Classic Children's Television - BOD

UK - Animation - BBC 1 - 1975 - 1976

The simple world of simple cartoon creation.

'Here comes Bod', declared John Le Mesurier - and that was effectively it, for nothing particularly eventful happened in the life of this serene, hapless cartoon character in a yellow dress. There were only four other people in Bod's world: Auntie Flo, PC Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow, and they added little to the excitement. The odd moment of surrealism lifted affairs, but this was minimalist TV in both subject and execution, yet no less fondly remembered for that. Derek Griffiths provided the jazzy music.

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