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| Genre | Educational, Comedy |
| Created by | Pamela Lonsdale |
| Presented by | David Cook Geoffrey Hayes |
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| Opening theme | “Rainbow” by Telltale |
| Ending theme | various (normally the instrumental of the Rainbow theme tune) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 25 |
| No. of episodes | 1,002 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production location | Teddington Studios |
| Running time | Typically about 15 minutes (though specials were 10 minutes longer) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 16 October 1972 – 24 March 1997 |
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Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran from 16 October 1972 until 6 March 1992, made by Thames Television. The series was revived by Tetra Films from 10 January 1994 until 24 March 1997, in two different formats from the original Thames series, with differing cast members. The series was originally conceived as a British equivalent of Sesame Street.[1]
The British series was developed in house by Thames Television, and had no input from the Children's Television Workshop.[2] It was intended to develop language and social skills for pre-school children and went on to win the Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Children's Programme in 1975. It aired five times weekly, twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays then Tuesdays and Fridays, and finally once weekly at 12:10 on Fridays on the ITV network.
The show had three producers over its lifetime – Pamela Lonsdale, Charles Warren and Joe Boyer.
The original Thames series has gained cult status and continues to get frequent mentions on radio and television. A few DVDs have been produced, including one celebrating 30 Years of Rainbow.
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 211–217. ISBN 1903111277.
- ^ "History". archive.is. 19 March 2002. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2015.