Martin Smith
Let's Pretend (1982)
Season Five
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
S5E1 - The Cactus Who Wanted His Back Scratched
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Oct. 14, 1985, midnight
S5E2 - Colonel Bigshot and the Crocodiles
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Oct. 21, 1985, midnight
S5E3 - The Town That Liked to Argue
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Oct. 28, 1985, midnight
S5E4 - The Wishing Well
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Nov. 4, 1985, midnight
S5E5 - The Lemon Canary
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Nov. 11, 1985, midnight
S5E6 - The Sheepdog and the Badger
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Nov. 18, 1985, midnight
S5E7 - The Duck Who Wanted a Treat to Eat
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Nov. 25, 1985, midnight
S5E8 - The Gardener and the Pirate
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Dec. 2, 1985, midnight
S5E9 - The Hiccupping Lion
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Dec. 9, 1985, midnight
S5E10 - The Lady Who Collected Junk
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Dec. 16, 1985, midnight
S5E11 - The Postman Who Wanted Some Post
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Dec. 23, 1985, midnight
S5E12 - The Doctor's Big Day
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Dec. 30, 1985, midnight
S5E13 - The Grass is Always Greener
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Jan. 6, 1986, midnight
S5E14 - The Chimp Who Copied Everything
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Jan. 13, 1986, midnight
S5E15 - The Double Bass Who Lost a String
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Jan. 20, 1986, midnight
S5E16 - The Pretend Snowman
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Jan. 27, 1986, midnight
S5E17 - The Two Sisters
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Feb. 3, 1986, midnight
S5E18 - The Brother's Clothes
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Feb. 10, 1986, midnight
S5E19 - The Rabbit and the Carrot
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Feb. 17, 1986, midnight
S5E20 - The Silly Dressmaker
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Feb. 24, 1986, midnight
S5E21 - The Bulldozer with Toothache
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March 3, 1986, midnight
S5E22 - The Wolf Who Cried Wolf
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March 10, 1986, midnight
S5E23 - How Greedy Can You Be?
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March 17, 1986, midnight
S5E24 - The Singer Who Lost His Voice
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March 24, 1986, midnight
S5E25 - The Pumpkin and the Pumpkin Guard
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April 7, 1986, midnight
S5E26 - The Instrument Mender and the Noisemaker
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April 14, 1986, midnight
S5E27 - The Jelly Baby Jumble Sale
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April 21, 1986, midnight
S5E28 - The Train Who Was Frightened of the Dark
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April 28, 1986, midnight
S5E29 - Don't Wake the Baby
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May 12, 1986, midnight
S5E30 - The Playdough Statue
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May 19, 1986, midnight
S5E31 - Outside In, Inside Out
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June 2, 1986, midnight
S5E32 - The One-Puppet Puppet Show
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June 9, 1986, midnight
Released: Jan. 5, 1982
Last Air Date: July 31, 1989, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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