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Bagpuss
Bagpuss: childrens television programme or a training video for the tax
office? Confused? Let me explain.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a little girl. And her name was
Emily, and she had a shop. It was a rather unusual shop because it didn't
sell anything.
While many a small child plonked themselves in front of the TV to be
entertained by a yawning cat, a variety of men in suits were also gathered
to be educated in ways to spot possible tax evasion. Top of the list, a
business that insists that it does not sell anything and therefore owes the
tax man nothing.
For years, many an innocent small business was targeted just because they
happened to have a stuffed cat, woodpecker bookend of a mouse organ on the
premises.
OK, it's a fair cop, I made all that up, but in these times I'm sure nothing
would surprise you. Bagpuss was in fact a quality childrens television
programme, and I dare anyone to challenge me on that point.
Each story followed the same theme, Emily would bring some strange object
into the shop that somebody had lost and magically Bagpuss would awake. And
when Bagpuss woke up, all of his friends would wake up to. We had the mice
on the mouse organ, Madeleine the rag doll, Gabriel the toad, and Professor
Yaffle. Together they would examine the 'thing' Emily had brought, tell a
little story, mend it or give a bit of a clean if appropriate, and finally
settle down for a bit of a kip after a job well done. Simple enough
storyline, but strangely entertaining, even for those of us who are now out
of short trousers.
Legend has it that only 13 episodes were ever made, which when I was
enlightened to this little fact took me back a tad. I can remember watching
many an episode and it seemed a lot more than 13. You can't argue with
facts though, nor the tax man come to think of it.
Not many childrens televison programmes survive the age of time, but in this
case the legend known as Bagpuss is probably more popular now than ever.
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