'Sincere love, detailed memory and deep knowledge make this dive into children's TV history truly joyful' - SAMIRA AHMED 'I love this book.It's important, invaluable and oddly emotional' - GRACE DENT 'A fabulous deep dive into an Atlantis of nostalgia' - DAVID QUANTICK'Tim Worthington is the acknowledged master of this kind of entertaining but authoritative media scholarship' - STUART MACONIEA Nostalgic Look at Brilliant British Telly!For decades, British children's TV was surely the finest entertainment in the world.From Thunderbirds to TheClangers, Blue Peter to Magpie and Captain Pugwash to The Magic Roundabout, there was a huge variety onoffer for kids - and adults - to enjoy. Now, in The Golden Age of Children's TV, Tim Worthington takes us behind the scenes of key programmes, how they came about and the stories behind the shows.From Saturday morning telly to teatime favourites, discover everything you never knew about the programmes you loved as well as the gossip from behind the scenes. Written with affection and a wry appreciation of the shortcomings of the times, this is the hugely engagingand entertaining story of a key part of our pop culture from a time long before streaming and the internet, whenwe sat down together to watch brilliant British telly.