Bric-a-Brac (1980)

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shopkeeper in a junk shop presents items that start with a specific letter of the alphabet each episode. He talks to the camera, uses alliteration and tongue-twisters, and ends by winding up a clockwork toy.

playfuleducationalwhimsicalgentlenostalgicbrightfriendlyslow-paced

What happens

Bric-a-Brac is a British children's television series devised by Michael Cole and Nick Wilson, and starring well known children's television presenter Brian Cant. It was produced by the BBC and originally ran from 1 October until 5 November 1980, with another series from 18 August to 29 September 1982. It was repeated frequently until 1989. The programme was set in a fictitious junk shop, with its shopkeeper played by Cant, who would deliver a monologue to camera. Each episode centred on a particular letter of the alphabet, with different items beginning with that letter found and discussed by the shopkeeper. Cant's script made heavy use of alliteration, and made use of tongue-twisters. At the end of each episode, he would wind up and set off a traditional clockwork toy, upon which the camera would focus whilst the credits rolled. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• C.A.B. (1986)
• Alphabet Zoo
• Smith and Goody (1980)
• The Adventure Game (1980)
• Eureka
• Jigsaw (1979)
• Going for a Song (1965)
• The Great Egg Race (1979)