If you’re a child of the nineties or were born just that little too late to experience such a magnificent decade, you may be interested in a brand new book due for release later this month.
Entitled 100 Objects of ‘90s Children’s TV, this exciting retrospective plunges readers back to the 1990s, wrapping them in the nostalgic warmth of an era that brought us such icons as Arthur, The Powerpuff Girls, Reboot, Hey Arnold!, Fireman Sam, Rugrats, The Treacle People, Art Attack, Come Outside, and SM:TV Live.
Author, Thom Gray, takes us on a journey through the pre-Millennium televisual landscape, told through one-hundred chapters, with shows and genres represented through select ‘objects’ such as the paintball gun that blinded PJ in Byker Grove; the magical 50p from The Queen’s Nose; the equally mystical William’s Wish Wellingtons; the terrifying Forfeit Furnace from Get Your Own Back; and Mildred Hubble’s Broomstick.
But a book about British television in the 1990s would not be complete without a certain pink and yellow celebrity… So Dunblobbin.com is thrilled to confirm the inclusion of ‘Mr. Blobby’s Bowtie’ as the object representing the story behind Blobbymania, the short-lived Crinkley Bottom theme park ventures, and that Christmas Number One. There’s even an exclusive interview with Lynda Hayes, the hitherto uncredited vocalist on the Mr. Blobby single, who is joined by over thirty other contributors from in front and behind the camera way back then - Sir Tony Robinson (Maid Marian and Her Merry Men); Pat Sharp (Fun House); best-selling author Mark Billingham; Anne Wood (Rosie & Jim, Teletubbies); Tim Whitnall (Mike & Angelo); Paul Abbott (Children’s Ward); Gareth Jones (How 2); Matthew Robinson (Byker Grove); Mike Jupp (The Dreamstone); Andrew Norriss (Bernard’s Watch); and many more.
100 Objects of ‘90s Children’s TV will be released on 30th July 2026, however it is available to pre-order via Amazon, Waterstones online, or direct from the publisher here.