HERE’S A HOUSE A Celebration of Play School Reference Section Paul R. Jackson Kaleidoscope Publishing Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School Copyright © 2010, 2011 Paul R. Jackson The right of Paul R. Jackson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Here’s A House cover: Yellow Play School logo and house designed by Hilary Hayton. Orange Play School house designed by Laurence Henry. The author and publishers would like to thank Hilary Hayton and Laurence Henry for allowing the use of their classic designs on this series of books. First published as a download in Great Britain in 2011 by Kaleidoscope Publishing 93 Old Park Road Dudley West Midlands dy1 3ne All rights reserved. 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Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School 4 reference section CONTENTS Presenters with the Greatest Number of Appearances ............................................................................................................. 9 Play School Presenters – Series One .............................................................................................................................................11 Series One – List of Presenters Week by Week with Archive Holdings ............................................................................15 Series One – First Appearances ......................................................................................................................................................55 Series One – Last Appearances ......................................................................................................................................................59 Series One – Storytellers ...................................................................................................................................................................61 Play School Presenters – Series Two .............................................................................................................................................67 Series Two – List of Presenters Week by Week with Archive Holdings ............................................................................69 Series Two – First Appearances .....................................................................................................................................................87 Series Two – Storytellers ..................................................................................................................................................................89 Play School Guests .............................................................................................................................................................................91 Play School….Hallo Again Presenters .........................................................................................................................................97 Play School Play Ideas & Play Ideas ............................................................................................................................................99 Longest-Serving Pianists and Musicians .................................................................................................................................. 103 Musical Directors ............................................................................................................................................................................ 105 Pianists ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 105 Musicians ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 106 Longest-Serving Production Team Members.......................................................................................................................... 109 Production Team ............................................................................................................................................................................. 111 Outside Broadcasts ......................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Episodes held by British Film Institute (BFI) .......................................................................................................................... 141 Play School in the Radio Times .................................................................................................................................................. 145 BBC Children’s and Family Department – Senior Personnel ............................................................................................ 149 5 Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School 6 reference section PRESENTERS, STORYTELLERS and GUESTS 7 Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School 8 reference section PRESENTERS WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF APPEARANCES (100+ Programmes) NAME TOTAL PRESENTER PRESENTER GUEST DATES SERIES 1 SERIES 2 SERIES 2 1 Carol Chell 763 685 56 22 1966-88 2 Brian Cant 620 604 10 6 1964-85 3 Julie Stevens 600 600 1964-78 4= Johnny Ball 545 535 10 1967-84; 1986-87 4= Chloe Ashcroft 545 460 46 39 1969-88 6 Sarah Long 459 397 36 26 1971-86 7 Rick Jones 447 447 1964-73 8 Miranda Connell 386 386 1966-75 9 Fred Harris 382 310 27 45 1973-88 10 Don Spencer 357 339 5 13 1972-84; 1988 11 Lionel Morton 343 330 2 11 1968-77; 1983-85 12 Carole Ward 310 310 1964-71 13 Carol Leader 294 244 40 10 1975-86 14 Floella Benjamin 279 217 41 21 1976-88 15 Stuart McGugan 274 235 34 5 1975-86 16 Derek Griffiths 207 207 1971-81 17= Sheelagh Gilbey 204 135 55 14 1979-88 17= Ben Thomas 204 126 53 25 1980-87 19 Chris Tranchell 195 185 10 1975-84 20 Ben Bazell 168 145 6 17 1978-85 21 Diane Dorgan 165 165 1969-74 22 Elizabeth Millbank 133 105 11 17 1979-85 23 Valerie Pitts 131 131 1965-69 24 Iain Lauchlan 123 35 57 31 1982-88 25= Terence Holland 122 122 1964-68 25= Marla Landi 122 122 1964-70 27= Colin Jeavons 118 117 1 1965-71; 1983 9 Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School NAME TOTAL PRESENTER PRESENTER GUEST DATES SERIES 1 SERIES 2 SERIES 2 27= Elizabeth Watts 118 64 54 1983-88 29 Jon Glover 113 113 1973-76 30= Gordon Clyde 110 110 1965-70 30= Karen Platt 110 110 1974-78 32 Delia Morgan 109 105 0 4 1977-80; 1984-86 33 Johnny Silvo 105 1970-74 34 Wayne Jackman 102 0 51 51 1983-88 35 Eric Thompson 101 1964-67 10 reference section PLAY SChool Presenters – SERIES ONE (21/04/64-16/09/83 – 4,948 editions) NAME DATES NUMBER OF NUMBER OF WEEKS (MON - FRI) PROGRAMMES 1= Virginia Stride 21/04/64 - 28/05/65 8 45 1= Gordon Rollings 21/04/64 - 28/07/67 12 69 3= Rick Jones 27/04/64 - 30/03/73 88 447 3= Carole Ward 27/04/64 - 20/08/71 61 310 5= Brian Cant 04/05/64 - 20/05/83 119 604 5= Judy Kenny 04/05/64 - 03/07/64 3 15 7 Marian Diamond 11/05/64 - 06/10/67 12 61 8 Eric Thompson 18/05/64 - 20/04/67 19 101 9 Julie Stevens 25/05/64 - 21/07/78 118 600 10 Dibbs Mather 01/06/64 - 05/06/64 1 5 11 Phyllida Law 10/08/64 - 02/12/66 15 75 12 Terence Holland 07/09/64 - 24/02/67 24 122 13 Marla Landi 19/10/64 - 29/05/70 24 122 14 Paul Danquah 25/01/65 - 25/06/65 4 20 15 Beth Roques 08/02/65 - 29/10/65 7 35 16 Barry Wilsher 01/03/65 - 10/06/66 5 30 17 Angela Piper 17/05/65 - 25/06/65 2 10 18 Gordon Clyde 05/07/65 - 13/11/70 22 110 19 Elvi Hale 30/08/65 - 12/11/65 2 10 20 Valerie Pitts 27/09/65 - 05/12/69 26 131 21 Colin Jeavons 15/11/65 - 09/04/71 23 117 22 Jennifer Naden 21/02/66 - 29/04/66 3 16 23 Carol Chell 28/02/66 - 29/07/83 135 685 24 Miranda Connell 16/05/66 - 18/04/75 76 386 25 Wally Whyton 24/10/66 - 12/04/68 3 15 26 Peter Reeves 26/12/66 - 20/01/67 2 10 27 Ann Morrish 30/01/67 - 22/03/68 8 40 28 Stephen Cartwright 03/04/67 - 14/07/67 3 16 29 John White 08/05/67 - 22/01/71 18 90 30 Emrys James 18/09/67 - 08/12/67 2 10 31 Johnny Ball 16/10/67 - 25/03/83 105 535 11 Here’s A House - A Celebration of Play School NAME DATES NUMBER OF NUMBER OF WEEKS (MON - FRI) PROGRAMMES 32 Lionel Morton 15/04/68 - 30/12/77 64 330 33 Jonathan Dennis 07/04/69 - 10/04/70 4 20 34 Dawn Keeler 02/06/69 - 06/06/69 1 5 35 Chloe Ashcroft 28/07/69 - 01/07/83 90 460 36 Hilary Crane 11/08/69 - 15/08/69 1 5 37 Mela White 08/09/69 - 12/09/69 1 5 38 Diane Dorgan 13/10/69 - 15/03/74 33 165 39 Mary Miller 03/11/69 - 16/10/70 3 15 40 Sheila Ruskin 02/03/70 - 06/03/70 1 5 41 Nigel Anthony 27/04/70 - 28/08/70 2 10 42 Johnny Silvo 01/06/70 - 14/06/74 21 105 43 Rod Wilmott 01/03/71 - 02/04/71 2 10 44 John Colclough 26/04/71 - 13/08/71 3 15 45 Derek Griffiths 03/05/71 - 10/04/81 38 207 46 Susan Denny 21/06/71 - 27/08/71 2 10 47 Sarah Long 06/09/71 - 16/09/83 77 397 48 Jon Skolmen 08/11/71 - 12/11/71 1 5 49 Toni Arthur 29/11/71 - 09/05/75 19 95 50 Kerry Jewel 05/06/72 - 27/10/72 3 15 51 Carmen Munroe 04/09/72 - 31/05/74 10 50 52 Gordon Griffin 18/09/72 - 22/09/72 1 5