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
Jan 5, 1982
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The Story of the Leaping Frog
Jan 12, 1982
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The Story of the Dancing Elephant
Jan 19, 1982
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The Hungry Pillar Box
Jan 26, 1982
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The Garden Bench
Feb 2, 1982
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The Shoe That Wanted to Go Its Own Way
Feb 9, 1982
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The Whistling Kettle
Feb 16, 1982
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The Teapot That Lost Its Lid
Feb 23, 1982
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The Zoo Keeper and the Giraffe
Mar 2, 1982
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The Story of the Cleaner and the Cook
Mar 9, 1982
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The Story of the Rabbit and the Mole
Mar 16, 1982
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The Tale of Two Bears
Mar 23, 1982
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The Story of How the Bus Got Up the Hill
Mar 30, 1982
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The Story of the Sleepless Owl
Apr 6, 1982
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The Story of the King Who Loved Bananas
Apr 13, 1982
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The Umbrella That Didn't Like Rain
Apr 20, 1982
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The Cheesemaker and the Mouse
Apr 27, 1982
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The Story of the Giant's Boots
May 4, 1982
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