var galleryData = [{"captionHeading":"Everyone will have their own favourites of course...","caption":"<p><strong>...these are what we consider to be the finest kids' shows ever. <\/p><p>Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds<\/strong><\/p><p>What could possibly improve on Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of honour, bravery and comradeship, D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers?\r\nTurning the main characters into DOGS of course!\r\nTotal genius.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Dogtanian-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Dogtanian"},{"captionHeading":"Dungeons and Dragons","caption":"<p>The show that made you frightened to go on a roller coaster in case you too ended up in the mythical realm of Dungeons and Dragons. \r\nOr encouraged you on, depending on the kind of kid you were.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Dungeons-and-Dragons-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Dungeons and Dragons"},{"captionHeading":"Bagpuss","caption":"<p>Only 13 episodes of Bagpuss were made. This didn't stop him being rated the number one kids' TV character in a 2008 poll for Sky Kids magazine.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Bagpuss-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Bagpuss"},{"captionHeading":"Byker Grove","caption":"<p>The show that spawned PJ and Duncan, Donna Air and Jill Halfpenny. Yes, it's got a lot to answer for but golly it was good.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Byker-Grove-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Byker Grove"},{"captionHeading":"Bananaman","caption":"<p>Bananaman still appears as a comic strip in The Dandy but the 1983 cartoon series was voiced by The Goodies. Excellent, fruit-based fun.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Banana-Man-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Banana Man"},{"captionHeading":"Charlie Brown","caption":"<p>Still a hero for freaks, geeks and the misunderstood.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Charlie-Brown-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Charlie Brown"},{"captionHeading":"DangerMouse","caption":"<p>He's the greatest! \r\nHe's fantastic!\r\nWherever there is danger he'll be there!<\/p><p>He's the ace!\r\nHe's amazing!\r\nHe's the strongest he's the quickest he's the best!<\/p><p>Danger Mouse!\r\nDanger Mouse!\r\nDANGER MOUSE!<\/p><p>etc<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Danger-Mouse-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Danger Mouse"},{"captionHeading":"Chorlton and the Wheelies","caption":"<p>The name is based on the location of the studio where it was made, Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester but that's the show's one and only nod to reality. And we love it for it.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Chorlton-and-the-Wheelies-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Chorlton and the Wheelies"},{"captionHeading":"Duck Tales","caption":"<p>The tales of Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world, and his hyperactive relatives, ran from 1987-1990.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Duck-Tales-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Duck Tales"},{"captionHeading":"He-Man","caption":"<p>Why is the most powerful man in the universe wearing a purple nappy?\r\nAnd why did we never notice that at the time?<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-He-Man-wk38-Sep08-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"He Man"},{"captionHeading":"The Flintstones","caption":"<p>Ok, so The Flintstones is credited as being the first animated series created for adults, but we remember watching it as kids.\r\nGood, clean, Stone Age fun with a pleasing amount of rock related gags.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-The-Flintstones-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Flintstones"},{"captionHeading":"Jamie and his Magic Torch","caption":"<p>Who wouldn't want a dog called Wordsworth and a magic torch that opens a portal to Cuckoo Land? Only a fool.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Jamie-and-his-Magic-Torch-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Jamie and his Magic Torch"},{"captionHeading":"Fraggle Rock","caption":"<p>According to the 1987 documentary, Down at Fraggle Rock, the programme depicted a complex world which allowed it to seriously explore issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict.<\/p><p>We don't remember that but we do remember it being rollicking good fun.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Fraggle-Rock-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Fraggle Rock"},{"captionHeading":"The Magic Roundabout","caption":"<p>This classic featured Dougal, the sugar-mad canine, Ermintrude, a talking cow, and Dylan the seriously chilled rabbit and was not, in any way, influenced by or representative of drug culture. Oh no, no.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Magic-Roundabout-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Magic Roundabout"},{"captionHeading":"Grange Hill","caption":"<p>Just say noooOOooooo! The school gates clanged shut for the very last time on 15 September 2008.\r\nAfter 30 years and some of the most controversial storylines in a kids' programme it will be sadly missed.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Grange-Hill-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Grange Hill"},{"captionHeading":"Gummi Bears","caption":"<p>Cartoons + sweets = kid heaven.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Gummi-Bears-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Gummi Bears"},{"captionHeading":"Inspector Gadget","caption":"<p>Wowsers! A confusing one this. Is he a man? A machine? Or does he just have a really impressive coat?\r\nWhatever, we wouldn't say no to a go-go-gadget helicopter.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Inspector-Gadget-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Inspector Gadget"},{"captionHeading":"Knightmare","caption":"<p>On the right side of seriously weird by a hair's breadth this one. The dungeoneer would be blinded by a helmet and guided around Knightmare Castle by three (generally inept) team mates and the boogley eyed dungeon master.\r\nGreat for shouting at the telly too.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Knightmare-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Knightmare"},{"captionHeading":"Mr Ben","caption":"<p>It's common when shopping for a new outfit to hope that it changes your life for the better. Mr Ben got to live that for real. Lucky Mr Ben.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Mr-Ben-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Mr Ben"},{"captionHeading":"Noddy","caption":"<p>A gently charming tale of a small wooden boy and his Brownie best friend. Well, it made sense at the time.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Noddy-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Noddy"},{"captionHeading":"Paddington","caption":"<p>The polite immigrant bear from Darkest Peru had a penchant for marmalade sandwiches and always tried very hard to do things right. Woe betide anyone on his bad side though, for they'd be victims of the infamous Paddington Bear stare.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Padington-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Padington"},{"captionHeading":"Press Gang","caption":"<p>The show that created budding reporters of the nation's teens is going to be made into a film. Huzzah!<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Press-Gang-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Press Gang"},{"captionHeading":"The Pink Panther","caption":"<p>The Pink Panther was first conceived in the title sequence of the film The Pink Panther. His first independent venture, The Pink Phink, won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.\r\nNo wonder he looks so smug.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Pink-Panther-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Pink Panther"},{"captionHeading":"Rainbow","caption":"<p>The show that featured Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey ran for twenty years, until 1992. No wonder Bungle looks a little mangy.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Rainbow-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Rainbow"},{"captionHeading":"The Smurfs","caption":"<p>The Smurfs are a bunch of sky blue characters who are no taller than three apples high and live in the woods. Golly, you really will believe anything when you're a kid.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Smurfs-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Smurfs"},{"captionHeading":"The Clangers","caption":"<p>The Clangers were knitted by wife of Peter Firmin, who animated them. Makes them all the sweeter, don't you think?<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-The-Clangers-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Clangers"},{"captionHeading":"ThunderCats","caption":"<p>A good way to replicate the: \"Thundercats, HO!\" scene is with an automatically opening umbrella. Although the series would perhaps have been less exciting if the actual ThunderCats had brollys instead of swords.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-ThunderCats-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"ThunderCats"},{"captionHeading":"Top Cat","caption":"<p>Definitely the coolest cats to ever hang out in an alley, TC and friends ruled the airwaves between 1961-2.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Top-Cat-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Top Cat"},{"captionHeading":"Transformers","caption":"<p>Transformers are alien robots from the planet Cybertron. They can transform their bodies into forms, generally cars, as well as displace mass, combine with one another and apply synthetic flesh.\r\nCor, they really are more than meets the eye.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Transformers-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Transformers"},{"captionHeading":"Wacky Races","caption":"<p>We know he's the villian, but gosh, Dick Dastardly is really rather dashing. Maybe it's the moustache.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Wacky-Races-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Wacky Races"},{"captionHeading":"Willo The Wisp","caption":"<p>Kenneth Williams voiced every character in the first series of this cartoon. The character of Willo even looks a bit like him, don't you think?<\/p>","url":"2008/9/18/Gallery-Kids-TV-Willo-the-Wisp-wk38-Sep08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Willo the Wisp"}];