Watch with Mother: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Watch with Mother was a cycle of children's programs broadcast by BBC Television from 1950 until 1974, it was the first BBC television series aimed specifically at pre-school children. In accordance with its target it was initially broadcast between 3:45 pm and 4:00 pm, before the older children came home from school. Although Andy Pandy had been regularly broadcast since mid-1952, joined by the Flower Pot Men later that year, the name Watch with Mother was not adopted until 1952, when the programming was expanded to three afternoons a week with the addition of Rag, Tag and Bobtail. The "classic" cycle of shows was in place by September 1955, with the first showing of The Woodentops, and included:- Picture Book (Mondays from 1955), Andy Pandy (Tuesdays from 1950), Flower Pot Men (Wednesdays from 1952), Rag, Tag and Bobtail (Thursdays from 1953), and The Woodentops (Fridays from 1955).

Series details

• Title: Watch with Mother
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1950-07-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1955-10-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 6 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35889
• TVDB ID: 279526

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1950-07-01; final listed air date 1950-07-01.
• Season 2: premiered 1952-04-04; final listed air date 1952-07-08.
• Season 3: premiered 1953-10-13; final listed air date 1953-10-13.
• Season 4: premiered 1955-04-15; final listed air date 1955-04-15.
• Season 5: premiered 1955-10-10; final listed air date 1955-10-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Watch with Mother on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.