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Modern youth will not remain indifferent when they remember the wonderful television program - “Children's Hour”. For children, this program was like hypnosis, it was impossible to tear them away from watching it. What is this show about? Which TV presenter was considered the most beloved? In this article, we will look at several cartoons that were included in this program, find out who exactly took part in it, and also talk about Sergei Kirillovich, the most beloved presenter.
The best show for children - “Children's hour”
In the Soviet Union there was no abundance of TV channels, let alone children's programs. Hearing a foreign language on TV was possible only in feature films about the war and educational programs. Therefore, the program "Children's Hour" was watched with pleasure even by adults.
“Children's Hour” is a TV program for children and parents, it containsyourself instructive educational moments, exciting cartoon plots, foreign language lessons. She also encourages children to cook delicious meals and be active members of the family and community.
Soviet television launched this project in the late 80s. For several years, the program was shown on the first channel of the central television. The program "Children's Hour" in 1990 began to appear on the 4th general education channel, and from 2007 to 2015 it was broadcast by the VKT channel.
Contents
The “Children's Hour” program included teaching foreign language lessons. At the beginning of the program, the host announced the cartoon, which was in a foreign language (English, French and German). At the end of the cartoon, the translator and his assistant parsed key phrases and translated them into Russian.
The screensaver in the program “Children's Hour” consisted of a short animated film Luxo Junior, provided by Pixar, and music by Evgeny Krylatov from the wonderful film “Guest from the Future”.
In the screensaver, the lamp mother watches her son play as he catches up with the ball in the form of a globe. Studying the reviews about the program “Children's Hour”, you may come across a comment that the intro is considered plagiarism, but this TV show has not become less popular and loved.
As we mentioned earlier, part of the broadcast was taken up by a foreign language lesson. It was a pleasure to learn English with the help of the cartoon "Muzzy" provided by the BBC channel. in a cartoonthere were various situations with the participation of heroes loved by children: Sylvia, Bob and Muzzy.
Sometimes the study of English in the program "Children's Hour" was due to the actions on the ship "Black Cat". The heroes of this ship were Captain Brave, Professor Galkin Eduard and doctor Pill Alexander. The main characters couldn't do without their best friends: Jimmy the dog, Winnie the Pooh the bear and Paulie the parrot.
Also, the premiere of the animated series “Superbook” took place on the air of the program. In one of the anniversary programs of the “Children's Hour”, an English lesson was released with the participation of Natalia Korkh-Efremova and her daughter Elizaveta.
Along with educational foreign language lessons, the program included performances by children's ensembles and groups, shows of animated series and recipes for cooking simple dishes.
Aired cartoons
The list of all the cartoons included in the program "Children's Hour" is quite large, so let's look at just a few of them:
- “Wait a minute!” - a funny animated series about the complex relationship between a hare and a wolf. The wolf is hooligans in every possible way and tries to catch the hare. The hare, in turn, does not notice how the wolf harms him, and involuntarily destroys all the plans of the villain.
- “Leopold the Cat” is a colorful animated series about a kind cat who tirelessly repeats to malicious mice: “Guys, let's live together”. The mice do various dirty tricks, and the cat Leopold forgives them everything, again and again.
- “The Bremen Town Musicians” is a cartoon-musical in which a young troubadour with hisfriends: a cat, a donkey, a rooster and a dog - come to perform at the royal castle. The young man and the princess fall in love with each other, but the king separates the lovers and puts the artists out of the castle. After various adventures, the musicians save the royal family from robbers and become friends with the king, while the princess is reunited with her beloved.
- “Doctor Aibolit” is a cartoon about a kind and disinterested doctor with an interesting surname Aibolit. He heals all animals, fights cruel villains who deliberately poisoned the inhabitants of the forest. But goodness wins, and Dr. Aibolit saves all the animals.
- “The Kid and Carlson” is a cartoon about a boy who was bored alone, until a little cheerful man with a propeller on his back flew up to his open window. “I am Carlson, who lives on the roof,” he introduced himself. The Kid did not miss anymore - Carlson made friends with him and taught him cheerful worldly wisdom.
The list of titles stretches for dozens of pages, and some cartoons are popular even after 20-30 years.
Participants and presenters of the program "Children's Hour"
Episodes starring:
- with an English lesson Sergey Stolyarov, Vladislav Galkin, Svetlana Zhiltsova, Alexander Zaitsevsky and Sergey Balabanov;
- with a French lesson - Tatiana Ushmaikina, Alexei Veselkin, Galina Andronnikova, Vladimir Nazarov, Vladimir Dovgan, Svetlana Malyukova, Nadezhda Baranova and Alla Abel;
- German - Johannes Schultz, Igor Gmyza, Nadezhda Baranova, and Dmitry Dobrovolsky.
Re-screening
The program "Children's Hour" first aired on a cable TV channel in March 2012. The name of the channel speaks for itself - “Nostalgia”. The return of the program to the TV screen began with a French lesson. After the premiere, this issue was repeated several more times - in 2013 and 2014.
Biography of your favorite presenter
The Stolyarovs are a dynasty of famous actors. Grandfather, father and son got along well, for some time they even lived together in the same apartment. Sergei Kirillovich Stolyarov, who was born in Moscow in 1962, became the favorite host of the Children's Hour program. It's a pity, but Sergei Stolyarov and his son Kirill were struck down by a serious illness - lymphosarcoma.
After Sergey Jr. found out about the illness of his grandfather and father, he plunged headlong into his favorite work, devoting himself to children.
After some time, Sergey becomes the general editor of the television company "Shkolnik-TV" and works on many programs for curious kids.
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