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

I sure miss those days when there used to be PIFs on the TV when I was a kid.

The ones that stand out the most are possibly the scariest and sometimes fucked up of the bunch which do seem to attract more attention.

Even though they're no longer seen on tv, they're still available to watch on YouTube and on a DVD called Charlie Says which has a vast collection of PIFs including the infamous Lonely Water PIF.

What is your favourite PIF?

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

I'm not sure if I have a favourite as there are so many good PIFs.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Charlie says, 'Rawwawr-rawaawr"

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmAR7nrb5U

42 minutes of them.

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

this one is funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ctugY5ACJ8

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


"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmAR7nrb5U

42 minutes of them.

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I remember watching this one. There are some good videos with loads of scary PIFs on them.

Remember that PIF that dealt with chip pan fires which showed the victim's face at the end? What a way to get the message across eh

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmAR7nrb5U

42 minutes of them.

I remember watching this one. There are some good videos with loads of scary PIFs on them.

Remember that PIF that dealt with chip pan fires which showed the victim's face at the end? What a way to get the message across eh"

The one I remember from my childhood was the one where a child got trapped in an abandoned fridge.

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


"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmAR7nrb5U

42 minutes of them.

I remember watching this one. There are some good videos with loads of scary PIFs on them.

Remember that PIF that dealt with chip pan fires which showed the victim's face at the end? What a way to get the message across eh

The one I remember from my childhood was the one where a child got trapped in an abandoned fridge.

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Ah right. I'm sure I have that PIF on the Charley Says DVD

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

The electric pylon ones were terrifying. Also the learn to swim ads

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"The electric pylon ones were terrifying. Also the learn to swim ads "

Playing in gravel pits... or farm machinery... going to bed and leaving a lit fag on the sofa. It's a wonder any of us actually made is through the 60s and 70s.

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


"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmAR7nrb5U

42 minutes of them.

I remember watching this one. There are some good videos with loads of scary PIFs on them.

Remember that PIF that dealt with chip pan fires which showed the victim's face at the end? What a way to get the message across eh

The one I remember from my childhood was the one where a child got trapped in an abandoned fridge.

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I remember that one! Used to be terrified of finding a fridge and getting stuck in it. Shockingly I never ever found one!

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

It is a shame that there aren't many PIFs on TV anymore. Who thinks they should bring them back?

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


"It is a shame that there aren't many PIFs on TV anymore. Who thinks they should bring them back?"

For the younger internet generation they could do PIF GIFs.

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


"It is a shame that there aren't many PIFs on TV anymore. Who thinks they should bring them back?

For the younger internet generation they could do PIF GIFs."

That is an interesting idea

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


"The electric pylon ones were terrifying. Also the learn to swim ads

Playing in gravel pits... or farm machinery... going to bed and leaving a lit fag on the sofa. It's a wonder any of us actually made is through the 60s and 70s.

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Aha yeah so true, and I forgot all about that lit fag one!

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

This one about playing near rivers with Donald Pleasance's voice was hauntingly scary, was shown on the telly the other night on one of those "Back to the 70s" review programmes

https://youtu.be/xZWD2sDRESk

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


"This one about playing near rivers with Donald Pleasance's voice was hauntingly scary, was shown on the telly the other night on one of those "Back to the 70s" review programmes

https://youtu.be/xZWD2sDRESk"

Oh yeah. I remember that one. Lonely water sure was a scary PIF

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull


"The electric pylon ones were terrifying. Also the learn to swim ads

Playing in gravel pits... or farm machinery... going to bed and leaving a lit fag on the sofa. It's a wonder any of us actually made is through the 60s and 70s.

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I appreciate children need to be protected from some things but I remember years ago my son had friends around and I took them tree climbing and we made a huge rope swing that went out over a river and back.

One of the parents refused to let there child visit again as apparently I'd risked his life.I suggested wrapping the him in cotton wool and bubble wrap which didn't go down well

The other parents said there child wouldn't shut up about it and they were pleased they'd discovered life away from kindles, laptops, iPhones etc

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By *ames6ft5Man
over a year ago

North London / Herts

Protect and Survive were a particular favourite

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6677Eppc-sk

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


"Protect and Survive were a particular favourite

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6677Eppc-sk

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I remember seeing that PIF for the first time when it appeared on 100 greatest scary moments on channel 4 years ago

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

Had to bump this thread as I love watching the classic PIFs of yesteryear.

There still are some PIFs that I find disturbing especially that one from the NSPCC called Can't Look which shows stuff covering their eyes while a child is either physically abused, verbally abused, sexually abused or abandoned.

What is upsetting is hearing the mother screaming and shouting at her child before smacking them

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

Who else thinks that public information films should be brought back on TV?

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

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

I like the one with Reginald molehusband and how to park his car

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


"I like the one with Reginald molehusband and how to park his car "

Cool. The clunk click pifs were always good

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