Martin Smith
Let's Pretend (1982)
Season One
Let's Pretend was a 1980s children's television series aimed at preschool ages. It was shown across the ITV Network at 12.10 on Tuesdays, then later Mondays, replacing the popular Pipkins which had been cancelled at the end of 1981. Like its predecessor, each edition was fifteen minutes long, and the programme was produced using many of Pipkins' personnel such as puppeteer Nigel Plaskitt and producer Michael Jeans. Each week the presenters would find a number of ordinary household items and contrive to produce a short story featuring them all. The first programme, "The Story Of The Broken Puppet", was shown on Tuesday 5 January 1982 by Central Television. The show aired weekly until 1988. The show's original opening titles featured items moving along a conveyor belt into the mouth of a large plastic whale, and later a puppet caterpillar moving along the screen.
Released Jan. 5, 1982
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Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Story of the Broken Puppet
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Jan. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - The Story of the Leaping Frog
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Jan. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - The Story of the Dancing Elephant
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Jan. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - The Hungry Pillar Box
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Jan. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - The Garden Bench
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Feb. 2, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - The Shoe That Wanted to Go Its Own Way
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Feb. 9, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - The Whistling Kettle
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Feb. 16, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - The Teapot That Lost Its Lid
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Feb. 23, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - The Zoo Keeper and the Giraffe
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March 2, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - The Story of the Cleaner and the Cook
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March 9, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - The Story of the Rabbit and the Mole
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March 16, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - The Tale of Two Bears
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March 23, 1982, midnight
S1E13 - The Story of How the Bus Got Up the Hill
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March 30, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - The Story of the Sleepless Owl
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April 6, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - The Story of the King Who Loved Bananas
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April 13, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - The Umbrella That Didn't Like Rain
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April 20, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - The Cheesemaker and the Mouse
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April 27, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - The Story of the Giant's Boots
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May 4, 1982, midnight
Released: Jan. 5, 1982
Last Air Date: July 31, 1989, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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