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Let's Pretend

1982
8 seasons
235 episodes
KidsFamily

Let's Pretend was a 1980s children's television series aimed at preschool ages. It was shown across the ITV Network at 12.10 on Tuesdays, then later Mondays, replacing the popular Pipkins which had been cancelled at the end of 1981. Like its predecessor, each edition was fifteen minutes long, and the programme was produced using many of Pipkins' personnel such as puppeteer Nigel Plaskitt and producer Michael Jeans. Each week the presenters would find a number of ordinary household items and contrive to produce a short story featuring them all. The first programme, "The Story Of The Broken Puppet", was shown on Tuesday 5 January 1982 by Central Television. The show aired weekly until 1988. The show's original opening titles featured items moving along a conveyor belt into the mouth of a large plastic whale, and later a puppet caterpillar moving along the screen.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Story of the Broken Puppet

    05-01-1982
  • Ep 2

    2.The Story of the Leaping Frog

    12-01-1982
  • Ep 3

    3.The Story of the Dancing Elephant

    19-01-1982
  • Ep 4

    4.The Hungry Pillar Box

    26-01-1982
  • Ep 5

    5.The Garden Bench

    02-02-1982
  • Ep 6

    6.The Shoe That Wanted to Go Its Own Way

    09-02-1982
  • Ep 7

    7.The Whistling Kettle

    16-02-1982
  • Ep 8

    8.The Teapot That Lost Its Lid

    23-02-1982
  • Ep 9

    9.The Zoo Keeper and the Giraffe

    02-03-1982
  • Ep 10

    10.The Story of the Cleaner and the Cook

    09-03-1982
  • Ep 11

    11.The Story of the Rabbit and the Mole

    16-03-1982
  • Ep 12

    12.The Tale of Two Bears

    23-03-1982
  • Ep 13

    13.The Story of How the Bus Got Up the Hill

    30-03-1982
  • Ep 14

    14.The Story of the Sleepless Owl

    06-04-1982
  • Ep 15

    15.The Story of the King Who Loved Bananas

    13-04-1982
  • Ep 16

    16.The Umbrella That Didn't Like Rain

    20-04-1982
  • Ep 17

    17.The Cheesemaker and the Mouse

    27-04-1982
  • Ep 18

    18.The Story of the Giant's Boots

    04-05-1982

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