Wonderful World of Puppets and Watch Without Mother

[thomgray]

Hi all,

I'm looking for two documentaries I remember watching years ago that seem to have vanished without a trace.

The first is a programme called the Wonderful World of Puppets, broadcast in 2000 on BBC 2. There's some clips on YouTube but otherwise no mention. Anyone else remember it?

The other is even more obscure, it was a long programme called Watch Without Mother, broadcast on Channel 4 c1998-2000. It featured Oliver Postgate cartoons and Willo the Wisp. I cannot find a single reference to this programme anywhere, does anyone have ant info?

Many thanks

[williammcgregor]

Hi Thom,

A friend of mine noticed this information...

Watch Without Mother is held at the BFI with a date of

26/09/2000

held on VHS cassette, 78.18 minutes long

Production Company: Worlds End Productions

the BFI has a filmographic record for
A Wonderful World Of Puppets, without any holding displayed on the filmographic record.

Also from BBC Genome
BBC1
Monday 3 January 2000 15.55 - 16.45

Wonderful World Of Puppets


would the BBC still hold this documentary?

[mattchurchett]

Related to this topic, I remember watching a children’s TV retrospective called “Are You Sitting Comfortably?”

I checked genome and it was apparently only shown once on January 1st 1999. Its a shame it’s not been repeated since, it had some great classic clips!

[thomgray]

Yes Are You Sitting Comfortably was great, it linked to that Future Generations BBC trailer. Fantastic programme, and I remember watching it very clearly as a child.