[1] The episodes consisted largely of bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations.
The title 'Potty Time' is a humorous double entendre also referring to the toilet training of infants - a 'potty' being slang for a child's chamber pot.
In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll.
This was also a title of a comic strip run in Look-in magazine featuring Bentine and the Potties, drawn by Arthur Ranson.
[3] This article about a children's television show originating in the United Kingdom is a stub.