About this season
Let's Pretend was a 1980s children's television series aimed at preschool ages. It was shown across the ITV Network at 12.10 on Tuesdays, then later Mondays, replacing the popular Pipkins which had been cancelled at the end of 1981. Like its predecessor, each edition was fifteen minutes long, and the programme was produced using many of Pipkins' personnel such as puppeteer Nigel Plaskitt and producer Michael Jeans. Each week the presenters would find a number of ordinary household items and contrive to produce a short story featuring them all. The first programme, "The Story Of The Broken Puppet", was shown on Tuesday 5 January 1982 by Central Television. The show aired weekly until 1988. The show's original opening titles featured items moving along a conveyor belt into the mouth of a large plastic whale, and later a puppet caterpillar moving along the screen.
Episodes (34)
1. The King Who Liked Music
Aired 24 August 1982
2. The Snowman
Aired 31 August 1982
3. The Jack Who Wouldn't Come Out of His Box
Aired 7 September 1982
4. The Cat That Liked Mice
Aired 14 September 1982
5. The Sailors Who Lost Their Sail
Aired 21 September 1982
6. The Piggy Bank
Aired 28 September 1982
7. The Goldfish Who Swam Away from His Bowl
Aired 5 October 1982
8. The Clock That Forgot to Tock
Aired 12 October 1982
9. The Hole
Aired 19 October 1982
10. The Soldier and the Crown
Aired 26 October 1982
11. The Greedy Crocodile
Aired 9 November 1982
12. The Boat That Had No Paddle
Aired 16 November 1982
13. The Witch and the Sweeper
Aired 23 November 1982
14. The Old Man and the Duck
Aired 30 November 1982
15. The Fork-Lift Truck
Aired 7 December 1982
16. The Man Who Wanted His Milk
Aired 14 December 1982
17. The Cow That Wanted to Jump Over the Moon
Aired 21 December 1982
18. Worn Out Teddy
Aired 28 December 1982
19. The Smallest Circus in the World
Aired 10 January 1983
20. The Little Cloud That Cried
Aired 17 January 1983
21. The Stripey Deckchair
Aired 24 January 1983
22. Baby Hedgehog's Discovery
Aired 31 January 1983
23. The Two Parrots
Aired 7 February 1983
24. The Balloon That Lost Its Puff
Aired 14 February 1983
25. Colin the Court Jester
Aired 21 February 1983
26. The Caterpillar and the Butterfly
Aired 28 February 1983
27. The Sad Banana
Aired 7 March 1983
28. Henrietta's Tea Party
Aired 14 March 1983
29. The Band Got Smaller and Smaller
Aired 21 March 1983
30. The Rag Doll and the King
Aired 28 March 1983
31. The Scarecrow That Wanted to Look Smart
Aired 11 April 1983
32. The Hopping Kangaroo
Aired 18 April 1983
33. Tom Thumb and the Race
Aired 25 April 1983
34. The Dancing Dragon
Aired 9 May 1983