Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

lbc2019 · 20-01-2019 01:04AM

Chico the rainmaker - weird Ealing film

The Crowman · 20-01-2019 10:16AM

When Reason Sleeps. A horror/supernatural anthology that was a co production between RTE and channel 4 shown in 1987. Of course it's unavailable on dvd and all you can find online are a few production stills.

my3cents · 20-01-2019 11:02AM

Here's one that nobody seems to remember or know about, the Steven Speilberg Taken mini series. Its also know as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken.

I've no idea when it was on TV (released 2002) and I only know about it because I bought the box set of DVD's for a pound about 5 years ago at a car boot sale on the UK. I'd 100% recommend it to anyone into science fiction who can put up with Dakota Fannings voice.

New Home · 20-01-2019 11:21AM

Was that the one with Dakota Fanning when she was 5 or 6? You're right, it was brilliant.

keane2097 · 20-01-2019 11:26AM

Did anyone mention The Dreamstone?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pZL23Xq1AgY

my3cents · 20-01-2019 11:27AM

New Home wrote: »

Was that the one with Dakota Fanning when she was 5 or 6? You're right, it was brilliant.

That was it, really good but never seen a hint of it on TV and anyone I try and explain it to hasn't a clue what I'm on about. It was on the BBC as I found an archived page for the listing but no idea when it was actually on.

New Home · 20-01-2019 11:29AM

my3cents wrote: »

That was it, really good but never seen a hint of it on TV and anyone I try and explain it to hasn't a clue what I'm on about. It was on the BBC as I found an archived page for the listing but no idea when it was actually on.

It was because that's where I remember seeing it in the first place. I was spellbound by her performance.

AndrewJRenko · 20-01-2019 11:39AM

odyssey06 wrote: »

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998), mini series starring Gerard Depardieu.
In French, but aired on BBC2 I think as BBC4 didn't exist yet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167565/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_129

Tres authentique!

Anyone else remember the Hanna Barbera cartoon version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ6mMuKdY0

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145604/

Rootsblower · 20-01-2019 11:45AM

The Highwayman, I remember it on RTÉ around the late eighties

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vfGz6Qrs4YY

branie2 · 20-01-2019 12:06PM

The All-New Popeye Show

RMAOK · 20-01-2019 12:10PM

tomoliver wrote: »

Edward Woodward he died a while ago

He was in the equalizer as well, I think.

branie2 · 20-01-2019 12:16PM

In the world of film, Edward Woodward was also famous in The Wicker Man

branie2 · 20-01-2019 02:11PM

The Muppet Babies

Cork Boy 53 · 20-01-2019 03:09PM

my3cents wrote: »

Here's one that nobody seems to remember or know about, the Steven Speilberg Taken mini series. Its also know as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken.

I've no idea when it was on TV (released 2002) and I only know about it because I bought the box set of DVD's for a pound about 5 years ago at a car boot sale on the UK. I'd 100% recommend it to anyone into science fiction who can put up with Dakota Fannings voice.

I do remember this series being shown on RTE in early 2003 and I later bought the DVD box set and also the book version. I think it may have been rerun on Sky since the original broadcast but not really sure about that. IMO the series started off brilliantly, dropped off in quality in the middle episodes and then picked up again at the end.

branie2 · 20-01-2019 03:13PM

Talkabout - a game show where you talk about a chosen subject. It was first presented by Ian Dempsey, and by Alan Hughes years later when it was revived.

odyssey06 · 20-01-2019 06:43PM

Just remembered Dungeons & Dragons, the 1980s cartoon series.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-01-2019 06:57PM

Manimal. No one I know can ever remember if. I loved it.

Another one was Gemini Man (Sam the invisible man) I so so wanted to have a watch like his to make me invisible.

New Home · 20-01-2019 06:58PM

Manimal was fantastic! I'm beginning to think I may have watched too much telly....

New Home · 20-01-2019 06:59PM

Does anyone remember Max Headroom? They actually made a TV series, not just him on MTV. And Daria (much later, though)?

spurious · 20-01-2019 07:02PM

New Home wrote: »

Does anyone remember Max Headroom? They actually made a TV series, not just him on MTV. And Daria (much later, though)?

Daria was cool.

smilerf · 20-01-2019 07:55PM

Centurians

Cork Boy 53 · 20-01-2019 07:55PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Manimal. No one I know can ever remember if. I loved it.

Another one was Gemini Man (Sam the invisible man) I so so wanted to have a watch like his to make me invisible.

Yes I remember this being aired in the mid 70s. Sam was played by Ben Murphy who had starred in Alias Smith and Jones some years earlier. There was also a forerunner to this series named The Invisible Man which also only lasted for one season as far as I can recall. This earlier series starred David McCallum of The Man From Uncle fame.

my3cents · 20-01-2019 07:57PM

New Home wrote: »

Does anyone remember Max Headroom? They actually made a TV series, not just him on MTV. And Daria (much later, though)?

Wasn't it the same actor in Taken I mentioned earlier?

New Home · 20-01-2019 07:58PM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Yes I remember this being aired in the mid 70s. Sam was played by Ben Murphy who had starred in Alias Smith and Jones some years earlier. There was also a forerunner to this series named The Invisible Man which also only lasted for one season as far as I can recall. This earlier series starred David McCallum of The Man From Uncle fame.

AKA Steel of Sapphire and Steel fame.

Cork Boy 53 · 20-01-2019 08:06PM

New Home wrote: »

AKA Steel of Sapphire and Steel fame.

Yes, he was in that series as well along with Joanna Lumley from The New Avengers and Absolutely Fabulous among others. I remember watching it a few times as a teenager and could never understand what it was supposed to be about.

New Home · 20-01-2019 08:09PM

my3cents wrote: »

Wasn't it the same actor in Taken I mentioned earlier?

Indeed he was, I had forgotten about that, I just looked it up now.

Amalgam · 20-01-2019 08:42PM

Someone will know this, the titles escapes me..

EDIT: FOUND IT! Might not have been for kids..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3jJb9TgJcg

Get Stuffed (Wikipedia)

BBC1 ITV - Anarchic cooking show for kids, very very short episodes with manic presenters, imagine being told how to cook something by Vivian from the Young Ones (Wikipedia).

Very very 80s show, scruffy, on a shoestring budget. Ahead of its time and somewhat endearing.

One of the main characters may have had a bit of a Scottish accent.

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 08:54PM

branie2 wrote: »

In the world of film, Edward Woodward was also famous in The Wicker Man

Married to Michelle Dotrice who played Betty in Some Mothers do ave em.

Jimbob1977 · 20-01-2019 09:03PM

Ghostwriter - children solving mysteries with the help of clues from a ghost.

Heartbreak High - like Grange Hill in Sydney

Dodgem - early 1990s BBC children's drama about children who run away from foster care to join a carnival. Starring Sean Maguire and Lucy Speed.

Banana Man - Eric from Acacia Road

fxotoole · 20-01-2019 09:11PM

Sledgehammer
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Ulysses 31
Once Upon A Time.....Life

In the early 90s RTE aired an Aussie TV show about a family living in a lighthouse...... I think it was called Around The Twist

The Trap Door used to creep me the f*** out when I was a young kid

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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