Bagpuss was one of the best of the really good childrens TV programmes in the UK in the 1970s. Made by Oliver Postgate of the wondrous SmallFilms, it was a very simple formula, with familiar characters in the same setting - an old-fashioned shop - where the toys came alive when a little girl called Emily left some broken object there to be mended. Bagpuss was the cuddliest "soggy old cloth cat" a body could imagine, I wish the merchandising people had realised the selling points of kids tv back then, I would have loved a Bagpuss of my very own!
The previous page contains the rhyme that started each programme: there were pictures of the shop, and of Emily cuddling Bagpuss, all in sepia tones, and then everything came alive and in colour.
Check out Nigel Baker's link on the main page, and then visit Past Perfect - Classic UK Kids TV to find out about other cool British tv programmes of the era, like the Clangers (another SmallFilms gem).