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.
Really late to this thread, but great to see so many replies - and so many programmes recalled!
Trainspotter, I'm a Gerry Anderson fan too (especially of "Thunderbirds"). I think one of the attractions was that most of his productions were set many years into the future, and there were always futuristic vehicles and tech in the programmes!
I was also a keen animation fan (and still very much so), so always liked the productions from the Hanna-Barbera studios, and also Depatie-Freleng and Filmation.
Vision On was very enjoyable and inventive, and in the early 70s I used to have my tape recorder ready each week to record some of the varied music they used to use as backing.
One programme I haven't seen mentioned yet ran from about 1965-1970, called "Tom Tom". It mainly seemed to focus on science and technology, and I was very disappointed when they dropped the show in 1970. The programme's theme tune was by John Baker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, of which I was also a big fan.
I'll try to search my memory for other children's programmes, but in the meantime, very much enjoying the lists from others here!