Forgotten Irish Kid's tv shows

Sgt Hartman

Two that enter my mind are Pajo's Junkbox and The Whole Shebang

The star of Pajo's Junkbox was a leather jacket wearing ferret named Pajo who had a punk mohawk hairstyle and for some reason a cultured D4 accent. He had 2 friends called Grabbit (played by the same one who played the Matty Hislop nun in Fr Ted) and Fetchit (who I think ended up in Fair City)
It was replaced by The Whole Shebang, the theme tune to it being "Fiesta" by The Pogues. I remember one of the characters in it was a sweaty pimply newsreader with glasses. I stopped watching it when some of the characters including Grabbit started doing edgy dramatic scenes during the second half of the programme which I found boring and out of place in a kid's show.

Anyone else remember any other old kid's shows on Irish tv from the past?

some random drunk

One I remember in the 90s that I've never seen or heard of again was The Rimini Riddle. As far as I remember it was about a couple of kids that lived with their Aunt Vera in her guesthouse and I think it was near the sea. The distinctive thing about the show was that all the characters were these disturbing looking puppet things that gave me nightmares. I found a clip on YouTube. Jesus Christ the horror!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChObpBLfJ3E

French Toast

Jemember Rapid? A sports show hosted by Jason Sherlock and Kathryn Thomas.

For some reason I remember it as being on RTE2 at like 5pm, so it was kid friendly. Could be wrong though.

Cienciano

Not irish, but shown on the den. The 'hi I'm bob' show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXoozcv01w

Hangdogroad

This is a mega obscure cartoon. C-P & Quikswitch. RTE produced it in the early 80s, unusual in that it was picked up by BBC. Very rare venture into sci fi for RTE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpX678B0WPs

Hangdogroad

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Two that enter my mind are Pajo's Junkbox and The Whole Shebang

The star of Pajo's Junkbox was a leather jacket wearing ferret named Pajo who had a punk mohawk hairstyle and for some reason a cultured D4 accent. He had 2 friends called Grabbit (played by the same one who played the Matty Hislop nun in Fr Ted) and Fetchit (who I think ended up in Fair City)
It was replaced by The Whole Shebang, the theme tune to it being "Fiesta" by The Pogues. I remember one of the characters in it was a sweaty pimply newsreader with glasses. I stopped watching it when some of the characters including Grabbit started doing edgy dramatic scenes during the second half of the programme which I found boring and out of place in a kid's show.

Anyone else remember any other old kid's shows on Irish tv from the past?

Pajo was actually a rat. There was an episode of Pajos Junkbox up on YouTube recently but it's been taken down. Some of the shows within a show on it were mental. One was the Punx which was three punks in wheelchairs who would vomit on passersby. The title sequence was a cartoon punk mooning. Cant imagine that sort of thing being shown to kids now.

El Gato De Negocios

Pat Ingoldsby had a few, Pats Pals and Pats Chat, have vague recollections of those from the early to mid 80s.

Anything goes with Aonghus McInally and Mary Fitzgerald was another one from that era.

Gregor Samsa

I was on Anything Goes when I was 11. Teacher in primary school got 4 of us to do this bit where we were filmed looking for “nature” in an overgrown lot by the Grand Canal in Dublin. Then we were interviewed live in the studio. Got lunch and a £10 book voucher for our troubles.

Walking home from school the following Monday, a kid standing at the bus stop stopped me and asked for my autograph.

Hangdogroad

Pretty much everyone of a certain age remembers Bosco but not so well known is the short lived spin off animated series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFZphg0BKVE

Signore Fancy Pants

That aul pervert Fortycoats!

whomitconcerns

I never made it on to anything goes.. But was at the filming of the last episode of Scratch Saturday....

ShyMets

French Toast wrote: »

Jemember Rapid? A sports show hosted by Jason Sherlock and Kathryn Thomas.

For some reason I remember it as being on RTE2 at like 5pm, so it was kid friendly. Could be wrong though.

Is it just me or has Kathryn Thomas barely aged in an eerie kind of way

Hangdogroad

I remember a stop motion animated series in Irish that ran in the late 70s, maybe into the mid 80s called Baile Beag. Puppets in it were kind of unsettling looking. No footage and harldly any info online.

barbara anne

The clangers

Hangdogroad

barbara anne wrote: »

The clangers

That was British.

barbara anne

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That was British.

It was yes and The Wombles. Remember that one?

EmmetSpiceland

Anyone remember ‘Long Long Ago’ (Fadó Fadó)? Was a stop motion animation type thing with Na Fianna and the bad guy was Balor of the Evil Eye.

Was like an animated version of Eddie Linehan’s ‘Ten Minute Tales’.

neris

Super ted. Think it started out in English and then they put it into Irish.

The McSpuds on Bosco who lived in the supermarket

redmgar

The Works
The Jokebox on the den

The Mulk

Dilín Ó Deamhas

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0304/684233-seachtain-na-gaeilge-dilin-o-deamhas/

The theme song is seared into my brain.

Hangdogroad

Fortycoats, its not exactly forgotten but there's aspects of it that are lost in the mists of time due to fading memory and the lack of info online. What exactly was the premise? There was something about time travel. Why was Slightly Bonkers played by a grown woman, what were she and So Far doing hanging around with Fortycoats? What was the story with So Far, was he supposed to be a time travelling public schoolboy from Edwardian times?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiGQZfB3EGw

tscul32

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Fortycoats, its not exactly forgotten but there's aspects of it that are lost in the mists of time due to fading memory and the lack of info online. What exactly was the premise? There was something about time travel. Why was Slightly Bonkers played by a grown woman, what were she and So Far doing hanging around with Fortycoats? What was the story with So Far, was he supposed to be a time travelling public schoolboy from Edwardian times?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiGQZfB3EGw

Don't forget Wilhelmina the Whirligig Witch, she was the baddie in Fortycoats and Co.
"With me 40 coats and me 50 pockets"

I used to love Wanderly Wagon with Judge the dog and O'Brien - "here comes the wagon....the wanderly wanderly wagon...."

silliussoddius

What was the one where Balor flew off into the sky each episode?

Hangdogroad

silliussoddius wrote: »

What was the one where Balor flew off into the sky each episode?

Long Long Ago?

silliussoddius

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Long Long Ago?

As mentioned above!!

EmmetSpiceland

silliussoddius wrote: »

As mentioned above!!

His flight always seemed a bit haphazard. He’d just sort of drop in with an “aaarrrrrggghhh”, talk to the guys for a bit and then just fling off again.

Really liked the show, either way. Wonder how it’s aged.

.anon.

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

He had 2 friends called Grabbit (played by the same one who played the Matty Hislop nun in Fr Ted) and Fetchit (who I think ended up in Fair City)

Professor Know-it-all was in that too, I think. Big moustache and an exaggerated northeastern accent that almost sounded Scottish. I have a vague memory of two characters called Bric and Brac (they ran a Bric-a-brac shop). One of them might have been played by Ray from Fair City.

Meleftone

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Pajo was actually a rat. There was an episode of Pajos Junkbox up on YouTube recently but it's been taken down. Some of the shows within a show on it were mental. One was the Punx which was three punks in wheelchairs who would vomit on passersby. The title sequence was a cartoon punk mooning. Cant imagine that sort of thing being shown to kids now.

Some Pajo's Junkbox here

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?t=2055104689&page=2

dunnerc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7awsm58PRzs

Montage of Feck

In the summer did rte do a cork based alternative to the den? With creepy puppets, but I may be mixing that up with the rimini riddle; of which I had a vague memory of and didn't even know the name of it until this thread appeared.

whisky_galore

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Pajo was actually a rat.

A Dub skanger version of Roland Rat.

Hangdogroad

Montage of Feck wrote: »

In the summer did rte do a cork based alternative to the den? With creepy puppets, but I may be mixing that up with the rimini riddle; of which I had a vague memory of and didn't even know the name of it until this thread appeared.

That was the Swamp. There may be a Rimmini Riddle connection through the puppeteers though nearly every RTE puppet show is probably connected in a six degrees of Kevin Bacon way.

Hangdogroad

Ten Minute Tales with Eddie Lenihan has been mentioned a couple of times. All I can find of it online are the closing credits. The music is that from the film Betty Blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhkYk3oqFA

whomitconcerns

Following in the same vein as that last one from good old Eddie linehan. This one was on RTe through most of the 80s

The story teller

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Sgt Hartman

whomitconcerns wrote: »

Following in the same vein as that last one from good old Eddie linehan. This one was on RTe through most of the 80s

The story teller

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I still love Eddie Lenihan's stories and books to this day. He currently has a podcast which is also available on YouTube. He was also a guest recently on Blindboy Boatclub's podcast.

Another animated show I remember from the early 90's is Boulí. I believe he was an Irish language speaking snowman if my memory serves me correctly.

Gregor Samsa

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Another animated show I remember from the early 90's is Boulí. I believe he was an Irish language speaking snowman if my memory serves me correctly.

Bouli was originally a French cartoon. He was sent to the Aran Islands for the summer to learn Irish for the TG4 version. In the US version, he was known as "Des Bishop".

Hangdogroad

Jo-Maxi. A teens, older kids show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziDN46qDf4c

NewbridgeIR

Youngline - again, geared towards teenagers rather than younger children.

Started in 1977, ran till mid 80s. Teresa Mannion (ageless) was on it during the later years. Good tie-in annuals. Usually on around teatime, possibly Thursdays IIRC.

r0n0c

Does anyone remember a competitive computer games programme about the mid 90s? Kids went head to head in various games, Street fighter, Sonic, Mario etc?

Hangdogroad

r0n0c wrote: »

Does anyone remember a competitive computer games programme about the mid 90s? Kids went head to head in various games, Street fighter, Sonic, Mario etc?

Yes, was Head To Head the name of it?

EmmetSpiceland

r0n0c wrote: »

Does anyone remember a competitive computer games programme about the mid 90s? Kids went head to head in various games, Street fighter, Sonic, Mario etc?

‘Games World’ on Sky One?

some random drunk

r0n0c wrote: »

Does anyone remember a competitive computer games programme about the mid 90s? Kids went head to head in various games, Street fighter, Sonic, Mario etc?

Was it called Megazone and filmed at RTE's Cork studios?

I vaguely remember another series on The Children's Channel (TCC) Called Head to Head which was presented by Violet Berlin.

r0n0c

some random drunk wrote: »

Was it called Megazone and filmed at RTE's Cork studios?

It was an Irish production but I can't remember the name but I do vaguely remember the fact that it was filmed in Cork. Only had RTE 1 and Network 2 so the others mentioned I haven't heard of.

r0n0c

Just did a little Googling. Megazone, with Suzann Duffy. Cheers

Badly Drunk Boy

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Fortycoats, its not exactly forgotten but there's aspects of it that are lost in the mists of time due to fading memory and the lack of info online. What exactly was the premise? There was something about time travel. Why was Slightly Bonkers played by a grown woman, what were she and So Far doing hanging around with Fortycoats? What was the story with So Far, was he supposed to be a time travelling public schoolboy from Edwardian times?

The actress who played Slightly Bonkers died two years ago at the age of 71. That sort of thing can make you feel old! (RIP, Virginia Cole.)

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Youngline - again, geared towards teenagers rather than younger children.

Started in 1977, ran till mid 80s. Teresa Mannion (ageless) was on it during the later years. Good tie-in annuals. Usually on around teatime, possibly Thursdays IIRC.

Here's Graham Norton on Youngline in 1981.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O5CeeorFm4

Hangdogroad

Let's Go! Young peoples show in the vein of Anything Goes, Carhy Parke was one of the presenters and she went on to join the latter. I can just about remember it as it ended when I was about 5.

Edgware

Murphy agus a chairde. Brogeen follows the magic tune. These were from the days when R.T.E. would start 5.30 p.m.

Hangdogroad

Who remembers Top Club? Presented by Barry Lang mid 80s. Was trying to put a name this for years, all I could remember was the theme tune and the big teddy bear mascot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdZdyK9-l7M

NewbridgeIR

God, that's a memory. Always thought that Barry Lang resembled Vincent Hanley.

Hangdogroad

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

God, that's a memory. Always thought that Barry Lang resembled Vincent Hanley.

Yeah, was always getting the two mixed up trying to remember some of the more obscure stuff either was involved in.

Yurt2

Bouli the Snowman, an immortal gaeilgeoir magical snowman, impervious to warm weather patterns who dresses like a KGB spy skulking around London (check the Trilby hat). In fact, I think the whole thing is a le Carré-esque allegory for the Cold War. Soviet agents were said to have "snow on their feet" in spy-talk.


It's originally Canadian, but it's an honorary Irish kids show I'd argue.