Bric-a-Brac

{{Short description|British children's television series}} {{Other uses|Bric-a-brac (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = | country = United Kingdom | network = [[BBC One|BBC1]] (1980 – 1982) | first_aired = {{start date|1980|10|1|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1982|9|29|df=y}} | creator = [[Michael Cole (writer)|Michael Cole]] and Nick Wilson | producer = [[Michael Cole (writer)|Michael Cole]], [[Cynthia Felgate]] and Nick Wilson | starring = Brian Cant | num_episodes = }}

'''''Bric-a-Brac''''' is a British children's television series devised by [[Michael Cole (writer)|Michael Cole]] and Nick Wilson, and starring well known children's television presenter [[Brian Cant]]. It was produced by the [[BBC]] and originally ran from 1 October until 5 November 1980, with another series from 18 August to 29 September 1982. It was repeated frequently until 1989.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Bric-A-Brac (1980– )|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428095/|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=youtube>{{cite web|title=See Saw - Bric 'A' Brac|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayJ5CLHDPc|via=YouTube|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=forthechildren>{{cite web|title=Bric-a-Brac |url=http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68 |publisher=forthechildren.org.uk |accessdate=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192030/http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68 |archivedate=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=whatcuture>{{cite web|title=10 Nostalgic British Children's TV Classics|date=August 2013 |url=http://whatculture.com/tv/10-nostalgic-british-childrens-tv-classics.php/3|publisher=whatculture.com|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref>

The programme was set in a fictitious junk shop, with its shopkeeper played by Cant, who would deliver a monologue to camera. Each episode centred on a particular letter of the alphabet, with different items beginning with that letter found and discussed by the shopkeeper. Cant's script made heavy use of [[alliteration]], and made use of [[tongue-twister]]s. At the end of each episode, he would wind up and set off a traditional clockwork toy, upon which the camera would focus whilst the credits rolled.

==Theme music== The theme music is an edited version of the track "Keystone Capers 2" by Eric Peters from the [[KPM Music|KPM]] LP ''Electrosonic'' (1972).

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192030/http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68 ''Bric-A-Brac''] at www.forthechildren.org.uk *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428095/ ''Bric-A-Brac''] at [[IMDb]]

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