Chris’s first programme for the BBC was the 13-episode series Playboard in 1976. Broadcast mostly on Sunday mornings and aimed at under-fives, the show featured puppets and was set in a fairground; Chris would tell stories and sing songs. The puppets themselves had their own theatre tours. Photo: Chris Lillicrap
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