Things I wish were still on TV

giveth

The Wonder Years
Alf
Family Ties
Super Gran
Bosco
Denver The Last Dinosaur
Cockleshell Bay

On the plus side, I'm glad to see the A*Teem and Inspector Gadget making a comeback.

Why don't they make programmes like these anymore?

StupidLikeAFox

Mork and Mindy

Simi

Futurama.

byte

Mysterious Cities of Gold
Once Upon A Time... series

tSubh Dearg

Rooooobin, The hooded man!

I loved that series, does anyone know is it on dvd?

also Mr Benn

giveth

You gotta love ALF though...

Chucky the tree

giveth wrote:

The Wonder Years

its on one of the channels on ntl digital on 4:30pm weekdays i think, cant remeber the channel though

giveth

tSubh Dearg wrote:

Rooooobin, The hooded man!

I loved that series, does anyone know is it on dvd?

also Mr Benn

I never heard of Roobin,

By Mr. Benn, you mean Mr Bean? Yeah that was cool. All the best programs involve Aliens..

giveth

Really?
I must keep an eye out. I've just downloaded the them tune "Like a little help from my friends" by Joe Cocker. I love it.

billy the squid

shows i would like to still be on TV

ALF
Misfits of Science
Voyage to the bottom of the Sea
Firball XL5
Land of the Giants
Lost in Space
Skippy
The Littlest Hobo
Benji Zax and the Alien Prince
The Greatest American Hero

ibanez

The X-Files or Millenium.

Ba_barbaraAnne

F-Troop and Daniel Boone - they will NEVER be reshown, but dreaming
My favourite Martian
Ulysses
Trumpton
Harry and the Hendersons

giveth

Skippy

Oh yes! I'd love to see that too. Skippeeeee Skipeeeee,Skipee the bush kangarooooooo.

That and Flipper.

giveth

Chucky the tree wrote:

its on one of the channels on ntl digital on 4:30pm weekdays i think, cant remeber the channel though

Yeah, I checked and it's on Paramount at 4.30. Ive taken a sicky today so I can watch it.

eggshapedfred

The X-Files or Millenium.

the x-files is being repeated on sky-onc during the day (i think - at least it was a couple of months ago).

By Mr. Benn, you mean Mr Bean? Yeah that was cool.

nah, think they meant Mr benn the guy who went to a tailors and dressed up as different people (fireman, indian, etc) and had adventures as the person he dressed up as...

for Praed goodness

Robin of Sherwood - season 1

The_B_Man

the diplodos.
that cartoon about the girl who had a koala in her tree? cant remember its name tough.
jayce and the wheeled warriors. (i know its on digital but i dont gots digital)

byte

Ah, how could I forget the Littlest Hobo. It was running the odd time on some obscure channel on Sky recently, possibly LifeTV. Ulysses31 is run late night on Fox Kids aka Jetix.

As for Mr Benn, wasn't there a programme with a kid who had a friendly bear called Benn or something?

Ruu_Old

Meant to watch the Wonder Years, missed it yesterday, was gonna watch it after Happy Days (where Richie and the Fonz joined the army) so funny, but forgot about it!

Mysterious Cities of Gold or Dogtanian are my biggest wishes.

Also i noticed on Bravo over the weekend they are showing a really old spiderman cartoon, like really ancient i believe, anyone clarify?

billy the squid

there was also round the world in 80 days cartoon with cats (or was it dogs) it used to be on saturday mornings anyway

mayordenis

Dino riders

tSubh Dearg

eggshapedfred wrote:

Robin of Sherwood - season 1

Thank you! I'm glad somebody recognised my attempt to type sing the theme tune! Now I just have to save up the money to buy it.

and yes I meant Mr Benn who used to dress up as something different in the magic costume shop everyday, I loved that programme

Creamy Goodness

for those who have digital/cable

mr.benn is on nick jr. from about 9pm along with the clangers etc.

i wish the super mario bros. was still on

also

alf
captain planet

giveth

Cremo wrote:

for those who have digital/cable

mr.benn is on nick jr. from about 9pm along with the clangers etc.

i wish the super mario bros. was still on

also

alf
captain planet

Lol! Nick Jr. So are yee actually going to watch a channel thats supposed to be for toddlers?

Creamy Goodness

giveth wrote:

Lol! Nick Jr. So are yee actually going to watch a channel thats supposed to be for toddlers?

yes, i watch it sometimes at night to rekindle my childhood memories of good shows,

mr.benn
clangers
king rollo
bod

Abdiel

Think most of the shows I would mention are already on various satellite channels.

Wonder Years
Quantum Leap

Wouldnt mind seeing Manimal or Automan or maybe Streethawk again - Streethawk seems the only one of the Knight Rider, Airwolf, type shows that was never repeated.

Twin Peaks as well, have series 1 but still no sign of series 2, so would love to see that again.

LoneGunM@n

Things I wish were still on TV:

Number 73 [80s version of SMTV with Neil from Art Attack]
Terrahawks
Batfink
Around the world with Willy Fog
Sport Billy
Fraggle Rock
Ulysses 31
Trap Door
Rip Tide
Manimal
Hunter
Street Hawk
Family Ties
The Facts of Life
Mork & Mindy
Chocky
Three's a Crowd
Wiseguy
Dempsey & Makepiece
Knightmare
Roland Rat
The Young Ones

LoneGunM@n

I just found a great site for Number 73
http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/73

Zombienosh

Mr Ben.
M.A.S.K
The Herb Garden
Pink Panther (old silent ones)
Promeitius and Bob
Huxley Pig
Clangers
The Racoons (not sure if thats the actual name)
Trap Door
Count Duckula

Abdiel

Saw Dempsey and Makepeace recently, a bit of a blast from the past alright. Think yer one Glynnis Barber had a part in a west-end show or something recently - wonder how she looks these days.

Forgot about "Hunter" - always used to watch that, wonder what "McCall" is doing now :-)

Used to like some of those children's dramas that were on like "Children of the Dogstar" and stuff like that, oh and as I dont think anyone else has mentioned it...

Press Gang

Get Smart - God I loved that show
C.H.I.P.S
and of course,
Knightrider

Zombienosh

does anyone remember
David Strassman... i think thats spelled right
hes a ventriliquist (sp?) and he had a show on about midnightish on Utv i think on fridays.....

i wish that show came back

chuck wood and ted e bare ruled

Pigman II

Bananaman
Battlestar Galactica (1978)t
Blue Thunder
BraveStarr
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
C.O.P.S.
CHiPs
chocky
Diff'rent Strokes
DJ Kat (sky)
dogtanian
Doogie Howser, M_D_
Droids
Dungeons & Dragons
Ewoks
family ness
Family Ties
flash gordon ('70s animated)
Fun Factory (sky)
Galactica 1980
Galaxy High School
gamesmaster
Ghostbusters (Filmation)
godzilla animated
grange hill (70s-80s eps)
groovy goolies
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling
It's Your Move
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
johnny briggs (bbc kids show)
jossys giants
Knight Rider
M_A_S_K_ (1985)
Magnum, P_I_
Manimal
marmalade atkins
MASH
mr.t (animated with gymnasts)
muppets
My Favorite Martian
Pac-Man
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Press Gang
Remington Steele
robin hood (praed / connery version)
robotix
roger ramjet
She-Ra Princess of Power <- never watched this because I was such a macho kid. But Being a big HeMan fan I wish I had now!
shirt tales
Silver Spoons
Simon and Simon
Sledge Hammer!
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
spitting image
Street Hawk
supergran
superted
Terrahawks
The Edison Twins
The Fall Guy
The Flintstones
The Greatest American Hero
The Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Incredible Hulk (1982)
The Littlest Hobo
The Monkees
The Paper Chase
The Real Ghostbusters
The Ropers
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3-4
The Transformers
Three's Company
ThunderCats
Ulysses 31
Voyagers!

(Damn, I sure watched too much tv as a kid)

Velvet Vocals

Anyone remember The Snorks... they lived under the sea..... I wish they were back on!!

Zombienosh

thats some list pigman!

remember sharky and george???


the crimebusters of the sea?

meditraitor

american gothic

AlisonB

ulysees
gummy bears
wonderly wagon
Danger mouse
Prince Valiant
Fraggle Rock
Smurfs
Maxwell Smart

Abdiel

Indeed Pigman must have the "Square eyes" that I suspect many of us were threatened with !

I reckon I've watched nealy all those shows, recognise some of the names as well but cant place the program.

AlisonB just reminded me of the Raggy Dolls as well.

Johnny Briggs eh ? Remember an episode where he had to look after the school rabbit or something, of course it led to the usual rabbit gets lost\dies drama, but wasnt a bad show.

There was a show on ITV called "Dodger, Bonzo and the Gang" or something that I vaguely remember watching, think it was sort of an orphanage or foster home type situation.

rubadub

wizbit
three's company & the ropers
the twilight zones shown in the 80's (not the very early or recent ones)
alfred hitchcock presents
tales of the unexpected

not a repeat but a show with all live preformances from the 80's & 90's sort of like top of the pops 2 but with live acts on "the word" or "the tube"

Phibsboro

I guess this is all about what age we all are

Most of my favs have already been mentioned (love to see an episode of alf again!), but the one thing that stands out in my mind is a bbc kids series called Tomorrow's People (i think - maybe Tomorrow's Children?). It was about a group of kids in the future - I think they had the ability to time travel. All very fuzzy memories I'm afraid, but I do recall eagerly anticiapting the next episode.

One other thing - despite the nostalgia for these things, I normally find that when I actually see an old tv series again it is somehow less than it was - the picture quality is usually bad, the writing a bit clunky etc - A large dose of rose tinted glasses would seem to be involved. The one thing that does amaze me when seen now is Porridge - I watched that one where they discussed "what they were going to do on a Saturday night" recently and it was suberb - like a two hander play really, amazingly daring for a prime time sitcom.

Cheers,
C

Phibsboro

One quick google later ...

It was actually ITV! I must have a snobby hindsight

Called The Tomorrow People...

][cEMAN**

Spiderman and his amazing friends
Bravestar
Defenders of the Earth
Banana Splits
Thundercats

jjoneill

fraggle rock and captain planet

Pigman II

remembered a few more ....

Bagpuss
Battle of the Planets.
Chorlton & the Wheelies
G_I_ Joe
Jamie & the magic torch
Muppet Babies
Pole Position
The Dick Tracy Cartoon Show
The Snorks
Voltron Defender of the Universe

Eve e

Wouldnt mind seeing Manimal or Automan or maybe Streethawk again - Streethawk seems the only one of the Knight Rider, Airwolf, type shows that was never repeated-.Quote Abdiel

maybe streethawk never gets repeats cause it never had a catchy 80's theme tune like knightrider or airwolf
my own wish list would be

Morph
HR puff n stuff
The Fall Guy
Swapshop
I dream of Jeannie /Bewitched
Three's company
Fraggle Rock
Thundercats
The Sooty Show
Chock-A-Block
Button Moon

jjoneill

i cant remember the name, i think 'the dinosaurs' ,but it was a family of dinosaurs, there was a baby one who wore a yellow t-shirt, wouldnt mind if that came back

][cEMAN**

"I'm the baby, gotta love me"?

*Baby bashes frying pan off father's head*

"AGAIN!! AGAIN!!"

landser

garda patrol

Morrigan

Doesn't anyone miss MCGYVER??
The most perfect man ever - a gorgeous, extremely clever, good with his hands, eco-conscious, pacifist.
And that theme-tune. I get goose-pimples just thinking about it now.

giveth

Morrigan wrote:

Doesn't anyone miss MCGYVER??
The most perfect man ever - a gorgeous, extremely clever, good with his hands, eco-conscious, pacifist.
And that theme-tune. I get goose-pimples just thinking about it now.

MacGyver is on some channel on Sky....Granada Plus or something. It's still brilliant.

Blisterman

Seinfeld, Jerry was offered $40 million to make a new season.

Ruu_Old

last i saw MacGyver was on Bravo, i think at weekends along with Knightrider.