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Kids TV programmes when you were young

1) The Banana Splits
2) The Monkees
3) Runaround
4)Follyfoot
5)Mary,Mungo and Midge

1. Animal quackers
2. Grange hill
3. Jamie and the magic torch
4. kickstart
5. Byker grove

1. Top Cat
2. Grange Hill
3. Jim'll Fix It
4. Hong Kong Phoey
5. Why Don't You

Depends what age! Here is a selection from across the ages:

1. Fingermouse
2. Bagpuss
3. Grange Hill
4. Dogtanian and the three muskahounds/Mysterious Cities of gold/Ulysses 31
5. Metal Mickey

Its impossible, what of Red Hand Gang/Flumps/Trumpton, etc, etc, etc.

1. Pugwall
2. Saved by the Bell
3. Round the twist
4. Jossy's Giants
5. Grange Hill

1. Sharky & George
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3. Transformers
4. He-Man
5. Wishkid.

1. Trapdoor
2. Grange Hill
3. Rolf's Cartoon Club
4. Rent a Ghost
5. Mr Ben

In no particular order.

1. Knightmare
2. Insector Gadget
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4. Superted
5. He-Man

1. Ducktails
2. Bernards Watch
3. Keenan & Kel
4. Power Rangers
5. Recess

1. Sport Billy
2. He-man
3. Super ted
4. Banana Splits
5. Rolf Harris

Soso many in the 80's

1. Bucky O'Hare
2. Thundercats
3. Visionaries
4. Saved By The Bell
5. Sharkey and George

1. Saved By The Bell
2. Keenan and Kel
3. Sweet Valley High
4. Heartbreak High
5. Queens Nose

1.Thunderbirds
2.Hartbeat  (Tony Hart)
3.Grange Hill
4.Wacky Races
5.Jim'll Fix It

1 - X Men
2 - Darkwing Duck
3 - Batman
4 - Ren and Stimpy
5 - Animals of Farthing Wood

1). Animals of Farthing Wood
2). Tin Tin
3). Duck Tales
4). The Demon Headmaster
5). Byka Grooove (ah ha ha ha ha - most annoying credits ever - fuck off you Geordie cunts, but good show).

Hmm, impossible to limit to just 5, there are about 20 in those named above already..but also a few not mentioned yet....

Battle of the planets
Willo the wisp
Record breakers
Crackerjack


footnote, regardless of remaining 4, Grange Hill defo top...head and shoulders..

1. Tom and Jerry
2. Saved by the Bell
3. Keenan and Kel
4. Johnny Bravo
5. Rocky's Modern Life

How the hell can I forget Funhouse with Pat Sharp and the twins. There's too many to mention!

I really love a top quality cock rock theme tune. Shame it's only 5, an honourable mention goes to Prince Valient.

Bucky O'Hare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Mh7hhaqhk

Defenders of the Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nm_jJBkHtU

M.A.S.K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdgbs0IUDg

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCOU1k0EKks&feature=related

Thundercats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE

The ones I remember that I couldn't miss were

Grange Hill
Dungeons and Dragons
Dogtanian and the three muskahounds
Scooby Doo
Spiderman and his amazing friends

There was also a cartoon based in space, where a team of 5/6 people went around and saved the universe.  They each had a different vehicle, a bit like thunderbirds.  One guy drove a car, one woman drove a bike and there was a small space ship and a sub I think, they all travelled around in a big blue space ship.  They did some sort of transformation thing to turn them from normal person to said saviour.  Can see it but can't remember the name of it, ring any bells?

1 The sooty show
2 Button moon
3 Battle of the planets
4 Rhubarb and custard
5 Pipkins

I was probably too old, but watched them anyway.  :)

Can anyone explain to me why no one has mentioned the Muppets?

Probably because it was on Sunday night and not the normal kids TV time after school.  Plus the fact that the muppets was really classed as a kids/adults show!

Sounds a little like battle of the planets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoO5H_UKCrw

"Geeeeeeee force" Tiny was the pilot.

1. Cockleshell Bay
2. Pipkins
3. Button Moon
4. Take Hart
5. Captain Caveman

  1.  Bill and Ben.....Flowerpot Men

  2.  Fireball XL5

  3. Captain Pugwash

  4. The Clangers

  5. The Adventures of Twizzle

That's the one!  Good work Jimmy, loved that cartoon!

i also forgot about

Count Duckula
Mysterious Cities of Gold
Defenders of the Earth
Real Ghostbusters
Henry's Cat

Do the ones that were only shown in school summer holidays count?

1) The Flashing Blade
2) Robinson Crusoe
3) He Man & Masters of the Universe
4) Tiswas
5) Dangermouse

Oh yeah, forgot Star Fleet too.

You forgot these summer holiday staples:

Champion, the Wonder Horse.
The Whirlybirds.
Casey Jones.

I also liked:

The Double Deckers.
Crackerjack.
Children of The Stones.
Tomorrow People.
Runaround.

Fuck I feel old......

Not a top 5, but OT:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15792282?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

RIP Mark Hall, co-founder of Cosgrove Hall, responsible for Chorlton and the Wheelies, Danger Mouse and The Wind in the Willows

The littleist hobo
The red hand gang

Now you're talking.

1 Do Not Adjust Your Set
2 Captain Zeppos
3 Noggin The Nog
4 Sexton Blake
5 Catweazle

Thundercats
Trapdoor
Heman
The shoe people
Dangermouse

Someone else remembers Shoe People! Thank god for that. None of my mates have a clue what I'm on about.

Transformers
Sharky and George
Biker Mice From Mars
Dragonball
TMHT

The Tomorrow People - Thanks Herthab - that one had completely slipped my mind.

How about 'The Flashing Blade'

Ah see wiggy has already done that one

Hammy Hamster
Magic Roundabout
Hectors House
The Clangers(totally brilliant)

1. Fingermouse
2. Mr Ben
3. Banana Splits
4. Tales from the Riverbank (hamster fun)
5. Larry the Lamb

Can't believe I forgot Tiswas! Sorry Larry, Tiswas has to be in there.

Can't believe I forgot Larry the Lamb, what was her name Shani Lewis?

edit Shari

Just remembered another:

Michael Bentines Potty Time. Genius.

Loved casey jones, recently down loaded the theme song from it for old times sake. Has belle and Sebastian been mentioned.

That was mad, all those things popping up from under the sand  :)

Trumpton,

Ivor the Engine, and Noggin the Nog. Might have to rethink my original 5.

Pogles Wood, also surprised nobody has mentioned Basil Brush. Noggin the Nog, i forgot about him.

For all the youngsters out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bKAYH3Sl8s

Mr Ben, Bagpuss.

" skippy, Skippy, skippy the bush kangaroo "

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No one has said the Moomins!

1. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
2. Camberwick Green
3. Doctor Who
4. Noel Edmunds Multi Coloured Swap Shop
5. Happy Days

Best opening theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO8kFHCXiEg

And best closing credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOd0DJ_iaAQ

Why is little weed green ? Cause Bill and Ben flob alot.

Hasn't someone on here got a moomin as their avatar ?

Nope, but I've got a Tiny Clanger

 :D

Home from school on a Friday,egg and chips with 20 other kids....then CRACKERJACK...used to love that program,then it was bed and the tummy feeling funny with the anticapation of jumping on the bus with my 50p pocket money to watch the Town.

5P return on the bus....35p for kids in the Town End.......which left 10p for chips and scrumps on the way home :D

soapy tit wank Windy Miller

When my parents owned a chippy it was 12p for chips, all the kids used to come in just for the free scrumps, think chippies charge for them now !

Each?

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Baron Silas Greenback,arch enemy of Dangermouse ;D

Diamandis you mean

What was the caterpillar called and at what time was it broadcast?

Always seemed to be on at an odd time to me.

Anyone remember Gamesmaster on C4 with Paddy Moore and the Sky one effort with Jet from Gladiators and Walliams?  I especially enjoyed the Street Fighter over the telephone using the old DTMF.

I remember having to watch schools tv, i can't remember the name of the program  but it had wordy in it. It was this little brown thing with letters on him. I also liked watching the ghost hunter with my older kids.

Words and pictures. Twas good

Thanks Arriba, that was bugging me.

My Top 5 are

Battle of the planets
Crackerjack
Rentaghost
Trumpton / Camblewick Green
He-Man

The wombles !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fkQFaUs-ic&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dbAQJIu1o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8R4J0eaPg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xfwz2TRGss&feature=fvwrel

As they've not been mentioned so far I've got to add Bertha and Greenclaws - pure class.

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Inspector Gadget
Transformers
Duck Tales
Popeye

Told my girlfriend about this so she has offered her top five:

Moomins
Raccoons (Good shout, has that already been mentioned?)
Thomas the Tank Engine
Sooty
Count Duckula

Terrahawks
Thunderbirds
Mask
He man
Teenage mutant minja turtles

1 - Grange Hill
2 - Dungeons and Dragons
3 - Jossy's Giants
4 - Dogtanian
5 - Ulysses 31

Could easily have gone top 20, so much better telly then than the crap my kids watch.

Based on that, I'm gonna suggest your girlfriend is slightly older than you.

I remember Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Inspector Gadget, and Transformers and I'm a thirtysomething. OK perhaps I should have been too old for the turtles! Duck Tales was born in 87 and Popeye has been around forever!

Dukula was 1988. Moomins around the same time or a bit earlier.

Based on this information a) I have too much time on my hand and/or am avoiding doing some work b) you are quite old too, and your memory is shot.

Boom!! Donkey got owned

On a slightly different, but vageuly related topic, when at primary school, we used to have these 'educational' videos in assembly every now and then. One of them was a classic depicting the dangers of playing on railway lines, it was called Tommy or Johnny or something like that. Anyway, to cut a long story short, Johnny/Tommy was playing on the railway line with his mate, and surprise surprise, got his foot caught in the line, train came along and chopped his legs off.

Scared the b'jeezus out of me when I was 7

I remember seeing one where a kid climbed up an electrictity pylon to get a frisbee.

Shocking.

I remember a kids educational series at primary school with a character called wordy?! Look and read. Anyone remember the adventure game?

I remember. I think it took his foot (feet) off rather than his whole leg! I recall him being carried with his stumps wrapped in bandages.

Charlie the Cat was the best educational character of all time!

I seem to remember a poster in woodwork and metalwork classes with a picture of a hammer splatting a peach. There is definitely a reference to it in a Half Man Half Biscuit song as well. What was all that about?

Wasn't there one nased on a farm ?? getting crushed by tractor and falling into sillage ?? Agree with you - that scared the fuck out of me.

A year younger actually, she just has more "classical" tastes ;)

It was called 'Apaches' I think. 'Building sites bite' was another one.

Just watched it again on youtube - still horrfic.

Indeed he was.

But what you was to remind me about was perhaps the most disturbing character in a school TV series, Jigsaw. I give you Mr Noseybonk:

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What the one where they arrive on a space ship, then do a series of challenges Crystal Maze style, where one of the characters was an aspidistras plant and where to win they had to defeat the Vortex. Never heard of it.

I know know the one you mean, but just saw this on youtube & it is even worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXGqwCbeFD8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXGqwCbeFD8&feature=related)

Yep, it's the one you've never heard of. They were lizards/ humanoids; there was one who spoke backwards and often said " doogy rev"

Just thought of some more....

Monkey   :cloud9:
The littlest hobo
Razzmatazz
Noggin The nog
Tiswas
Play away
Rainbow   ???
The wonder years
Tucker's luck
Willow The wisp

Oh yeah...

The red hand gang.

I'm sure a while ago we established we were about the same age (I'm 37)...and memory is shot, well yeah probably, how else can you be a Town fan...imagine if you remembered all the shit over the years, you'd go mad.  Btw, fuck grammar.

That has the worst lip syncing ever.

One of the series was called Cloud Burst with someone on a motorbike. Loved that.  Honourable mention to Marine Boy.

I remember 12p chips on the corner of Bradford Road. Then they put VAT on hot food and they went to 16p. On a related matter, switched to drinking bitter when Carling went up to £1.02. Drinking 3B's meant you could still get 5 pints and a bag of chips for a fiver.

And the shits for at least a month.

33% VAT ? They should have been battered.