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📺 Series

Take Hart

📅 1977 ⭐ 8.0 🕐 25m GB GB

Take Hart is a British children's television show about art, presented by Tony Hart. It took over from Vision On, and ran from 1977 until 1983. The show featured Hart and the animated Plasticine character Morph, and other characters created by David Sproxton like 'Smoulder the Moulder', which was a lump of mould which would create props by 'spraying' them out of a spray can. The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr Bennett, the caretaker, played by Colin Bennett. The programme won a BAFTA award for Hart in 1984. As well as demonstrating small-scale projects, Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor, and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases'. This idea was later adopted by Art Attack. A regular feature of the show was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature - "Left Bank Two", composed by Wayne Hill - has passed into British TV musical lore. In later series, "Left Bank Two" alternated with John Williams' recording of "Cavatina", which is also well-remembered by many viewers.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 13 episodes
E1
Pictures Which Aren't Really There 1977-02-15
E2
Dribbling, Scribbling And Other Lines 1977-02-22
E3
Quill Pens and Scrubbing Brushes 1977-03-01
E4
Rollers And Morph! 1977-03-08
E5
Various Cats 1977-03-15
E6
Repetition 1977-03-22
E7
Rubbings 1977-04-05
E8
Paper Making 1977-04-12
E9
Light 1977-04-19
E10
Demolishing 1977-04-26
E11
Brushes 1977-05-03
E12
Water 1977-05-10
E13
Circles 1977-05-17
Season 2 6 episodes
E1
Tubes 1978-03-14
E2
Wax 1978-03-21
E3
Sticking Things 1978-03-28
E4
Seeing Through Things 1978-04-04
E5
Faces 1978-04-11
E6
Poses 1978-04-18
Season 3 13 episodes
E1
Cutting 1979-01-03
E2
Texture 1979-01-10
E3
Treescapes 1979-01-17
E4
Finger Painting 1979-01-24
E5
Children 1979-01-31
E6
Movement 1979-02-07
E7
Vegetation 1979-02-14
E8
Machines 1979-02-21
E9
Buildings 1979-02-28
E10
Show 10 1979-03-07
E11
Lokking Inside Things 1979-03-14
E12
Rotation 1979-03-21
E13
Paint 1979-03-28
Season 4 13 episodes
E1
Metal 1980-01-02
E2
Boxes 1980-01-09
E3
Reflections 1980-01-16
E4
Markers 1980-01-23
E5
Contrasts 1980-01-30
E6
Curves 1980-02-06
E7
Connections 1980-02-13
E8
Water 1980-02-20
E9
Pencils 1980-02-27
E10
Paper 1980-03-05
E11
Angels 1980-03-12
E12
Elephants 1980-03-19
E13
Powder 1980-03-26
Season 5 15 episodes
E1
Decoration 1981-01-14
E2
Weather 1981-01-21
E3
Inside Nation 1981-01-28
E4
Writing 1981-02-04
E5
Birds 1981-02-11
E6
Plastics 1981-02-18
E7
Spikes 1981-02-25
E8
Holes 1981-03-04
E9
Rock 1981-03-11
E10
Orbs & Planets 1981-03-18
E11
Mosaics 1981-03-25
E12
Movement 1981-04-01
E13
Flight 1981-04-08
E14
Transport 1981-04-15
E15
Time 1981-04-22
Season 6 15 episodes
E1
Scrap 1982-01-06
E2
Underwater 1982-01-13
E3
Dragons 1982-01-20
E4
Books And Paper 1982-01-27
E5
Stripes 1982-02-03
E6
Protection 1982-02-10
E7
Man Made Flight 1982-02-17
E8
Light And Dark 1982-02-24
E9
Nature 1982-03-03
E10
Distortion 1982-03-10
E11
Liquid 1982-03-17
E12
Mechanics 1982-03-24
E13
Hard And Soft 1982-03-31
E14
The Picture Tells The Story 1982-04-07
E15
Hollow Things 1982-04-14
Season 7 15 episodes
E1
Home Sweet Home 1983-01-05
E2
Lamps And Lighting 1983-01-12
E3
Carnival And Circus 1983-01-19
E4
Openwork 1983-01-26
E5
Maps 1983-02-02
E6
Sea And Shore 1983-02-09
E7
Heads 1983-02-16
E8
Sand 1983-02-23
E9
Wood 1983-03-02
E10
Near And Far 1983-03-09
E11
Extinct, Fabulous And Real 1983-03-16
E12
Feet 1983-03-23
E13
Links And Chains 1983-03-30
E14
Flow 1983-04-06
E15
Wrappings And Coverings 1983-04-13
Season 8 10 episodes
E1
Mistakes And Accidents 1983-10-28
E2
Strings 1983-11-04
E3
Wind And Air 1983-11-11
E4
Teeth 1983-11-18
E5
The Ancient World 1983-11-25
E6
Enclosures 1983-12-02
E7
Growth Patterns 1983-12-09
E8
Ageing 1983-12-16
E9
Rotation 1983-12-23
E10
Numbers 1983-12-30
Cast
Crew
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