Childhood TV favourites
 

Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill

Childhood TV favourites
 

In message , Bill Wright
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Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill

The first two of those would be on my list too. Also The Army Game, The
Buccaneers, Boss Cat (as the BBC renamed it because there was a brand of
cat food called Top Cat), The Saga of Noggin the Nog, The Billy Cotton
Band Show, Fireball XL5, Doctor Who. No doubt there were many more that
have slipped my mind.
--
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
that man can never learn anything from history."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Childhood TV favourites
 

Mr Magoo, Tomorrow People, Magpie, For the older and more mature bloke, and
the girls who like horses, Follyfoot.


How, I did not really reckon Blue Peter, but John Noakes exploits were
always worth a watch as things seldom actually went to plan.

Do not adjust your Set, Betty Boop, was this really meant for kids??

Clangers, magic Roundabout, Animal Magic. and though now considered
politically wrong to mention, anything with Rolf Harris in it.

Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill

Childhood TV favourites
 

Bill Wright wrote:
Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill


Huge subject to cover really as compared to adulthood the various stages of
childhood are fairly short and what appeals to a 5 year old will not to a
12 old whereas the same persons by the time they are 22 and 29 could both
be interested in the same programme.

I would not so say it was a favourite but there was series called the Owl
Service which I recall.
It was aired around the time of my own puberty and my interest in it would
be basically covered by “ If him and her have spent the night in that
tent/hut then the lucky sod must have a had a good chance of seeing her
bits uncovered, the characters being a teenage boy and girl not that much
older than I was.
The rest of the story was a bit weird.
Don’t know if it has ever been shown again since then or even if it was
made in colour .

Catweazel roughly in the same era was fun and spawned a few phrases that
outlived it.
I still think of a phone as a Telling Bone to this day.

GH

Childhood TV favourites
 

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Mr Magoo, Tomorrow People, Magpie, For the older and more mature bloke,
and the girls who like horses, Follyfoot.


How, I did not really reckon Blue Peter, but John Noakes exploits were
always worth a watch as things seldom actually went to plan.

Do not adjust your Set, Betty Boop, was this really meant for kids??

Clangers, magic Roundabout, Animal Magic. and though now considered
politically wrong to mention, anything with Rolf Harris in it.

I liked the various children's dramas: Chinese Puzzle, Out of Bounds, Sam
and the River, Tightrope, The Jensen Code. Even at the age of about 10, I
thought Christine McKenna in The Kids from 47a was rather fanciable, and
after 40 years I've not changed that view :-)

I always preferred Blue Peter to Magpie, Jenny Hanley (Magpie)
notwithstanding. John Noakes' exploits, and his down-to-earth "natural"
manner (which I now understand was all an act), really made Blue Peter great
for me. Likewise, Johnny Morris and the way he voiced what the animals were
thinking, was the best thing about Animal Magic.

I never enjoyed game shows like Crackerjack. Screen Test was good. I loathed
American cartoons like Boss/Top Cat.

Childhood TV favourites
 

"Marland" wrote in message
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I would not so say it was a favourite but there was series called the Owl
Service which I recall.
It was aired around the time of my own puberty and my interest in it would
be basically covered by “ If him and her have spent the night in that
tent/hut then the lucky sod must have a had a good chance of seeing her
bits uncovered, the characters being a teenage boy and girl not that much
older than I was.
The rest of the story was a bit weird.
Don’t know if it has ever been shown again since then or even if it was
made in colour .

The Owl Service is on Youtube somewhere and it was in colour.

Childhood TV favourites
 

On Wed, 2 May 2018 14:01:24 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy.

Childhood TV favourites
 

In message , Scott
writes
On Wed, 2 May 2018 14:01:24 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy.

In the lab at work*, Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green were
favourites, followed closely by The Magic Roundabout and Bagpuss.
*Only when 'picture testing', of course!
--
Ian

Childhood TV favourites
 

On 02/05/2018 14:01, Bill Wright wrote:
Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies, Flintstones

Bill

Wooden tops and Clangers .. please

Michael Bentines performing fleas ???

And The Magic Roundabout when I should have known better.

Childhood TV favourites
 

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Robin Hood, William Tell, Popeye, Mr Edd, Beverly Hillbillies,
Flintstones



Here we go - in no particular order:

Four Feather Falls
Thunderbirds
Stingray
Joe 90
Space 1999
Green Acres
Bonanza (no-one ever got hurt!)
Lone Ranger
Gunsmoke

Oh, I could go on for ages but SWMBO wants a cuppa!


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Woody

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