Bod is a BBC children's television programme first shown in 1975. There are thirteen episodes in total. It is a cartoon series narrated by John Le Mesurier. The writers are Joanna Cole and Michael Cole and it is produced by David Yates. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... John Le Mesurier (April 5, 1912 – November 15, 1983), born John Elton Halliley, was a British actor. ... Joanna Cole is a United States author of children’s books that teach science. ... David Yates is an English-born film director. ...

The character of Bod is a boy who lives in a town with Aunt Flo, PC Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow. Each of the characters have their own theme music peformed by Derek Griffiths which is heard when they appear. Regular features are animal identification and Bod Snap. Derek Griffiths (born Woking, July 15, 1946) was a star of numerous childrens television programmes in the 1960s to 1980s. ...

There is also another set of characters who appear in each episode called Alberto Frog and his Amazing Animal Band. This section featured short extracts from famous pieces of classical music as part of the story, and always ended with Alberto choosing a different flavour of milkshake as his reward for solving a problem. This article is about the genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. ... A milkshake is: in New England and Great Britain, a beverage which is made from milk and flavorings. ...

In recent years, Bod has appeared in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows, and the creators of Homestar Runner have cited it as one of their inspirations. Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... The 100 Greatest Kids TV shows was a poll conducted by the British television channel Channel 4 in 2001. ... Homestar Runner (often abbreviated HR, HSR or H*R) is a cartoon series which is generally distributed as Macromedia Flash animations available from HomestarRunner. ...

Episode titles

1. Bod's Present
2. Bod and the Dog
3. Bod And The Apple
4. Bod and the Kite
5. Bod and the Cherry Tree
6. Bod And The Rain
7. Bod's Dream
8. Bod on the Beach
9. Bod and the Birds
10. Bod And The Cake
11. Bod And The Grasshopper
12. Bod In The Park
13. Bod and Breakfast

All thirteen Bod episodes are available on DVD.

The Alberto Frog segments were produced separately by the BBC and were originally shown alongside the Bod episodes; only 5 (out of 13) of these segments survive in the BBC archives, and only these 5 are present on the Bod DVD.

External links

• Bod at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Cartoon Database Bod on BCDB