Bod

Bod is one of the classic seventies pre-school children’s TV programmes. Made in the early seventies, it was screened well into the eighties meaning it holds fond memories for many people now in their 20’s or 30’s. In common with many of these programmes (such as Bagpuss, Mr Benn or The Flumps for example), only 13 episodes were ever made. I presume this is because if one episode is shown per week, it lasts for almost exactly a quarter of a year. Most of these programmes were repeated every year for many years yet as children, we never cottoned on to the fact that there were only 13 episodes. “But what about Bod?” I hear you cry so I’d better get ...

What's bald, has no communications skills and is permanently dressed in yellow? No, not Sinead O' Connor after a conversion into Bhuddism, I'm talking about Bod, the non-descript thing that graced kids TV screens throughout the 1970's and 1980's. Bod was the eponymous character of a series of short cartoons. First aired in 1975, it is one of the most bizarre TV creations ever, and makes stablemate 'Fingerbobs' look like Jurassic Park in comparison. Designed by the husband and wife team Joanne and Michael Cole (who had presumably mistaken their shitake mushrooms for something altogether different when they came up with the ...

Doobee Doo doo de doo doo….Here comes Bod! Surely we all remember this classic animation from our childhood. We all remember shouting “LIME!!!” or “CHOCOLATE” at the screen at the little green frog, Alberto, when he was deciding which milkshake he would drink this time. So, who was Bod, and why has he suddenly become a cult classic, with episodes recently been re-released (hurrah!) on video and even DVD? Well,unfortunately there are only a couple of websites devoted to our loveable character, the first portrays a rather negative image of the Bodster, after consulting : http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/bod/ ...