LINDSAY WOODS: 'A Reeling in the Years of the television we watched as kids'

Recently, I sat down to watch an episode of a kid’s programme which mine have taken a shine to, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. In truth, not the worst offering I’ve ever had to endure. In the Night Garden, can take that accolade.

It was frantic, loud and an assault of riotous colour. To ingratiate its audience, it bandied about terms like, ‘snot’, ‘fart’ and ‘bum’ with the ease of an over-reaching Instagrammer trawling for likes – ‘Double tap if you agree guys!’