Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

EltonJohn69 · 17-08-2019 05:59PM

Nightman sky 1 .... a very special/cool show

Odyssey 2005 · 17-08-2019 06:06PM

Shemale wrote: »

Is he getting a sneaky handjob at 19s, she is so close and moving and he is using the yellow line lile his car is a Scalectrex(?) car

There's a rumour going around thet Petrocelli is still building that house :pac:. Not surprised really, Susan Howard was a stunner, I'd never get any work done either.:D:D

Tony EH · 17-08-2019 06:30PM

madmaggie wrote: »

I still have a Youngline annual.

What year?

Tony EH · 17-08-2019 06:37PM

madmaggie wrote: »

Detective series Shoestring starring Trevor Eve

My dad and I used to watch that.

I remember one episode that had scalextric cars burning kids eyes out of their heads because there was a faulty batch released onto the market. :pac:

Good times.

odyssey06 · 17-08-2019 06:48PM

Sky Bandits or something along those lines.

A once off film in the UK Childrens Film Foundation series.

Bunch of kids who fly remote control planes attach darts to them to take down drug smugglers using planes.

17-08-2019 09:09PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Sky Bandits or something along those lines.

A once off film in the UK Childrens Film Foundation series.

Bunch of kids who fly remote control planes attach darts to them to take down drug smugglers using planes.

Sky Pirates.

The BFI have released a lot of CFF on DVD - still waiting on that one.

17-08-2019 09:26PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Nothing To It! a series produced by Gerry Stembridge in 1987 which was sort of half comedy series, half job seekers guide. There were comedy sketches about a group of people sharing a flat, one of whom was Pauline McGlynn, interspersed with interviews with unemployed young people.

Good fun. I wrote a piece about it here

madmaggie · 17-08-2019 10:13PM

Tony EH wrote: »

madmaggie wrote: »

I still have a Youngline annual.

What year?

It's in a box in the attic, but either 78 or 79.

madmaggie · 17-08-2019 10:15PM

madmaggie wrote: »

Tony EH wrote: »

madmaggie wrote: »

I still have a Youngline annual.

What year?

It's in a box in the attic, but either 78 or 79.

There was a recipe for gur cake. I made it, it was horrible.

Hangdogroad · 17-08-2019 11:21PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

I'd forgotten both of them til you mentioned it. Coral Island I remember the sandy beaches and some vague sense of dread.

Couple of scenes I remember from it, one of the tribes in it throw a young girl to sharks in I think a human sacrifice. In another scene a pet cat gets thrown into the sea and the end credits play over its dead body washed up on the beach. It looked like a real dead cat too.

This was on early afternoon from what I recall.

CastorTroy · 17-08-2019 11:48PM

khalessi wrote: »

the Banana Splits used to be on Saturday morning before The Monkees

Also The Water Margin Japanese series

Well the Banana Splits have changed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R1-ZZTcTBY

Sheridan81 wrote: »

I'm sure a lot of people remember Timothy Stack as the legendary Dick Dietrich in Nightstand but he also starred in a corny Baywatch spoof called Son Of The Beach which fans of Police Squad might enjoy. I certainly do.

Starring Jamie Bergman as BJ Cummings. She is now Mrs. David Boreanaz. I keep meaning to go back and watch the series, having only seen the odd episode.

The Late Late Show · 18-08-2019 07:55PM

I remember there being a programme called Hooperman. Cannot remember what it was now though other than the name. I think it was some sort of a detective thing.

Pawwed Rig · 18-08-2019 07:57PM

The Late Late Show wrote: »

I remember there being a programme called Hooperman. Cannot remember what it was now though other than the name. I think it was some sort of a detective thing.

The guy from 3's Company was in it.

my3cents · 18-08-2019 08:04PM

The Late Late Show wrote: »

I remember there being a programme called Hooperman. Cannot remember what it was now though other than the name. I think it was some sort of a detective thing.

A quick google says your right https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092373/ .

18-08-2019 08:11PM

madmaggie wrote: »

I still have a Youngline annual.

I have 1981 annual. Red cover. Tip on how to get the lid off a pot of jam - put a rubber band around the lid.

madmaggie · 18-08-2019 10:03PM

Another detective series, Jake and the Fat Man. Very unPC that title!

Hangdogroad · 18-08-2019 10:14PM

madmaggie wrote: »

Another detective series, Jake and the Fat Man. Very unPC that title!

The fat man of the title was William Conrad, star of Cannon (70's detective show).

foxy farmer · 18-08-2019 11:45PM

Back around 87-88 RTE broadcast a few episodes of a series called Sea Hunt. It starred Ron Ely and Kimber Sissons. An ex SEAL and his daughter out on a yacht diving and getting into various scrapes along the way. Episodes were only 30 mins long. It was a remake of a series starring Lloyd Bridges back in the 50s.

Odyssey 2005 · 19-08-2019 01:14AM

madmaggie wrote: »

Another detective series, Jake and the Fat Man. Very unPC that title!

Frank Cannon and some skinny bollix. Enjoyed it though.

trashcan · 19-08-2019 09:14PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The fat man of the title was William Conrad, star of Cannon (70's detective show).

There was a spate of those Private Eye series in the 70s. Cannon, Mannix, Banachek(sp?) Longstreet. Only vaguely remember them of course. Honestly

The Late Late Show · 19-08-2019 10:06PM

madmaggie wrote: »

Another detective series, Jake and the Fat Man. Very unPC that title!

Remember this well. Didn't they have Fatman done up as the Batman symbol in the later seasons of it?

Matlock was another of the time and LA Law.

Cork Boy 53 · 19-08-2019 10:22PM

trashcan wrote: »

There was a spate of those Private Eye series in the 70s. Cannon, Mannix, Banachek(sp?) Longstreet. Only vaguely remember them of course. Honestly

Also Barnaby Jones, Griff, Columbo and the best of them all IMO :The Rockford Files.

19-08-2019 10:26PM

I watch an episode of Cannon every Sunday morning and Barnaby Jones on Sunday evenings. Classics.

Cork Boy 53 · 19-08-2019 10:31PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Anyone remember Youngline? It was a teenage magazine show on RTE in the mid eighties.

Youngline was actually on RTE from the mid/late 1970s. A few schoolmates of mine were given airtime on one edition back then. The programme was also notable for featuring the first ever TV appearance of a then obscure young band called the Hype who would later change their name to U2.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/937-u2/290015-u2-first-television-appearance/

Hangdogroad · 20-08-2019 08:16AM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Youngline was actually on RTE from the mid/late 1970s. A few schoolmates of mine were given airtime on one edition back then. The programme was also notable for featuring the first ever TV appearance of a then obscure young band called the Hype who would later change their name to U2.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/937-u2/290015-u2-first-television-appearance/

Presumably the time they appeared as the Hype has been wiped?

Hangdogroad · 25-08-2019 09:14AM

Not a programme that I liked, in fact the complete opposite. The Fitz, a BBC NI sitcom by Owen O Neill that aired in 2000. It was dreadful. Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt were in it at the height of their Dunbelieveable's fame. Luckily for them I think most people have forgotten they were in it and I don't think many southern viewers tuned in. Eamon Owens was in it too, he had no luck post-Butcher Boy. He was in this and the Big Bow Wow in quick succession. That's enough to kill any up and coming young actors career.

branie2 · 25-08-2019 10:08AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The fat man of the title was William Conrad, star of Cannon (70's detective show).

He was the narrator of The Fugitive as well

25-08-2019 12:17PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Not a programme that I liked, in fact the complete opposite. The Fitz, a BBC NI sitcom by Owen O Neill that aired in 2000. It was dreadful. Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt were in it at the height of their Dunbelieveable's fame. Luckily for them I think most people have forgotten they were in it and I don't think many southern viewers tuned in. Eamon Owens was in it too, he had no luck post-Butcher Boy. He was in this and the Big Bow Wow in quick succession. That's enough to kill any up and coming young actors career.

I remember that programme, half the house was in the republic and the other was in the North, Bronagh Gallagher and the mother from The Snapper was in it too

Hangdogroad · 25-08-2019 01:45PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I remember that programme, half the house was in the republic and the other was in the North, Bronagh Gallagher and the mother from The Snapper was in it too

Eamon Morrissey and Deirdre O Kane were in it too. It had a really good cast but the script and setups stank. The "joke" was that everyone in the family had red hair which I think mostly was conveyed through wigs.

Subacio · 27-08-2019 04:08PM

Tom Grattan's War. Used to be shown on Anything Goes on a Saturday morning.

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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