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.
...Also, the Wikipedia site for TISWAS has a Logo with "The Phantom" right upon it!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas
...Have a nice day, yet always carry a towel, everyone. (!)
Yay! Greetings! But this me, not "chatting"...?
Thanks to the 'glories' of the Internet, I can confirm that "Today Is Saturday Wear A Smile!" is where the Phantom Flan Flinger is, for here is a YouTube Clip (I have not watched it, however.)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJ9a3JHfYE
...I used to like this sort of thing as a child. It would scare the shite out of me, nowadays. But I still say that certain programmes of the past is the way of the future. (And also... that VISION ON thing... it is still scary to me even as I uploaded a picture of it below... )
I think “Tis was” a different tv programme that had the phantom flan clinger! Namely Tiswas hosted by Chris Tarrant and early appearance for Lenny Henry,,and of coarse Spit the dog with Bob carrolgees Lol.
The pencil was considered a special thing for special people,,,,enjoy..
Thank You for the Pencil... But Beware of "The Phantom Flan Flinger"...!
...This is the "Vision On" Logo, which always 'struck fear into me' as a small child...!! (& even now as I just re-checked it!) ...Then, imagine this thing moving, fully animated, and super-imposed interacting with real pictures, real people and real backgrounds? For me, it was scarier than Monsters or Daleks or Dinosaurs! (Maybe re-posting it here is a kind of Phobia-Therapy...?)
(Taken from: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_On)
Ulysses 31
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Dungeons and Dragons
These were on TV before my time but I had the complete series on video tape when I was a kid.
I also had numerous episodes of Knightmare and a few episodes of
The Really Wild Show
BMX Beat
Worldwise - another TVS production
Anyone remember Man-Dog? Some alien / futurist TV series where an alien's brain went into a family dog.
Trainspotter said:
This is cynical but HTV was probably the only ITV company that could produce a programme like this. They had some liking for myth and mysticism as they also produced the Magician Trilogy / Emlyn's Moon in later years.
A TVS production and the whereabouts of the master tapes are now unknown and so is the paperwork detailing the copyrights. Almost the entire TVS archive is effectively lost with the most prominent programme being C.A.T.S. Eyes.
For a younger person I should think it is scary, later on what really spooked me was reading On the Beach
What's The 100 about then?
You’ve won a Cracker Jack pencil !
Loved watching the kids on stage trying desperately to hold onto the prizes if a question was guessed correctly or a cabbage if you got it wrong. And didn’t they used to throw sweets out to the large theatre audience, and the little fella with glasses used to say,,doh,
I was a bit young for Survivors but watched it cos mum and Dad did. I kind of liked it but at the same time it weirded me out, the idea of a post-apocalypse world I found quite scary especially if I dwelled on it.
My mother was a real fan of Blake's 7. She used to love Tomorrow's World too, but in later years grew a lot more conservative. She hated computers and the internet later on.
Survivors now, she loved that, so did I.
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!
Again, I read the trilogy originally, then encountered the series. I preferred the books.
oh yeah I liked it at the time... from what I've read Mike Reid was the inspiration for both The Fast Show's Dave Angel Eco Warrior and Viz comic's Cockney Wanker
Loved Blake's 7 - amazing what you can do with practically no budget.
What about R-R-R--RUNAROUND?
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!
never saw the TV but the book is great
I lliked the "Tommorow People" too. There are some "Tomorrow People" clips including episodes of stories on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3MezLxOH8