User:MacGyverMagic/In Progress/History of British children's television
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British children's television dates back to 1946 with the BBC series For The Children, a collection of programmes that included the popular Muffin the Mule.[1] A few years after television became popular in the United Kingdom following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 in Westminster Abbey, the BBC introduced a series of successful children’s programmes, including Blue Peter, Pinky and Perky and Lenny the Lion. Blue Peter, then presented by Leila Williams and Christopher Trace, first aired on October 16, 1958, making it one of the longest running children's programmes in the history of British television that can still be seen today.[2]