Beachcomber Bay

You know, I remember this children's program being on Channel 5 and also before 2001, IMDb! "Beachcomber Bay" will always remind me of early mornings getting ready for school eating hot-buttered-toast after breakfast - oh what nice memories! I haven't seen it for at least 5 years now but I recall some very good quality puppets dressed in lavish clothes and they were big puppets at that. I think it's a shame that it's no longer on our screens still I can come up with good enough explanations (a guess, just the same); Salty the dog and Bertha the cat squabbled often sometimes driving Jenny mad so mad at one time she bolted through the utmost frustration and also the humour was pretty cheesy (most children's shows are though). It seemed to be quite past its expiry date. Maybe the ratings went down dramatically because of these facts. It never taught children about education or good behaviour. I liked it a lot but I cannot picture others liking it quite so much, not now that there's more up-to-date shows like "Tweenies" and "Lazy-Town" and also "In the Night Garden".

Like the previous reviewer before me, I too had fond memories of getting up before school and eating breakfast in front of the television watching programmes such as Bear in the Big Blue House and Beachcomber Bay. To this day, it does hold a lot of nostalgic value, and is very pleasant to watch. I liked how traditional it was, I liked the concept and I liked how nice it looked. What I also liked was the voices, the endearing characters and the theme tune. In terms of written quality it is rather cheesy and perhaps dated and it isn't always very original.

In conclusion, very watchable and pleasant, despite some cheesy parts and the occasional lack of originality, but sadly it has been forgotten. I don't think I have seen it on television for a very long time. Pity! 7/10 Bethany Cox