The adventures of a family of cute, furry creatures - The Flumps. Grandpa Flump, Ma and Pa Flump, their eldest son Perkin, daughter Posie and youngest son Pootle. Each episode contains fun songs and a story from the 'Big Book'.
Through engaging short episodes starring the lovable, well-mannered Crawford the Cat, primary school educators are able to reinforce social and healthy habits such as brushing teeth, hand washing, good nutrition and playing well with others. Crawford the Cat provides valuable life lessons for the PreK-2 age group, in a light and fun way.
The Red Caps patrol adventures in each episode in a different country. The patrol focuses on helping children and solving their problems. Opposed by the patrol is Santa's twin brother Basil and his assistant. In practice, the Red Caps Scout and Basil compete on which side manages to find the pieces of the magic crystal before the other and reassemble the crystal. Unless particles of the crystal are found before the Christmas Star lights up, Santa will not be able to distribute gifts to the children of the world.
CBS Children's Film Festival is a television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children. Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons during the summer from 1967, it became a regularly scheduled program in 1971 on the CBS Saturday morning lineup, running one hour with some films apparently edited down to fit the time slot. The program was hosted by 1950s television act Kukla, Fran and Ollie, aka puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and actress Fran Allison.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie were dropped from the series in 1977 and the program was renamed CBS Saturday Film Festival. In 1978 CBS canceled the show in favor of the youth targeted magazine 30 Minutes which was modeled after its adult sister show 60 Minutes. CBS canceled 30 Minutes in 1982 and brought back Saturday Film Festival which ran for two seasons until CBS cancelled it for good in 1984.
Perhaps the most famous "episode" of the series was the 1960 British film Hand in Hand, the sto