Flicks - 'A Dark, Dark Tale'

[octomonkey1980]

Thanks for the memories again! Do you have any episodes of "We'll tell you a story" also presented by Mr Lillicrap?

[nostalgiamaniac]

@octomonkey1980 unfortunately not, although I do also remember 'We'll Tell You A Story'.

[TheRazorbladesmile]

Children's Televison when it was educational and engaging, not like the mindless crap that fills schedules now, no wonder half of them can't read or write

[DaveDaRave1980]

@elafonisi08 Christopher Lillicrap is still involved in TV but as a producer and writer now, rather than a presenter

[DaveDaRave1980]

"Flick through the pages of a book, there might be something that will make you stop and look"... The presenter's name really DID make you stop and look! lol Chrstopher Lillicrap is a really nice guy though, I actually met him last year! He was a good kids TV presenter as well, friendly and gentle in manner but without being condescending towards the young audience his shows were aimed at

[wesmatron]

I remember the first time I saw this. The presenter's name came up and me and my sister laughed so hard for ages.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

I always thought his name was funny when I was a kid, I still do. But he was a great children's presenter.

[BoguzBoo]

crap

[pigman2222]

Anyone know the names of the presenters at the start of the clip? (you can only see them for less than 1 second)

[nostalgiamaniac]

That's citv presenters Debbie Shore (on the left) and Garry Terzza with guest Lisa Maxwell who used to present the Thames TV kids show 'Splash' at the time.

[pigman2222]

@nostalgiamaniac

Thanks!

[Naitch1981]

I LOVED this show as a Child! I've got a couple of episodes taped on a VERY old VHS!

It's also one of my favorite Theme Tunes of all time too! :)

[Naitch1981]

Wow!

It is so good to see this again!

I have a few episodes of this on VERY old VHS tapes!

[tarbuck77]

thanks for the upload! is there any way to get more eps of this show? I'm looking for a particular ep called "the camel who took a walk"

[nostalgiamaniac]

Glad you enjoyed it tarbuck77. Sadly, this is the only episode of Flicks I taped,

[prlad85]

We have a reading show here in America called "Reading Rainbow". I remember we also had a series here back in the day called The Children's Circle in which "A DARK DARK TALE" was read, that was one of my favorite books when I was a kid.

The FLICKS theme song was great as well.

Have a great week! Puerto Rican Love from New York City!

By the way, I've been to England and I love it there.

[crazycraiky]

so glad you uploaded this. thanks

[nostalgiamaniac]

You're welcome. :)

[lisaglitters]

Loved seeing this. The story is brilliant and so is Christopher's song about "The Bogus Boo". I adore the theme song, it's so catchy and how cool that Rod Burton sings it! Thank you so much for sharing such a rare gem Peter :)

[nostalgiamaniac]

Thank you for your great comments Lisa. I'm so happy you enjoyed seeing this. Yeah, I absolutely adore the Flicks theme sung by Rod too - it's so catchy! :D

[lisaglitters]

You're welcome Peter :)