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For those not deep in US kids TV: https://pbskids.org/arthur/ https://pbskids.org/arthur/ and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_(TV_series) https://en.m

For those not deep in US kids TV: https://pbskids.org/arthur/ https://pbskids.org/arthur/ and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_(TV_series) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_(TV_series) As a UK dad, I don't recognise the name, but oh yes, I recognise the characters. Shame ..

ub99 5y ago
Surprising I also don’t recognize the name but recognize the characters. Does this show have a different name in the UK? Edit: I think I am just confusing it with a very similar looking UK/Central European show.
samizdis 5y ago
Also a UK dad, but one who quite a few years ago picked up a book for a US friend's kid on the basis of a name, Binky, rather than a familiarity with the drawn character of the same name in the Arthur circles. Anyhow, this kid had liked the Arthur-world character Binky, but I picked up a book called Binky's Guide to Love. Not the same thing at all. It was from Matt Groening's Life in Hell [1] output, and earned me some parental frowns. The upside was that the then six/seven-year-old kid took a shine to, er, "new Binky", and by 10 was an avid fan, and since then has been a collector via second-hand bookstores. Now in mid-teens, I like to think that this has had only positive effects on that growing mind. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell
BoxOfRain 5y ago
I'm fairly sure this was on CITV around 2001ish, or whatever predated CBeebies on analogue telly.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  Before digital TV (2002), we had just 5 channels in most of Britain. CBBC existed as a brand, but was a few hours of content on either BBC 1 or BBC 2 (I can't remember) broadcast at suitable times.
  - midasuni 5y ago
    Varied. Had Philip Schofield in a tiny self operated studio (“broom cupboard”) doing the links from the mid 80s, before then childrens TV still existed of course just without the links. http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk/page2.html http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk/page2.html
daveoc64 5y ago
The BBC has been airing it for decades: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/arthur https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/arthur There are currently episodes available on BBC iPlayer.

ub99 5y ago

Surprising I also don’t recognize the name but recognize the characters. Does this show have a different name in the UK? Edit: I think I am just confusing it with a very similar looking UK/Central European show.

samizdis 5y ago

Also a UK dad, but one who quite a few years ago picked up a book for a US friend's kid on the basis of a name, Binky, rather than a familiarity with the drawn character of the same name in the Arthur circles. Anyhow, this kid had liked the Arthur-world character Binky, but I picked up a book called Binky's Guide to Love. Not the same thing at all. It was from Matt Groening's Life in Hell [1] output, and earned me some parental frowns. The upside was that the then six/seven-year-old kid took a shine to, er, "new Binky", and by 10 was an avid fan, and since then has been a collector via second-hand bookstores. Now in mid-teens, I like to think that this has had only positive effects on that growing mind. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell

BoxOfRain 5y ago

I'm fairly sure this was on CITV around 2001ish, or whatever predated CBeebies on analogue telly.

Symbiote 5y ago
Before digital TV (2002), we had just 5 channels in most of Britain. CBBC existed as a brand, but was a few hours of content on either BBC 1 or BBC 2 (I can't remember) broadcast at suitable times.
- midasuni 5y ago
  Varied. Had Philip Schofield in a tiny self operated studio (“broom cupboard”) doing the links from the mid 80s, before then childrens TV still existed of course just without the links. http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk/page2.html http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk/page2.html

daveoc64 5y ago

The BBC has been airing it for decades: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/arthur https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/arthur There are currently episodes available on BBC iPlayer.