Childhood TV favourites

"John Hall" wrote in message
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Lone Ranger

Oh yes, a favourite of mine too, It was on on Saturday mornings in
the late 1950s, ISTR. There was also "Champion, the Wonder Horse".
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We musn't forget Skippy, the Bush Kangeroo must we?

Which brings us to my favourite Hangman clue, when I was about seven.

Australian children's TV series

T-- T------- A--------- o- t-- T------- T--
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Graham.
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So post 69 then, i was at work by then.
Brian


I saw the original in 1969 (Dec) and the repeat in 1978. I
particularly remember the extended continuity announcement, paying
tribute the cinematographer David Wood who had recently died, He was
"far sighted" and used colour stock. (I suppose the expectation for a
childrens series was still B&W).

The Wiki says it was due to a technicians' strike that it wasn't Tx in
colour, I suppose they mean a work to rule

The wiki also says a multi-camera setup was used, which I would doubt
on a 16mm film shoot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ow...ice_(TV_series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2He8MhtPmL0 (episode 2) looks like film to
me, both for exteriors and interiors. A "cameraman" and a "film editor" are
credited at the end.

The same far-sighted use of colour applies to Tom Grattan's War which was
also filmed at around the same time (late 60s).

On Thu, 03 May 2018 08:08:44 +0100, Chris J Dixon
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You lot are younger than I thought.

Not noticed any mention of Billy Bean and His Funny Machine.
He built it to see what it would do.

:-)

For years, before the Internet, I began to think it had been a
figment of my imagination. Great programme!

One of my favourites too.

I remember, but didn't really like, "All Your Own" presented by
Huw Weldon. Seemed to be lots of earnest young piano players and
other musicians, kids who had made a train set from a washing
machine (or was it the other way round)...

Same here. The presentation of it reeked of patronising wholesomeness,
before we even knew the words for it, like Blue Peter only worse.

Rod.

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On 02/05/2018 14:01, Bill Wright wrote:

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

Yes, all those, plus Biggles with Neville Whiting, Roy Rogers, Wells
Fargo, Lucky Dip/Tuesday Rendezvous (with Bert Weedon) and Pathfinders
In Space/To Mars/To Venus.

I have fond memories of Pathfinders.

I am convinced if NASA had let a bunch of kids with their pet hamster
stow away on the moon missions, the conspiracy theorists would have
believed they really went.

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On Thu, 03 May 2018 08:08:44 +0100, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

You lot are younger than I thought.

Not noticed any mention of Billy Bean and His Funny Machine.
He built it to see what it would do.

:-)

For years, before the Internet, I began to think it had been a
figment of my imagination. Great programme!

One of my favourites too.

I remember, but didn't really like, "All Your Own" presented by
Huw Weldon. Seemed to be lots of earnest young piano players and
other musicians, kids who had made a train set from a washing
machine (or was it the other way round)...

Same here. The presentation of it reeked of patronising wholesomeness,
before we even knew the words for it, like Blue Peter only worse.

This 1950 programme was, by the standards of the time, not a bit
patronising.

https://youtu.be/lZ54fo-_erM

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"Graham." wrote in message
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This 1950 programme was, by the standards of the time, not a bit
patronising.

https://youtu.be/lZ54fo-_erM

You'd think that it little toothbrush moustache like the presenter's would
have gone out of fashion after a certain Herr Hitler popularised it :-)

On Wednesday, 2 May 2018 22:06:23 UTC+1, John Hall wrote:
There was also "Champion, the Wonder Horse".

Which was back on again in the 1980s.

I'm disappointed no-one's yet mentioned Open University mathematics with wooden wheels and cranks to demonstrate sine waves.

Owain

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John Hall wrote:

There was also "Champion, the Wonder Horse".

Oh that's brought back a memory. Not sure if I should relate this little
tale...

In the mid sixties almost opposite my parent's house lived a bloke and his
wife but the bloke had worked for the electricity board and had been
standing astride a cable one day when there was an accident. A flash, a
big bang and the story goes this poor man was no longer a complete guy if
you take my meaning.

Anyway, his wife wasn't going to go without and every afternoon this other
man turns up to give her a service. This chap worked for Champion Bakers
and as a result of his activities was know locally as Champion the wonder
'oss. Oss is black country for horse.

I bet he couldn't satisfy this woman:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43921760

On 03/05/2018 in message
NY wrote:

I bet he couldn't satisfy this woman:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43921760

I don't know what she is complaining about, isn't it normal?

I understood that men think about sex every six seconds and spend the
other five seconds waiting to think about it.

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If it's not broken, mess around with it until it is

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"John Hall" wrote in message
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Lone Ranger

Oh yes, a favourite of mine too, It was on on Saturday mornings in
the late 1950s, ISTR. There was also "Champion, the Wonder Horse".
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We musn't forget Skippy, the Bush Kangeroo must we?



I never saw that. When was it on?
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