You know if you have to look after a pre-school relative, but also have work to do, sometimes you plonk 'em down in front of YouTube and search for kids' programmes to amuse them? Ever noticed how... bizarre some of these shows actually are?

Back in the day, in our pre-school nappies, people of my age used to watch a selection of quality programming.

Things like Fireman Sam:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpH5H4gBflM[/media]

Postman Pat:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-CQEF5Or4[/media]

The Wombles:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOVugG5O4Q[/media]

And of course, Sesame Street:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcdBnj4ZOg[/media]

It was a different, more innocent, less drug-induced-hallucination, all-round more awesome kinda time.

Nowadays, things are a little different.

Kids still love a good dose of Teletubby slurred speech retardation:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ichQOqbewA[/media]

And the Tweenies, which doesn't seem too brain-destroying, only annoying:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ns1eTg2wt8[/media]

But, there's one thing that actually disturbs me. The living, live-action nightmare that is... In the Night Garden:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI3vI4fDJSY[/media]

I mean, seriously. 25 seconds into that particular video and you're plugged directly into the mind of a foetus on LSD. You've got these gibbering deformed children with turds on their ****** heads, you've got a little stage with a flashing Doctor Who light, you've got humongous half-Cherio, half-Easter eggs swaying gently in the distance where they stare into your soul with dead, glassy eyes. They all dance what looks like an ancient Mayan ritual to bring about the apocalypse. And to top it off, there's this blue guy with a red cape, who looks like a rain drop made of towels. What's his name? Macapaka? TackyPaki?

But, hey, my pre-school relatives lap it up.

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one who finds certain modern programming for the kiddywinks a bit... off.