Sooty and Sweep
Throughout my childhood, Sooty and Sweep was one of
my favourite programs, one of which I have very fond memories of watching.
Therefore, this compelled me to choose this particular program to research.
However, straight away I hit a problem with my program choice, as the official Sooty
and Sweep website will not be opening until the 1st of November - following
a revamp. Nevertheless, I have collected my initial information from surrounding
fan sites and tribute pages, in order to start off my evaluation of the
program.
There have been numerous episodes of Sooty and Sweep aired since it started in 1995:
The version I have chosen to work with, is Sooty & Co, as these would have been the episodes that I watched as a child. The age range for the program has been set to 2-4 year olds, which fits in nicely with our target age range.
As I have chosen an older series of the show, I looked into
the methods of obtaining the episodes themselves. I will be ordering a DVD of
the Sooty & Co show from Amazon, as they are priced at a maximum of £2. In
addition to this, I will also use YouTube if needed for back-up purposes.
Glad you're finding ways round the initial problems, Jodie. But does this kind of programme feature the sort of discourse you're intending to research? I thought that the CDS focus would mean you need to identify programmes where an adult addresses the audience of children directly. Does this happen in Sooty? Also, are you using a set of criteria for data selection that includes specific time periods when the programmes were broadcast? These would seem more important factors than what you remember best from your own childhood. It may be fine, but I just wanted to check you have thought about these aspects. Good luck.
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