Picture Book (TV series)
| Picture Book | |
|---|---|
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes (approximate) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC TV |
| Release | 14 February 1955 โ 23 September 1963 |
Picture Book is a
The show's opening theme tune was
Each Monday, Driscoll or McKechnie would open the Picture Book at a relevant page. Sometimes it would be shown to the camera at a distance, making the pages' content often brief and obscure. Alternatively, the presenter would simply tell the children what the next item would be, sometimes with a still photograph as a continuity link. It was something different every week. The 1963 series featured Sausage, a puppet dachshund who could speak a few words, voiced by Roy Skelton and generally shared the presentation with Vera McKechnie.
The 1987
References
Notes
- BFI Screenonline, retrieved 22 June 2012
- ^ Feeney 2009, p. 145.
- ^ BBC Genome โ Picture Book
External links
- Picture Book at IMDb
Bibliography
- Feeney, Paul (2009), A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping, the History Press, ISBN 978-0-7524-5011-7
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