Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

Endaaaagh

Anyone remember The Nargun and the Stars. That giant moving rock scared the sh*te outta me as a young fella. And at school we were convinced Potcrock was living in the cistern above the urinal in the toilets

cml387

Search Control was an American series from the seventies on BBC 1.
Burgess Meredith was the controller, monitoring his agents via implants (ahead of its time maybe?)

Doug McClure was one of the agents.

Youtube clip coming up...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axb1EiJdbCg

Hangdogroad

The Blackforest Clinic, an awful dubbed German medical drama.

Sardonicat

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The Blackforest Clinic, an awful dubbed German medical drama.

Was starting to think I dreamt that !

Ann22

Endaaaagh wrote:

Anyone remember The Nargun and the Stars. That giant moving rock scared the sh*te outta me as a young fella. And at school we were convinced Potcrock was living in the cistern above the urinal in the toilets

Yes it was great. The big moving stone was creepy alright!

dougm1970

bubblypop wrote: »

I used to love 'monkey ' or 'monkey magic'
Can't even remember the name!!
No one remembers it, I think it was Japanese. I loved it so much when I was a kid! Late 70s or early 80s!

ahh...grasshopper..

Jupiter Mulligan

The Everglades. Early 1960's on RTE.

I can still remember that they interrupted an episode in Nov 1963 to tell us that JFK had been shot in Dallas. And to this day, they have NEVER broadcast the bit that wasn't transmitted that night. :mad:

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I liked "Salvage 1" - it was a hard sci fi show about guys who would collect space junk to sell as scrap metal. Issac Asimov was the science advisor for the program - so the science worked (ie, hard sci fi). It must have had a lasting impact on me because I seem to be the only person who remembers it - Ive never met anyone else who does.

Also "Bring Em Back Alive" - it was a sort of great white hunter adventure series, in retrospect it was totally un-pc but I liked it!

I liked "Manimal" as well but people do remember that one.

Sardonicat

dougm1970 wrote: »

bubblypop wrote: »

I used to love 'monkey ' or 'monkey magic'
Can't even remember the name!!
No one remembers it, I think it was Japanese. I loved it so much when I was a kid! Late 70s or early 80s!

ahh...grasshopper..

No, grasshopper was Kung Fu.

The other one was Monkey Magic. It was utterly bizarre. Could never figure out what was going on. It featured a character with a pig's face IIRC.

rubadub

There was a monkey magic remake in 2018!

https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/waapa-grad-stars-in-monkey-magic-reboot-ng-b88716879z

This is the original actress who played the male/boy monk, sadly died young.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_Natsume

She died from acute leukemia at the age of 27 in 1985 and is buried in Hōfu, Yamaguchi under the dharma name Masako Nishiyama.

I remember great confusion over whether it was a boy or a girl, long before the days of the internet!

The new series causes it all over again!

Tripitaka is a young girl posing as a boy monk (the original role was a boy monk played by actress Masako Natsume) and Cocquerel’s Sandy, who is somewhat androgynous, was originally male and portrayed by actor Shiro Kishibe.

Speedsie

Sardonicat wrote: »

No, grasshopper was Kung Fu.

The other one was Monkey Magic. It was utterly bizarre. Could never figure out what was going on. It featured a character with a pig's face IIRC.

Ah yes, Pigsy! I think he was a demi god of sorts. He seemed to be a bit fond of the ladies.

I found a translation of the 17th century Chinese book Monkey is based on a few years ago, it's on my 'will read at some stage list'!

odyssey06

For fans of Cosgrove Hall animations, David Jason (the voice of Dangerman, Count Duckula & Toad in Wind in the Willows) hosts a BBC radio tribute to the studio's work.

Available on BBC radio player for next 30 days - BBC radio is available in ROI, not geo-blocked:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ccz0r

The Late Late Show

The Handmaid's Tale
Breaking Bad
HAWAIIAN HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love/Hate
Miami Vice

odyssey06

The Late Late Show wrote: »

The Handmaid's Tale
Breaking Bad
HAWAIIAN HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love/Hate
Miami Vice

Hawaiian Heat is a good shout but as for the rest... Handmaid's Tale is still airing!

Miami vice was one of the major series of the 80s.

The Late Late Show

odyssey06 wrote: »

Hawaiian Heat is a good shout but as for the rest... Handmaid's Tale is still airing!

Miami vice was one of the major series of the 80s.

Yes, that was done deliberately!!! Place an unknown programme among iconic 1980s shows and iconic later programmes everyone knows. That's why Hawaiian Heat was put in capitals.

Hangdogroad

Any one remember Beach Boys: Endless Summer? RTE showed it in 88 or 89. The main thing I remember about were these awful variety acts they would have on inbeteeen the Beach Boys. The worst was a guy with a puppet. The puppet was called Rocky or Rocco and wore a leather jacket.

odyssey06

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Any one remember Beach Boys: Endless Summer? RTE showed it in 88 or 89. The main thing I remember about were these awful variety acts they would have on inbeteeen the Beach Boys. The worst was a guy with a puppet. The puppet was called Rocky or Rocco and wore a leather jacket.

Seems like I had the fortune \ misfortune to dodge that one.

I have fond memories of the California Dreams TV series that aired a few years later...

sligojoek

Not awfully old but from the mid 2000s.

At Home with the Braithwaites.

About a woman who won 24 million in the UK lotto and went through series 1 without telling her highly dysfunctional family.

The family went even more dysfunctional in the next two series. The money went to their heads and all kinds of madness ensued. It was very well cast especially the youngest daughter

donegal_man

I have a vague memory of a cartoon based around a king and knights.
The only thing I remember was the animation was the same as that used for Captain Pugwash

odyssey06

donegal_man wrote: »

I have a vague memory of a cartoon based around a king and knights.
The only thing I remember was the animation was the same as that used for Captain Pugwash

King Rollo?

James the Cat

Charles Babbage

Time Tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITVt-Y0fnfI

my3cents

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Time Tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITVt-Y0fnfI

Very limited "special effects" if I remember correctly.

donegal_man

odyssey06 wrote: »

King Rollo?

It could be, but I don't think so. The one I'm thinking of I'm pretty sure involved knights rather than a magician and a cat. Then again, it's a long time ago.

Endaaaagh

Can anyone remember the serial they used to show during Anything Goes on a Saturday morning. It used to be on late in the morning.
I was quite young and can only remember vague details. A plane flying over an island gets hit by some strange beam/laser and is brought down. I think the "badguys" in it were called mudmen?
If I remember correctly, they never showed the end of it. The presenters announced one morning that they were about to show the final episode. The proceeding episode ended with "to be continued" and then cut back to the studio with the presenter saying they wouldn't be showing the rest and binning/burning a film reel (which was supposed to represent the show)

alan partridge aha

my3cents wrote: »

Very limited "special effects" if I remember correctly.

Obviously it was a rerun I saw in 1980 and the reason it sticks in my head is immediately after one of the episodes the news came on to say John Lennon was shot.

Hangdogroad

Endaaaagh wrote: »

Can anyone remember the serial they used to show during Anything Goes on a Saturday morning. It used to be on late in the morning.
I was quite young and can only remember vague details. A plane flying over an island gets hit by some strange beam/laser and is brought down. I think the "badguys" in it were called mudmen?
If I remember correctly, they never showed the end of it. The presenters announced one morning that they were about to show the final episode. The proceeding episode ended with "to be continued" and then cut back to the studio with the presenter saying they wouldn't be showing the rest and binning/burning a film reel (which was supposed to represent the show)

I remember the bit with the plane and the laser beam, I can't remember the name of the show. Some online sleuthing is required.

Endaaaagh

Hangdogroad wrote: »

I remember the bit with the plane and the laser beam, I can't remember the name of the show. Some online sleuthing is required.

Nice to know I didn't imagine it

Booms

donegal_man wrote: »

I have a vague memory of a cartoon based around a king and knights.
The only thing I remember was the animation was the same as that used for Captain Pugwash

Would it be "Arthur"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220912/?ref_=tt_urv

I remember that Lancelot used to take a giant stride into the picture and say " I sssay, Sssire!" in a Leslie Philips type voice.

MuffinTop86

Pugwall.

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Unless it’s already been said. According to wiki it first aired in Australia in 1989. I remember thinking it was so bad that it was good.