Let's Pretend was a 1980s children's television series aimed at preschool ages. It was shown across the ITV Network at 12.10 on Tuesdays, then later Mondays, replacing the popular Pipkins which had been cancelled at the end of 1981. Like its predecessor, each edition was fifteen minutes long, and the programme was produced using many of Pipkins' personnel such as puppeteer Nigel Plaskitt and producer Michael Jeans. Each week the presenters would find a number of ordinary household items and contrive to produce a short story featuring them all. The first programme, "The Story Of The Broken Puppet", was shown on Tuesday 5 January 1982 by Central Television. The show aired weekly until 1988. The show's original opening titles featured items moving along a conveyor belt into the mouth of a large plastic whale, and later a puppet caterpillar moving along the screen.
The story of the broken puppet
The story of the leaping frog
The story of the dancing elephant
The hungry pillar box
The garden bench
The shoe that wanted to go its own way
The whistling kettle
The teapot that lost its lid
The zoo keeper and the giraffe
The story of the cleaner and the cook
The story of the rabbit and the mole
The tale of two bears
The story of how the bus got up the hill
The story of the sleepless owl
The story of the king who loved bananas
The umbrella that didn't like rain
The cheesemaker and the mouse
The story of the giant's boots
The king who liked music
The snowman
The jack who wouldn't come out of his box
The cat that liked mice
The sailors who lost their sail
The piggy bank
The goldfish who swam away from his bowl
The clock that forgot to tock
The hole
The soldier and the crown
The greedy crocodile
The boat that had no paddle
The witch and the sweeper
The old man and the duck
The fork-lift truck
The man who wanted his milk
The cow that wanted to jump over the moon
Worn out teddy
The smallest circus in the world
The little cloud that cried
The stripey deckchair
Baby hedgehog's discovery
The two parrots
The balloon that lost its puff
Colin the court jester
The caterpillar and the butterfly
The sad banana
Henrietta's tea party
The band got smaller and smaller
The rag doll and the king
The scarecrow that wanted to look smart
The hopping kangaroo
Tom thumb and the race
The dancing dragon
The hippo, the peacock and the giraffe
The travelling musician and the missing notes
The cat who wanted to be a lion
The oil can
The roundabout ostrich
The witch and lazy jack
The camel who got the hump
The queen and the tailor
The penguin and the pig
The wind finds some friends
The cock who crowed too much
Granny in space
The reindeer and the rhinoceros
The naughty reflection
The octopus came out of the sea
The neglected piano
The moving bus stop
The dirty clean... dirty clean sweep
The unneighbourly neighbour
The sandwich which had a quarrel
The messy man
The adventures of a jelly
Bath toys
The day fred lost his glasses
The road roller
The runaway shoe
The invisible friend
The king who loved sausages
The bee and the bear
The television set
The empty egg cup
The sun who forgot to set
The lion and the leopard
The seaside special
What father christmas does in the summer
The cuckoo who wanted to sing like the sparrow
Mr woof the guard dog
The milk float and the racing car
Tortoise and hare make friends
The garden wall
The ghost makes a friend
The giants who came down from the beanstalk
The broom and the vacuum cleaner
The dragon who couldn't help breathing fire
The soldier with two left feet
Dancing daisy
Little red riding hood and the pirate
The story of the dirty shirt
The fed up telephone
The friendly tree
The man who was always late
The dancing crab
The piano movers
The mouse on the moon
Muddled michael
The twin sisters
The chicken and the duck
Cinderfella
Old macdonald's farm
The elephant and the weighing machine
The disappearing milk
The crane who couldn't lift
Helpful harry
The train spotter and the train
The man who likes surprises
The shopkeeper who didn't want to sell his pets
The cactus who wanted his back scratched
Colonel bigshot and the crocodiles
The town that liked to argue
The wishing well
The lemon canary
The sheepdog and the badger
The duck who wanted a treat to eat
The gardener and the pirate
The hiccupping lion
The lady who collected junk
The postman who wanted some post
The doctor's big day
The grass is always greener
The chimp who copied everything
The double bass who lost a string
The pretend snowman
The two sisters
The brother's clothes
The rabbit and the carrot
The silly dressmaker
The bulldozer with toothache
The wolf who cried wolf
How greedy can you be?
The singer who lost his voice
The pumpkin and the pumpkin guard
The instrument mender and the noisemaker
The jelly baby jumble sale
The train who was frightened of the dark
Don't wake the baby
The playdough statue
Outside in, inside out
The one-puppet puppet show
A dog's life
The magic bucket
The man who had a round day
The car who couldn't keep warm
The man who needed new clothes
The huffing puffing wind
The everything box
The sensitive robot
The brothers who missed their bus every day
The animal doctor
Spot the ladybird
The duck who thought he couldn't swim
The sandwich maker and the baker
Madame salami
The bridge that was too rickety to cross
The ball that lost its bounce
The lighthouse with wet feet
The budgie
The singer who tried to disguise himself
The bus who wanted to go her own way
Robin hood
The scaredy cat
The man who tried to hide... and couldn't
The thirsty sponge
The repeat box
The unfriendly friend
Broomhilda
The elephant who couldn't remember
You never know what you like till you've tried it
The treasure hunt
The new shop window
Is bigger better?
The bear who loved honey
Monty the magnet
The not so wise owls
The birthday present
The farmer who could welly dance
Fred midas
Knitting granny and her sheep
The shopkeeper who wanted to play in a band
The scrapman
Amazing grace
The two little birds
The man who loved to sing
The happy and sad friends
The new king
The dancer who had no music
The crab who lived a long way from the seaside
The magic lamp
The man who thought he could but he couldn't
The one person parade
The lazy tailor
The sun who wanted to join in
Stripes and spots
The sound trap
The sleepy squirrel who couldn't sleep
The old umbrella
The woodpecker
The sailor who lost his boat
The forgetful wizard
What can you do with one boot?
The spaceman who came to tea
The busker and the gorilla
Making friends
The tent
The very shy neighbours
The mop
The magic bubble
The well-dressed parrot
The noisy neighbour
Slow but not sure
Ted
The birdwatcher
The basset hound and mrs barker
Swopping jack
The clock that went on strike
The watchamacallit
Andy and the lion
The bread and butter soldier
The dam
Messy max
The king's move
The deckchair attendant
The lonely spider
Mrs knowall
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