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Peter Kay on children's TV

Peter Kay with a microphone
  • Posted at 4:02pm
  • 30 July 2009
  • by Peter Kay
  • 1 comment

Children's television has become a huge part of my life once again, now that I have my own family. My Sky+ planner is continually clogged up with episodes of Balamory, The Wiggles and Timothy Goes to School (it's like Little House on the Prairie with animals).

In recent years, thanks to DVD, I've been able to revisit and watch some of my favourite children's programmes again. I've been delighted to find the successful ones still manage to capture the imagination of my own children. Classics like Jamie and the Magic Torch (the boy clearly suffered from insomnia), Mr Benn (he never did buy anything from that shop) and Rainbow (Bungle wore pyjamas to bed yet chose to walk round naked) are still played and loved in our house.

That initially was the reason for my involvement with Roary the Racing Car, the thought that potentially this too could stand the test of time for future generations. They also had good stories to tell and that for me is the secret of any success.

If you're not familiar with Roary the Racing car (and chances are if you're not up at the crack of dawn with children you won't be), the stories take place at a fictional race track called Silver Hatch and follow the adventures of Roary and the other racing cars.

I do the voice of a hapless mechanic called Big Chris, as well as a few of the other characters, such as Tin Top, a big blue "Indianapolis" saloon car, and Big Christine, Big Chris's karaoke-loving mum.

I'm very proud of its success, especially its recent Bafta nomination. I hope it stands the test of time just like my favourite programmes did, and one day I'll be able to watch it with my own grandchildren!

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Why not share your own nostalgic memories of children's TV? Post a comment below and tell us your favourites.

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  • Posted on 31 July 2009
  • at 10:45pm
  • by Mitch

Although far too early for me, I'm hoping to check Peter out in his new roles on the show. I too am of a similar generation to Peter and remember fondly all those shows he mentioned plus many more. it's good to see thaas the "newness" of the whole 3d thing has faded, some producers are beginning to look towards good old story telling rather than hypnotising kids with bright colours and flashy graphics. Perhaps this is, in part, due to the fact that the children of my generation are now the producers of the kids shows of today and they are bringing those old values back.

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