Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

morphman · 12-01-2019 10:52am

H r puff n stuff

its_steve116 · 12-01-2019 2:02pm

storker wrote: »

Roobarb & Custard

Possibly the best theme tune of any kids' TV programme.

A lot of people think the show was called "Roobarb & Custard" but it was just "Roobarb".

branie2 · 12-01-2019 2:10pm

Castaway, a 1970s series about a group of people in the 19th century stranded on an island after a hurricane

whomitconcerns · 12-01-2019 2:14pm

gipi wrote: »

My other half remembers Torchy the battery boy....now this is going way back! Nobody else has ever remembered it when he mentions it.

You don't mean Jamie and his magic torch?

Edit: nope you didn't I see the other one now.

Round the bend was a fav of mine.

Hated Dilín Ó Deamhas.. On rte.. To much like school

branie2 · 12-01-2019 2:30pm

A.D. A religious drama series based on the Acts of the Apostles, made in 1985.

Lorelli! · 12-01-2019 5:38pm

Our Friends in the North was a very good drama series with Daniel Craig and Christopher Eccleston. No one ever seems to remember it when i mention it.

And Id like to watch it again but I remember Jake's Progress was good.

Skid X · 12-01-2019 10:47pm

Lorelli! wrote: »

Our Friends in the North was a very good drama series with Daniel Craig and Christopher Eccleston. No one ever seems to remember it when i mention it.

And Id like to watch it again but I remember Jake's Progress was good.

Two excellent shows

Our Friends In The North seems to be better remembered by critics than than the public for some reason (even though it has Doctor Who and James Bond in it together)

[Deleted User] · 12-01-2019 10:56pm

kjbsrah1 wrote: »

Dusty’s Trail. It used to be on RTÉ on Saturday mornings. Used to love it.

Yes great show. Was shown on one of the TV stations in the last year.

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Apple's Way.

Holmes and Yoyo.

Me and the chimp ( I always wanted a pet monkey after watching it.)

The Electric Company -like Sesame Street but less animation.

Electric company was good.

Anyone remember The Swiss Family Robinson shown on TV late 70s.

salmocab · 12-01-2019 11:00pm

Technocentral wrote: »

Space 1999 was my number 1 favourite TV show as a Sci Fi loving kid, even more so than Star Trek OS.
Especialy loved the Eagle ships.

I was in college in 1999 and one of the lads got the class hooked on that, presumably it was shown again purely because of the year it was.

NewbridgeIR · 13-01-2019 12:10am

Lorelli! wrote: »

Our Friends in the North was a very good drama series with Daniel Craig and Christopher Eccleston. No one ever seems to remember it when i mention it.

And Id like to watch it again but I remember Jake's Progress was good.

Our Friends In The North is top class. Great use of Don't Look Back In Anger.

Jake's Progress is decent, although not watched it in about 12/13 days.

appledrop · 13-01-2019 12:13am

The shoe people. Used to love it as a child but you had to get up really early to watch it.

appledrop · 13-01-2019 12:27am

Danger Bay.

I tuned in every week + theme song was classic brilliant!

https://youtu.be/URQ2g4T8Jd8

Beechwoodspark · 13-01-2019 12:35am

Few ones that come to mind

Simon and the witch.

Bodger and badger

T-Bags

Mike and Angelo

Round the twist

Pugwall

Knightmare - virtual reality show set in a sort of medieval world - the height of technology at the time!

Mam of 4 · 13-01-2019 12:41am

Anyone remember The Beachcombers on a Saturday I think ?

The Invisible Man as mentioned , I always thought it was sad , the same with The Incredible Hulk .

Skid X · 13-01-2019 12:53am

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Anyone remember The Beachcombers on a Saturday I think ?

The Invisible Man as mentioned , I always thought it was sad , the same with The Incredible Hulk .

Ah yeah, I remember all those well

All those logs in The Beachcombers, piled up in the river, seemingly never-ending!

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2019 12:56am

(Oh no it’s) Selwyn Froggatt!

Used to love this show as a kid. It was magic!

angel eyes 2012 · 13-01-2019 1:09am

Wheety wrote: »

Spent many a night watching crap on tv when everyone else went to bed.

Night Stand With Dick Dietrick - Spoof of Jerry Springer et al

Herman's Head - Like the numbskulls in The Beano and Inside Out (Pixar movie)

I loved Herman's Head, it used to be on Channel 4 mid 90s

Also, Dream Team on Sky 1 but I think others will remember that programme.

When I was younger I watched Beverly Hills Teens (cartoon version of 90210).

Mrsmum · 13-01-2019 1:16am

As a child I remember watching Skippy, the bush Kangaroo.

freewheeler · 13-01-2019 1:20am

Gemini man
Man from atlantis

Mrsmum · 13-01-2019 1:26am

Remember Alias Smith and Jones ?

madmaggie · 13-01-2019 1:55am

Mrsmum wrote: »

As a child I remember watching Skippy, the bush Kangaroo.

Now I've got the song in me head.

branie2 · 13-01-2019 1:56am

Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince, a young prince who flees to earth when his home planet is taken by an evil dictator. The boy is pursued by two hunters

Curious Scot · 13-01-2019 1:58am

The Oregon Trail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=purYzu6RrJQ

branie2 · 13-01-2019 2:14am

Battlestar: Galactica

Ursus Horribilis · 13-01-2019 2:25am

branie2 wrote: »

Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince, a young prince who flees to earth when his home planet is taken by an evil dictator. The boy is pursued by two hunters

Ah I remember this. Wasn’t there also a talking yellow robot of some sort in it? I think it was the prince’s sidekick of some sort.

Speaking of Sidekicks, there was a short lived kids tv series of the same name. It starred Gil Gerard (who’d played Buck Rogers before that) and some Asian kid who was really good at martial arts.

branie2 · 13-01-2019 2:30am

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Ah I remember this. Wasn’t there also a talking yellow robot of some sort in it? I think it was the prince’s sidekick of some sort.

Speaking of Sidekicks, there was a short lived kids tv series of the same name. It starred Gil Gerard (who’d played Buck Rogers before that) and some Asian kid who was really good at martial arts.

The robot was called Zax.

scotchy · 13-01-2019 2:31am

Wait till your father gets home.

The next door neighbor had his own private army:)

I found out years later that there were lots of edgy political satirical commentaries on the 1970s in it, apparently the guy with the private army was supposed to be Nixon, at the time it all went over my head:o

Great cartoon though.

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ShamrockAir · 13-01-2019 3:18am

I just started watching "Quantum Leap" I asked peoiple where I work if they ever watched it and most people have not. I was kind of shocked with that. I loved that show as a child.

igCorcaigh · 13-01-2019 4:30am

Mrsmum wrote: »

As a child I remember watching Skippy, the bush Kangaroo.

And Flipper.

prinzeugen · 13-01-2019 4:38am

Bugs on BBC. All they cyber crap we deal with now, they mastered back in the mid 90s!

https://youtu.be/DI-gsQf_F-I

Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

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