BBC Schools Dots with 'Bart'

[Littlelambism]

Those days will never come back again!!! This takes me back to my childhood!!!

[afuzzyduck]

*shoot the dots*

[delboyplonker]

BBC Television for Cooling Sausages

[RobRobintv]

Love this tune... Got full length schools progs on my channel!

[fraserkatie]

I got the impression from watching the real thing as a child that the dots were taken off slowly than recreated here!

[brettxx7]

best bit of music ever!

[Templar7832]

Thankyou for putting this on I've been looking for this on the net for years!! Takes me back when I was 6! Now to look for Ruby

[hyperwhizzkid]

Very cool guitar work on that music.

[holycoke5000]

Hi popvids, that would be cool. Thanx

[sirtinycreep]

I used to love the music the BBC would play in the run-up to these programmes!

[holycoke5000]

Does any one know what this track is called and or who produced it. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!

[plane340]

It's called 'Bart' by a US band called Ruby from 1976

[gmullin]

Yes we were all cold war babies.

[borgduck]

What utterly fab stuff to inhale RUSH to!

[craydee75]

The music sounds like it was an out-take from 'Jeff Waynes' Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'.

[hyperwhizzkid]

Wow this takes me back! Love that music!

[EuroReporter]

The announcer is a BBC South regional announcer - how odd

[timonline2000]

There's something about that guy's voice suggesting he might have connections on the other side of the Atlantic, don't you think?

[EuroReporter]

Which side of the Atlantic? This announcer is British, I don't think he's French, Portuguese, or Irish. (So, erm.. you think he sounds American??)

[timonline2000]

Look at my profile and guess which side! Did I say he sounds American? There are just a couple of twangs in his VO that are not from your old-school plummy BBC voice, that's all.

[steve8765]

i remember being in my junior school tv room before watching look and read and when these dots came up we pretended to shoot the dots off the screen with pretend guns!! our teacher thought we were bonkers!! lol

[PrentonPimp]

We did too! God, the music sound great - I'm 9 again!!

[mark0776829]

was it a special needs class?

[steve8765]

no it wasn't a special needs class!! it was just fun to shoot the dots off the screen with pretend guns!!

[vigo202]

God hell yes!

[ratbagandcookiesdad]

We did that in my school too. I'm doing it again now! lol

[bunnysss]

A number 1, thanks for posting it....great tune tooI

I'm such a nerd.

[plane340]

This is an edit of the original 5.20 min version from the album Ruby by Ruby aka Tom Fogerty and the gang. It's from around 1976. The remix was done a few years later and can be found on the CD 'Precious Gems / Deal It Out' by Tom Fogerty & Ruby. I will try and post the full version soon. Watch out!!!!

[loverob]

Wow I remember the dots and this tune back in late 77/ early 78 and thinking this was an improvement on the BBCs previous schools idents, which were somewhat sterile for the 70s, Bart is a feelgood guilty pleasure.

Thanks plane340

[bidanton]

I remember this music too-it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who does!

[ahd2006]

Ah, sorry, should've asked before assuming.

[plane340]

It was me that uploaded this to MHP....

[ahd2006]

nicked from mhp chat site, a member's recreation using animation available elsewhere on the net

[plane340]

There is a 3 minute and the full 5.20 min version of Bart....

The voice is an origional BBC continuity announcer.

Cheers

[sppider77]

@plane340 The announcer is Paul Harris who went on to work at BBC South

[timonline2000]

That's great! Where did the voice come from? I've heard that there's also a 3 minute version of "Bart"

[SurrealAspie]

Was this a recreation using flash? As it's so clear.

[CowleyYellow]

i remember the music well - 'Bart' by Ruby & Tom Fogarty. i was finally able to get that piece of music on CD last year, after all these years.

[plane340]

Yeh, it's a fab tune. One of my fav's.

[dublinbrazilianblue]

It's a great song, what's the name of the CD you have it on?

[CowleyYellow]

it's from the CD 'Precious Gems / Deal It Out' by Tom Fogerty & Ruby.