| Animal programmes
became very popular, George Cansdale would bring animals into
the studio, from London Zoo. Johnny Morris would go to the zoo
and talk to the animals, but for real excitement it was Armand
and Michaela Denis. They brought the African plains in to our
living rooms. These two paved the way for David Atenborough.
What those two did on land, Hans and Lotte Hass did under the
sea. Swimming the oceans of the world, their exploits with creatures
from the deep put people off sea side holidays for life. |
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Armand and Michaela Denis
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Hans and Lotte Hass
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| 'The
Five O'Clock Club' was the big thing for children. Wally
Whyton ex-Vipers skiffle group member, was also talking
to animals. Ollie Beak, Joe Crow, Spike McPike and the
greatest of all Pussy Cat William. Quite a change from
'Rocking His Daddy-O'. |
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| Another 'The Five O'Clock Club'
regular was Bert Weedon. With over 5,000 radio and TV
shows under his belt, and his best selling book ' Play
In A Day'. He was responsible for broken homes across
the country. As teenagers pestered parents for a guitar
so that they too could play 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle'. |
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| Shirley Abicair did
not have the same impact as Bert. When not playing her
zither all over our screens, this Australian beauty was
a wow at parties with her nimble fingers. |
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| Grey Friars School
was a long way from Grange Hill, but the message was the
same. Children will be children. Every school in the country
had a Billy Bunter. Gerald Campion made this obnoxious
school boy so real that every over weight was a Billy
Bunter. You could never see this programme today. |
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