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I heard my 5-year-old singing to herself the other day. I was upstairs caught in the mind numbing task of pairing up tiny socks and only caught part of it, but was pretty sure I heard her sing "Seasons of bliss and mellowÌý fruitfulness". As I looked down at the 20 or so socks looking for a partner my brain reeled from the sudden rush that my five-year-old was reciting Keats!ÌýÌý

And no I'm not hothousing her. And I am not force-feeding her the collected works of the great English Romantic poet who died when he was 26, but managed in those short years to write some of the most popular poetry in English literature.Ìý

No, she learned it from Cbeebies (the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s dedicated children's channel) and their trailer for Autumn.

Shot in faded colour, it looks like family photos from the 1970's, a time when every picture developed from the local chemist had an orangey, purpley colour.

In the trail cheerful Cbeebies children's presenters are out on an autumnal picnic with a group of children. They are picking apples, shaking them down from the trees, the children underneath catching them in a big sheet. Then they're all around a big table, eating delicious looking pies and drinking juice and generally having a good time. The final shot sees the children and cheerful presenters head off into the autumnal distance, leaving the camera to pan down from the tree top and focus in on an apple, with theÌý Cbeebies logo cut into it.

I've watched it several times now and I really like it. But as purists will know it's not Keats. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ has adapted his "To Autumn" poem, the famous opening line "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" now "Season of bliss and mellow fruitfulness".

And while preschoolers enjoy a diluted version of Keats, Jane Campion's film "Bright Star", about the love affair between Keats and Fanny Brawne his next door neighbour, repositions Keats as the poster boy for English Romanticism.

I was due to interview Jane Campion last week on Arts Extra but she cancelled at the last minute. The flu we were told.Ìý

I was sorry because I wasn't able to ask her what she made of the other Keats films. Maybe she hasn't had the chance to watch Cbeebies but my 5 year old is enjoying the definitive description of Autumn as written by a young man 190 years ago.ÌýÌý