- Picture Book (TV series)
"Picture Book" was a
BBC TV series that first appeared in1955 . It was the Monday programme in theWatch with Mother cycle and was created byFreda Lingstrom . It was initially introduced byPatricia Driscoll . The programme encouraged children to make things. Patricia Driscoll had the catch phrase "Do you think you could do this? - I am sure you could if you tried". Patricia Driscoll left in 1957 to play the part ofMaid Marian withRichard Greene in theITV series, "The Adventures of Robin Hood". She was later replaced byVera McKechnie .Each Monday the book would be opened showing a picture (drawing) of a house and we would go through a window (the camera would zoom in on the picture) and a scene be shown and a story would be told about it. It was something different every week.
The 1987
VHS release by BBC Video featured Sausage, a puppet dog, the Jolly Jack Tars (a group of sailors), making paper lanterns and growing mustard and cress. A further episode was included on aWatch with Mother 2 Video released in 1989, the main feature being the creation of hills and a valley using a sand tray. This was a regular item featured in the programme. Both episodes were taken from the 1963 series, hosted by Vera McKechnie.External links
* [http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/watchwm/watchwm.htm#Picture%20Book Further information]
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