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Ragtime (TV series)
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Ragtime was a children's television series presented by Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris. The programmes featured play with words, songs, stories and puppets. Puppets emerged from the green Ragtime Bag, including wooden spoons with faces drawn on them. These were named Mr Porridge, Mr Curry, Mr Jelly, Miss Sponge, Mrs Custard, Uncle Casserole and Mrs Ragamuffin. Other puppet regulars included Dax and Sniff (both dogs), Humbug the tiger and Bubble, a cushion-shaped toy.
The music was provided by Peter Gosling and Dave Moses.
In 1973 the series won a Society of Film and Television Award (later known as a BAFTA
) for Best Children's Programme.
Although a book and record were produced at the time, no episodes are currently available on DVD
. Only eight of the twenty six episodes remain in the BBC's archive, due to a decision in the early 1990s to wipe the master tapes of many 1970s children's programmes http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/childrens/watchwithmother/part11.htm.
The music was provided by Peter Gosling and Dave Moses.
In 1973 the series won a Society of Film and Television Award (later known as a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
) for Best Children's Programme.
Although a book and record were produced at the time, no episodes are currently available on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. Only eight of the twenty six episodes remain in the BBC's archive, due to a decision in the early 1990s to wipe the master tapes of many 1970s children's programmes http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/childrens/watchwithmother/part11.htm.