune watched the programme we loved Rainbow too with George Bungle and Zippy. You will love it 😂
I loved this show, and Peter was the Dr that created this Whovian.
My wife worked on the stage show version of Button Moon.
Kalyn, could you also please also react to the Moomins, they were cute Finnish trolls who lived in Moomin Valley - a great series
This was my favourite show when I was 3/4, i had it on video, when my sister had kids I gave her the videos (she had an old video player), she wanted them to watch shows where people spoke properly, she wouldn't let them watch things like teletubbies, because they didn't speak properly
I remember watching this when I was a kid seeing it now it has a little bit of nightmare fuel 😆
You're enthusiasm and narration for this show was enchanting 😅 Being Australian I have not seen it before, nor do I have the imagination of a 5 year old anymore. If I did I'm sure I would have found it entertaining, even though it makes absolutely no sense 😂
I watched that show religiously and I was bloody 11 when it debuted! Partly I suspect because there were only 3 tv channels at the time and it was the best thing on at the time. It's whimsical but with a hint of Eraserhead as well
Button moon is amazing
Brit kids progs of this era were beyond strange. Checkout The Magic Roundabout, which, despite being a French programme originally, was totally re-written for a Brit audience. Magical.
I was born in 1971 and remember this.
I always thought the narrator to this show always had a degree of sarcasm to his voice when telling the stories. This was one of the first 80's lunchtime children's programmes shown by ITV's Thames Television, back in the autumn of 1980 and managed to last for 8 years. For me, this was right at the end of when I was of an age/in a position to watch such programmes, so only remember it vaguely. There's plenty of others from the 70's, such as, 'Cloppa Castle', 'Paper Play', 'A Handful of Songs', 'Jamie And The Magic Torch', 'Chorlton And The Wheelies', and, 'Issi Noho', that immediately spring to mind. Then, there's the longer 20 minute shows which followed, such as, 'Hickory House', 'Pipkins', 'Mr. Trimble', and the most famous of all, 'Rainbow.'
The BBC's version of, 'lunchtime programmes for children', aired a bit later, usually around 1.30pm, and were generally 15 minutes in length. The most famous among them being the Gordon Murry trilogy of, 'Trumpton', 'Camberwick Green', and, 'Chigley.' Then, there's others such as, 'Bod', 'Bagpuss', 'Rag-time', 'The Flumps', 'Barnaby The Bear', 'The Herbs', 'Mr Benn', 'Fingerbobs', and a few others.
Then, the BBC would show a 5 minute show at the end of their weekday afternoon children's programmes, at 5.35pm, just prior to the early evening News. 'The Magic Roundabout', is probably one of the best known ones, but there were many others. 'The Wombles', 'Captain Pugwash', 'The Perishers', 'Fred Bassett', 'Ivor The Engine', 'Paddington', as examples.
Not only is it the actor who was soon to be Doctor Who, singing the theme song, but also his then wife Sandra Dickinson, who was also a reasonably well known actress at the time.
I'm too old for Button Moon, but have fond memories of The Clangers and Bagpuss, both creations of the late, great Oliver Postgate. Absolutely iconic shows
Bagpuss is my favourite, I have a Bagpuss hot water bottle!
@GirlGoneLondon you need to look into 70's-80's children's programme themes being sampled in 90's rave music‼️ Epic nostalgia 😅😅😅❤🇬🇧
I remember 'Button Moon' as my children watched it. I would imagine a session on LSD would give you a journey to 'Button Moon'.
Hi Kalyn,
Saw the title of this video and thought "Button moon, I remember that". Used to watch it in the early eighties. Haven't really thought of it since I grew out of it. I heard that theme and no joke I had goosebumps, and that's coming from someone who didn't even like the show back then. It's amazing how it can effect you even years later. Highly recommend the Mr. men and little Misses.
Trapdoor and "Stoppit and Tidyup" were good....
But don't, for the love of god, watch Chocky (to be fair, that one is more "Young Adult") which scared me witless - even though Chocky itself was TECHNICALLY a goody...
😢😢
I was in my mid teens... But somehow we watched it for fun.
My nephew is 35 soon, was born in 1989, & this is the first children’s programme that he watched. He absolutely loved it & was a huge fan.
When I was young in the 50s, my favourite children's show was Rag, Tag, and Bobtail... I was about 5/6 then....And another was Nogging the Nog...
Nice! I will look those up!
See also Tales of the River bank and Pogles Wood.
Noggin!
@@lucie4185 tales of the riverbank - started my absolute love of guinea pigs !
Remember Button Moon fondly
Many households and families added quotes and catchphrases around day to day life
🎶 We're off to Button Moon, follow Mr Spoon, Button Moon, Button Mooooon!!!! 🎶
What's really striking is how different the kids programming looks nowadays in comparison. Kids TV used to be run on the basis of: "What do kids like doing? How do their lives look? Can TV help with that?"
Kids love playing make-believe, giving characters to whatever they find: spoons and toilet brushes and ketchup bottles, and sending them on adventures. Whatever generation they grow up in.
Now kids TV starts much more from the TV end: "We are TV producers, we make TV 'content' (a horrible term!). How can we tailor our product to these specific set of TV consumers?"
The thinking seems to be how can kids be squeezed into the TV consumer environment, rather than how can TV play a part in kids' lives.
Button Moon tries to be the sort of programme that kids themselves would make if they had the ability!
Sorry never heard of it, but then I was in my twenties and enjoying life in the RAF. When I had kids in the 90s it had been long finished.
Watch, The Clangers 😂
I watched this as a little kid, early 80s. Was only when round someone else's house though as my mum would only allow BBC at home!
Hum the theme tune!! As soon as i saw the title i started singing it😂
It's so catchy!
You should look at the Clangers. which we watched in the 70s, and were characters who whisteled on the Moon!
I also used to love Bannana man!
I am a 40 year old man, who back in the 80’s Button moon was my favourite show, I used to watch it on tv every time it was on. My mum also took me to the live stage show for my 5th birthday. I loved every second of it, although being only 5 unfortunately I can’t remember a whole lot about what happened in the live show.
After button moon finished my favourite show then became Rainbow, thank you for bringing button moon back to life for me and I didn’t know button moon was available on ITVX. ❤
Ahh the memories! Thank you Kalyn, I loved Button Moon ❤ and was about 2-10 years old when this aired on TV.
I'd never heard of it, but that's because my TV experience started with Muffin The Mule, and ended with Yogi Bear.
I was 11 when it was first on but I was aware of it because my 2 year old niece watched it.
I am in my mid 50’s and grew up watching childrens tv in the 70’s. As an adult I love sci-fi, but I got into sci fi as a 4 year old watching the clangers… Other ones I loved include Ivor (pup! Pup!), bag puss and Paddington, narrated by Sir Michael Horden, The Trumptonshire collection (Chigley, Camberwick Green and Trumpton), Bod, Mr Benn and the Flumps…
ButtonMoon Bagpuss The Moomins Worzel Gummage ThunderBirds! Ahh! memories 😌
This was one of my favourite tv shows as a child, my sibling & I still love it to this day and we’re all in our 40’s now! Thanks for this GGL 😂
I was too old for ButtonMoon- just heading off to university when this dropped!
I did already know that Peter Davison wrote the music - but I see from the credits that he wrote it with Sandra Dickenson who was his wife at the time.
What I like about this is that the very 'homespun' look and feel of the world means that you can recreate it- or something very like it- at home with your own toys and a bit of junk modelling, and create your own stories for the Buttons and their friends.
7:00 we in Britain are so chill about cross dressing
I am too old for Button Moon but I watched it with my little sister who is 10 years younger than I am
We didn't watch a lot of ITV in my childhood, perhaps because of the adverts! As a result i missed Button Moon until I was older.
Bod and Bagpuss on the other hand...
There were two slots for children's programmes. One was from midday to 1.00pm and the other one was at 5.55pm just before the BBC News.
The later ones were mostly watched by adults. The Magic Roundabout was big. There was a No.1 single by Jasper Carrot about The Magic Roundabout which was banned by the BBC. On Top of the Pops they played the B side called Funky Moped. 😂
The biggest show was The Wombles which was all about recycling before it became a mainstream topic.
Peter Davison's daughter is married to David Tennant, another Dr. Who.
Fingerbobs!
In the 80s I was a very young mum with twins and a singleton. We watched Button Moon religiously. I've sent my lads your video. They're in their 40s and 30s now. 😂 Thanks for reacting to this charming tv series, you have brought back so many lovely memories.💕 Your commentary had me in tucks.😂
I was working nights when this was on during the day so I often woke up when this was on in the day. I rather liked it. Calming and charming.
Suddenly I'm 10 years old again, home from school for lunch.
Missed it, either shopping or in the pub, probably the latter.
I offer you a name, gratis, no strings attached, totally up to you if you research him......... 'Oliver Postgate'. A creator of sooo many BBC children's show, he essentially informed each generation of 10 yr olds over five decades. Top Tip: You can masquerade as a Brit with merely a passing knowledge of any of these kids shows: "Noggin The Nog", or "Bagpuss" or "Ivor The Engine". All classics, ,al terribley dated, and all, of course, glorious (to adults only alas).
The man was a genius
2:13 *closes TH-cam and opens ITVX*
LOL, I remember "The cat is on the moon" by Neil Hardwick but it's definitely not the same.
that spaceship appears to be a stylised Heinz baked bean tin (of the period) you want strange ? check out the Magic Roundabout
I used to watch Button Moon. :) I'm looking forward to your video on other children's shows. I hope you'll include Sooty, he's a cultural icon. I'd love to see you do a reaction video to that too, either an episode from the Harry Corbett era or the Matthew Corbett era.
"We've been to Button Moon, we followed Mr Spoon. Button Moon"
I was around 8 when Button Moon came out and still loved it. Definitely one of a kind.
that robot got a part on Dr Who
And then there was finger mouse, Postman Pat ,The magic roundabout ,Camberwick Green.
All these my children watched the youngest is now 36.
I used to love that show, exactly my era, if you look close enough you can see the black gloves moving about in the scenery. I have the DVDs for nostalgia.
Loved this, if you’re doing Rainbow be prepared for another killer theme tune.
12:29 ha ha imagine if mr Spoon had caught Mrs Spoon knocking off beardy man.
I’m 46, so I was just the right age when it came out, it wasn’t one of my favourites, but as there was hardly any toddler/ young kids tv at the time I always watched it 😆But one of my favourite memories from my early childhood is going to the local theatre just me & my mum ( which was very special as my sister was only a few months old at the time) to see the stage show, I remember I liked it better than the tv show, again at the time there wasn’t many things to take children to the theatre, ( apart from Panto at Christmas) so I think that’s why people my age are so sentimental about the show ❤
i'm nearly 49 I remember Button Moon very well it was on at 12 pm- 12:10pm This was followed by another childrens show that was on for 20 minutes. There were different programmes everyday Monday- Friday such as Pipkins Rainbow Cockleshell Bay The Munch Bunch Our Backyard Let's Pretend Portland Bill Get Up and Go Woofits Gideon