The BBC Used Tom and Jerry To Fill Time (Things We Didn't Understand As Children)

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For millions of people, Tom and Jerry was a huge part of their childhood. Surprising, then, to learn that a lot of us Brits only know what it is because it was used by the BBC to fill time.

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Original Article:
http://www.factfiend.com/tom-and-jerry-were-mainly-used-to-fill-time-by-the-bbc/

Sources:
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/celebrating-odd-70s-and-80s-schedule-filling-cartoons/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-north-england-voice-overturned-bbc-tradition-180967208/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11745186/Brummie-accents-worse-than-staying-silent-study-shows.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry#Outside_the_United_States
https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/governance/licencefee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/production/articles/archive-rights-clearances

Videos:
Heavenly Puss (1949)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041450/
Jerry and Jumbo (1953)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045934/
Polka-Dot Puss (1949)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041757/
Texas Tom (1950)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043037/
Trap Happy (1946)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039045/
The Simpsons (1989 – present)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/
Hippos (2006 - 2016)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/
Screenwipe (2006 – 2009)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780206/

Images:
BBC Logo from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
Look North, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj5m
Screenshot of Wilfred Pickles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ62BqbWmqg
Charile Brooker, Feline_Dacat / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

Music:
From https://filmmusic.io
"Two Finger Johnny" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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