Playbox (1955 TV series)

For the 1987–1992 British children's TV programme that aired on ITV/CITV, see Playbox (1987 TV series).

Playbox is a British children's television programme that was broadcast on BBC from 1955 to 1964.[1] Presenters who appeared on it included Eamonn Andrews, Rolf Harris, Tony Hart,[2] Cliff Michelmore and Johnny Morris.

Vere Lorrimer directed Playbox, and Cliff Michelmore produced it.[3]

Reception

Tom Harrisson of the Evening Standard wrote that the presenter Eamonn Andrews "managed three delicious girls and three cheerful boys quite brilliantly for a guessing game which used movement and sound with such intelligence as to make true TV".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Children's Television". BFI Screenonline.
  2. ^ "Playbox Series Returns". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 October 1960. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "Success Has Meant a Shorter Holiday". The Children's Newspaper. No. 1988. 27 April 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Harrisson, Tom (12 January 1956). "Take a lesson in TV deportment, Mr. Mitchell". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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