There used to be a wonderful TV programme called "Animal Magic" presented by Johnny Morris, who dressed as a zoo keeper and talked to animals. I was in my thirties before I found out he wasn't really a zoo keeper.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- Me & my brother used to think that the science programme QED was called "KWED" rather then "KYOO EE DEE".— Richard Davies
- I used to believe that when we went to bed at night, all the animals in our house talked to each other. Anon
- When I was little *I thought that if I dressed in all white I would become invisible.Sadly,I wasn't.XP— Kiki
- I used to believe that an oilskin actually came from an animal called an Oil.....— Sally
- I used to believe that a vitamin was a small animal
only recently I have found out that it is not true... :)— Sylwia - I used to think doner kebabs were called that because the animals donated their meat for it— Jordan