Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

58 mins | Documentary | Oct. 26, 2022

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surprising story: of how kids’ TV has frequently been at the forefront of social change, in terms of the stories it tells and the people who get to tell them.

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

58 mins | Documentary | Oct. 26, 2022

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surprising story: of how kids’ TV has frequently been at the forefront of social change, in terms of the stories it tells and the people who get to tell them.
Producers BBC, BBC One, Mighty Productions
Original title Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
Directors Linda Sands
Writers