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Chock-A-Block
''Chock-A-Block'' is a BBC children's television programme, created by Michael Cole (writer), Michael Cole and Nick Wilson. It was first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle ''See-Saw (TV programme), See-Saw'' (the "new" name for the cycle originally known as ''Watch with Mother''). "Chock-A-Block" was an extremely large yellow computer, modelled to resemble a Mainframe computer, mainframe of the time; it filled the entire studio and provided the entire backdrop for the show. The presenter of the show played the part of a technician maintaining the computer. There were two presenters, Fred Harris (presenter), Fred Harris ("Chock-A-Bloke") and Carol Leader ("Chock-A-Girl"), but only one appeared in each episode. At the start of the show, the presenter would drive around the studio towards the machine in a small yellow electric car, the chock a truck, before saying the catchphrase "Chock-A-Bloke (or Girl), checking in!"). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Leader
Carol Leader (born 10 November 1950 in Colchester, Essex) is a former English theatrical and television actress, and senior psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She played Barbara Charlton in '' Young at Heart'' from 1980 to 1981, and Sadie Tomkins in ''Casualty'' from 1988 to 1989, and has also been in ''Flambards'', ''Sally Ann'', ''First and Last'' (1989), ''Peak Practice'' and 1992 TV series ''Kevin and Co''. She has also appeared in UK television series including ''Late Starter'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''The Bill'' and ''The Knock''. She is perhaps best known, however, to those who were young children in the 1970s and 1980s as a presenter of long-running UK children's TV series '' Play School'', and children's TV show ''Chock-A-Block'', which she co-presented with fellow former ''Play School'' host Fred Harris. Leader's acting career began at the University of York where she studied History and feature in drama productions, including the role of Charlotte Corday in Y.U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |