Who knew this? I certainly didnt. What a legend Derek Griffiths is.

derek griffiths,brian cant and tony hart.what a wonderful era to be a child.

Should be Sir Derek Griffiths by now, and Floella should be a Dame!

Abaolute National treasure. I would be distraught if something happened to him. Huge part of the childhood of anyone 50 or over.

Top man. Should have been knighted, along with the late Brian Cant, Johnny Ball and other children's entertainers and educators.

Derek Griffiths WAS my childhood. Soon as I heard his voice I was 5 again.

What a legend of my childhood along with Tony Hart and Brian Cant. The theme tune to Bod, what memories 😃

My favourite was Cabbages and Kings… Derek, Julie Stevens and Johnny Ball. Ahead of Horrible Histories by about 30 years!

Just to hear him speak, takes me back. As I have said before on here, Derek Griffiths played the theme tune to my childhood. A great man 😊

There's a man who really should have got a gong in the New Years honours list.

David Beckham got a Knighthood. Derek has never been honoured.

@Johnnypapa64 Here ya go listen to our programme about exactly this with Derek

What a Legend this man is! 👑

Yes - try and find ‘heads and tails’ too, the music is him and very similar

Making a bid for Greatest Living Englishman, there.

His voice is just pure nostalgia. I could weep for the deep desire to return to those times.

This man ❤️

Why isn’t he “Sir Derek Griffiths” instead of that rodent Mayor of London who got a tap on each shoulder and a title?

Knight The Griffiths

Yesss....Bod!!! Brilliant to hear him play it after soooo long!! 😃

Brilliant man. Such great times watching him and Floella Benjamin on TV when I was a kid. And Film Fun, too, with his “Get ON with it!!!!!” catchphrase.

@JaiP72 Again ignored in the New Year Honours, like Jim Dale. A knighthood for both this year!

Be honest. You would rather derek was still on tv than half the weirdos on kids tv now.

Yes, he's a multi instrumentalist and has also appeared in many musicals over the years as well as composing for tv.

If you watch the whole thing you find out the violinist studied with Stephan Grappelli <3 I allude to it in my song about the golden age of British children's TV "Watching Bod on the telly Gave me a love of Stephan Grappelli" What a programme

Derek needs filing under “National Treasure” his voice alone takes me back to my childhood. Bod was one of my favourites ❤️

Bod

Absolute legend! Such great memories of watching him on TV aling with Brian Cant and Floella Benjamin.

I was playing this video and my grandma heard it and instantly recognized who it was

@Johnnypapa64 Im a 7ps child. Playschool was an inregral part of my childhood. Gawd blesz derek

@WARRIOR_1865 Along with Brian Cant, Tony Hart, Floella Benjamin, Johnny Ball and John Craven…this man is a legend.

Off topic, I'm remembering when a tune from South Africa featuring penny whistles got into the hit parade in the UK.

Brilliant man to watch as a kid - expressive, engaging and very humourous

End of every episode.