About this season
Button Moon is a quirky, popular children's television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s on the ITV Network. Thames Television produced each episode, which lasted ten minutes and featured the adventures of Mr. Spoon who, in each episode, travels to Button Moon in his homemade rocket-ship. All of the characters within the show are based on kitchen utensils, as well as many of the props. Once on Button Moon, which hangs in "blanket sky", they have an adventure, and look through Mr. Spoon's telescope at someone else such as the Hare and the Tortoise, before heading back to their home on 'Junk Planet'. Episodes also include Mr. Spoon's wife, "Mrs. Spoon", their daughter, "Tina Tea-Spoon" and her friend "Eggbert". The series ended in 1988 after 91 episodes.
Episodes (13)
1. Looking For Button Moon
Aired 5 October 1983
2. Tina Teaspoon and the School Mouse
Aired 12 October 1983
3. A Day Trip To Button Moon
Aired 19 October 1983
4. Shoebox Station
Aired 26 October 1983
5. Two Sticky Mugs
Aired 2 November 1983
6. Button Hole Pond
Aired 9 November 1983
7. The Scouts' Garden Fete
Aired 16 November 1983
8. Queenie Jelly
Aired 23 November 1983
9. Painting The Pipes
Aired 30 November 1983
10. Freddy Teddy
Aired 7 December 1983
11. The Clown Who Lost His Smile
Aired 14 December 1983
12. Happy Birthday Mrs Spoon
Aired 21 December 1983