# Bric-a-Brac

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British children's television series

For other uses, see [Bric-a-brac (disambiguation)](/source/Bric-a-brac_(disambiguation)).

Bric-a-Brac Created by Michael Cole and Nick Wilson Starring Brian Cant Country of origin United Kingdom Production Producers Michael Cole, Cynthia Felgate and Nick Wilson Original release Network BBC1 (1980 – 1982) Release 1 October 1980 (1980-10-01) – 29 September 1982 (1982-09-29)

***Bric-a-Brac*** is a British children's television series devised by [Michael Cole](/source/Michael_Cole_(writer)) and Nick Wilson, and starring well known children's television presenter [Brian Cant](/source/Brian_Cant). It was produced by the [BBC](/source/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.[1][2][3][4]

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](/source/Alliteration), and made use of [tongue-twisters](/source/Tongue-twister). 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](/source/KPM_Music) LP *Electrosonic* (1972).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-imdb_1-0)** ["Bric-A-Brac (1980– )"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428095/). imdb.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-youtube_2-0)** ["See Saw - Bric 'A' Brac"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayJ5CLHDPc). Retrieved 1 January 2014 – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-forthechildren_3-0)** ["Bric-a-Brac"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192030/http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68). forthechildren.org.uk. Archived from [the original](http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68) on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-whatcuture_4-0)** ["10 Nostalgic British Children's TV Classics"](http://whatculture.com/tv/10-nostalgic-british-childrens-tv-classics.php/3). whatculture.com. August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

## External links

- [*Bric-A-Brac*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192030/http://www.forthechildren.org.uk/details.asp?pid=68) at www.forthechildren.org.uk

- [*Bric-A-Brac*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428095/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb)

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