Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by , which ran from 16 October 1972 until 6 March 1992 when Thames Television lost its ITV franchise to Carlton Television. The series was revived by HTV on 10 January 1994 until 24 March 1997, in two different formats from the original Thames series, with differing cast members. The show had three producers over its lifetime – Pamela Lonsdale, Charles Warren and Joe Boyer.