Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Potsworth & Co. It Was Not

Compare and contrast …

https://youtu.be/VZQjIduEt2I

With …

https://youtu.be/e4eKp4MQTnw

Some of you will recognise one and be confused by the other, but as you can see, they’re both the same show. What British kids knew as Potsworth & Co. was called Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone elsewhere. That’s because the BBC thought the suggestion that kids might be awake after midnight was rather unsuitable, and much like the Ninja/Hero Turtles, and Top/Boss Cat, they wanted a new title, amended title sequence, and a new theme tune.

There were various computer games too:

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