Today's number is ... 40. That's the birthday Sesame Street will be celebrating tomorrow, with Big Bird, the Count – naturally – Bert and Ernie and all the other children's TV show favourites. The BBC rejected it because of its 'authoritarian aims' in trying to change children's behaviour, reports the Sun, and it was screened by ITV and Channel 4 instead. Sadly the Count no longer cackles like he used to because of fears he was scaring the kids.
