Listen with Mother

Listen with Mother ( English: "Listen with Mother " ) was a British radio program for preschool children, which aired from 1950 to 1982 by the BBC, first in the BBC Home Service, since 1967, BBC Radio 4 broadcast was up regularly turned to one million listeners, even by many adults.

The first release of the shipment was sent on 16 January 1950.

Listen with Mother was broadcast every day at 13.45 clock immediately before the woman Radio Woman 's Hour and was directed " to mothers and children at home ." The presenters were Daphne Oxenford, Julia Lang and Dorothy Smith. There was to hear nursery rhymes and music. At the heart of each episode but there was a short story that was told by the presenter. They always began with the sentence: "Are you sitting Comfortably? ! Then I'll begin " ( in German: "! Her Sits comfortably Then I'll begin " ) This saying was the time a household word; he eventually became incorporated into the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Each issue took a quarter of an hour and ended with the Berceuse from Fauré's Dolly Suite Gabriel, played on the piano by Eileen Brown and Roger Fiske.

Over time, the number of listeners decreased, while the popularity of the television program Watch with Mother rose steadily ( "Watch with Mother "). Was deposed as lists with Mother in 1982, there were protests from the handset. Many MPs and celebrities were in favor of the receipt of the shipment, and teachers expressed their concern.