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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

What was your earliest memory of television?

Mine was the first episodes of Captain Scarlet - would love to see them all again!

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

crying my eyes out at lassie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

tom and jerry cartoons

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

tiswas (we didnt have one for a long time)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

magic round about

cell block H

halfred hitchcock

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By *orny1103Man
over a year ago

Walsall

Thunderbirds........first time it was on TV...about 1965 i think!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cant tell if it's my earliest memory or if I'm just subconsciously trying to remember any of the oldest things on the telly but I watched the Moomins as a kid.

I do however vividly remember sunday nights with Londons Burning followed by Hale and Pace and Simon Drake & the Secret Cabaret on old school Channel 4

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Winston Churchill's funeral: all the cranes down the foggy river at half mast, etc. on a small very grainy picture B&W set

Loved captain Scarlett and all other Jerry Anderson too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"crying my eyes out at lassie "

aww, me too but I've been told I bounced up and down on the sofa to Magic roundabout

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Play School, its Saturday afternoon sister show Play Away (god bless Brian Cant!) and of course, Saturday evening Doctor Who with Liverpool's Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cant forget benny hill and ronnies

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I also like "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" (showing my age here!). It was a French black and white series, dubbed in English, with awesome backing music. It was first shown in the UK in 1965, but repeated every few years during the summer holidays up until the early '80s.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"

Loved captain Scarlett and all other Jerry Anderson too "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

BBC1 childrens tv in the early to mid 70s. Just starting as I got home from school

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen? "

Fireman Sam?

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

Tales Of The River Bank, The Wooden Tops, Andy Pandy and Bill And Ben. Yeah, I`m a real Olde Farte!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watching The Flumps on our first TV with a remote. The remote had 4 buttons...up and for channels and volume....how things change.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"the one with the firemen? "

Not Trumpton?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"BBC1 childrens tv in the early to mid 70s. Just starting as I got home from school"
+1

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen? "

Camberwick Green

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was never into tv as kid sport was my thing.

Something that sticks in my mind is my mates dad dropping coins in his tv. At the time I thought he was nuts

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Tales Of The River Bank, The Wooden Tops, Andy Pandy and Bill And Ben. Yeah, I`m a real Olde Farte!"

Join the club!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Okay, let's make me feel really old...

Bill and Ben

Andy Pandy

The Woodentops (those well known naturist puppets!)

Tales of the Riverbank

Stingray (the first time round)

Blue Peter, when they had the BP railway layout AND ..... Valerie Singleton!!

Vision on

Tom Tom (betcha can't remember that one)

Z cars (when they had Zodiacs - whopee!)

Basil Brush

etc etc etc blah blah blah..

The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted.

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I was never into tv as kid sport was my thing.

Something that sticks in my mind is my mates dad dropping coins in his tv. At the time I thought he was nuts "

Good old Radio Rentals!

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen?

Camberwick Green "

Trumpton and Chigley! I'd forgotten!

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool


"The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted."

625 lines! Ooh, get you, my folks were 405 guys.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I was never into tv as kid sport was my thing.

Something that sticks in my mind is my mates dad dropping coins in his tv. At the time I thought he was nuts

Good old Radio Rentals!"

Ususally 50p a time, wasn't it?

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

The Coronation. was my first memory.

Andy Pandy

Bill and Ben

The lone ranger

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool


"Ususally 50p a time, wasn't it?"

That's what I remember, and you used to have to turn a key to make the coin drop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted.

625 lines! Ooh, get you, my folks were 405 guys. "

We had a TV set with a switch to select either 405 or 625. I used to get shouted out for touching it!

How posh were that...????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen?

Camberwick Green

Trumpton and Chigley! I'd forgotten! "

I preferred Trumpton, but loved Windy Miller

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Button moon

Watership down

Surper grand

T bag

Jamie and the magic touch

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester


"the one with the firemen?

Not Trumpton?"

Yep, that's the one!

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool


"We had a TV set with a switch to select either 405 or 625. I used to get shouted out for touching it!

How posh were that...????"

That is the height of "tres-poashness" in telly terms.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted.

625 lines! Ooh, get you, my folks were 405 guys.

We had a TV set with a switch to select either 405 or 625. I used to get shouted out for touching it!

How posh were that...????"

I remember those - we had a rental one in the late '60s with a 625/405 converter switch. Used to love mucking around with it.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh forgot a few!

Casey Jones

Champion the Wonder Horse

The Singing Ringing Tree

Crackerjack!!!!!!!

The Flaxton Boys

Mark of Zorro (a TV based version which looked like it was made in the 50's)

The Billy Cotton Band Show (can just about remember that)

The Black and White Minstrel Show

Double your money!

Take your pick!

Juke Box Jury

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Andy Pandy

Magic roundabout

Pitkins

Rainbow

Why dont you

Captain caveman

Take hart

Grange hill

Different strokes

Come back Lucy

Poldark

When the boat comes in

The professionals

Jesus of Nazareth

Dallas

Widows

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Oh forgot a few!

The Singing Ringing Tree

"

Frightened the life out of me, that did!

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By *allen MadonnaWoman
over a year ago

In my own little world

My mom promised me lots for having to up sticks from a very sunny south Africa to come to England. I remember Andy Pandy as my first TV I ever saw, then nothing, fecking 3 day week, electricity shortages, panic buying at the new Tescos. For a 4 year old, all very confusing, cold, and not what I was promised!!!!

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester


"The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted.

625 lines! Ooh, get you, my folks were 405 guys.

We had a TV set with a switch to select either 405 or 625. I used to get shouted out for touching it!

How posh were that...????"

We had to tune ours in too. The kids have seen pics of our old tv and thought it was a radio!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh forgot a few!

Champion the Wonder Horse

Crackerjack!!!!!!!

Oh a couple that was still around when I was born

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Did Anyone Mention - Woody-Woodpecker..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Widows"

Good to see Ann Mitchell (who played Dolly Rawlings in Widows) back on the screens in East Enders.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm one of those sad gits that used to love watching the local ITV station open up with all the local pictures and the same music playing every time. Great stuff.

'This is Southern Television broadcasting from the blah blah blah"

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"My mom promised me lots for having to up sticks from a very sunny south Africa to come to England. I remember Andy Pandy as my first TV I ever saw, then nothing, fecking 3 day week, electricity shortages, panic buying at the new Tescos. For a 4 year old, all very confusing, cold, and not what I was promised!!!! "

1974, by any chance?

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen?

Camberwick Green

Trumpton and Chigley! I'd forgotten!

I preferred Trumpton, but loved Windy Miller "

From Wiki "Captain Flack's roll-call was recited in all but one episode: "Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub"

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Some of my colleagues were talking about the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy movie today and how dire it was.

I told them about the brilliant BBC version from the 70s and they were completely oblivious to its existence.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh forgot a few!

The Singing Ringing Tree

Frightened the life out of me, that did!"

I know. Feckin weird, weren't it. Had a odd looking dwarf or something who used to appear from behind the tree... Frightened the life out of me too...

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Forgot about rainbow

Sooty.... Still got my sweep puppet somewhere.

Emu

Can't remember the name of the show but the witch was called grotbags I think?

Used to love thundercats and gummy bears when I was a little older

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm one of those sad gits that used to love watching the local ITV station open up with all the local pictures and the same music playing every time. Great stuff.

'This is Southern Television broadcasting from the blah blah blah""

Nothing sad about that - I loved that as well. Great memories before TV became 24-hour.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

there was a programme about kids on a bus and one was called Tiger

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

"And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week."

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Oh forgot a few!

The Singing Ringing Tree

Frightened the life out of me, that did!

I know. Feckin weird, weren't it. Had a odd looking dwarf or something who used to appear from behind the tree... Frightened the life out of me too..."

For its time, it was really strange.

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By *upitersmileCouple
over a year ago

Manchester


"Rainbow brite, moomins, button moon and the one with the firemen?

Camberwick Green

Trumpton and Chigley! I'd forgotten!

I preferred Trumpton, but loved Windy Miller

From Wiki "Captain Flack's roll-call was recited in all but one episode: "Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub" "

Love it! Used to line my toys up just like them.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


""And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week.""

Ah! Knickerless Parsons (shouldn't climb trees).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


""And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week.""

I used to have dirty thoughts about the hostess on there, Canasta....

And I was only about 10... see, once a perv - always a perv ....

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By *atcherofmyballsMan
over a year ago

hereford


"Oh forgot a few!

Casey Jones

Champion the Wonder Horse

The Singing Ringing Tree

Crackerjack!!!!!!!

The Flaxton Boys

Mark of Zorro (a TV based version which looked like it was made in the 50's)

The Billy Cotton Band Show (can just about remember that)

The Black and White Minstrel Show

Double your money!

Take your pick!

Juke Box Jury

"

Z cars

Dick of dock green

The dessert rats

The black and white films with Edward G Robinson and James Caggney

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"there was a programme about kids on a bus and one was called Tiger"

Here Come the Double Deckers. For those who remember it, where are some of them now? Well, Peter Firth became an accomplished actor, Brinsley Forde joined Aswad as vocalist, Debbie Russ (Tiger) was a newsreader for Radio Jackie. Sadly, Douglas Simmonds (Doughnut) passed away some years ago.

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

Andy feckin Pandy

We had a huge b&w tv with 2 channels

One huge knob at the back (don't get excited ladies ) to change from either BBC 1 to ITV

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Andy feckin Pandy

We had a huge b&w tv with 2 channels

One huge knob at the back (don't get excited ladies ) to change from either BBC 1 to ITV

"

Must have been a pre-1964 TV if there was no option for BBC 2.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember grotbags, button moon, raggy dolls ,rainbow was my favourite, I remember laughing at naughty zippy and clueless bungle

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!


"there was a programme about kids on a bus and one was called Tiger

Here Come the Double Deckers. For those who remember it, where are some of them now? Well, Peter Firth became an accomplished actor, Brinsley Forde joined Aswad as vocalist, Debbie Russ (Tiger) was a newsreader for Radio Jackie. Sadly, Douglas Simmonds (Doughnut) passed away some years ago."

That was it. Just googled it.

*sings* "come and join, come and join, come and join the double deckers"...Happy Daze.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does anyone remember that programme about the buy from space, all dressed in a silver jumpsuit. It was on just before lunch, at the end of programmes for schools. 1970s

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Oh forgot a few!

Casey Jones

Champion the Wonder Horse

The Singing Ringing Tree

Crackerjack!!!!!!!

The Flaxton Boys

Mark of Zorro (a TV based version which looked like it was made in the 50's)

The Billy Cotton Band Show (can just about remember that)

The Black and White Minstrel Show

Double your money!

Take your pick!

Juke Box Jury

Z cars

Dick of dock green

The dessert rats

The black and white films with Edward G Robinson and James Caggney "

You forgot.........Bananasplits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh forgot a few!

The Singing Ringing Tree

Frightened the life out of me, that did!

I know. Feckin weird, weren't it. Had a odd looking dwarf or something who used to appear from behind the tree... Frightened the life out of me too...

For its time, it was really strange."

I read Biddy Baxters book (she was the editor of Blue Peter and the first female childrens TV producer/editor in the UK) and she explained how we got to have eastern European kids programmes on our telly then. Basically, someone got promoted at the BBC who HATED childrens TV with a venegence, slashed the budget in half and that's all they could afford for about 3 years until this person (don't know who they were) got moved somewhere else in the Beeb! Basically, they didn't have the money to make their own programmes.

Ooooh forgot another, talking of dubbed foreign kids programmes - Belle and Sebastian.

Oh and The White Horses.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember that programme about the buy from space, all dressed in a silver jumpsuit. It was on just before lunch, at the end of programmes for schools. 1970s"

I think that was actually called "The Boy From Space" - I remember it from around 1971-72.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being the one designated to get up and go over and press the actual button(s). Not sure there were that many.

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

I live in hope that Johnny Morris from Animal Magic would never have been bothered by Operation Yewtree.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember that programme about the buy from space, all dressed in a silver jumpsuit. It was on just before lunch, at the end of programmes for schools. 1970s

I think that was actually called "The Boy From Space" - I remember it from around 1971-72. "

He never spoke and had blue lips! I am so glad you remember it, nobody else ever did!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"

Being the one designated to get up and go over and press the actual button(s). Not sure there were that many."

Monty Python did a great spoof on a primitive remote control. Was a guy who was wired up to a remote control. Whenever the buttons on the remote were pressed, it sent a nasty electric shock through him until he got up and changed the channel!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I live in hope that Johnny Morris from Animal Magic would never have been bothered by Operation Yewtree."

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember that programme about the buy from space, all dressed in a silver jumpsuit. It was on just before lunch, at the end of programmes for schools. 1970s

I think that was actually called "The Boy From Space" - I remember it from around 1971-72.

He never spoke and had blue lips! I am so glad you remember it, nobody else ever did!"

We actually used to watch it at primary school at the time it was first shown, as part of a project into space! I can remember it being excellent.

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By *atcherofmyballsMan
over a year ago

hereford


"Oh forgot a few!

The Singing Ringing Tree

Frightened the life out of me, that did!

I know. Feckin weird, weren't it. Had a odd looking dwarf or something who used to appear from behind the tree... Frightened the life out of me too...

For its time, it was really strange.

I read Biddy Baxters book (she was the editor of Blue Peter and the first female childrens TV producer/editor in the UK) and she explained how we got to have eastern European kids programmes on our telly then. Basically, someone got promoted at the BBC who HATED childrens TV with a venegence, slashed the budget in half and that's all they could afford for about 3 years until this person (don't know who they were) got moved somewhere else in the Beeb! Basically, they didn't have the money to make their own programmes.

Ooooh forgot another, talking of dubbed foreign kids programmes - Belle and Sebastian.

Oh and The White Horses."

Marine boy

follyfoot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember that programme about the buy from space, all dressed in a silver jumpsuit. It was on just before lunch, at the end of programmes for schools. 1970s

I think that was actually called "The Boy From Space" - I remember it from around 1971-72.

He never spoke and had blue lips! I am so glad you remember it, nobody else ever did!

We actually used to watch it at primary school at the time it was first shown, as part of a project into space! I can remember it being excellent."

I just remember it being weired and it was obviously filmed on a budget in winter because it always looked freezing. No wonder he had blue lips!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Did Anyone Mention - Woody-Woodpecker.. "

Good hit - used to love watching his cartoons on a Saturday afternoon after World of Sport in the early '70s.

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

Catweasel

Bill & Ben

Doctor Who

Playschool

Sesame Street

The Banana Splits

For the Aussies only:

The Early bird show

Fat Cat

Humphrey B Bear

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I just remember it being weired and it was obviously filmed on a budget in winter because it always looked freezing. No wonder he had blue lips!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And.....

The Magic Roundabout

Noggin the Nog (no, I don't understand that either)

Ivor the Engine

Capt Pugwash (ah I can see the double entendres now...)

Tin-Tin

and......

The Clangers...

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

bill and ben,andy pandy ,were these watch with mother?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Did Anyone Mention - Woody-Woodpecker..

Good hit - used to love watching his cartoons on a Saturday afternoon after World of Sport in the early '70s."

Okay then, add to that.... H R Puffnstuff

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxzVK0p6GM

I think this sums up my childhood just about

Does anyone remember Bod, My work mates looked at me gone out when I said I loved it as a kid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

worzel gummidge on Saturday tea time. God I used to love that. Then metal Mickey abd cannon and ball

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxzVK0p6GM

I think this sums up my childhood just about

Does anyone remember Bod, My work mates looked at me gone out when I said I loved it as a kid "

Yes I remember Bod. He used to pick a different flavour milkshake every programme.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"bill and ben,andy pandy ,were these watch with mother?"

Sure was - in the 50s, the schedule for the programmes was:

MONDAY: Picture Book

TUESDAY: Andy Pandy

WEDNESDAY: Bill & Ben

THURSDAY: Rag, Tag & Bobtail

FRIDAY: The Woodentops

During the '60s, Picture Book and Rag Tag disappeared from the screens, to be replaced with things like Pogles Wood, Mary, Mungo and Midge, The Herbs, Trumpton, Camberwick Green etc.

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over a year ago

Oh I am loving this thread!

Mary Mungo and midge

Bagpuss

You and me

mr Ben

hector's house

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watching princess Anne getting married on the tv down the road as they had colour

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By *atcherofmyballsMan
over a year ago

hereford

Tom and jerry

Top cat

UFO

I don't mean you f......

and

The champions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxzVK0p6GM

I think this sums up my childhood just about

Does anyone remember Bod, My work mates looked at me gone out when I said I loved it as a kid

Yes I remember Bod. He used to pick a different flavour milkshake every programme.

"

Yes that was Alberto the frog and his amazing animal band

MMMM think I'lll have straaawberry

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

The Golden Shot. Ann Ashton.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The littlest Hobo

Maybe tomorrow I'll want to settle down

Until tomorrow I'll just keep moving on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxzVK0p6GM

I think this sums up my childhood just about

Does anyone remember Bod, My work mates looked at me gone out when I said I loved it as a kid

Yes I remember Bod. He used to pick a different flavour milkshake every programme.

Yes that was Alberto the frog and his amazing animal band

MMMM think I'lll have straaawberry "

Ha ha ha ha brilliant! You wrote it exactly how he said it!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Battle of the Planets

Dungeons and dragons

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"

mr Ben

hector's house "

Mr Benn - loved the way he used to walk into the costume shop and enter a world of fantasy! "I've just found a dildo in the pocket of this coat" said Mr Benn. "Oh - you can keep it...as a souvenir" said the shop owner!

Hector's House - the voice of Zaza the Cat was long rumoured to have been Joanna Lumley, but this has recently been proved untrue - I didn't even know about the rumour!

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over a year ago


"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxzVK0p6GM

I think this sums up my childhood just about

Does anyone remember Bod, My work mates looked at me gone out when I said I loved it as a kid

Yes I remember Bod. He used to pick a different flavour milkshake every programme.

Yes that was Alberto the frog and his amazing animal band

MMMM think I'lll have straaawberry

Ha ha ha ha brilliant! You wrote it exactly how he said it!!"

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley


"bill and ben,andy pandy ,were these watch with mother?

Sure was - in the 50s, the schedule for the programmes was:

MONDAY: Picture Book

TUESDAY: Andy Pandy

WEDNESDAY: Bill & Ben

THURSDAY: Rag, Tag & Bobtail

FRIDAY: The Woodentops

During the '60s, Picture Book and Rag Tag disappeared from the screens, to be replaced with things like Pogles Wood, Mary, Mungo and Midge, The Herbs, Trumpton, Camberwick Green etc."

i think wednesdays and fridays must have been my favourites. many thanks.

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Mister Ed

My Favourite Martian an American television sitcom

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"bill and ben,andy pandy ,were these watch with mother?

Sure was - in the 50s, the schedule for the programmes was:

MONDAY: Picture Book

TUESDAY: Andy Pandy

WEDNESDAY: Bill & Ben

THURSDAY: Rag, Tag & Bobtail

FRIDAY: The Woodentops

During the '60s, Picture Book and Rag Tag disappeared from the screens, to be replaced with things like Pogles Wood, Mary, Mungo and Midge, The Herbs, Trumpton, Camberwick Green etc.

i think wednesdays and fridays must have been my favourites. many thanks."

No problem!

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

I have a vague memory of my mam hugely pregnant with my little sister in 1969 and me and her watching the moon landings....as I'm only **coff** 39 **coff** that would make me around minus 5 at the time...

Anyone mentioned Mr Benn yet? And what about Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

That creepy fucking testcard. *shudders*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker. "

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Andy Pandy

The Woodentops

Bill and Ben

Yup I'm that old!

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By *andWCouple
over a year ago

Pontypridd

Dungeons and dragons

Why don't you

The raccoons

Super ted

He man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Captain Caveman....I didn't say they were good memories.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

And The Singing Ringing Tree with the creepy dwarf.

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT"

That's it hahahaha

Multi blah blah blah

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over a year ago


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT

That's it hahahaha

Multi blah blah blah

"

Oh it was good, I was a BBC girl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quatermass and the pit 1958

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Oh it was good, I was a BBC girl "

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Just remembered when I saw:

The Marty Feldman Show!

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT

That's it hahahaha

Multi blah blah blah

Oh it was good, I was a BBC girl "

I'm gonna cream pie you ...........

Or should that be ............custard tart you ...............

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

The first moon landing.

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over a year ago


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT

That's it hahahaha

Multi blah blah blah

Oh it was good, I was a BBC girl

I'm gonna cream pie you ...........

Or should that be ............custard tart you ............... "

twas a flan I believe , now for some reason I have tales of the unexpected theme in ma head

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley


"Quatermass and the pit 1958"

remember the outer limits.

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!


"I'm one of those sad gits that used to love watching the local ITV station open up with all the local pictures and the same music playing every time. Great stuff.

'This is Southern Television broadcasting from the blah blah blah""

We used to say what all of the places were and the one that sprang to mind when I first saw what you posted was the 5 bar wooden gate!

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Jackanory or Playschool

Blue Peter or Magpie

Tiswas or that other fucker.

Do you happen to mean Multi coloured swap shop or OTT

That's it hahahaha

Multi blah blah blah

Oh it was good, I was a BBC girl

I'm gonna cream pie you ...........

Or should that be ............custard tart you ...............

twas a flan I believe , now for some reason I have tales of the unexpected theme in ma head "

Don't worry..........a good flanning will soon sort your head out .............

As for Tales of the unexpected .............

I got the Magic Roundabout theme ................all day, every day

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

Lots of good mentions, real trip down memory lane.

I remember the very first Dr Who episode.

Anyone mention

Casey Jones or Beverly Hill Billies?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"As for Tales of the unexpected .............

I got the Magic Roundabout theme ................all day, every day "

But my mum used to do the dance to it

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Lots of good mentions, real trip down memory lane.

I remember the very first Dr Who episode.

Anyone mention

Casey Jones or Beverly Hill Billies?"

The High Chaparell.

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"As for Tales of the unexpected .............

I got the Magic Roundabout theme ................all day, every day

But my mum used to do the dance to it "

OMG..................

Strange mum ......................

What do you dance to .................News at Ten. Boing.

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over a year ago


"As for Tales of the unexpected .............

I got the Magic Roundabout theme ................all day, every day

But my mum used to do the dance to it

OMG..................

Strange mum ......................

What do you dance to .................News at Ten. Boing. "

The Magic roundabout when I was 3

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By *ark Gr8 Teddy BearMan
over a year ago

Wigan

Cartoons. Tom and jerry and bugs bunny etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The woodentops with spotty dog. my favourite martian

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"As for Tales of the unexpected .............

I got the Magic Roundabout theme ................all day, every day

But my mum used to do the dance to it !-

OMG..................

Strange mum ......................

What do you dance to .................News at Ten. Boing.

The Magic roundabout when I was 3 "

Zebbeddee.................Boing ........

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

Does anyone know this theme tune .......................

De de de

De de. de de de derrrrr.

Dedededededrrrrr.

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

Gawd, I remember sobbing at all the lassie films but the thing I remember vividly is a report on the Vietnam war and seeing a man get calmly shot. He fell to the ground with an arc of blood from his head whilst those around him didn't react at all. That was probably the first violent thing I had ever seen.

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria


"Does anyone know this theme tune .......................

De de de

De de. de de de derrrrr.

Dedededededrrrrr. "

Dallas?

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Does anyone know this theme tune .......................

De de de

De de. de de de derrrrr.

Dedededededrrrrr.

Dallas? "

Nope

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon


"Mister Ed

My Favourite Martian an American television sitcom"

I was trying to remember the title of My Favourite Martian, we loved that one, and Mr Ed too

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

Ffs

I give up............The Feckin Pink Panther

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over a year ago

andy pandy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ffs

I give up............The Feckin Pink Panther "

Thats more da, da, da than de de de derr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Tales Of The River Bank, The Wooden Tops, Andy Pandy and Bill And Ben. Yeah, I`m a real Olde Farte!"

Me too, don't forgetLone Ranger and Casy Jones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sesame Street (at home) Crown Court (at grandparents)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never had a television in my life.

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Never had a television in my life."

You don't need one because you are one .......................

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford

[Removed by poster at 11/09/13 17:14:00]

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford

American so for me its bewitched, Gilligans island and I dream of jeanie

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester


"Never had a television in my life.

You don't need one because you are one ....................... "

All in the best possible taste .....................of course.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Andy Pandy …

Watch with Mother ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

magpie as i was on it when in hospital they took a visit

to the kids ward

still have the pict lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Champion the wonder horse. Got the sng going through my head now!

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Watch With Mother: the Woodentops.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"Okay, let's make me feel really old...

Bill and Ben

Andy Pandy

The Woodentops (those well known naturist puppets!)

Tales of the Riverbank

Stingray (the first time round)

Blue Peter, when they had the BP railway layout AND ..... Valerie Singleton!!

Vision on

Tom Tom (betcha can't remember that one)

Z cars (when they had Zodiacs - whopee!)

Basil Brush

etc etc etc blah blah blah..

The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted."

I remember all of the above!

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Play School.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My mom promised me lots for having to up sticks from a very sunny south Africa to come to England. I remember Andy Pandy as my first TV I ever saw, then nothing, fecking 3 day week, electricity shortages, panic buying at the new Tescos. For a 4 year old, all very confusing, cold, and not what I was promised!!!! "

1974 winter of discontent. Mrs is from South Africa too and have told her many tales of Britain in the seventies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

bill and ben the flowerpot men,lovely in black and white.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pipkans. With Hartley Hare an Topoff the Monkey. Just before pebble mill at one or just after. And a tortoise but carnt remember what his name was. Presuming he was a bloke.

Great memories

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Rentaghost

Arabian Nights

H R Puffenstuff

Land of the Giants

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Lost in Space

Little House on the Priarie

The Waltons

The Jetsons

Flintstones

Top Cat...

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford


"Rentaghost

Arabian Nights

H R Puffenstuff

Land of the Giants

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Lost in Space

Little House on the Priarie

The Waltons

The Jetsons

Flintstones

Top Cat..."

dont forget wacky rscers will ya

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"Rentaghost

Arabian Nights

H R Puffenstuff

Land of the Giants

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Lost in Space

Little House on the Priarie

The Waltons

The Jetsons

Flintstones

Top Cat...

dont forget wacky rscers will ya "

Ooh I forgot that: always wanted to be in the Ant Hill Mobs car!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we had the first ever remote control for a tv when i was a kid my dad had a part in its design.

IT WAS ME.

Starksky and hutch followed by match of the day on a Saturday night

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford


"Rentaghost

Arabian Nights

H R Puffenstuff

Land of the Giants

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Lost in Space

Little House on the Priarie

The Waltons

The Jetsons

Flintstones

Top Cat...

dont forget wacky rscers will ya

Ooh I forgot that: always wanted to be in the Ant Hill Mobs car! "

ha penelope pitstop for me .... I know I know.. cheesey girly option

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By *ngel n tedCouple
over a year ago

maidstone

Bagpuss

animal crackers

you and me

lets pretend

sinbad the sailor

banana splits

doctor who (tom baker, best ever doctor!)

Blakes 7

Battle of the planets

and some prog called michael stroganoff or something, think it had the beady fellow out of day of the triffids and who dares wins in it (should google his name really)

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By *at2Couple
over a year ago

north Down

Hector's house

Barnaby the bear

Captain scarlet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saturday mornin was great in the early 70s.

Flash Gordon ( black & White )

And Adventures with Jack Cousteau.

Anyone remember The Man from Atlantic. ( Bobbie Ewing from Dallas) Swam like a fish he did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Andy Pandy and Looby Loo. Magic roundabout, waltons, Bill and Ben, loads of them

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By *o-jCouple
over a year ago

Outskirts of Notts

I did once get up at 6am a watched a bit of telly .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Okay, let's make me feel really old...

Bill and Ben

Andy Pandy

The Woodentops (those well known naturist puppets!)

Tales of the Riverbank

Stingray (the first time round)

Blue Peter, when they had the BP railway layout AND ..... Valerie Singleton!!

Vision on

Tom Tom (betcha can't remember that one)

Z cars (when they had Zodiacs - whopee!)

Basil Brush

etc etc etc blah blah blah..

The connecting factor between all these? I'm old enough to be able to claim that I watched the lot in good old Hi Definition.... Black and White...

ted."

No Mapgie Ted ?...there used to be a certain ' slap' you carried out to The side of The set when it played up , kind of a hollow cup shape with The hand ...followed with a weighty blow The right flank of The set , this was often all that was required to turn The minute dot into a visual feast ...

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Torchy.

Four Feather Falls.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we used to watch old black and white films, my mum used to always be going on about how good actors were like bettie davis, rock hudson, gregory peck, jennifer jones and i love lucy with lucille ball.

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By *ngel n tedCouple
over a year ago

maidstone

Turns out john duttine wasn't in it at all, twas a foriegn programme, but it did exist....all those blank faces when i mention it

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By *amie0151Man
over a year ago

Wallasey


"What was your earliest memory of television?

Mine was the first episodes of Captain Scarlet - would love to see them all again!"

I used to love Chorlton and the Wheelies

That witch was scary!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm one of those sad gits that used to love watching the local ITV station open up with all the local pictures and the same music playing every time. Great stuff.

'This is Southern Television broadcasting from the blah blah blah"

We used to say what all of the places were and the one that sprang to mind when I first saw what you posted was the 5 bar wooden gate! "

Ah yes I remember that well. The piece of music was called 'Southern Rhapsody', wonderful piece of music. At one point we also used to receive Thames from London and their theme was the nutz.

What memories!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What was your earliest memory of television?

Mine was the first episodes of Captain Scarlet - would love to see them all again!"

Wooden Tops in black and white

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

More of my early teens memory, but The Tripods, and ending two-thirds of the way through the literary trilogy. #pantastic.

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

What were those weird foreign shows called? The ones with trolls and singing trees.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I used to like the purple haired women off UFO and Rhapsody, Symphony, Melody and Harmony Angels off Captain Scarlet and I liked Captain Magenta best as he never appeared very often.

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By *amie0151Man
over a year ago

Wallasey


"What were those weird foreign shows called? The ones with trolls and singing trees."

Eurovision...?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

how about Jamie and his magic torch even the theme music is quality

Mr Boo

Wordsworth

Officer Gotcha

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By *ngel n tedCouple
over a year ago

maidstone


"What were those weird foreign shows called? The ones with trolls and singing trees."

the moomins

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By *iker ladMan
over a year ago

Hinckley

Paulus the woodgnome is the earliest I can remember, was a Dutch program I think, remember being terrified of the witch!!

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

jigsawman has reminded me of the utterly creepy Mr Noseybonk from Jigsaw, the same show that brought you Sylvester McCoy and diddy David Rappaport as The O Men!

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By *aughty PedroMan
over a year ago

London

Mine was the Magic roundabout... Florence dogule and zeeeebeeeedeeee

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over a year ago


"jigsawman has reminded me of the utterly creepy Mr Noseybonk from Jigsaw, the same show that brought you Sylvester McCoy and diddy David Rappaport as The O Men!"

only in name i hope

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