Jacek i Agatka (1962)

Genre

kids

Country

Polish People's Republic

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

How it feels

This Polish children's show features two young siblings made from painted wooden balls on fingers. They talk about everyday topics and ideas for kids. A neighbor woman listens and responds to them.

innocentgentleplayfulconversationalcozysimplechildlikesoft-spoken

What happens

Jacek i Agatka (Jacek and Agatka) is a Polish television program created by writer Wanda Chotomska. It was created for the Telewizja Polska's children's television block Dobranocka. It was the first Polish television show intended for bedtime. Featuring finger puppetry, the show centers on the young siblings Jacek and Agatka who explore children's topics and curiously crafted ideas. The program aired at 19:20 CET three times a week between 2 October 1962 and 1973. It was merchandised with bathing products and toys. Adam Kilian designed the puppet characters and Zofia Raciborska voiced them. Jacek was performed by Teresa Olenderczyk and Agatka was performed by Barbara Skokowska. Each character is made out of a painted wood ball of approximately 8 cm (3.1 in) diameter as a head on top of each performer's index finger on a black gloved hand. The heads have been mistaken by audiences to derive from ping-pong balls. Raciborska also plays Lady Zosia, a neighbouring woman who listens and responds to the siblings' subjects. One episode has Jacek and Agatka introducing a competition for viewers to design the appearance of the new Order of the Smile award. The award was established by Kurier Polski and Chotomska after the publication interviewed her on the show's fifth anniversary. According to the award's website, she was told from a boy in a Konstancin-Jeziorna-based hospital about his dream to award Jacek a medal. Another account of the Konstancin visit according to the Muzeum Dobranocek website has a boy desiring an award given on behalf of children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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