The Singing Kettle News

About the series

Four series were produced, totaling 37 episodes of 10 minutes each. The show's premise involved The Singing Kettle meeting a deadline set by 'Mr Editor' to create front-page news by finding lead stories through singing songs and telling stories. Each episode contained two songs. From series two onward, the audience of children was visible on screen, whereas in the first series they were only heard. In series one, a famous rhyme was used at the end of each episode shortly before the closing credits to retrieve the newspapers that had been assembled. In series two, the opening theme was shortened, the rhyme was reintroduced at the start with a pan across the audience, and a stage was added for performances. The tag-line 'Let's Sing all about it' was introduced and used at the end of each episode before the group ran onto the stage to sing. From series three, the title was shortened to The Singing Kettle, with new music and a theme that included a shortened version of the Kettle's signature song 'What's Inside The Singing Kettle' concluding with the famous rhyme. The opening titles panned across the audience onto the stage, where Cilla, Artie and Jane then sang an extended edition of the famous rhyme while Gary played.