Joe
Originally part of the Watch with Mother children's
series, Joe was a lovely little still frame animation
concerning the titular little boy and his family.
The central characters were Joe, his mum and dad, Gran, Rosie
and Mrs. Higgs. All of them had red rosy cheeks and actually
looked quite sickly.
The family spent much of their time in a motorway transport
café and there were always lots of big burly lorry drivers about.
Joe would sometimes climb into the backs of lorries and be whisked
down the A6 as fast as lightning.
While that's probably not behaviour we ought to be encouraging
in our young 'uns, Joe remains one of the true classics of
60s British children's television, and deserves to be remembered
far better than it seems to be.
The five-minute-long episodes were narrated by Colin Jeavons
and beautifully drawn by Joan Hickson. The stories were scripted
especially for young children by Alison Prince.
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