| Magpie | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Children's Entertainment |
| Created by | Lewis Rudd Sue Turner |
| Presented by | Tony Bastable Tommy Boyd Pete Brady Jenny Hanley Douglas Rae Mick Robertson Susan Stranks |
| Theme music composer | Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick & Spencer Davis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lewis Rudd Sue Turner |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | Thames Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 30 July 1968 – 6 June 1980 |
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Magpie was a British children's television programme shown on ITV from 30 July 1968 to 6 June 1980. It was a magazine format show, intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but it attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture.[1] The show's creators, Lewis Rudd and Sue Turner, named the programme Magpie, as a reference to the magpie's habit of collecting small items and also because of "mag" being evocative of "magazine" and "pie" being evocative of a collection of ingredients.
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 156–159. ISBN 1903111277.