The tone of the call that came out of the blue seemed entirely at odds with its subject matter. Brian Jameson was being contacted about his own creation – Balamory, the wildly successful TV show for pre-schoolchildren.
But the coded language of the ‘messenger’ who reached out to him seemed closer to a spy thriller. The caller even said the conversation may have been easier if the two had met on a park bench.
Mr Jameson says he ‘froze’ at the news that the era-defining children’s programme of its day was being revamped for a 2026 return – more than 20 years
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