What was this 80's science show for kids?

Oswald Osbourne

Anyone know what this program is I'm trying to remember from the following memories?

!) It was an English show and was set in your average looking secondary school science laboratory/classroom. White, clean and clinical looking place

2) The show was 'presented' by a talking robot that had a boxy head and went around on tank tracks with flailing arms. Imagine Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit but with a head that looked quite like an OSCILLOSCOPE .

3) There were kids on the show and each week they would do science experiements and the robot would give them helpful advice along the way.

Does it ring any bells? Feels like the kind of show Channel 4 probably would have been responsible for.

Dr. Dre

Hmm I think I know this one, was it "Start Here" or something like that... ?

davej

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread but this programme came into my head and I can't remember what it was called.

It was on an English TV channel (don't remember which one), but I didn't think it was originally an English production. I think I can remember the theme tune - it had a bunch of children singing something incomprehensible to me.

Any ideas ?

davej

Pataman

davej wrote: »

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread but this programme came into my head and I can't remember what it was called.

It was on an English TV channel (don't remember which one), but I didn't think it was originally an English production. I think I can remember the theme tune - it had a bunch of children singing something incomprehensible to me.

Any ideas ?

davej

Why Dont You?
Saturday mornings

davej

Pataman wrote: »

Why Dont You?
Saturday mornings

No, it definitely wasn't Why Don't You.

As the op mentioned - the program was presented by a talking robot (don't remember any flailing arms though).

You never really heard the children speak much, they just carried out the various "experiments" and it was set in a sort of Kitchen.

Ok Stop press!

The second poster was right...looks like it was called Start Here.

I've found a youtube clip (in German):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgBp6LCO7oo

Does anyone else remember it now ??

It was presented by Konrad the robot and I think the children put a big disk into him at the start of the show...

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/4673

davej

bitemybanger

Dr. Dre wrote: »

Hmm I think I know this one, was it "Start Here" or something like that... ?

Start Here- Adventures in Science??

Dotrel

Here's a full ep in English. Official title : START HERE - ADVENTURES INTO SCIENCE

The robot sounds like Stephen Fry here (rather than that torture droid from Jabbas palace in the German version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXaJN8xgZIM

Now that it is a real flashback of something I'd forgotten completely!

Liam Byrne

Dotrel wrote: »

Here's a full ep in English. Official title : START HERE - ADVENTURES INTO SCIENCE

The robot sounds like Stephen Fry here (rather than that torture droid from Jabbas palace in the German version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXaJN8xgZIM

Now that it is a real flashback of something I'd forgotten completely!

"You've got a vibrator in your throat"

Hard to swallow!

FrDougalMcguire

Dotrel wrote: »

Here's a full ep in English. Official title : START HERE - ADVENTURES INTO SCIENCE

The robot sounds like Stephen Fry here (rather than that torture droid from Jabbas palace in the German version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXaJN8xgZIM

Now that it is a real flashback of something I'd forgotten completely!

I think the voice of the robot is the late Bob Holness