Kiddies tv

[sv-robo]

Just finished watching Roary the racing car with my 2 young sons(8+4)& it set me thinking about childhood memories from when i was around their age(in the late 70s/early 80s)& what programmes i used to enjoy at the time.

Came up with this little lot....

Jamie & the magic torch
Metal Mickey
Monkey
Chorlton & the wheelies
Worzel Gummidge

What were your childhood faves??

[missyburd]

In no particular order:

The Moomins
The Raccoons
The Magic Roundabout - of course :D
Wacky Races
Dammit I can't remember any more!

[Lissa]

Catweazle
The Flashing Blade
White Horses


God, they were great!:D

[Wideboy]

the clangers
magic roundabout
captain pugwash
and one about a farm where all the machines could talk (cant remember the name)

[metalmonkey]

I remebember a few......

Scooby Doo
Thundercats
Flintstones
Dangermouse
Transformers (anyone remember the 80's moive)
Denver the last dinsor
Semestreet (oscar and bidbird)
Mupets
Fraggle rock (down at fraggle rock......) (When I was an outdoor ed instructor I convienced the kids, that we had fraggles living in the cave system:cool:)

I also liked

Airworlf
Streethawk
A-team
Battlestar Glatica

During the 80's one of the buisness myt family owned was a video store, so I could watch any cartoon, U moive or PG moive I wanted for free.

For someone reason I was never allowed to watch Germilns, rambo ect, the behind counter moives were really adults only;)

For me the 80's was ace, we had a big ass house, had great parties and watched any cartoon I wanted, was great fun.

[Gene genie]

pipkins.
capt. scarlet.
t/birds.
joe 90.
topcat.
jamie and his majic torch.
rainbow.
hong kong fooey.
mary, mungo and midge.
trumpton.
magic roundabout.
cloppa castle.

[DarrenSV650S]

Charley Chalk
Danger Mouse
Thunderbirds
Bertha

plus a lot that have already been mentioned

[Gene genie]

Catweazle
The Flashing Blade
White Horses


God, they were great!:D
bet you've forgot about follyfoot and black beauty as being as you like white horses, great theme.

[tonyk]

i belong to the era of...
fireball xl5 .......

http://spacecity.sfdaydreams.com/blastaway1.jpg

[missyburd]

trumpton.


YES definitely trumpton, and was it chigley?

Also Dappledown farm on channel five, i loved that!

[Spokey]

YES definitely trumpton, and was it chigley?

Also Dappledown farm on channel five, i loved that!

You missed the best one - Camberwick Green ...
Got all 3 on DVD ;o)

Just asked for Catweazle - full series 1 and 2 for Christmas

The Double deckers
Banana splits ( and the cartoons that went with them )
Champion the Wonder Horse
Anything by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin ( they should be knighted )- Pogles wood, Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, Ivor the engine, Clangers ..

What about - the herbs
Hectors House
Magic Roundabout
Jackanory
Stingray
Marineboy
Skippy
Flipper
Daktari
Tarzan
Crackerjack on a Friday ... at 5 to 5 !

The Flaxton Boys
Grizzly Adams

HR PuffNstuff
Catch the Pidgeon
It's the Wolf
The Lost Islands
Screen test ( Film 70's for kids )
Paulus the Gnome
barnaby
Mr Benn

White Horses - Loved that theme music

What about Robinson Crusoe ?

You Tube is a wonderful place ...

Spokey

[missyburd]

You missed the best one - Camberwick Green ...
Got all 3 on DVD ;o)



Ahh always getting 'em mixed up!

[Jayneflakes]

I grew up in Europe, forces kid, so we had BFBS and not much kids telly.

Then came back to the UK in 86 and discovered kids TV.

Dangermouse,
Get Smart,
The Adams Family,
Knightmare,
Droids.

The biggest shock I had was Saturday morning TV... You actually had it. BFBS would show one episode of Wacky Races or that awful Catch the Pigeon, before Grandstand and that was it.

However I quickly found it to be overly loud and quite irritating and by the age of sixteen was tuning to Radio Four, for the Mary Whitehouse (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JSuMSu20avs) Experience.

[yorkie_chris]

Catch the pidgeon was ace

[Briddo]

Well lets think????????
Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley, Willo the Wisp, Clangers, Banana Splits, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, Swop Shop, Tizwas, Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds, Captain Pugwash, Andy Pandy, Crystal Tips and Alistair, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Thundercats.
I'm sure there are more but the brain cell is malfunctioning at the moment.:smt073:smt073


Jan

[Viney]

Why Dont you?
The Red hand Gang
Battle of the planets
Danger mouse
Champion the wonder horse
Terrahawks
Space 1999(watched some of this on ITV catch up the other day, i ask myself, why did i watch it again?
The Fall guy
Playaway

[startrek.steve]

i belong to the era of...
fireball xl5 .......

http://spacecity.sfdaydreams.com/blastaway1.jpg

Im older than you then... Four Feather Falls!

Also loved Tales from the Riverbank, Popeye, Bill & Ben, Time Tunnel, Batman:batman:, UFO

Steve

[startrek.steve]

Catch the pidgeon was ace

you mean Wacky Races?

<snigger, snigger,snigger>

[Dappa D]

Batfink!!.

[missyburd]

you mean Wacky Races?

<snigger, snigger,snigger>
Seperate programmes weren't they?

[Spokey]

Seperate programmes weren't they?

Yes, General ....:cool:

[fizzwheel]

The ones I really remember watching...

Mary, Mungo & Midge
Bagpuss
Mr Benn
The Mr Men
Camberwick Green
Chigley
Trumpton
Captain Scarlet
Fingermouse

[Viney]

The ones I really remember watching...

Mary, Mungo & Midge
Bagpuss
Mr Benn
The Mr Men
Camberwick Green
Chigley
Trumpton
Captain Scarlet
Fingermouse
Crikey, youre old ;)

[fizzwheel]

Crikey, youre old ;)

You can talk ;)

[Viney]

I dont remember Mary mungo and midge! :lol:

[fizzwheel]

I dont remember Mary mungo and midge! :lol:

:oops:

[pookie]

Mysterious cities of gold
Phileus fogg around the world in 80 days
Terrahawks
The centurions
He-Man ( is it ghey?)
Gobots / Transformers
Battle of the planets
Buck Rogers
DR Who

[slark01]

remember quite a large number of them!
Most people don't know this one - Starfleet ( a puppet show like Terrahawks, nothing to do with Star Trek! )

[startrek.steve]

Space Patrol ... that was an old one, and Phoenix Five.... crap Aussie one

[Brettus]

Don't see Round the twist mentioned there, Johnny Quest
Jayce and the wheeled warriors
Raggydolls
The Shoe people
Poddington Peas
Banana Man....
OK I give up before I spend all day pondering heh

[sv-robo]

remember quite a large number of them!
Most people don't know this one - Starfleet ( a puppet show like Terrahawks, nothing to do with Star Trek! )
Yep ,remember starfleet.......& Terrahawks(Zelda,Youngstar & those talking cube thingys).

Loads of great kids programmes said so far,& seem to remember most of them,can't believe i forgot the likes of Hong Kong Phooey ,Swap Shop ,Wacky Races etc.

Captain Caveman,anyone??

[Exupdog]

Catweazle
The Flashing Blade
White Horses


God, they were great!:D

You're an inspiration. After I read your post I found some Flashing Blade on Youtube. It's still awesome. Kids today don't know what they're missing.:D

[missyburd]

Don't see Round the twist mentioned there

Haha I used to watch that too loved the theme tooon "Did you ever, ever feel like this, strange things happening, as you're going round the twist" - something to that effect anyway :mrgreen:

[Bibio]

daniel and steel.
dr who
all the wb cartoons
tizwaz, swapshop

[Lissa]

You're an inspiration. After I read your post I found some Flashing Blade on Youtube. It's still awesome. Kids today don't know what they're missing.:D

Why, Thank You.

Wasn't it just a fantastic series though? I can even still remember the theme tune:D