It's Friday, It's Crackerjack! On it's way back?

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There were several programmes that we all used to sit down and watch as a family at tea time. Blue Peter, Doctor Who, a now unmentionable programme with a disgraced artist and Crackerjack! Those were very different days with just three channels and children's TV being broadcast after school, no internet and the height of technology for us children was Scalectric or Triang trains.

Of course these days children have their own channel's. CBBC and CITV being the main ones (I only have access to Freeview) provide similar programming, though only the anniversary edition of Blue Peter found me tuning in to see ll the memories of my pasr childhood.

Now it seems Carackerjack is to be revived, though the hosts of yesteryear like Leslie Crowther, Peter Glaze and Stewpot are all long gone.

Whether it will have the appeal of the past remains to be seen. As much as I would like a Crackerjack pencil would the kids of today?

Will they really still give cabbages as booby prizes?

I might tune in to see what they have done with one of my old childhood favourites.

Here's a clip which combines two of our favourite shows kids!