Ding Dong School, billed as "the nursery school of the air", was a half-hour children's TV show which began on WNBQ-TV in Chicago, Illinois a few months before its four-year run on NBC.
A precursor to both Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the show was hosted live by Frances Horwich, and at one point was the most popular TV series aimed at preschoolers.
The show and its host, Miss Frances, were mentioned in the comic strip Peanuts in 1955 and 1956.
The show was revived in 1959 as a syndicated program, now videotaped and distributed by National Telefilm Associates. This iteration ran until 1965.
Five NBC kinescoped episodes from 1954-1955 are housed at the Library of Congress, in the J. Fred and Leslie W. MacDonald Collection.
Following day-to-day life at a nursery with a difference, set up by child psychologist Laverne Antrobus to help the UK’s most challenging children. Many have already been excluded from nurseries nearer home, and this could be their last chance to curb their unruly behaviour before they enter mainstream education. But with tears, tantrums and sulks a daily occurrence, even an expert like Laverne may find them difficult to handle.
A weekly children's series combining original songs and stories with classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales, using 3D computer animation and live characters. The series revolves around Pigasso, a pig, and Pookie, a wolf. Pigasso the pig and Pookie the wolf work and play in a curio shop in a children's series that mixes animation, live-action and puppetry.
Join Blue, her friends and their teacher Lola as they solve riddles about their favorite nursery rhymes. Get ready to sing, dance and laugh along the way!