Another one for the early Saturday mornings - Pugwall. An Australian programme about a teenager wanting to become famous by starting a band.
Thanks a bunch for that unwanted earworm - "keyboards and me and my guitar", indeed - yeah, you need to play them loud to drown out your weak, warbly voice.
That was on Channel 4, wasn't it? In the days when they actually bothered with children's shows.
Thanks a bunch for that unwanted earworm - "keyboards and me and my guitar", indeed - yeah, you need to play them loud to drown out your weak, warbly voice.
That was on Channel 4, wasn't it? In the days when they actually bothered with children's shows.
Since I remembered it, I've been humming the Sharky and George theme tune non-stop.
I started watching kids shows again when my first niece was born. Cloud Babies was good. Sarah and Duck was excellent. But niece always preferred Swashbuckle. Which was OK. The kids also like the Peter Rabbit series which was a bit mediocre imo.
Murphy's Mob and Australian series Home had the most rousing Sham-esque theme songs.
Not a purpose made children's series, but Monkey was something to look forward to when it was scheduled on BBC2 just after the actual kids TV finished.
The old and cheap schedule fillers, particularly from school holidays, stick in my mind as much as the new shows of the time; Batman, The Lone Ranger, Champion The Wonder Horse, etc.
I liked The Sooty Show as a small child and like it equally as an old adult. Someone put YouTube clips on twitter a few weeks ago and I was absolutely helpless with laughter at Sweep, who I now genuinely recognise as having the comic timing of Eric Morecambe.
As a slightly older child Adam West’s ‘Batman’ was unmissable - the whole look of it was like entertainment from a different, and wonderfully creative, planet.
‘The Monkees’ was a big favourite, too. A whole load of knockabout fun. I’d be curious to look back on this.
+1 for Sooty. Matthew Corbett always comes across as agreeable when I've seen him in interviews.
I did enjoy Rod Hull and Emu as a kid, mainly for Grotbags who 4 year old me thought hilarious.
1 Bagpuss
2 Knightmare
3 The Sooty Show
4 Dogtanian and the 3 Muskehounds
5 Superted
6 Ulysses 31
7 Wonders in Letterland
8 Thundercats
9 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
10 Chock-A-Block
(Excluding all animated shows, covered in the earlier thread.)
01 Tiswas
02 Grange Hill
03 Ace of Wands
04 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
05 Blue Peter
06 How?
07 Pop Quest
08 Crackerjack
09 Screen Test
10 Jossy’s Giants
(Excluding all animated shows, covered in the earlier thread.)
01 Tiswas
02 Grange Hill
03 Ace of Wands
04 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
05 Blue Peter
06 How?
07 Pop Quest
08 Crackerjack
09 Screen Test
10 Jossy’s Giants
I'm glad you mentioned Blue Peter. For some reason I was scared to.
There's so many amazing kids TV shows now. I think there's a greater understanding of what makes kids tick, on a scientific level, and programmes are generally I think getting better. Some magical programmes I've watched in recent years are Hey Duggee, Sarah & Duck and Go Jetters, all of which I'll happily watch on my own, but there's so many.
Other ones I half-watch whilst my kids are watching are Fireman Sam, which continues to grow and grow. Pontypandy will be some modern metropolis one day. Miraculous - Ladybug and Cat Noir is almost transfixing. Teen Titans Go! which is absolutely brilliant at times. Also, Transformers Rescue Bots, which my twins watch whilst holding the toys of the characters.
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