Favourite Kids TV Shows

[Dizzy]

Ok, I am sure that most of you have had this conversation with your mates and one point or other so I thought I would bring it to the forum.

What TV shows were your absolute favourite as a kid?

What did you run home from school to watch?

I know for me, there was a show called T-Bag with a boy called T-Shirt and then there was Knightmare, which was a very, very early computer graphics 'Dungeons & Dragons' type game show.

Any others?

[Aleks]

Cities of Gold
Dungeons & Dragons
Banana Split
Mr Ben
Bagpuss
Jackanory (I like books)

[WittyBird]

ooops this is where I show my age....

Magic Roundabout - " I'm working myself up into an absolute frenzy, "
Hart Beat (with Morph)
Mr Ben - "and as if by magic"
Captain Caveman
Godzilla
Chorlton & The Wheelies - " 'ello little old lady"

[Msfab]

Rentaghost was the best!

Oh and Wacky races!

[Minnie M]

Muffin the Mule

[Trousers]

Marine Boy - With his Oxygum

The Tomorrow People

I was a Blue Peterite - Never got on with Magpie.

But i did like How

Noggin The Nog - I have inflicted hours of pain on my kids cos i found a book with 4 Nog tales and three of them on a cassette - Read by Oliver Postgate him self. Absolutely fabulous. "Hello Noggin" said Graculus

[Ickle Chick'n]

Originally Posted by wittybird

ooops this is where I show my age....

Magic Roundabout - " I'm working myself up into an absolute frenzy, "
Hart Beat (with Morph)
Mr Ben - "and as if by magic"
Captain Caveman
Godzilla
Chorlton & The Wheelies - " 'ello little old lady"

Wow I was just having a conversation about Heart beat and Morph the other day! I also remember t-bag and cities of gold!

Also Thundercats
Sport Billy (that noone I know seems to have seen!)
Heman before they gave him a ponytail!!!
Carebears
The list goes on, I get to excited and could get carried away so I'll restrain myself!

[Rhythm King]

Anything by Gerry Anderson was (erm, is) just F A B
Dr Who
TISWAS
Ace of Wands
Blue Peter, of course,
Freewheelers
Robin Hood - no the proper one with Richard Greene
The Flashing Blade
Robinson Crusoe (loved that music)
Richard The Lionheart (I wonder why? ) with Dermot Walsh, on whom my sister had a major crush, prior to A of W coming on the scene
And loads more, but I'm beginning to sound like a tv junkie

[LMC]

Rentaghost (I had a huge crush on Timothy Claypole - I was 8, OK?)

The original Scooby Doo (before that annoying Scrappy)

Tiswas (Phantom Flan Flinger )

Hong Kong Phooey (well silly!)

The Adventure Game ("Mind Uncle..." - the aspidistra)

are the ones that spring to mind first...

[killingtime]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Cities of Gold

"Oh, ohoweoh; some day we will find the Cities of Gold".

Yeah I enjoyed that too.

Dungeons and Dragons.
Knightmare
Heman

[Tessalicious]

Originally Posted by Dizzy

...and then there was Knightmare, which was a very, very early computer graphics 'Dungeons & Dragons' type game...

Oh yeah baby, bring on the Knightmare. They should so bring that back with up-to-date graphics, I'd be running home from work, let alone school.

Others I used to watch as a kid, but not during 'kids TV hours' were Mork and Mindy and Captain Scarlet. Before my time you think? Ah, the joy of endless repeats of 70's shows on Channel 4.

[TiggsTours]

In order to not repeat loads, as there are loads of great ones here, I'll have to rack my brains a bit, but there's a couple that need repeating:

Mr Ben
Cities of Gold
Chorlton & the Wheelies
The Adventure Game

OK, I don't think any of these have been mentioned:

Why Don't You
Grange Hill (in the days of Tucker Jenkins, of course)
The Flumps
Rhubarb & Custard
Take Hart
Animal Magic
Bod
Camberwick Green, Trumpton & Chigley
Dangermouse
Fingerbobs
Blockbusters

and does anyone remember Chockey?

[Purple Sparkler]

Originally Posted by Tessalicious

Oh yeah baby, bring on the Knightmare. They should so bring that back with up-to-date graphics, I'd be running home from work, let alone school.

You can sign up for the campaign here:

http://www.bringbackknightmare.co.uk/

And LMC- I remember the Adventure Game! I thought I was the only person who did. The Vortex used to really creep me out.

I also loved: Dungeons & Dragons, Thundercats, The Chronicles of Narnia, Cities of Gold, Pigeon Street, Sesame Street, and King Rollo.

[Dance Demon]

Originally Posted by Minnie M

Muffin the Mule

Yeh Minnie.......but what was your favourite programme

[philsmove]

The Loan Ranger
William Tell
The Cisco Kid
Robin Hood
Ivanhoe

CRACKERJACK

with Shaman Android

[Lynn]

Early days - Mr Benn, Bagpuss.

I remember the Adventure Game too PS.

A bit older - Rentaghost, Grange Hill.

Will have to think more...

And does anyone else remember something about a panda called Izzy something or am I going mad?

[Clive Long]

Andy Pandy

Play School with Brian Cant (a performing genius)

Roobarb and Custard - Da da da dar! Da da da dar! ( a really charming series of video short interviews with Grange Calveley the writer, here )

Captain Scarlet

Thunderbirds - are go !

Blakes 7

The Clangers

Batman - Kerpow! Holy spaghetti Batman !

Basil Brush - Boom, Boom, Mr. Roy!


Clive

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Clive Long

Blakes 7

Oh, this was my favourite!

I think I rather liked Avon's intelligent and controlled demeanour (even though he got a bit grumpy at times) and Orac - a plastic box with flashing lights . I even liked the theme tune.

[Dreadful Scathe]

rentaghost was rubbish

but i did like ....

Pipkins
the smurfs
champion the wonder horse
the clangers
vicky the viking
chorlton and the wheelies
the goodies

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

Pipkins

Was that what I remember as Pipkins workshop with Hartley Hare ('Its time for a story' with all the clocks)?

Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe

the smurfs

No, really?