Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran between five times weekly, twice weekly and once weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network, from 16 October 1972 to 24 March 1997. It was intended to develop language and number skills for pre-school children, and went on to win the Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Children's Programme in 1975.
Series 1 (1972) "Shapes" (16 October 1972) "Farm Animals" (17 October 1972) "Houses" (18 October 1972) "Weather (1)" (19 October 1972) "Trains" (20 October 1972) "Painting" (23 October 1972) "Insects" (24 October 1972) "Boats" (25 October 1972) "Land" (26 October 1972) "Clothes" (27 October 1972) "Touch" (30 October 1972) "Reptiles" (31 October 1972) "Work (1)" (1 November 1972) "Books" (2 November 1972) "Furniture (1)" (3 November 1972) "Movement" (6 November 1972) "Fruit and Vegetables" (7 November 1972) "Cats and Dogs" (8 November 1972) "Trees (1)" (9 November 1972) "Sounds (1)" (10 November 1972) "Autumn" (13 November 1972) "Shoes" (14 November 1972) "Flowers" (15 November 1972) "Illness" (16 November 1972) "Music (1)" (17 November 1972) "British Wild Animals" (20 November 1972) "Work (2)" (21 November 1972) "Weather (2)" (22 November 1972) "Sleep" (23 November 1972) "Sounds" (24 November 1972) "Zoo Animals" (27 November 1972) "Family" (28 November 1972) "Water (1)" (29 November 1972) "Building (1)" (30 November 1972) "Making Things" (1 December 1972) "Birds" (4 December 1972) "Post" (5 December 1972) "Fish" (6 December 1972) "Party Food" (7 December 1972) "Smell" (8 December 1972) "Babies (1)" (11 December 1972) "Fireman" (12 December 1972) "Sky" (13 December 1972) "Shopping (1)" (14 December 1972) "Christmas Music" (18 December 1972) "Christmas Tree" (19 December 1972) "Christmas Decorations" (20 December 1972) "Christmas Food" (21 December 1972) "Christmas Post" (22 December 1972) "Indoor Plants" (29 December 1972)
Series 2 (1973) "Movement" (16 April 1973) "Fruit: Oranges and Lemons" (17 April 1973) "Water: Rivers" (18 April 1973) "Horses" (19 April 1973) "Food" (20 April 1973) "Shapes 2" (23 April 1973) "Insects" (24 April 1973) "Trains" (25 April 1973) "Day and Night" (26 April 1973) "Cars" (27 April 1973) "Art: Making Things" (30 April 1973) "Cows and Milk" (1 May 1973) "Books" (2 May 1973) "Seasons: Spring" (3 May 1973) "Farmers and Animals" (4 May 1973) "Reflections" (7 May 1973) "Zoo Animals: Monkeys" (8 May 1973) "Roads and Paths" (9 May 1973) "The Sea" (10 May 1973) "Shopping" (11 May 1973) "Music" (14 May 1973) "Water Birds" (15 May 1973) "Wood: Trees" (16 May 1973) "Weather (3)" (17 May 1973) "Hospitals: Nurses" (18 May 1973) "Senses: Taste" (21 May 1973) "Wild Animals: Lions and Tigers" (22 May 1973) "Aeroplanes" (23 May 1973) "Clothes: Uniform" (24 May 1973) "Musical Instruments 1" (25 May 1973) "Movement: Up and Down" (28 May 1973) "Growing Things" (29 May 1973) "The Dentist" (30 May 1973) "Goldfish" (31 May 1973) "Wheels" (1 June 1973) "Sounds 2" (4 June 1973) "Water (2)" (5 June 1973) "Babies" (6 June 1973) "Birds" (7 June 1973) "Buses" (8 June 1973) "Art: Painting" (11 June 1973) "Trees" (12 June 1973) "Occupations: Dustmen" (13 June 1973) "Elephants, Hippos and Rhinos" (14 June 1973) "Toys" (15 June 1973) "Music: Dancing" (18 June 1973) "The Body (1)" (19 June 1973) "Communications" (20 June 1973) "Flowers" (21 June 1973) "Pets (1)" (22 June 1973) "Shapes 3" (25 June 1973) "Clothes" (26 June 1973) "Bridges" (27 June 1973) "Summer" (28 June 1973) "Holidays" (29 June 1973) "Home" (22 October 1973) "Water (3)" (23 October 1973) "Furniture (2)" (24 October 1973) "Pets (2)" (25 October 1973) "Gardens" (26 October 1973) "Movement: Fast and Slow" (29 October 1973) "Tortoises and Slow Things" (30 October 1973) "Aeroplanes and Fast Things" (31 October 1973) "Harvest Time" (1 November 1973) "Growing Tall" (2 November 1973) "Painting: Spots and Stripes" (5 November 1973) "Animals and Camouflage" (6 November 1973) "Uniforms" (7 November 1973) "Weather (4)" (8 November 1973) "Building (2)" (9 November 1973) "Night Time" (12 November 1973) "Autumn" (13 November 1973) "Hibernating Animals" (15 November 1973) "Newspapers" (16 November 1973) "Movement: In and Out" (19 November 1973) "Birds" (20 November 1973) "Occupations: Crane Drivers" (21 November 1973) "Sea and Ships" (22 November 1973) "Playground" (23 November 1973) "The Body (2)" (26 November 1973) "Hair" (27 November 1973) "Hands" (28 November 1973) "Skin" (29 November 1973) "Feet" (30 November 1973) "Shapes 4" (3 December 1973) "Farm Animals" (4 December 1973) "Lorries" (5 December 1973) "Ponds, Puddles and Pools" (6 December 1973) "Post" (7 December 1973) "Movement: Over and Under" (10 December 1973) "Digging and Burrowing Animals" (11 December 1973) "Communications" (12 December 1973) "Rivers" (13 December 1973) "Machines" (14 December 1973) "Making Things" (17 December 1973) "Christmas Decorations" (18 December 1973) "The Baker" (19 December 1973) "Shopping" (20 December 1973) "Christmas Post" (21 December 1973) "Christmas Music (2)" (24 December 1973) "Christmas Games" (25 December 1973) "Christmas Party (1)" (26 December 1973) "Winter Clothes" (27 December 1973) "Winter" (28 December 1973)
Series 3 (1974) "Transport: General" (4 February 1974) "Transport: Road" (5 February 1974) "Transport: Rail" (6 February 1974) "Transport: Air" (7 February 1974) "Transport: Sea" (8 February 1974) "Occupations" (11 February 1974) "Doctors" (12 February 1974) "Drivers" (13 February 1974) "Shopkeepers" (14 February 1974) "Outdoor Workers" (15 February 1974) "Movement: Fast and Slow" (18 February 1974) "Movement: In and Out" (19 February 1974) "Movement: Under and Over" (20 February 1974) "Movement: Round and Round" (21 February 1974) "Movement: Up and Down" (22 February 1974) "Making Metal Things" (26 February 1974) "Making Wooden Things" (27 February 1974) "Making Glass and Pottery" (28 February 1974) "Making Woollen Clothes" (25 February 1974) "Making Metal Things" (26 February 1974) "Making Wooden Things" (27 February 1974) "Making Glass and Pottery" (28 February 1974) "Spring" (4 March 1974) "Nature: Trees" (5 March 1974) "Nature: Gardens" (6 March 1974) "Nature: Farms" (7 March 1974) "Nature: Wild Animals" (8 March 1974) "Places: General" (15 April 1974) "The Zoo" (16 April 1974) "Places: The Shops" (17 April 1974) "Nature: Farm Animals" (18 April 1974) "Places: The Country Side" (19 April 1974) "Places: Playgrounds/Fairs" (22 April 1974) "Sounds" (22 April 1974) "Musical Sounds" (23 April 1974) "Mechanical Sounds" (24 April 1974) "Weather Sounds" (25 April 1974) "Animal Sounds" (26 April 1974) "Communications: General" (29 April 1974) "Communications: The Voice" (30 April 1974) "Communications: Roads and Bridges" (1 May 1974) "Communications: The Post Office" (2 May 1974) "Communications: Signals" (3 May 1974) "Cats" (6 May 1974) "Big Cats" (7 May 1974) "Farm Animals" (8 May 1974) "Birds" (9 May 1974) "Insects" (10 May 1974) "Home: General" (13 May 1974) "Home: The Family" (14 May 1974) "Home: Shopping" (15 May 1974) "Home: Cooking and Cleaning" (16 May 1974) "Home: Games" (17 May 1974) "Shapes: General" (20 May 1974) "Shapes: The Street" (21 May 1974) "Shapes: Home" (22 May 1974) "Shapes: The Countryside" (23 May 1974) "Shapes: Making Things" (24 May 1974)
Series 4 (1974–1975) "Movement: General" (16 September 1974) "Movement: Fast and Slow" (17 September 1974) "Movement: Round and Round" (18 September 1974) "Movement: Up and Down 2" (19 September 1974) "Movement: Backwards and Forwards" (20 September 1974) "Occupations: Milkman" (23 September 1974) "Occupations: Postman" (24 September 1974) "Occupations: Bus Driver" (25 September 1974) "Occupations: Police" (26 September 1974) "Occupations: Nurse" (27 September 1974) "Farms: The Farmer" (21 October 1974) "Farms: Cows and Milk" (22 October 1974) "Farms: Chickens and Eggs" (23 October 1974) "Farms: Sheep and Pigs" (24 October 1974) "Farms: Horses" (25 October 1974) "Transport: General" (28 October 1974) "Transport: Roads" (29 October 1974) "Transport: Rail" (30 October 1974) "Transport: Air" (31 October 1974) "Transport: Ships" (1 November 1974) "Making: Wood" (25 November 1974) "Making: Cotton" (26 November 1974) "Making: Plastic" (27 November 1974) "Making: Glass and Pottery" (28 November 1974) "Making: Painting" (29 November 1974) "People: At Home" (2 December 1974) "People: Babies" (3 December 1974) "People: Shopping" (4 December 1974) "People: Outings" (5 December 1974) "People: Pets" (6 December 1974) "Weather: Winter Snow" (6 January 1975) "Weather: Spring Rain" (7 January 1975) "Weather: Summer Sun" (8 January 1975) "Weather: Autumn Wind" (9 January 1975) "Weather: Gales and Storms" (10 January 1975) "Shapes: General" (13 January 1975) "Shapes: Street 2" (14 January 1975) "Shapes: Home" (15 January 1975) "Shapes: Body" (16 January 1975) "Shapes: Clothes" (17 January 1975) "Places: Bakery" (10 February 1975) "Places: Shops" (11 February 1975) "Places: Garages" (12 February 1975) "Places: School" (13 February 1975) "Places: Library" (14 February 1975) "Wild Animals: Elephants" (17 February 1975) "Wild Animals: Rhinos and Hippos" (18 February 1975) "Wild Animals: Monkeys" (19 February 1975) "Wild Animals: Giraffes and Zebras" (20 February 1975) "Wild Animals: Penguins, Seals and Whales" (21 February 1975) "Sizes: Tall and Short" (17 March 1975) "Sizes: Full and Empty" (18 March 1975) "Sizes: Heavy and Light" (19 March 1975) "Sizes: Near and Far" (20 March 1975) "Sizes: General" (21 March 1975) "Animals: Rabbits and Hares" (24 March 1975) "Animals: Squirrels and Hedgehogs" (25 March 1975) "Animals: Foxes, Badgers and Deer" (26 March 1975) "Animals: Moles and Voles" (27 March 1975) "Animals: Frogs and Toads" (28 March 1975) "Musical Instruments 2" (21 April 1975) "Sounds: People and Animals" (22 April 1975) "Sounds: Domestic" (23 April 1975) "Sounds: Mechanical" (24 April 1975) "Sounds: Natural" (25 April 1975) "Occupations: Airline Pilot" (28 April 1975) "Occupations: Teacher" (29 April 1975) "Occupations: Fireman" (30 April 1975) "Occupations: Zoo Keeper" (1 May 1975) "Occupations: Dentist" (2 May 1975) "Pastimes: Play" (2 June 1975) "Pastimes: Swimming" (3 June 1975) "Pastimes: Walking" (4 June 1975) "Pastimes: Painting and Making" (5 June 1975) "Pastimes: Collecting" (6 June 1975)
Series 5 (1975–1976) "Shapes: General 2" (8 September 1975) "Shapes: Home 2" (9 September 1975) "Shapes: Shops" (10 September 1975) "Shapes: Useful Things" (11 September 1975) "Shapes: Clothes" (12 September 1975) "Animals: Dogs and Cats" (15 September 1975) "Animals: Lions and Tigers" (16 September 1975) "Animals: Camels" (17 September 1975) "Animals: Beavers" (18 September 1975) "Animals: Small Birds" (19 September 1975) "Makings: Bricks" (13 October 1975) "Makings: Garden" (14 October 1975) "Makings: Cakes" (15 October 1975) "Makings: Boots and Shoes" (16 October 1975) "Makings: Cardboard Boxes" (17 October 1975) "Movement: Up and Down 3" (20 October 1975) "Movement: Fast and Slow" (21 October 1975) "Movement: Backwards and Forwards 2" (22 October 1975) "Movement: Round and Round 2" (23 October 1975) "Movement: General" (24 October 1975) "Places: Factory" (17 November 1975) "Places: High Street" (18 November 1975) "Places: River" (19 November 1975) "Places: Farm" (20 November 1975) "Places: Home" (21 November 1975) "Communications: Roads and Bridges 2" (24 November 1975) "Communications: Newspapers" (25 November 1975) "Communications: Radio" (26 November 1975) "Communications: Post Office 2" (27 November 1975)