You Must Be Joking!

In 1973 a one-off Magpie film looked at London's streets and markets through the eyes of children attending Islington's Anna Scher Children's Theatre. Showing how they interpreted daily life in t heir drama classes, Kids About Town caught the eye of producer Roger Price (The Tomorrow People), who suggested the Anna Scher kids be given their own series. You must be joking! replied the controller of children's programming; That's what we'll call it , suggested Roger... A wry, energetic and irreve…