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''Button Moon'' was a popular Children's Television Programme broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s . Each episode lasted ten minutes and featured the adventures of Mr. Spoon who in each episode would travel to Button Moon with his daughter Tina in his homemade rocket-ship. Once on Button Moon (which hung in "blanket sky") they would have an adventure, and look through Mr. Spoon's telescope at someone else such as the Hare and the Tortoise, before heading back to their home planet 'Junk Planet'. The series ended in 1988 after 91 episodes.

The theme song's opening line was "We're off to Button Moon, to follow Mr. Spoon" and it's final line was "be back soon, Button Moon". It was performed by husband and wife Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson .

It was also the name of a band with Bloc Party 's Drummer Matt Tong along with his brother


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