How! UK ITV 1970's Childrens TV Programme

[Bevoin1970]

He'd get paid £250 for that today on You've been framed... ha ha

[yippitydodah]

What Jack forgot to mention, you still use a stick still with plaster of paris also, pull the sail up, and use a cotton wick, as used to fire gunpowder, to trim the cotton, and us the stick to put it beneath the paster of paris "sea" so the secret is hidden. And also use some pen ink to stain the plaster of paris for the right colour, and you can do this after the plaster is put in, to give a stormy sea white-blue effect.

[yippitydodah]

@yippitydodah Furthermore, told my daugher how to do make the sea around the helicopter landing on the lighthouse on the Needles of Isle of Wight. Use white and variously depth coloured blue very small squares of white cloth stained with blue ink and water for the various shades, from very light blue to almost black, and glue a corner and build the sea in storm up with.

And I ask her to listen to this song, to visualise travelling on stormy seas, copter or not,

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[squirm13]

I watched this as a kid, though other shows at the time were more interesting.

[jegjug]

One of my favourite programs as a kid, execellent!

[davidgrahamscott]

@TheDiddlysquat Yes, I thought it was kind of odd too how he'd never changed over the years. He was born in 1942 so probably only around 30 here.

[digitalbroadcaster]

From 'HOW!' to 'How do they do that?'.

[digitalbroadcaster]

I've been retuning my TV for the past 30 odd years to no avail? Has this show now finished? :oD

(No! Don't even go there! I'm joking!)

[StanPomeray]

"dear old Jack Hargreaves, can you imagine today's brats accepting him on children's television?"

Well...equally, I'd say that Hargreaves wasn't a miserable patronising old git, unlike today's people of the same age he was in the 70s! There was just as many brats in the 70s - it depends how you approach them. Jack did it well.

[bigcherry99]

"i've just got to find my little knob"

[Wombatatrest]

Hehe.. lubrication...

[ollie705]

loved Fred Dineage

[bigjagjim]

What class! Smoking a pipe on a kids tv

What would the anti smoking crowd think now?

Jack was a star

[TheCaulfield1]

Along with Magpie, I loved this programme.

This programme gave me answers to some questions that I always wanted to know. A great and interesting series for kids that were growing up in the 70's.

[Damoskinos]

Thanks for the posting I loved this show in the 70's and always wanted teachers like these

[fugitive12345]

HOW COME A LATE 80'S PHILLIP SCHOFIELD APPEARS AT THE END OF TH E CLIP? ANYONE KNOW?

[pimlicoX]

wow happy memories jack hargreaves was the man loved him in out of town as well

[Stereolabdream]

Jack Hargreaves and Fred Dinage...legends. There really are people out there who have the ability, in 2010, to entertain and educate and delight in the way these two did in the 70's.

Isnt it a tragedy that children today would NEVER get the opportunity to experience them on TV? Its just wrong.

[Gleeful90]

Did he say he had a friend from the "Pol Pottery"?

[sorova]

Jack is so missed...his every word is knowledge

[Tonefid115]

Brilliant clip!

[danasdaddy2002]

I used to watch this show daily. I came across it when I got my 1st Satellite dish about 10 years ago. It used to come on Discover Kids. Very nice show. I wish it would air again.

[alexoidztube]

I used to love this when I was a kid

thanks everso for uploading this vid!

[imach1]

Jack Hargreaves was gold!! This show was gold! Why is there nothing educational for kids these days?

[airscrew1]

There is education but it's all to do with teaching them about homosexuals and being diverse.

[imach1]

@airscrew1: I beg to differ. Today, perhaps, but this was the stuff of legend.

[vordman]

Great stuff, dear old Jack Hargreaves, can you imagine today's brats accepting him on children's television?

[lillabethsmum]

My 6 yr old loves to watch out of Town on youtube. He is fascinated by days gone by i'm thinking of buying the boxed set for xmas! We have brought him up to respect older and wiser people he knows he can learn so much from them.

[Stereolabdream]

@lillabethsmum I loved it as a six year old in the 70's. I suspect your son will be a wise man too-he has good taste in his influences!

[VinnyMonster1]

@vordman I think you'd be surprised. He had a quality that appeals to young and old. He never talked down to kids. The man was a legend.

[swedeseed]

the theme was great,though a little unnerving,its similar to some of the incidental jungle drum beats in lucio fulci's zombie flesh eaters..

[Splatzone]

Does anyone have a copy of the theme for this?

[fokjock]

it is on youtube

[Hirsute63]

Been looking for the openig theme on YouTube but no luck do far:O(

[adeworks]

is fred dineage immortal? He hasn't aged a bit.

[snazzzzz]

Ahem! Hardly think 45 is ancient GT, speak for yourself, but however....

[bmmoS17]

Great informative programme from Southern - I used to watch it every week - HOW! HOW!!!

[neil73]

The theme tune to this used to terrify me!

[snazzzzz]

omg i can actually remember watching this at the time! feel so old......

[GT2TODO]

In which case you must be my age because I remember this episode too, so your not old, your ancient...But it was fun!

[snazzzzz]

Hardly think 45 is ancient GT, speak for yourself, but however....

[Lytton333]

Fred Dineage,the thinking man's Fred Dineage..

But didn't we love him.

[ZZZapJohnnyII]

"Just gotta find my little knobs!"

Just a little chuckle there!

[couleddie]

I don't remember Fred Dineage being as rude to people on this as he was on Gambit.

[FugginBarstod]

LOL!!!! Fantastic. Throwing pots. Fred said "stop the Damn thing".  Very funny and very brave considering sensorship was sharp back then.

[Dustybin321]

Never trust Fred with clay, that's all I have to say about that how!

[mynameislort]

Just a shame theres not more clips of this series on the tube.......I loved it when i was a kid.

[AidanLunn]

well you could try watching How 2, the 90s revival (also with fred dineage)

[herringthorpe]

It's just not " HOW " without Bunty James.

[Snowey64]

I remember watching how on Southern Television in the 70's!

[AidanLunn]

looking at Jack Hargreaves getting the ship into the bottle made me think "hey, this is ITV. No 'and here's one I made earlier' here"!

[bevchris2]

how great was that took me back to my early days wow

[westfield90]

I remember watching this as a kid. Oh those were the good ole days

[skunkhead2007]

all i can say is "Trippy"

[nightfire620]

2:15 onwards "stop the damn thing" good `ol Fred!

[harryhoff]

Anyone know the 4 original presenters? Jack Hargreaves, Fred Dineage, Marian ? and who's the dapper bloke in the suit?

[darrowby1972]

Jon Millar

[Sharpblue]

Do you have the HOW TV Theme ?

[spireiterich]

I have this clip on a documentary of 70s kids TV. You beat me to it!