General Chat

I loved the magic roundabout and the dog was called Dougall I think.

Have we said The Magic Roundabout?
Zebadee luved Florence

Top of the Pops. No Teenager would dare to not watch it......Then it was off out to discuss the latest songs and singers.

Before that...Noddy :-D

'The Banana Splits' Suzanne.........

Fleegle
Bingo
Drooper
and Snork.........my children loved that Saturday programme :-D in the late 60's

For all of us who remember the Appleyards, The Grove Family, Francis Coudrill and Hank the cowboy (!), Billy Bunter, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green and various similar on the radio, try this website for British 1950's TV and radio:

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/

Vicki
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Just seen Round The Horn and The Navy Lark mentioned - absolutely loved these. Also like Sorry I Haven't A Clue with Humph Lyttleton and now Jack Dee. Very rude!

I feel really young now, the programmes I remember best are: Poddington Peas, Super Ted, Blue Peter, Fireman Sam and a random one, Captain Planet I think it was called. Proper 80's/90's kids TV haha

remember hr puffinstuff as David mentioned(liked jack wild)
bonanza,
black beauty,
robinson crusoe.
we didnt have much childrens tv in the early 70s only three channels.

oh what was that show on a sat, banana something??/ :-D

Oh Belle and Sebastian. School holdays every year. The music was beautiful. The Flashing Blade and Robinson Crusoe. Did you know you can buy them all on Amazon? I am so tempted.

does anyone remember

BELLE and SEBASTIAN. ???

Or am i showing my age lol/ :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well it's nice to know I wasnt' the only one disappointed when she didn't see me through the magic mirror.

Please Mr Music will you play! :-D

The Navy Lark (on the radio)

The Clangers

H R Puffnstuff

Round The Horn (on the radio)

OMG TeresaW

I remember Romper Room with Miss Rosalyn, she never ever said me or my Sisters name at the end of the show, we waited and waited and it never happened :-(

I was more of a playschool fan myself :-)

Ah Tizwas Michelle, we watched that on a Saturday morning. If you were posh it was swap shop :-D :-D :-D

Teresa

I never had TV until I went to work ! my mother said we children would have to Pay old 50p each towards the rental from reddifusion.

But there was a very well off family up the road that did have TV and I made sure I made friends with a daughter of theirs ......as I so wanted to watch The Railway.Children....and wanted to look like them as they were pretty and had nice smock dresses LOL

I had a railway at the bottom of my garden ......but it was not the same ...hmmm wonder why ?

Sunday night at the London palladium, yes watched that, and in no particular order as they say:

Crown Court, Perry Mason, Dixon of Dock Green, Lone Ranger and any other Western that was on because Dad loved those. Z cars, Softly, softly, 77 Sunset Strip, No Hiding Place, I love Lucy :-D

There was always a Kelloggs cornflake advert and a Keep Going Well,Keep Going Shell one during the Palladium.

Tinga and Tucker with aunty Jean and Willie Wombat.

Ivor the Engine, Sarah and Hoppity, and I remember a short lived one about Fergus Fish whose mother would tell him not to put his tail in his mouth.

Thank you Sharron. I felt quite awful for forgetting her name. She seemed really nice.

The Muppets on a Sunday evening. Manamana. Do dooo doo do do.

memory unblocked lol

I remember being allowed to watch "The London Paladium" on Sunday evenings. My brother and used to wait (seemed like months!) for Pinky & Perky to appear (I loved the Frog with the saxaphone (Tequila!).

Marti Caine

I used to hide behind the curtains for Dr Who. The Cybermen scared the proverbial out of me. My favourite episodes had the Yeti in them. I think they were located in the Underground but I could be wrong; it was underground tunnels anyway. Sadly those episodes seem to have been lost. My absolute fav Dr Who was Jon Pertwee. I think that all the actors who have played the part since it was brought back have been brilliant.

What about New Faces? Panel included Mickey Most? and Tony Hatch. Def the Simon Cowells of their day but, I suspect not quite so rich. There was a lady impressionist on there and I forget her name but I can see her face very clearly. I think she died quite a few years ago. I remember she began singing sort of Shirley Bassey-ish up some steps and then fell down them. Everyone thought it was a dreadful thing to happen until it became obvious it was part of the act. And Lenny Henry's first show was Wow. Some guy standing with his back to the camera, bending over a pram doing his Michael Crawford talking to baby Jessica impression. Then he turned around and you could hear the shock because obviously he wasn't white. That was brilliant. He was a fav of mine on TISWAS too. His Algernon, Winston, Spencer, Gladstone, Disrali,..... Razamataz,...... OKAAAAY. If anyone I know ever goes on Millionaire, chooses phone a friend and Chris rings me, I will have to shout Compost Corner at him. Bob Carolgees and his dog Spit. The Dying Fly. Maybe watching TISWAS is the reason I sat with my kids when they watched Dick and Dom In The Bungalow. Fav sayings in our house 'Neybody move' and 'Bogies'.