Well, today I feel as if I've achieved something great. It seems like an accomplishment akin to getting my Masters degree, and it's me taken nearly as long!

Okay, that's maybe a slight exaggeration, but this achievement has been no mean feat - and I'm feeling very proud!

For a while now I've been struggling to learn all of the words to The Court of King Caractacus. My husband discovered this video on YouTube. It's a song from a children's show called Playaway that we both used to watch when we were young.

Now, he managed to memorise all the words (and actions) after listening to it twice, and our three-year old was able to sing along soon after. But I must be the slow one in the house. Whenever I tried to join in I just couldn't keep up, and would end up spouting a big, sorry mess and randomly waving my hands around like a loony!

But I didn't give up, I tried and I tried. And finally it all makes sense; today I realised that I can finally sing it with the best of them!! See, this just proves that you mustn't give up; you can do anything that you set your mind to!

Playaway ran in the UK between 1971 and 1984. It was a show containing much music and laughter and was aimed at children of primary school age. Brian Cant was the main presenter, and it also featured Derek Griffiths, Floella Benjamin and Johnny Ball (father of Zoe Ball), who all went on to have successful careers in kids' TV.

It also helped launch the careers of Anita Dobson, who played Angie Watts in EastEnders, and Tony Robinson, best known for playing Baldrick in the hilarious British television series Blackadder, as well as hosting historical and factual programmes such as Time Team.

But perhaps the most famous person to have graced the screen on Playaway was Jeremy Irons, reknowned English star of stage and screen. I wonder how he feels when he looks back on those long-gone Playaway days, when he recorded things like this! (See right).

Perhaps he thinks fondly of them and yearns for those more simple times...

The Playaway team weren't the first to record this challenging song. It was first released by Rolf Harris in 1964.

Here is a breathless performance where he is accompanied by fellow superstar, Basil Brush!

Go on, sing along!