What, a CBeebies Top 20 list (8 February) without Bing, especially the episodes where Flop is voiced by Mark Rylance? The irony, the joy of the “grownup” cuddly toys showing the parents how to parent. And the natural empathy with Bing as he messes up yet again or floods the nursery floor. Unmissable.
Nicholas Michaelides
Reigate, Surrey
• Washing at the sink with a kettle of water and a flannel was a normal part of growing up in my family in the 1950s and 1960s (Letters, 8 February). My grandmother used to advise us: “Wash up as far as possible, wash down as far as possible and then wash possible itself.”
Lesley Barnes
Greenford, London
