


There is also another set of characters who appear in each episode called Alberto Frog and his Amazing Animal Band with artwork by Joanne Cole. Regular features are animal identification and Bod Snap. Each of the characters has their own theme music performed by Griffiths which is heard when they appear. The character of Bod is a boy who lives in a town with Aunt Flo, PC Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow. In the United States, Bod aired on Nickelodeon as a segment on the Pinwheel program. Soon thereafter, it was shown in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Poland and Israel. In 1974, thirteen five-minute episodes were created for transmission on the BBC as part of the Watch with Mother series, and were also sold to Australia's ABC channel. The French version of Bod's Apple is called La Pomme de Gus.īefore the animated series was commissioned, the four books had been read on another BBC children's programme: Play School. They are: Bod's Apple, Bod's Present, Bod's Dream and Bod and the Cherry Tree. The four books were published in 1965 in the United Kingdom and later in the United States and France. It is a cutout animated cartoon series narrated by John Le Mesurier and Maggie Henderson with music by Derek Griffiths and produced by David Yates.

Bod is a BBC1 children's television programme first shown in 1975, with thirteen episodes, based on four original Bod books by Joanne and Michael Cole.
