Last week, writing about five weird kids TV shows, Mof claimed that kids' TV these days is "soulless".

I have an almost four-year-old son and so I watch more kids' TV than I would like and, while I agree with Mof in the main, there are a few current shows that are well worth watching. (My main criteria for choosing these particular programmes is both that they make me laugh and that if, say, I got trapped under the sofa, couldn't reach the remote, and had to watch them for a full day, I wouldn't need to gouge my eyes out.)

1. Wonder Pets

A new discovery and one that has brought much joy to our household. The Wonderpets are a guinea pig (Linny), turtle (Tuck) and duckling (Ming Ming) who rescue baby animals in distress. The episode in which they save four mop-topped beetles, who, in their "yellow-ish submarine" are tangled up in kelp ("Help!") is surreal. Not least Ming Ming's declaration that her favourite is "Wingo, the dweamy dwummer!"

2. Charlie & Lola

Adapted from the utterly brilliant Lauren Child books, I can happily watch Charlie and Lola by myself. Sweet, charming and genuinely funny, it makes me wish for an older brother and I'm 37. Plus Lola is the closest thing CBeebies has to a feminist icon. Fact.

3. Pocoyo

I like Pocoyo's graphics, but I admit the main source of enjoyment is Stephen Fry's deadpan narration.

4. Curious George

Curious George purists (i.e. Americans) will probably have been horrified by the recent animated series, but I love it. The theme (you can't not dance); the fact that everyone ignores the fact that he's actually, you know, a monkey; the episode in which there's a bunch of baby rabbits called something like "Fluffy, Fuzzy, Fluffball, Fuzzball and Herbert Menninger." But the main thing I love is that - in this house - he's known as Bi-curious George.

5. Pingu

A classic. A favourite since 1986 (1986!), Pingu is probably watched by as many university students as preschoolers. Known primarily for his peculiar language, Pingish, (which has enabled Pingu to be sold, undubbed, throughout the world), but also for the laissez-faire attitude of his parents and this episode, which was banned in some countries due to its graphic depiction of urination. You don't get that on Fifi and the Flowertots.