BBC TV Play Away Jokes & Theme Song

[spangleJ]

I Miss it. Innocent days. What year is this from?

[quizmaster85]

"A pair of (k)nickers."

And they called this a KIDS' show??!

[pab70]

I know what you're a pair of......!

[cushing71]

Is it just me, or was Toni Arthur really hot?

[cushing71]

Absolute bloody genius! I loved playaway!

[fliss69]

This was emormous when I was a kid. You felt like you were a part of something special, watching it and being part of it. It was a bit like being treated like an adult. You look back on it now and can't quite believe it was so special, but it was

[TheTmny876able]

My favourite window was the round one !.

[spangleJ]

@TheTmny876able That was playschool

[diskochimp]

Jeremy Irons' finest work if you ask me.

[Goatlord1970]

Total Classic. MIck Jagger would have made a great presenter on this show.

[LeeJTurnock]

Has anyone got the outtake where Brian tickles Toni Arthur's left breast?

[emmyjo720]

Brian Cant had great hair at that time.

[effyleven]

Hey! Those gags are pretty good. Here is a nother....

Q: What do you call a man with a banana stuck in each of his ears??

A: Call 'im anything you like! He can't HEAR you!!

[Woodlander65]

What a theme. Love it.

[wrmty56413]

This is nearly as weird as seeing Robert De Niro on Sesame Street!

[noreh]

This makes me feel insane.

[irishjanet]

gives me a funny feeling all over after all these years

[emmyjo720]

I love Toni Arthur when I was little, it was a gift that she worked with Brian Cant.

He was never, ever talked down to kids, he didn't dumb down words, he made us laugh.

[naly202]

is the onle with the hat Jeremy irons!!  ?

[emmyjo720]

This was too clever for kids, it must have been made with the parents in mind.

Brian Cant is brilliant and I loved Toni Arthurs, when I was kid too.

[fatpizzaman]

Bring this show back to UK TV and AUstralian TV and put it on prime time. We need this stuff instead of the rubbish that's on today! :)

[lilcoffeebandit]

haha young jeremy irons <3

[katymagnets]

A man on a horse carrying a canary - but of course!!

[clazza01]

i loved this programme on a saturday after the football results at my nans house

[katiegreenaway]

Playaway was a wonderful childrens show. I still make that joke about the pair of knickers. I must've got it from Plawaway. It was achildrens programe, but it was meant in part for adults too. The adult jokes were designed to go over the heads of kids, but without being patronizing.

[VegardMinde]

Monty Python on drugs !

[harvland1]

...I bet they smoked some right dope in the canteen between takes...

[JohnnyX50]

No wonder I grew up with a warped mind LMAO

[limeyosu]

Brian Cant was involved in so m uch kids tv back then! if he wasnt in it he narrated it a true professional

[Hirsute63]

that Toni Arthur was quite alright wasn't she!

Why can't i find Derek Griffith on here?

[emmyjo720]

@Hirsute63 Oh Derek Griffin, what a voice.

[8XxnualaxX8]

fromm the last 3 youtube 70's videos ive watched all the names of the presenters all looked the same with that orangey yellow colour

[pickleboy23]

0:07 I can tell you what they are a pair of..

Play away I was totally brainwashed by this program and it played havoc in the back of my mind.

So much so that now I'm 42 and divorced 12 times, in all my marriages all i could hear was "play away" in my mind as some kind of subliminal messge

[PaulMichaels78]

@pickleboy23

Erm, maybe marriage isn't your thing

[eatmypies]

this reminds me of a wet saturday afternoon waitin for the wrestling on world of sport and then the footie results.have a good time till next time

[flashtheoriginal]

I always found Toni Arthur a bit bohemian and constantly mused that she was free to wander, shoelessly, to the (then) alternative world of vegans, cannabis, copious amounts of folk music and muesli. The kind of sort that looked upon Christmas as pleasant social intercourse rather than tons of presents, television and grub. She was a bit of a bird, upon reflection. How time heals fragmented memories. Brian Cant glued it all together of course - top top man.

[mistofoles]

Damn! You missed the bit with Tony Robinson singing (he looked such a geek in this!)

[mistofoles]

Oh,wait! He's on the other one,sorry!

[hugh0221]

Tony Robinson?

You mean that Sod-off Baldrick in Blackadder?

[mistofoles]

The very same, he can be found in tank-top, glasses and basinhead haircut in the 2cnd part of this vid (see "RELATED VIDEOS" in the right hand column")

[WhenYouveGotTheFear]

Aww so cute! ^^

Jeremy is so young here! I just want to huggle him!

And gah, those jokes are so cheesy. I love them. XDD

[cryingonion2]

Was it Jonathan Cohen on the piano with big hair?

[SubluxT7]

Jeremy Irons..in Bellbottoms :blink:

Not sure i can comment on that...LOL

[capricious71]

Just as surreal as I remember.

[fraserkatie]

What are we a pair of? Nutters!

[Hoddersrevenge]

This is from a best kids tv of the 70s vid presented by phillip schofield

[Andyhinds]

That takes me back,Saturday afternoon,1970s, BBC2,test card all day and then countdown to this at four o clock,followed by a televisual feast over on BBC1,Basil Brush,Doctor Who,The Generation Game,The Duchesss Of Duke Street(or some other drama)The News at nine,That's Life!,Starsky and Hutch/Kojak etc.The quality of TV sets is better now but back then we had better quality shows and only on three channels.

[davidgrahamscott]

That's Life was on Sunday evening

[Azanti]

Have you got any clips with Lionel Morton in?

He is my Dad

[Lemmy15]

@__@ Have you got any more of this? *fascinated*

[forcommongood]

oh wow. That's quite a tight shirt Jeremy Irons has on there.

[CLCNY20]

I agree, had me hooked the second I saw it. Loves me some Jeremy =)~~~~~~~~

[stitchgrl777]

@forcommongood and of course it's the only thing i notice :)

[ukboomerfl]

Brian Cant was wonderful!

[japmod]

what the hell's jeremy doing lol? wow, i never knew he was on a tv show like this. thank you for posting this!

[MXDP]

OMG. How do you start a flee race? 1, 2 flee away! *laughs* I love that show, although I've never seen it for real and only know it through my Jeremy Irons addiction...I definitly who have watched this as a child,and even more now!

[sweetninfula]

ay no me morí!!

jeremy irons era un nene hermosooo!

ajaj

jeremy so young! so beatifull

love him!!