Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

Skid X

Amalgam wrote: »

This show drove me nuts at times ... drove me nuts as a kid, remembered for all the wrong reasons, mind numbing.

Don't get me started about ...

I disliked it so much, I have no idea why.

These are all "Old TV programmes you liked", yeah?

NickNickleby

I was certain that no one would post about "Torchy the Battery Boy". Dang! beaten to it. I discovered a few years ago that Torchy was voiced by a woman - years before Bart Simpson,eh?

Used to watch "Watch with Mother" on BBC or ITV when I was about 3 or 4 (1958), so watched Torchy, Andy Pandy (and Loopy Lou), the Woodentops. Later it was Tales of the Riverbank - Ratty and Mole.

But I'm surprised this one wasn't mentioned, as it was late 60's and must have been on RTE as we'd moved to Ireland and one channel land - Tierry le Fronde. Sort of Robin Hood with a sling. Set in medieval France, with either dubbing or subtitles. All the kids on the road became sling experts. Not!

and who could ever forget those communist bloc cartoons that all ended with Koniec!

Amalgam

Sorry..

But the dross sometimes gets piled up in the same corner of the brain.

Remember when 'Super' was showing the Robotech/Macross/Invid (Wikipedia) saga about 2 or 3 times a day..? Mid eighties..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djhsu7WmAz4

I liked that Skid X!

That kept the record schedule/timer on the Mitsubishi HS-318 busy..

sweetie

Chocky and the box of delights were personal favourites

dougm1970

in the early 80s i used to love an american tv show called 'voyagers!' which was on rte one at 5pm on tuesdays after school.
time travelling romp...a different place in history each episode.
i loved it...thought it was the best tv programme ever at the time
10 years ago i got a dvd set of it....my god it was ****e...so dated now looking at it...looks like very low budget 80s tripe, as good as it looked to me then.

my3cents

NickNickleby wrote: »

I was certain that no one would post about "Torchy the Battery Boy". Dang! beaten to it. I discovered a few years ago that Torchy was voiced by a woman - years before Bart Simpson,eh?

Used to watch "Watch with Mother" on BBC or ITV when I was about 3 or 4 (1958), so watched Torchy, Andy Pandy (and Loopy Lou), the Woodentops. Later it was Tales of the Riverbank - Ratty and Mole.

.....

Also part of Watch with Mother, no one seems to have mentioned Bill and Ben with that epic character Little Weed was it available in Ireland?

NickNickleby

my3cents wrote: »

Also part of Watch with Mother, no one seems to have mentioned Bill and Ben with that epic character Little Weed was it available in Ireland?

don't you mean "Weeeeeeeeeeed". :pac:

There's a modern version of it (ie within the last 30 years), which I saw one day on a nephew/nieces tv. Probably uk channel.
flubalub

Ready, Steady, Go! sort of top of the pops. Remember mini dresses and the lads in slacks, jackets and polo necks.

Late Saturday afternoons, immediately before Dr Who, TellyGoons. Spike Milligan and co doing the voices for puppets. Loved it. (think it was a follow on to a radio version called The Goons).

I'll be back later with more......:D

Sleeper12

The Fantastic Journey

The Tomorrow People

Planet of the apes

Muckka

The island of the great yellow ox.

By Walter Macken

It was a collaboration between BBC and RTE in the 70's or 80's

I tried searching for it, but I think its deleted from the archives.

branie2

The New Adventures of Zorro

Sleeper12

https://youtu.be/AbWj9HlWtW0

The quest

Jimbob1977

dougm1970 wrote: »

in the early 80s i used to love an american tv show called 'voyagers!' which was on rte one at 5pm on tuesdays after school.
time travelling romp...a different place in history each episode.
i loved it...thought it was the best tv programme ever at the time
10 years ago i got a dvd set of it....my god it was ****e...so dated now looking at it...looks like very low budget 80s tripe, as good as it looked to me then.

The star of the show, John Hexum, died in a tragic filming accident.

He put a blank gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

While the gun only fired blanks, the expulsion of the paper wadding left him with fatal head injuries from blunt force trauma.

RocketRaccoon

What about shasta mcnasty?

branie2

Gentle Ben

NewbridgeIR

Muckka wrote: »

The island of the great yellow ox.

By Walter Macken

It was a collaboration between BBC and RTE in the 70's or 80's

I tried searching for it, but I think its deleted from the archives.

This was broadcast twice on RTE.

1971 - The year before I was born.

1981 - As part of Anything Goes.

I'd love to see it again but RTE hate their archive.

retalivity

Super Mario brothers super show - A weird mix of live action and cartoon mario and luigi adventures

The littlest hobo - "maaybe tomorrow, ill wanna settle down...."

Wishbone - another dog based show

Pete & Pete - gloriously anarchic

Bouli - I remember re-finding this about 10 years ago and shocked it was actually french and dubbed into Irish - "Fear sneachta ban, capa ar a cheann..."

branie2

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Jeremy Brett as the great detective.

Curious Scot

branie2 wrote: »

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Jeremy Brett as the great detective.

I used to like a version of Sherlock Holmes where Basil Rathbone and Nigel? Bruce played Holmes and Watson.

Westernyelp

What was the one that had 'Choky' the alien swirly thing appear in the corner of the room? Loved the show but it freaked me out a bit.

Tripods was another great sci-fi one which was a bit scary.

scotchy

Land of the giants:)

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scotchy

Shoestring.

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eagle eye

Two great memories posted by others from different times in my life.
I loved Tim Tunnel as a kid
I loved Night Stand in my twenties, a great, great show. Absolutely hilarious.

branie2

eagle eye wrote: »

Two great memories posted by others from different times in my life.
I loved Tim Tunnel as a kid
I loved Night Stand in my twenties, a great, great show. Absolutely hilarious.

Oh, no, people!

Grandeeod

Champion the wonder horse.
Terrahawks.

The Crowman

Westernyelp wrote: »

What was the one that had 'Choky' the alien swirly thing appear in the corner of the room? Loved the show but it freaked me out a bit.

Tripods was another great sci-fi one which was a bit scary.

I can't remember much about the series itself, might have only seen a couple of episodes but I'll never forget the opening sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ztIDFU2P8

Taxedalot

Absolutely loving the trip down memory lane.

A few more:

Danger UXB - bomb disposal crew thing
Ask Aspel - Michael Aspel showing requested TV clips iirc
Hazel - PI show, written by Terry Venables
Shine on Harvey Moon - another wartime drama/comedy drama
The Professionals - UK response to Starsky and Hutch - or so it seemed to me.

odyssey06

Taxedalot wrote: »

Hazel - PI show, written by Terry Venables

Have seen a few episodes of this, I think it would appeal to Minder fans. The plots he gets caught up in remind me of the situations Terry would get into in Minder. But I suppose without an Arthur to lighten things up, is why it is not as well known.

sweetie

Westernyelp wrote: »

What was the one that had 'Choky' the alien swirly thing appear in the corner of the room? Loved the show but it freaked me out a bit.

Tripods was another great sci-fi one which was a bit scary.

Chocky and the sequel Chocky's children, I mentioned it above.

also loved me a bit of Dempsey and Makepeace.

khaldrogo

'You and Me'

An educational kids program with puppets on BBC2 in the early 80s.


Anyone?

dougm1970

branie2 wrote: »

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Jeremy Brett as the great detective.

that was so good. great in fact.
even the sets that were created were so detailed, it was real eye candy.
by far and away my favourite sherlock holmes