It was created by Leslie Pitt and Anne Wood, who had just founded Ragdoll Productions.

[2] The puppets would draw pictures, tell stories, sing songs, and play jokes on one another (mainly typical slapstick).

The puppets were voiced by Pat Coombs and Keith Chegwin, Cat and Dog respectively.

[3] Every storytime would feature episodes from the 1969-1970 French stop-motion animation series Pépin la bulle.

Playbox was part of the many other children's shows that would appear on weekday lunchtimes on ITV between midday and 12:30 pm as well as Rainbow, Rod, Jane and Freddy, Allsorts, Rosie and Jim, and The Riddlers.