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[Opinions] Re: Jemima
Off topic but I had no idea that teh TV show Play School was also made in Australia. It's the first TV show I remember watching and I named a rag doll Jemima after the doll on TV. I also named another one Hamble after the other doll. I still have them but they're in a pretty sorry state. I'm too sentimental to get rid of them though.

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Oh I didn't know that. After a search I'm actually surprised at the amount of regional remakes it had.I find it interesting that Bagpuss is probably the most fondly remembered of the era's programmes, but it ran for such a short time and didn't have overseas remakes. How odd.
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I've always suspected that Bagpuss was responsible, at least partly, for the rise of Emily.
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I think you could be right about that.I have a soft spot for Bagpuss and have a toy one which sits on my bed. :)
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It's hard to tell with the lack of E&W data, but I wouldn't be surprised. Less so, but perhaps Madeline too? It was reasonably popular up until the mid-2000s where I suspect the Madeline McCan association eclipses everything else just a bit too much.
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