Take Hart

Feb 15, 1977 (en) [25] Min
  • First Air Date
    Feb 15, 1977
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Take Hart
  • Release
    Feb 15, 1977
  • en
    -

Overview

Take Hart is a British children's television show about art, presented by Tony Hart. It took over from Vision On, and ran from 1977 until 1983. The show featured Hart and the animated Plasticine character Morph, and other characters created by David Sproxton like 'Smoulder the Moulder', which was a lump of mould which would create props by 'spraying' them out of a spray can. The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr Bennett, the caretaker, played by Colin Bennett. The programme won a BAFTA award for Hart in 1984. As well as demonstrating small-scale projects, Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor, and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases'. This idea was later adopted by Art Attack. A regular feature of the show was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature - "Left Bank Two", composed by Wayne Hill - has passed into British TV musical lore. In later series, "Left Bank Two" alternated with John Williams' recording of "Cavatina", which is also well-remembered by many viewers.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Christopher Pilkington

    Producer

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Season 1 ( 1977-02-15)

Pictures Which Aren't Really There

Episode: 1

Dribbling, Scribbling And Other Lines

Episode: 2

Quill Pens and Scrubbing Brushes

Episode: 3

Rollers And Morph!

Episode: 4

Various Cats

Episode: 5

Repetition

Episode: 6

Rubbings

Episode: 7

Paper Making

Episode: 8

Light

Episode: 9

Demolishing

Episode: 10

Brushes

Episode: 11

Water

Episode: 12

Circles

Episode: 13

Season 2 ( 1978-03-14)

Tubes

Episode: 1

Wax

Episode: 2

Sticking Things

Episode: 3

Seeing Through Things

Episode: 4

Faces

Episode: 5

Poses

Episode: 6

Season 3 ( 1979-01-03)

Cutting

Episode: 1

Texture

Episode: 2

Treescapes

Episode: 3

Finger Painting

Episode: 4

Children

Episode: 5

Movement

Episode: 6

Vegetation

Episode: 7

Machines

Episode: 8

Buildings

Episode: 9

Show 10

Episode: 10

Lokking Inside Things

Episode: 11

Rotation

Episode: 12

Paint

Episode: 13

Season 4 ( 1980-01-02)

Metal

Episode: 1

Boxes

Episode: 2

Reflections

Episode: 3

Markers

Episode: 4

Contrasts

Episode: 5

Curves

Episode: 6

Connections

Episode: 7

Water

Episode: 8

Pencils

Episode: 9

Paper

Episode: 10

Angels

Episode: 11

Elephants

Episode: 12

Powder

Episode: 13

Season 5 ( 1981-01-14)

Decoration

Episode: 1

Weather

Episode: 2

Inside Nation

Episode: 3

Writing

Episode: 4

Birds

Episode: 5

Plastics

Episode: 6

Spikes

Episode: 7

Holes

Episode: 8

Rock

Episode: 9

Orbs & Planets

Episode: 10

Mosaics

Episode: 11

Movement

Episode: 12

Flight

Episode: 13

Transport

Episode: 14

Time

Episode: 15

Season 6 ( 1982-01-06)

Scrap

Episode: 1

Underwater

Episode: 2

Dragons

Episode: 3

Books And Paper

Episode: 4

Stripes

Episode: 5

Protection

Episode: 6

Man Made Flight

Episode: 7

Light And Dark

Episode: 8

Nature

Episode: 9

Distortion

Episode: 10

Liquid

Episode: 11

Mechanics

Episode: 12

Hard And Soft

Episode: 13

The Picture Tells The Story

Episode: 14

Hollow Things

Episode: 15

Season 7 ( 1983-01-05)

Home Sweet Home

Episode: 1

Lamps And Lighting

Episode: 2

Carnival And Circus

Episode: 3

Openwork

Episode: 4

Maps

Episode: 5

Sea And Shore

Episode: 6

Heads

Episode: 7

Sand

Episode: 8

Wood

Episode: 9

Near And Far

Episode: 10

Extinct, Fabulous And Real

Episode: 11

Feet

Episode: 12

Links And Chains

Episode: 13

Flow

Episode: 14

Wrappings And Coverings

Episode: 15

Season 8 ( 1983-10-28)

Mistakes And Accidents

Episode: 1

Strings

Episode: 2

Wind And Air

Episode: 3

Teeth

Episode: 4

The Ancient World

Episode: 5

Enclosures

Episode: 6

Growth Patterns

Episode: 7

Ageing

Episode: 8

Rotation

Episode: 9

Numbers

Episode: 10
Feb 15, 1977 (en)
[25] Min
  • First Air Date Feb 15, 1977
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 80%
Original Title Take Hart
en

Overview

Take Hart is a British children's television show about art, presented by Tony Hart. It took over from Vision On, and ran from 1977 until 1983. The show featured Hart and the animated Plasticine character Morph, and other characters created by David Sproxton like 'Smoulder the Moulder', which was a lump of mould which would create props by 'spraying' them out of a spray can. The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr Bennett, the caretaker, played by Colin Bennett. The programme won a BAFTA award for Hart in 1984. As well as demonstrating small-scale projects, Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor, and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases'. This idea was later adopted by Art Attack. A regular feature of the show was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature - "Left Bank Two", composed by Wayne Hill - has passed into British TV musical lore. In later series, "Left Bank Two" alternated with John Williams' recording of "Cavatina", which is also well-remembered by many viewers.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Christopher Pilkington

    Producer