Today's first recording starts with the end of Tikkabilla. There's a trailer for Boogie Beebies. Then there's a segment of The Message Tree - viewers (or rather their parents) send in pictures. If I were Florence I'd be annoyed at them stretching the image. Also, I swear we had that Snow-White dress when the children were tiny, but none of us are certain. We didn't have the cool helmet, though.
Then, there's an episode of Balamory. Josie Jump comes to the nursery do organise a ballet for the children. They decide on the story of a fairy who comes to the nursery to dance with people, but nobody's there, so she brings a toybox of toys to life. They decide to call it "The Balamory Fairy". Which is weird, since it's literally the story of The Nutcracker.
Josie visits Spencer to ask him to make the set, to look like a giant toybox.
They need to put the set up in the nursery, but they don't want to spoil the illusion for the children, so they ask Archie for help. After Archie sings his groovy song, Josie recaps the story so far, Archie uses his keen intellect to invent some curtains out of bedspreads - and yoghurt pots, of course.
The ballet (using the actual music from The Nutcracker) is a great success.
Balamory Ghostwatch Update: Spotted in the end credits.
Media Centre Description: Live action series for preschool children based around the small island community of Balamory in Scotland.
BBC Genome: CBeebies - Sunday 5th March 2006 - 11:30
After this, there's a trailer for Balamory in case you haven't had enough, then the recording continues with the start of an episode of Bobinogs.
The next recording is an edited episode of Postman Pat - Postman Pat and the Magic Lamp. Charlie shows off his new scientific calculator to Tom and Katy. "It can add up and... take away."
Katy has learned to ride a skateboard.
Tom isn't as good as she is.
Tom finds a lamp. They joke that it might grant wishes. Tom wishes that he can ride the skateboard, and then tries again, managing to stay on this time.
Tom and Katy's mum is picking plums when she falls and sprains her ankle.
Tom and Katy are still convinced that the lamp is magic. Charlie is skeptical, and says it's all about mind over matter. He's lost his calculator and decides to use the power of his mind to find it. He doesn't, but then Jess the Cat pulls the calculator out of the flower bed, so Charlie takes it as confirmation. He doesn't have a rigorous scientific mind.
They visit Ted, and still want to believe in the magic lamp. So they wish for something funny to happen. Then Ted gets into a spot of bother with his paint bucket.
The children think it's funny at first, but they soon see the dark side of their dabbling in occult forces beyond their comprehension, the foolish mortals.
In the end, they need Dr Gilbertson's help to free Ted from the bucket.
The children are upset, thinking it was their wish that caused the problem. Lucky Pat is there to explain the moral of the story. "Wishes do come true, but you have to make them come true yourself." He asks what other wish they would make, and they say they want to pick all the plums from the trees, before the wasps can eat them all. So Ted and Pat help them pick all the plums.
Media Centre Description: Children's animation. The children make a wish they regret.
BBC Genome: CBeebies - Sunday 5th March 2006 - 13:00
I have two identical copies of the next recording , which starts with the end of Just the Two Of Us. There's a trailer for Planet Earth. There's a trailer for Panorama looking at elderly people forced to sell their houses to pay for care. Also a trailer for Dalziel and Pascoe - Houdini's Ghost.
Next, the first episode of Planet Earth - From Pole to Pole. It's hard to do documentaries like this justice on the blog. For example, this aerial shot of a huge migration of birds.
At least Polar Bear cubs look cute.
There's the usual tense chase between predator and prey - this is a wolf chasing a caribou which just looks like a bully.
A leopard eats someone's face.
There's some gorgeous timelapse of trees blossoming.
And trees in autumn going red and brown.
When my daughter saw this Bird of Paradise doing its display, she said "That's the meme!" She thought she'd recognised it as it was preparing, and once it turned around, she knew she was right.
Some seals get attacked by a Great White Shark.
There's some lovely timelapse of clouds
There's a hunt by some African wild dogs hunting Impala.
The head of a queue of elephants stops suddenly, and the ones following it bump into it.
The documentary finishes with Emperor Penguins finally seeing the sun after a long winter, and hatching their chicks.
There's a Planet Earth Diaries segment, looking at the helicopter crew shooting the wild dog hunt. These guys really want to be Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
Media Centre Description: Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory, both its spectacular scenery and its captivating natural history. This episode journeys across the planet, following the influence of the sun and discovering how its seasonal journey affects the lives of all who live on earth. As spring arrives in the Arctic, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with two tiny cubs. At the other end of the planet winter arrives and Emperor penguins are plunged into darkness for four months.
BBC Genome: BBC One London - Sunday 5th March 2006 - 21:00
This episode is available on iPlayer.
After this, there's a trailer for the next episode, and for Drama on BBC Four.
Then, the News starts, leading with Menzies Campbell making his first big speech as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats.
The last recording today starts with the end of High Heels and Low Lives. I've never seen it, but given it seems to feature the actor Kevin Eldon and Mark Williams, maybe I should.
On the other hand, Danny Dyer is second billed, so maybe not.
There's trailers for National Lottery Jet Set, an advert for the online game Jamie Kane that I remember being quite a big deal in New Media at the time.
Then, an episode of The Sky at Night - The Loveliest Planet. It looks at Saturn and its rings.
Media Centre Description: Saturn is currently visible in the night sky. Chris Lintott explains how to locate the ringed planet while Patrick Moore talks to John Zarnecki about the latest findings from the Cassini mission.
BBC Genome: BBC One London - Monday 6th March 2006 - 00:55
After this, there's trailers for Jimmy's Farm and Waterloo Road, then there's Weatherview. The recording finishes just as a signed repeat of Holby City starts.
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