How 2

Yeah, I agree, it's probably the greatest educational programme for children ever. It came pretty high in a Channel 4 poll recently of the '100 Greatest Children's Shows'. I think the best format so far has either been with Carol or Sian. I hear they're making new episodes on CITV now (May 2006), I haven't got time to watch-so I don't know if it is still Gareth Jones and Fred Dineage presenting with Gail McKenna.

They used repeats of the Carol Vorderman shows on an archive show 'How Goes 2', where they would travel to different locations and show clips that relate to where they are.

The presenters of How 2 (as of May 2006) have been: Fred Dineage, Gareth Jones, Carol Vorderman, Sian Lloyd, Gail Porter and Gail McKenna. I seem to remember there being a bit of controversy over a theme tune that was used for How 2 when Gail M was presenting that sounded remarkably like a Creme Egg advert...

Like Tomorrows World, this show was one that made learning interesting and fun. The three presenters when I watched it (Fred Dinenage, Gareth Jones and Carol Vorderman) had chemistry and were fun to watch. Each presenter would reel off facts by themselves (usually with the other two presenters chipping in) with the last fact being a combined effort. One example was Carol and Gareth (two Welsh speaking people) teaching Fred how to pronounce "Llanfairpwllgwyngÿllgogerychwÿrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch", a Welsh train station. Another had Fred telling us how a man on a mountain bike had been arrested after overtaking a truck on a downhill road at more than 90mph. This show was, in its day, a classic kids show. These days (2005) its not as good. Carol Vorderman has moved on, and the show has fallen victim to excessive computer animation and has a new theme song. Still, for those that can still see repeats of the old days, How 2 is great fun.