Channel 5's 50 Greatest Kids' Shows

I didn’t go out in school holidays, TV was my constant companion, I watched all of these programs, many of them before Channel Five existed.  My earliest fav programs were The Double Deckers, Pipkins, Mr, Ben and Why don’t you? 
Im trying to resist posting more as this area is a definite special interest. The creations of Oliver Postgate are an interest just on their own.

Post to your heart's content! I remember all those that you and TheCatWoman have posted.

Mary Mongo and Midge

Crystal Tips and Allister

Hector's House

(I've not sure of the spelling!)

Casey Jones was another great program. The Adventure Game and Crystal Maze were never to be missed. Tiswas really changed Saturday mornings along with the adult version OTT.

The shop window used in Bagpuss is one of the rear windows in Postgates house.

I always found this man a bit strange.

I remember Happy Days from when I was a teenager, I always cringed then, I think I only kept watching it because that's what everybody else did. I never liked Sesame Street or the Muppets, they both freaked me out.

I liked Vision on too.

I remember horrible sundays with nothing to do, nothing open, the rush to the chippy when it finally opened at 7pm and we could chips and curry sauce to break the monotony. Theres still some indigestible about sunday afternoons, the smell of roast dinners still gives me a chumbly belly.

Yes to Ivor the Engine! As for Czech stuff...

The Singing Ringing Tree was so other worldly.

I do remember both programs but I’ve never really liked Westerns,  I am halfway through ‘Little House on the Prairie’ at the moment though, which starred Michael Landon from Bonanza. 
I can remember Sunday afternoons when absolutely everything was closed. I would be subjected to ‘How the west was won’, it seemed to last hours. 
‘I have found re-runs of Happy Days recently, it’s a bit cringy now how The Fonz is worshipped by women and they obey every command. He only has to click his fingers. There is a good episode with Suzi Quattro in it.

The Magic Roundabout was always I bit puzzling, I think it was originally French. My eldest child was a big ‘Ben 10’ fan, he went on to be a big Harry Potter fan.

An interesting program was Vision On, I loved Wilf Lunns inventions and obviously the birth place of Morph who was one of Aardman Animations early creations. I can still remember ‘The Gallery’ music.

Just remembered ‘I dream of Jeanie’ and Bewitched.

I still remember the Casey Jones theme tune. Do you remember Bonanza and The High Chapperal? Not exactly kids programs, but the were on early enough for me to watch them.

I notice there's a clear age difference showing, I've never heard of some of the programes some are talking about, or I've vaguely heard of them. I can still sing the Post Man Pat theme tune frorm memories of watching it with my children.

Does any one remember Ivor the Engine? And those weird Cheq cartoons?

Crystal maze was good with richard o brien and ed Tudor pole was good 

I'm the first dnd movie richard o brien has a line win the maze and win a prize it always makes me chuckle 

I can hear this as I read it Haha and I never really saw cracker jack except on clip shows 

It’s Friday, it’s 5 to 5 and it’s time for…..

Ha Ha - fingermouse. Yes, the man creeped me out a bit too. I was an instant convert from Swap Shap to Tiswas. I seem to remember that Granada (grew up oop North) didn't show it, but we could get HTV too and watched it slightly fuzzy every week.

Ha Ha - fingermouse. Yes, the man creeped me out a bit too. I was an instant convert from Swap Shap to Tiswas. I seem to remember that Granada (grew up oop North) didn't show it, but we could get HTV too and watched it slightly fuzzy every week.

I can hear this as I read it Haha and I never really saw cracker jack except on clip shows 

It’s Friday, it’s 5 to 5 and it’s time for…..