children's TV Archives - Desperate Living

Looking back at Smallfilms and Gordon Murray’s gentle, relaxing stop-motion children’s TV of the 1960s and 1970s.

The truth about the beloved children’s TV presenter and his canine sidekick is a little hard to swallow.

A collection of frightful TV Guide ads for spooky specials, creepy cartoons and monstrous movie all-niters.

The scary TV shows made for kids in the 1970s were unnervingly good at getting under the skin – and remain just as effective today.

Looking back at Toyah’s magnificent 1981 breakthrough album and its dystopian, rebellious sci-fi concepts.

Exploring the world of musical cut-ups and eccentric sound collisions.

Looking back at the heyday of the imported, dubbed European kid’s TV shows that left an indelible impact on a generation of British viewers.

The star of The A-Team gets his own exhaustingly upbeat VHS video in 1984 aimed at turning kids into conformist narcissists.

An oddball collection of easy listening show tunes inspired by the children’s TV favourites of the early 1970s.

Tension overload in a breathless and relentless audio adventure from 1966.

The educational TV show’s song encouraging kids not to be afraid of imaginary monsters has some unfortunate lyrics.

The vintage children’s TV science fiction show from the 1970s.