Published on 12, July, 2020
Being born in the fifties, and having my formative years in the sixties and seventies, I believe some of the best television programmes were those made for children. I am a great fan of programmes made for children, and even now think there is some quality work there.But some of the programmes of rhe past excelled in real quality.
For starting this thread I will include one or two of my favourites from the sixties to the eighties.
I will come back to this later with others, I think my avatar would indicate one of my favourites so that goes without saying, for the moment.
The Owl service, a programme made in the late sixties, a mystery about a tea service and the remote.locarion it was set in.
Follyfoot, with its theme tune about a farm for retired horses, the characer of Dora every lad in my year fell in love with
Children of the Stones, a very creepy tale set in Avebury, with similarities to the Wicker Man
The Witches and the Grinnygog, a tale of a gargoyle with a seemingly strange power.
Worzel Gummidge, with Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs at their best.
Others to come, but opening up to reminiscences from other people.
ooh - just remembered more, apologies if already mentioned.
The Tripods - mid 80s sci fi, based on a trilogy of books by John Christoper but they only ever made the 1st on TV. Great theme tune where I always used to wave my arms around pretending to me a tripod.
Blake's 7 - late 70s early 80s classic British sci fi
Take Hart - I loved Morph!
Again, I read the trilogy originally, then encountered the series. I preferred the books.
yeah definitely...there's rarely the case for me where that isn't true! (As in the books being better than the film/TV)
The one exception I can think of off the top of my head is the current TV series "The 100" on E4. Saw the 1st series, then read the book - book was rubbish in comparison!
Thanks! I don't watch TV so unless some of this is on You Tube I won't see it.
Set in future when Earth no longer viable to live on because of nuclear war; people live in space station; send 100 miscreant teenagers ("The 100") down to earth to see if it is now survivable. They encounter "grounders" who have managed to live there. Lots of fighting ensues. That was basically the summary of the 1st series, think we are now onto series 4.