Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

Mam of 4 · 20-01-2019 09:18PM

It was probably mentioned , but MT USA , on a Sunday afternoon , with Vincent Hanley I think ?
It seemed so exotic and out there , to me anyway !

anthony777 · 20-01-2019 09:28PM

What about Patrick Swayze's 'The Beast'. it was great.

Or The Littlest Hobo about the dog, I always cried. Remember the song?

'There's a voice that keeps on callin' me, down the road, that's where I'll always be...'

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 09:28PM

New Home wrote: »

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

Channel 4 surely?

Mam of 4 wrote: »

It was probably mentioned , but MT USA , on a Sunday afternoon , with Vincent Hanley I think ?
It seemed so exotic and out there , to me anyway !

It was a great show that we all watched. Probably the first time I heard ZZ Top. A year later we got MTV in Dublin and that was that. Suddenly the USA version of Live Aid made sense.

New Home · 20-01-2019 09:30PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

Channel 4 surely?

Sorry, I honestly can't remember.

Cork Boy 53 · 20-01-2019 09:34PM

A series that aired to mark the American bicentennial in 1976 named The Adams Chronicles, which charted the lives and careers of John Adams, his son John Quincy, both of whom were US Presidents and several generations of their descendants. I have never seen this series since the original broadcast but can still remember it as being quality viewing.

AndrewJRenko · 20-01-2019 09:35PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

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

She popped up in a supporting role in the excellent Very English Scandal recently- hard to connect her to 'Betty' tbh.

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 09:36PM

I'm going nuclear.:D

Me and my Girl. ITV in the 80s.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-01-2019 09:38PM

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.

I watched both, Gemini man was my favourite out of the two.

salmocab · 20-01-2019 09:40PM

Lot of mentions of very popular shows going on.

I have memories of an Aussie war series, I think called Anzacs and I’m pretty sure Paul Hogan was in it.
Lot of Aussie shows mentioned they must have had a decent output through the years before they started sending documentary crews to the airport and beach.

The Crowman · 20-01-2019 09:40PM

Happy Families. Mid 80's comedy with Adrian Edmondson as a kind of simple guy on a quest to track down members of his Aristocratic family. Ric Mayal and the rest of the Young Ones/Comic Strip bunch would pop up in cameos. I saw it on UK Gold in the 90s and apparently it hasn't been screened since or released on dvd.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-01-2019 09:44PM

What about Stig of the dump?

Another few firm favourites of mine were The Beachcombers and Grizzly Adams.

I also remember a program that was shown during the summer when I was young - The boy from Lapland. Had a very distinct intro tune

https://youtu.be/b9GcjGRF6xE

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 09:46PM

Ah **** it! Going really nuclear with the dubbed TV series Heidi.:D

New Home · 20-01-2019 09:47PM

The film or the cartoon?

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 09:51PM

New Home wrote: »

The film or the cartoon?

TV series. The Beeb showed it as part of their afternoon schedule

odyssey06 · 20-01-2019 09:54PM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

A series that aired to mark the American bicentennial in 1976 named The Adams Chronicles, which charted the lives and careers of John Adams, his son John Quincy, both of whom were US Presidents and several generations of their descendants. I have never seen this series since the original broadcast but can still remember it as being quality viewing.

I would love to see that... Actually that reminds me I did watch the 2008 John Adams series with Paul Giamatti.

RMAOK · 20-01-2019 09:57PM

Skippy the bush kangaroo.

How many children that kangaroo saved from falling down abandoned wells is a mystery tbh.

tomoliver · 20-01-2019 10:01PM

There's a show im trying to remember and it's hard to describe

Some guy wandering round canals or something in a long coat at night was on bbc or channel 4 back in the late 80s

I can barely remember enough of it to describe,it definitely wasn't a mainstream type of show but it was made in the uk

dougm1970 · 20-01-2019 10:06PM

bit of useless info this. in 1980 my granny got me a buck rogers bet set...duvet and pillow cover....and as i type its on my sons bed...38 odd years later

tomoliver · 20-01-2019 10:12PM

Saturday swap shop or whatever it was called

Bullsh1t idea about swapping things live on air

Introduced that waste of space turd Noel Edmonds to the world

He went to do many other inane things on TV,no surprise some guy got killed eventually

Cork Boy 53 · 20-01-2019 10:13PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

I would love to see that... Actually that reminds me I did watch the 2008 John Adams series with Paul Giamatti.

There are actually some clips of it on Youtube but it has never been put on DVD, on this side of the Atlantic anyway.

The Golden Miller · 20-01-2019 10:16PM

Invasion. Around the time of there being an influx of major American tv series' like lost and prison break, Invasion got forgotten. Think it aired on tg4 here

Jimbob1977 · 20-01-2019 10:22PM

The Invaders (1967)

A Quinn Martin production.

Mild-mannered architect David Vincent takes on aliens that turn red and disintegrate when killed. Recognisable by a mutated little finger.

The series had a huge flaw. Why didn't the aliens kill David Vincent on the dozens of occasions they kidnapped him?

Other than that, it was a great show

Salmon Leap · 20-01-2019 10:29PM

DBB wrote: »

Holy moly
I loved that show. I'd forgotten about it til now!

Also loved the Gemini Man with his oh-so-cool beepy digital watch

Blake's 7 was another favourite.

Loved Blake’s 7 ðŸ˜Ž

A.L.F.
The Invaders (BBC2)

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 10:38PM

Ah Blakes 7. Loved it!

Mam of 4 · 20-01-2019 10:40PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

TV series. The Beeb showed it as part of their afternoon schedule

It was on RTE at some point too , when us in the sticks had a selection of two channels !

Jimbob1977 · 20-01-2019 10:50PM

tomoliver wrote: »

There's a show im trying to remember and it's hard to describe

Some guy wandering round canals or something in a long coat at night was on bbc or channel 4 back in the late 80s

I can barely remember enough of it to describe,it definitely wasn't a mainstream type of show but it was made in the uk

Van Der Valk? Amsterdam detective.

tomoliver · 20-01-2019 11:36PM

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Van Der Valk? Amsterdam detective.

No , I can't remember much about except it was set at night and he used to walk around in a long coat

It could have been a mystery or science fiction mini series

Pretty sure it was titled The *****?

anthony777 · 20-01-2019 11:40PM

Worzel Gummidge

Grandeeod · 20-01-2019 11:49PM

I've gone nuclear once and then nuclear twice.:D Coming up is a full nuclear assault.:D

Triangle. Who remembers that. I do!

Nigel Fairservice · 21-01-2019 12:02AM

I was talking sci fi with a few guys from work and none of them had ever heard of V from 1984. I was too young at the time but it was shown on Network 2 again in 1999/2000. I was in 4th year at the time and always stayed up late to watch it.

I also loved First Wave. I think Network 2 were showing it on Monday nights in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I think they had a sci fi thing going on on Monday nights. The Twilight Zone used to be on before First Wave.

Ed was good comedy from the mid 2000s. JD's brother from Scrubs was in it. I think the actor was Tom Cavanagh. Nobody seems to remember it!

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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