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The Clangers

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I’m not big on nostalgia, but you can’t deny ‘The Clangers’ was great Children’s TV ;  imaginative, and inviting imagination. Oliver Postgate provided a beautifully mysterious  narration over a pretty avant-garde soundtrack; and it was, well poetic.   I mean here’s a bit from the opening of this episode:

“this calm serene orb, sailing majestically among the myriad stars of the firmament”

… you know if you talk down to children you make them stupid.

Not bad role models either those Clangers. they were all about working together and figuring things out kindly; at least I think that’s what they were saying…

Tomorrow ‘The Teletubbies’ (I’m kidding)

The Clangers :Episode 1