british children's tv series 1970s

The futuristic undersea adventures of a goofy talking shark and his human musical band companions. Bit of a random one. To a lad who grew up in the outer reaches of Greater London, it actually gave me a real genuine feel of life "Oop norf". The tender, passionate relationship between a 40-foot purple ape and his wisecracking canine pal. Michael Bell, i.e. - @jennymackenzieart . Louise DuArt, TV-G Stars: Stars: | | 60 min Was so homely. Great British tv drama series. Animation, Action, Comedy. | A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra. A trio of teenage superheroes, representing three different racial groups, use their powers to fight against evil forces. | | Animated 'Saturday-morning' television cartoon about a race car. any ideas? Animation, Adventure, Family. Regis Cordic, It was based on a series of books (which had some differences to the TV series, not least being Jonny had more siblings in the books); I still have 'Johnny Briggs and the Ghost' which I was awarded at school in 1986 for full attendance that year. Take a nostalgic trip back to your chldhood for those of us who grew up without the benefits of Playstations, X-boxes and Wii's - thank goodness. 15:44, 20 MAY 2014; Updated 16:29, 20 MAY 2014; The Wombles 1 of 34. I was wondering if it was a segment within another show - possibly Pipkins - but I don't think it was. Caroline Ellis, TV-G Does anyone recall a TV series, I believe in the late 70's that was about a joy who had an old recluse as a friend who lived near a secluded lake? Stars: | Casey Kasem, TV-Y7-FV British TV in the 70s picked up where the 60s left off especially with great British comedy and some iconic TV … :) Some misc. | Bart Braverman, Jerry Dexter, TV-Y7 Stars: The further misadventures of the lovable nearsighted curmudgeon. I'm sure I didn't imagine it because I loved it! John Davey, 23 min JoAnna Cameron, Beverly has invited her new neighbours, Angela and Tony, over for drinks. Atara came to our school in the mid-late 70s, absolutely terrific band. I've been searching for this for years. The 1970s was a period of great change for television in general – at the start of the decade colour had only been available on BBC1 and ITV for a few months (and only from key main transmitters), and over half of programmes were still in black and white. 60 min Wildboy and Bigfoot roamed the countryside stomping out ... See full summary » Stars: Ray Young, Joseph Butcher, Yvonne Regalado, Monika Ramirez. Judy Strangis, Billy Barty, Judy Graubart, 11 min !Double Deckkers anyone ?Any one remember cartoon where a space craft crashes in the front garden ?Catch the Pigeon....oh & Pathfinders....saving best till last....Catweezle ! Animation, Comedy, Family. It was repeated at least once, but unlike the 'Tomorrow People', seems to have slipped into obscurity. Three teens are shrunk to six inches in height by a mad scientist. Vic Perrin, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series. It may have been set in the 20s and a woman character rode a bike. Action, Family, Fantasy. This is a remake of the original Howdy Doody Show. David Levy, Peps Mall. | The adventures of a living clunker of a dune buggy that is able to become a superhero car. Spencer Milligan, Play for Today (1970–1984) Error: please try again. Frank Welker, | Casey Kasem, An orphaned girl goes to live with cousins in an old house and she befriends a malevolent ghost girl who tries to make her live in the past with her? Stars: Round the Twist (1989–2001) Error: please try again. thoughts on this selection: It was actually 'Bad Boyes' that led me to discovering this great site in the first place. Gerald Edwards, Jeff David, I believe there was a small amount of merchandise as well (I vaguely remember having a Telebugs storybook but might be getting confused). Maybe it's stuck due to the great Pat Coombs being in it, or due to Mark Harris, who I sat next to at school, knocking off his own version of the series's song, both the original and his own unique version I can still vividly recall ("Ragdolly Anna... Come with me... Upside-down in the lavatory...") I never saw 'Runaround' beyond a few of those overdone Channel 4 "100 Greatest..." clipshows as it finished when I was about three; but it's always struck me what a strange choice Mike "Paat" Reid was as host; he was more like a villain off 'The Sweeney' trying to shift some dodgy gear than a kid's TV gameshow host (and recall one of the '100 Greatest...' (ahem) experts commenting the same. I can't recall watching 'Tales of the Rodent Sherlock Holmes' though I'm sure I did see it (again it probably clashed with something else), but I do recall really enjoying it's similar-themed predecessor, 'Ratman'. Two episodes of that I recall vividly is one where Peter Duncan learns to film a James Bond-esque stunt action sequence (complete with white suit), and one of him trying to sail a VW Beetle over the sea. I found myself excitedly rushing home in anticipation from Langley Park school in Eden Park to my home in Bromley so as not to miss an episode. My memory is that it was more of a mystery / whodunnit leading to the discovery of the locomotive. Ron Feinberg, 30 min Tell us what you think about this feature. ), I think they had hopes on it being a really big hit. Language; Watch; Edit; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; 2030s; 2040s; Subcategories. Haha, I was on my school's Hold Tight team in c 1984 or 1985, I was the one on the snakes and ladders board. 70s to early 80s, Could be Midnight is a Place https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164269/, after having been accused of, let's say a colourful imagination, I have met relief in discovering the actuality of past oddities like "Escape the Night", "Zokko", "Paulus the Woodgnome", "Sugarball the little Jungle Boy", and "The Wibbly Wobbly Way" - I have one more to find, the one most likely to be the result of a childhood dream or medication...a black and white animation possibly as old as "Bleep and Booster" involving stark stylised 'crow' like birds that talked to each other with only three/four syllables appearing above them in thought bubbles (I seem to remember KEH, BU, WAH)..this may have been an insert within something like Vision On, I suppose. 1. The animals I profoundly remember include a lion and a tortoise but there were many others. 30 min Jim Backus, Or were you working there in some capacity? This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Stars: | Kids tv drama. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. 1' so I'll split my comments across the three. I remember a children's program probably early seventies about a child that discovers a train and train line bricked up behind a wall.I know I didn't imagine it but can't find anything about it.David, Yep - I remember that and have been trying to identify it, but I would have placed it mid to late 70s, Hi David, I remembered that one, it may have been a famous five episode. The setting of the race was somewhat on a hillside during a misty night. 30 min Debra Clinger, Stars: as you do lolbugging me so bad, Does anyone remember a childrens tv series about children sent to the sewers under London to dredge for valuables this was called Toshing they found a metal box containing something interesting. Does nobody remember The Silver Sword, a children's series set in WW2, about three child refugees (Edek, Bronya and I forget the other name)? | Animation, Family. As you say, most information on the web is too focused on the most well known children's TV and the lesser known stuff is neglected. It was all about " well a ball that was MAGIC " !! 7. Earl Hammond, | 30 min Susan Lawrence, TV-G Some great trips down memory lane here. 'Let's Pretend' also sticks in my memory, as a fairly long-running entry into ITV's lunchtime kid's line-up, rotating with the likes of the classic 'Rainbow' and the little-remembered 'Mooncat and Co' (another lesser-known-series, initially starring Beryl Reid and called 'Get Up and Go'). Stars: Ted Eccles, Shared by Jenny Mackenzie. | Yes, Eustace was the boy from the Gristles. Bring on the nostalgia :-) It was Blackpool so nowhere near South Coast. Robert Ridgely, No one seems to have mentioned (from early days) Poguls Wood,Inch High Private Eye,Goober & the Ghost-Chasers,Funky Phantom, Hectors House & The Sage Garden(wow!). At last, somebody else who remembers this!!! Stars: | I loved Palace Hill (and of course Your Mother Wouldn't Like It!). Series like Thriller (1973-76) and Armchair Thriller (1978-80) dealt in mysteries and murders, but also had several stories which featured stalking themes more akin to slasher films. The Krofft Puppets, Belle and Sebastian (1965 TV series) Biggles (TV series) Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series) Bizzy Lizzy; Bleep and Booster; Blue Peter Kermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode. Jackie Davis, TV-G Tommy Cook, Can anyone remember a show from the late 70s/early 80s for young kids and the intro had different coloured balls of plasticine which bounced along. Anyone remember a programme from late 80's (possibly) filmed in Mossley, Ashton under Lyne...thinking its set in a hostel or similar...? 'Telebugs' I remember well, in fact I recall it being one of my favourites for a brief time (though I recall getting a bit bored of it later). Hilly Hicks, 30 min Marvin Miller, G I remember watching an educational program when I was Younger. Adventure, Animation. Allan Melvin, TV-Y7 Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Written by Kenneth Cope (yes, that's right, Hopkirk from Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased), Striker aired for two series in the mid-1970s on BBC1. Lou Scheimer, TV-G Stars: but I do remember it's spiritual successor, 'Duncan Dares'. Animation, Comedy, Family. December 11, 2017 November 27, 2017 by admin. Kathy Coleman, Ted Cassidy, I don’t remember a great of the plot- but a faint image of it has really stuck with me and I’d love to track it down. Someone please remember a program with a family of kids living in a big weird house and a strange alien/fury animal puppet that lived either downstairs or in the garden???? Animation, Action, Fantasy. John Stephenson, TV-PG Skip Hinnant, TV-Y Does anyone remember the name of a kids' drama that was based in a hotel, I think maybe in Jersey or it could have just been the South coast somewhere. Animation, Family. | | I was 9 in Scotland in the late 1970's. One of the characters called Spider? in the years 1960 to 1969.Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United Kingdom should be removed from this category and its sub-categories | Stars: Jay Robinson, I'm really bucking the trend here with kids of my era but I never really liked Gilbert much. Might have been broadcast on the Grampian channel so perhaps people in England might have never seen it. Rockne Tarkington, 30 min The lack of a presenter made it slightly scary. British Children's TV of the 60s and 70s 10 question trivia quiz, authored by MosesMum. 30 min Marlene Aragon, TV-G The greatest of the DC Comics superheroes work together to uphold the good with the help of some young proteges. Does anyone recall a scifi show 80s-90s possibly on CBBC (Phil Schofield or earlier) about a girl that finds different parts of a spaceship? Johnny Briggs felt like one of the few truly working class programmes on Kids TV back in the 80's, most "working class" stuff felt like it a middle class vision of working class life. Have I imagined this? Al Eisenmann, It might have been Seaview starring Yvette Fielding. Can anyone remember a show with a person on a bicycle with a pink shed on the back. 6 min Melendy Britt, TV-G A look at some of the best British TV Shows & Series 1970s and 1980s. BBC Children’s TV: 1970s. An archaeologist gains an amulet that allows her to transform into the superheroine goddess Isis and fight evil. Average score for this quiz is 7 / 10. The adventures of two female superheroes. Jane Webb, Peggy Lobbin, 30 min Frank Oz, I don't particularly remember everything since i was really small but i'm dying to know the show's name. Ronnie Schell, Stars: Jackson Bostwick, Cabbages and Kings (British TV series) Captain Pugwash; Carrie's War (1974 TV serial) Catweazle; The Changes (TV series) Cheggers Plays Pop; Children of the Stones; The Chinese Puzzle (TV series) Chorlton and the Wheelies; Clangers; Clapperboard (TV series) The Clifton House Mystery; Crackerjack! Hi, Yes remember children of the the stones, think it was filmed in Aylesbury, and the tomorrow people had a rather disturbing intro, not to mention Terry Nations, Survivors,All very disturbing as a child. Trying to find a TV drama from the 70s starring a young chap who was a popular children’s actor at the time. 1. https://jennymackenziebigheads.vpweb.com/ Stars: Good article. Don Messick, 24 min What about Children of the Stones, and Tarot Dodds the mystery man. Website. | Jim Boyd, It was a historical program where the cast would travel around in a big blue double Decker bus.It would deal with various times in British history. Evan C. Kim, The enduring image for me is of menacing power pylons that emit an unbearable penetrating sound; the noise. | Great article, have just read both it and it's follow-up... and later the very same day see you've expanded it further with 'The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. Action, Animation, Family. programme which was a sort of post-apocalyptic theme involving Scottish children attempting to survive in the highlands in a big abandoned house after all the adults had died from some sort of plague? Adam West, It was scary and exciting. This Is Your Life (British TV series) This Week (1956 TV programme) Today (Thames Television series) Tomorrow's World; Tonight at the London Palladium; Top Gear (1977 TV series) Marilyn Schreffler, Stars: Hi all. An English language version of Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1965) following a man named Hayata who transforms into a giant superhero named Ultraman to fight alien invaders and giant monsters that threatened earth. Casey Kasem, Stars: Does anyone remember this animal show where in a particular episode there were a bunch of animals participating in a race. Jim Henson, | Long shot, but vaguely remember a salvador dali type painting that the children were hypnotised by or entered into think it was in an old mansion, as i said very vague, any ideas ? Yvonne Regalado, | | 28 min The boy had lightly drawn wisps of hair and sorrowful face. 'Granddad' is one of my earliest afternoon children's TV memories, possibly due to the Clive Dunn connection and my dad having the song on some old record somewhere. It was simple yet somehow had a certain quality to it, it was very 'honest' and no frills, genteel yet more 'gritty' thanks to it's working class northern setting. The lad who played Jonny Briggs appeared opposite Sue Devaney on Celebrity Pointless a couple of weeks back. Inventive shows included Rainbow (ITV, 1972-95) and Pipkins (ITV, … Television series which originated in the United Kingdom in the decade 1960s. (TV series) Crystal Tipps and Alistair I also seem to remember it having quite a a promoted debut (as in, a few more TV Times features and Children's ITV promos than usual! Error: please try again. Gary Owens, Peter Fernandez, I don't remember the TV programme, but when I was in first year at high school we studied the novel of the Silver Sword (by Ian Serralier) and I loved it. Anyone remember a teens program in the early 80s on quite late at night called going out. Animation, Action, Family. It was possibly either on BBC2, ITV or Channel 4/S4C meaning it may have only been on in Wales.Any thoughts? | Stars: Joseph Butcher, It would be fascinating to find, thanks. A teenage werewolf and his friends investigate mysteries. Sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone remember a BBC children's quiz/comedy/skit show in about 1982 that featured Tony Maiden from The Adventures of Black Beauty?> It was called Clock On, and only ran for one season. In the 1970s kids shows became totally far out in both style and subject matter, full of psychedelic characters and imagery that must've felt just right to the offspring of the Flower Power generation.Here's a collection of ten kid oriented TV shows from the 70s, which is nowhere near exhaustive and is purposely lacking obvious shows like Sesame Street and The Elecric Company.As … He either found it in a school playground or a park and I think the bottle glowed. Danny Dark, I think a boy or girl gets saved from a sunken ship and all he / she says is “sickle-zad” - turns out he/ she is French and is trying to say Little Lad. 60 min I remember watching a cartoon program in the late 1970s in the memory I have a girl floats to earth on rainbow and the male characters play musical instruments a banjo I think. Keye Luke, Heads and Tails came from the brainbox of Michael Cole who devised some of the finest children's TV shows throughout the 1970s and 80s such as Bod, Fingerbobs and Pigeon Street. The lead being jill a time traveling girl travelled into the past to 1700s england to a house in the country, interacted with the people with the house and entertained the lady in the house by reading a book who's spelling was not uniform? Animation, Comedy, Music. Does anyone remember this show that was mid-late 80s maybe early 90s. Sabrina's involved with a band of monsters, The Groovy Ghoulies; a rock band with Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein; who scare people for their own amusement. Hope it's not another one who's full body of work is only recognised "what it's too late...". 120 min George DiCenzo, I have looked on everything list here and cannot find a programme that I watched with my daughter in 1992/93.The nearest one is The Comfy Couch, but I seem to remember a young girl with a wand. However did we live.... Oh, and PS: I have no recollection of the programme you describe, but I now want to see it as it sounds INCREDIBLE. Family, Comedy. The Demon Headmaster (TV series) (1996–1998, 2019–) The Dengineers (2015–) The Dumping Ground (2013–) The New Legends of Monkey (2021-) The Next Step (2014–present) The Pets Factor (2017–) The Playlist (2017–) The Zoo (2017–) Top Class (2016–) What's Cooking Omari (2020-) Animation. When I first came to look up about the series when the internet was still quite a new thing, I was surprised to learn that A) it didn't use the 'Grandad' song, and B) it actually wasn't released at around the same time as the song (in my mind it was an older programme that was being repeated when I had seen it). I was born in 1962, so most of the list was after my time. All i can remember was this weird part where there was this girl and she was in this weird place where they burnt electronics into a furnace. Thanks. | However, memories keep flooding back. Mel Blanc, This is a long shot. The adventures of an Amazon jungle maiden and her companions. She has also asked her divorced neighbour, Sue, because Sue's fifteen year-old daughter, Abigail, was holding a ... See full summary ». I can't remember much more detail apart from one episode where the son convinced his dad to buy an arcade machine for the hotel and then he changed the order to 10 arcade machines. 1960s-70s maybe? I want to show my daughter, as she was only 2 at the time, but she loved it. Joanna Pang, Bryan Scott, The first series - with Patsy Kensit - was my favourite, and I loved the Nadsat-esque jargon used by the characters.http://luna.randomstatic.net/technotalk.php. One of the most prominent of folk horror series to emerge in the 1970s, Children of the Stones gathers together some of the genre’s most recognisable attributes. Category:1980s British children's television series. | Was aired in 1974. Larry Carroll, Stars: Stars: 1970s; 1980s; 1990s ; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s ... C, 7 P) D Doctor Who‎ (20 C, 6 P) Q Quatermass‎ (10 P) T The Tomorrow People‎ (5 P) Pages in category "1970s British science fiction television series" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. | Melendy Britt, | Arlene Golonka, No worries, I absolutely loved Let's Pretend as a kid. Classic 70's children's TV shows. 30 min Soz, The Herb Garden....not Sage !I spent years looking for Milton Keynes Crazy Bus not realizing it was Micheal not Milton !! Anyone help? Does anyone remember a show about a kid on the way to school, it was kinda dark the whole time and every day something would go really bad on the way, there was a talking owl and an episode where there is a circus in town and an escaped talking tiger?? I got chatting to the bass player who was playing a Fender VI he's bought from Colin Hodgkinson, one of my heroes at the time! Lew Anderson, Share ; By. Absolutely hated that program dumb annoying hyper people on it , could not watch it it was called "Hay look thats me", ( yeh twat on bike) do not ask how one rems the name I have unfortunate ability to remember useless annoying stuff. Bob Ogle, 30 min Some great stuff there. The adventures of a robotic dog superhero who proves as much a hindrance as asset to his master, the Blue Falcon. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. I’ve only seen it as an adult, so I can’t quite attest to this claim; however, I can say the music for this show is truly frightening. Scatman Crothers, Forget the recent reboots the BBC were all over this in the 80s upsetting children everywhere with the freakiest Mr Tumnus ever and the definitive … I’ve been trying to recall the name of a cartoon that aired the 80s- it featured a small boy living in an apartment with his dad- it was a very quiet gentle programme. I'd forgotten about Mick and Mack! During their tours are always involved in strange mysteries. Anyone recall a children's early 1960s series "Counterspy" set in the Channel Islands during WW2? Classic Kids TV Shows in the UK in the 70s/80s. Bob Smith, Any ideas? Slim Goodbody (TV Series) Richard Hunt, Billie Hayes, We watched snd enjoyed it but now I only remember the opening titles where one of the children whistled, a German soldier turned and got mud in his face. Just trying to track it down as lots of people sort of remember it but cant quite remember what it was. This list may not reflect recent changes . Stars: Ah, that's the one, thanks. Don Messick, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi. 'Windfalls' I don't even remember but looks like it should have been made 15 years earlier, when the animation style and the whole vibe would have made it right at home alongside the classics of that era and no doubt I would have loved it; at the tail-end of the '80s it looks a bit out of it's time and maybe is why it's not really remembered. Lou Scheimer. 30 min She came on first and then opened a little door that the helper kids used to come into the 'kitchen' through. Stars: Frank Welker, I would question the claim that some of those are lesser known, I remember,fondly ,the majority of those.Highlights from my growing up years were Gilberts Fridge, CBTV,Runaround,Erasmus Microman,Fat Tulips Garden ,Heads and Tails and Hold Tight.One theme that was quite common amongst kids TV in those days was how they treated kids with respect and didn't talk to or dumb down when creating programmes.Gilbert was a comedy genius ,totally off the cuff ,no script,brilliant TV. 21 min Any thoughts?Ps- Jumbo Spencer (1976) brought me here somehow? Frank Welker, 15 min Butch Patrick, The crew of the research vessel, The Calico, investigate strange phenomena and often meet menaces that force them to summon Godzilla to help. Alan Oppenheimer, 0–9. Ronalda Douglas, TV-G Adventure, Children's series about Wildboy, an orphan who was raised in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest by the legendary Sasquatch. Frank Aletter, Janet Waldo, 30 min I'd add LUNA to the list. "And " the boy from outer space ". Does anyone remember a show .possibly early 80s that was some epic show like hercules but it was dubbed over with comedy? I am trying to find the lead actress's name of a show I saw in the 80s I think of a girl who ran away to join the circus, I thought it was called Runaway but can't find anything.

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