Dappledown Farm

[friendofsgran]

I loved this show!!!!!!

[johntrevy]

Now all we need is "DappleDale Farm", detailing the lives of the travellers struggle as they try to keep their green belt estate.

[jaddajn1]

i <3 brian cant

[BlueeBloodx]

I wish I could rewind the time to the 90s and relive my childhood! Channel 5 was on form back in the day.. Always remember watching this and Beachcomber Bay before I went to primary school. Nostalgia!

[Tozzywozzy01]

Oh man, in the 90s on Channel 5 it was this, Havakazoo and Beachcomber Bay lol

[grimTales1]

Is this from a pilot? I remember the theme in the series was sung by a woman.

[Matt571]

I remember the song about Colin the Coot, Millie the Moorhen etc as well! I don't think the duckpond characters appeared as puppets until the later series - I only remember Brian Cant doing the song accompanied by pictures of the birds and frog.

I'd love to see Bric-a-Brac as well - probably the best series Brian Cant ever did.

[stevig19]

i miss being young i had bad memories of thisbecause everytime it came on i knew it was time i had to set off to school wish i still had that problem :(

[dorlo2891]

Nose bag! Loved this show! Anyone got any more?

[supremeson100]

YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TVCriticAmy]

I love this show! x

[kitchenaut]

Wasn't Richard Dawkins on this once?

[WildWelshWitch]

oh my lord...I LOVED this programme when I was little. It was the whole point of my sunday mornings.

thank you SO much!

[TVCriticAmy]

Nobody else I know can remember this - I LOVED it! x

[monsbabydoll666]

theres a black tufted duck with a bright yellow beak. hes called lucky ducky and he quacks witha squeek. a morehen call millie has a nest next door and hustles and bustle by the cold sandy shores.. or something like that!!!!

[WildWelshWitch]

@monsbabydoll666 then there's Colin the coot who's a bit of a lad. He's always up to mischief but he's not really bad. And Harry the Heron standing under the willow, still in the water as he waits for a minnow. Last of all is Fiona, a tiny green frog who can swim under water and climb a big log...it's sad that I still remember the words

[norristerse]

is brian cant cool or what?

[lookatwig]

i must admit the shows i used to watch as a kid were alot more educational than they are now ... now kids just watch some cartoons running around chasing some freaky aliens or monsters

[twinkles2501]

"Count 'em...that's one.....there's another...thats two!"

[fasteddie137]

COUNT 'EM COUNT 'EM

[UltimateSaturdaysFan]

agreed x

[irishjanet]

is brian cant a real person or does he only live in childrens tv programmes? he isn't really real is he?

[funkitom8]

yep he is real!!

[emz1625]

omg i used to watch this every morning before going to school!

Good times :P

[PCJoejoe]

was originally on ch4 - but when ch5 started it featured for quite some years on ''milkshake''

[XXnukleopatraXX]

aww this show was goooooooood!

It was usually on after Havakazoo but then wed have to get to schools so mum would tape it for us!

Good days!!

[kristiepattinson]

this brings back so many memories

[AlexCottrell]

Wonderful Wonderful Show.

[funkitom8]

i want moree!!

[nalalayla]

does anyone have footage of Bric-a-brac staring Brian cant?

[mstamsin]

omg i cant believe this is the only clip on youtube :O

i LOVE this show SO much, spent ages looking for more =[

[imunclefrank]

This program rocked ! Has anybody got any more footage of this to upload ??  Who remembers colin the koot, who was a bit of a lad down on the duckpond !! lol we need more dude !

[maddis1987]

He's always up to mischief, but he's not really bad..

[MrDiddyall]

@imunclefrank

We do, feel the nostalgia :)

It makes me feel abbout 5 again

[carebear8119]

i used to love this!

[Vulvapilot]

'Count 'em, count 'em!' isn't that what Columbus used to say..?

[kingbrockie]

'Wave your arms and tickle your chin, this is where you've got to begin, ready to count? Ready to shout? And I'll tell you what it's all about down on Dappledown Farm. Number 1 is Dapple the Horse, he's in charge of course, and he makes a noise like this .... Number 2 is Mabel the Cow, with a wrinkled brow, and she makes a noise like this .... Number 3 is Samantha the Sheep, and she's always asleep, and she makes a noise like this....' and so on it went...

[starrypinksky]

I LOVE Dappledown farm!!

[tenoclocknews]

weekendoff - I've been saying that for *years*!

[Fishcat86]

Thank you!

[westjugs]

aww how lovely, this brings back so many haooy childhood memorys of getting up at daft o'clock and watching telly, none of my friends remember it though

[robwfc]

Brian cant= Legend!

[ElladaPegasus]

OMG I use to watch this when i was little!!! lol i loved it when the farmer throw the hay bag at the horses head!!! XD that was hiarious!!

[liljoey85]

i used to wake up at stupid oclock in the mornin to watch this then nip bk to bed before school, none of my mates rember it...i bloody loved it!!!

[PCJoejoe]

haha ditto!, yup loved this was originally on ch4 on saturday mornings at ''stupid o clock'' but aired on ch5 right from 1997 till rougtly 2003/4. this is early 90's at 6am.... used to love dapple!-)

[liljoey85]

oh yeh i rember now... it was on at a dinner wasnt it?! im sure i used to go home at dinner during high school n catch a bit of it?! how sad is that hahaha

[PCJoejoe]

cant remember it being on at dinnertime, but definatly ch4 sat mornings, there was a very similar programme called fourways farm on ch4 schools but then it was on ch5 at around 6am from it's launch in 1997- it's sad that i can remember that as well and im 24 hehe!

[weekendoff]

nice of Blondie to base 'sunday girl' on this song.

[rottweiler124]

thanks for putting this up -happy memories*** lifes not wot it used to be when u grow up- i wana b 5 again!

[portsmouthguy543]

lol i remember this as a kid, i used to love this :3

[mysticalpotato86]

lol used to love this. And yes Columbus is godamn hilarious

[Teresa01]

OMG i used to love this show

[comdudeskip]

Don't forget Stubble Mouse! I loved that cheeky character =)

[egapnala65]

AWWKKKK!!! COUNT EM COUNT EM!!

Columbus the cockerel was a comedy gem. Should be a cult hero.

I watched every episode just to watch his expressions. Bring him back!!!

[addey83]

ha ha "count em" i remember that. Legendary!!!!