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Watch With Mother (UK)

Season 2 1952 - 1953

  • 1952-12-18T15:45:00Z on BBC One
  • 1m
  • 3m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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.)

3 episodes

Season Premiere

1952-12-18T15:45:00Z

2x01 Flower Pot Men : Seeds

Season Premiere

2x01 Flower Pot Men : Seeds

  • 1952-12-18T15:45:00Z1m

The 2nd instalment in the 'Watch with Mother' series was about the adventures of Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men.
In this episode they grow some seeds ... very quickly!

2x04 Flower Pot Men : The Potato Man

  • 1953-01-08T15:45:00Z1m

Bill and Ben find a man made out of potatoes

1953-04-09T15:45:00Z

2x17 Flower Pot Men : Icicles

2x17 Flower Pot Men : Icicles

  • 1953-04-09T15:45:00Z1m

Bill and Ben have fun in a frozen garden

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