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 (33)
1. The Not So Wise Owls
Aired 12 October 1987
2. The Birthday Present
Aired 19 October 1987
3. The Farmer Who Could Welly Dance
Aired 26 October 1987
4. Fred Midas
Aired 2 November 1987
5. Knitting Granny and her Sheep
Aired 9 November 1987
6. The Shopkeeper Who Wanted to Play in a Band
Aired 16 November 1987
7. The Scrapman
Aired 23 November 1987
8. Amazing Grace
Aired 30 November 1987
9. The Two Little Birds
Aired 7 December 1987
10. The Man Who Loved to Sing
Aired 14 December 1987
11. The Happy and Sad Friends
Aired 4 January 1988
12. The New King
Aired 11 January 1988
13. The Dancer Who Had No Music
Aired 18 January 1988
14. The Crab Who Lived a Long Way from the Seaside
Aired 25 January 1988
15. The Magic Lamp
Aired 1 February 1988
16. The Man Who Thought He Could but He Couldn't
Aired 8 February 1988
17. The One Person Parade
Aired 15 February 1988
18. The Lazy Tailor
Aired 22 February 1988
19. The Sun Who Wanted to Join In
Aired 29 February 1988
20. Stripes and Spots
Aired 7 March 1988
21. The Sound Trap
Aired 21 March 1988
22. The Sleepy Squirrel Who Couldn't Sleep
Aired 28 March 1988
23. The Old Umbrella
Aired 11 April 1988
24. The Woodpecker
Aired 18 April 1988
25. The Sailor Who Lost His Boat
Aired 25 April 1988
26. The Forgetful Wizard
Aired 9 May 1988
27. What Can You Do with One Boot?
Aired 16 May 1988
28. The Spaceman Who Came to Tea
Aired 23 May 1988
29. The Busker and the Gorilla
Aired 6 June 1988
30. Making Friends
Aired 13 June 1988
31. The Tent
Aired 20 June 1988
32. The Very Shy Neighbours
Aired 27 June 1988
33. The Mop
Aired 4 July 1988