Things I wish were still on TV

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...

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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

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"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.

byte

Ah, how could I forget Huckleberry Finn, it used to be on daily during school summer holidays one year...

Anyone remember a program with a horse (not black beauty) I think it was Folly, Follyfoot, or something to that effect. I can barely remember what it was about (apart from a horse).

Silvera

A few of my favs............

Simon & Simon ............so few people remember this show!
The Fall Guy
CHiPs ...........why oh why don't RTE1/2, TV3, etc. show this again !!!
Magnum Pi
Remington Steele
The Equalizer
Bring Em Back Alive .........what was the starring guys' name again ??
Fraggle Rock
The Smurfs


Is there any good websites with info on 80's tv shows like those I have listed ?

Pigman II

Silvera wrote:

Bring Em Back Alive .........what was the starring guys' name again ??

Bruce Boxleitner

Morrigan

byte wrote:

Ah, how could I forget Huckleberry Finn, it used to be on daily during school summer holidays one year...

Anyone remember a program with a horse (not black beauty) I think it was Folly, Follyfoot, or something to that effect. I can barely remember what it was about (apart from a horse).

I remember that, nad I remember the theme tune, vaguely...
"Grow, grow, Lightning Tree! Blah blah blah etc"

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/kids/follyfoot.htm

Ruu wrote:

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

I wish I had digital...

Chucky the tree

Chips and Macgyver both used to be on digital every weekday. dont think so now though.

Silvera

I also liked 'The Man from Atlantis' (starring Patrick Duffy a.k.a Bobby from Dallas) and 'The Flying Doctors'.

Saw the Smurfs today on satellite - but they had German accents !

Kingsize

"Saw the Smurfs today on satellite - but they had German accents !"

were they speeking german or did they just have german accents like the "hilarious" ss in allo allo?
ve luff you papa smurf!but ve hates untermensch!

incedentally bring back the moomins

Roddy23

I know its been mentioned already, but Get Smart was the business.
I loved the music to the start of it, sounds a bit like the odd couple.
Legendary.

Morrigan

Kingsize wrote:

incedentally bring back the moomins

Yes!! Moomins!! They ROCK!!
I am getting far too excited about this!!

FatherTed

McGyver Season 1 is coming out on DVD on Monday.