Ragtime (TV series)

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Ragtime

Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Michael Cole
Presented by	Fred Harris Maggie Henderson
Theme music composer	Peter Gosling and Michael Cole
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Cynthia Felgate
Running time	14 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC1
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Monaural sound
Original run	3 October 1973 – 16 March 1975
External links
IMDb profile

Ragtime was a children's television series presented by Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris. The programmes featured play with words, songs, stories and puppets. Puppets emerged from the green Ragtime Bag, including wooden spoons with faces drawn on them. These were named Mr Porridge, Mr Curry, Mr Jelly, Miss Sponge, Mrs Custard, Uncle Casserole and Mrs Ragamuffin. Other puppet regulars included Dax and Sniff (both dogs), Humbug the tiger and Bubble, a cushion-shaped toy.

The music was provided by Peter Gosling and Dave Moses.

In 1973 the series won a Society of Film and Television Award (later known as a BAFTA) for Best Children's Programme^[1].

Although a book and record were produced at the time, no episodes are currently available on DVD. Only eight of the twenty six episodes remain in the BBC's archive, due to a decision in the early 1990s to wipe the master tapes of many 1970s children's programmes [1].