What TV shows did you watch as a kid?

We didn’t have a telly

Till I was round bout ten.

We’d mostly lived abroad till then

And didn’t have a set.

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Not that there was much to miss

They only had one channel

And children just had Children’s Hour

And maybe Watch with Mother.

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Bill and Ben, the Woodentops

Andy with Looby Lou

Rag, Tag and Bobtail too.

These were shows for younger kids

But I would watch them too.

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For older kids the thing to watch

Was brand new Doctor Who

I remember that very first show

And who played Doctor Who.

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They hadn’t found the Daleks yet

That was yet to come.

They’d landed in a junkyard

Where Tardis fitted in.

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It always played on Saturdays

Just after the results

First you’d get the football scores

And then they’d play the tune.

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The sets were kind of shakey

They’d run down corridors

But we’d seen nothing like it

So it really was a hit.

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You’d hide behind the sofa

Many an episode

But I still feel nostalgia

For proper Doctor Who.