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The Goodies
8 November 1970
The Goodies made their television debut on 8 November 1970. The Radio Times described the show, featuring an agency of three men who promised to do "anything, anytime", as a situation comedy. However, it was full of cartoon humour, with slapstick visuals and surreal diversions. The tone was set by the Goodies favoured mode of transport, a bicycle made for three - or trandem - on which they made their wobbly way.
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Blue Peter, begun on 16 Oct 1958 and is still running. It is named after the blue and white flag hoisted by a ship when ready to set sail - denoting the symbolic voyage of discovery for young viewers.
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