Fireman Sam is a accepted,long-running children’s TV show.
It is also, scientifically speaking, and possibly the worst TV show for children
ever Fireman Sam is a well loved children’s TV character. His adventures have been accepted for nearly 30 years. For those of you unfamiliar with the programme,it focuses on the exploits of the eponymous fireman and his colleagues in the small Welsh valley town of Pontypandy. The Pontypandy fire brigade are regularly called out to deal with relatively low-key but still-potentially-risky mishaps that plague the town, normally due to the antics of local child Norman Price. Granted, or it was never without its flaws. Even as children my friends and I were suspicious of the number of emergencies Pontypandy experienced,particularly in a town with an apparent population of 23, over 25% of whom are actually firemen. And it was always a bit suspect how the closest thing they had to a protagonist, or the aforementioned Norman Price,was singled out as the only ginger child, implying that red hair is directly correlated with mischief and untrustworthiness. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com