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Jon
04-05-2003, 12:01
Anyone see Children of the stones the theme music used to scare me lol....Just like they say the Dr Who Theme did


Sphere and Steel was weird anyone see that?

anyone remember were Merlin was sat in a cave and all the machines in the world stopped? i'd love to remember the name of this

So what shows did you watch?
Jon

Hixxy
04-05-2003, 14:22
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Prisoner Cell Block H is both a classic and a cult TV programme. I would like to see it re-run on our screens.

Lickszz
04-05-2003, 15:39
Originally posted by "Hixxy"

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Prisoner Cell Block H is both a classic and a cult TV programme. I would like to see it re-run on our screens.

Didn't Channel 5 start showing it when it was first launched?

Hixxy
04-05-2003, 21:01
Originally posted by "Lickszz"
Didn't Channel 5 start showing it when it was first launched?
They did, but it was on at some really obscure hour and they pulled the plug on it after a couple of months or so.

Lickszz
04-05-2003, 21:22
Originally posted by "Hixxy"

They did, but it was on at some really obscure hour and they pulled the plug on it after a couple of months or so.

If I remember rightly it wasn't on at a decent hour. Didn't it used to be on about 10pm ish on a Monday night?

Hixxy
05-05-2003, 10:24
Originally on ITV it was on at about 10pm, yes, but when it was on five it was on about 3am.

Moon Maiden
05-05-2003, 10:52
What was that one on Channel 5? A really dodgy over the top american soap opera with fantastic sarcastic episode commentry from the C5 announcer??

They sold it to a cable channel I was mortfied.

My fave gone and lost program was Manimal?? I think the guy that played manimal is now a doctor in casuality.

Moon Maiden

Hixxy
05-05-2003, 10:57
Originally posted by "Moon Maiden"

What was that one on Channel 5? A really dodgy over the top american soap opera with fantastic sarcastic episode commentry from the C5 announcer??
I think you're talking about Sunset Beach. It was priceless. I think they ended it very abruptly with the old 'it was all just a dream' scenario.

John
05-05-2003, 12:02
These are my faves

Fawlty Towers
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0072500

The young ones
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0083505

Only fools and horses
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0081912

Red Dwarf << Can't wait to see the film
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0094535

Bottom
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0103376


Surprisingly all comedies

Lickszz
05-05-2003, 13:17
Originally posted by "Hixxy"

I think you're talking about Sunset Beach. It was priceless. I think they ended it very abruptly with the old 'it was all just a dream' scenario.

That Sunset beach had some of the most terrible acting I've ever seen.

Sidla
05-05-2003, 14:22
Originally posted by "John"

Red Dwarf << Can't wait to see the film
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0094535
They're making a film? I'll have to avoid that...

Good choices otherwise though, especially OFAH and Fawlty Towers.

stephstellar
11-05-2003, 17:31
Space 1999 - love that show so much! I have no idea why.

Internetowl
11-05-2003, 21:22
the psychodelic cat woman perhaps ? or the balding Ian Hendry :))

It was absolutely rubbish - been re-run recently on one of the cable channels but I used to watch it avidly as a kid :))

M.

Hixxy
14-05-2003, 17:26
I've just been watching Knight Rider on Bravo. (Do you remember the ones with the evil KARR?) This is both a classic and a cult TV show.

DaBouncer
14-05-2003, 17:30
Elderado... I liked it (well someone had to)!

What about some Nostalgic kids shows?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
He-Man
Hong Kong Phooey

Now those kids shows rocked :lol:

Hixxy
14-05-2003, 17:31
Originally posted by "DaBouncer"

What about some Nostalgic kids shows?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
He-Man
Hong Kong Phooey

Now those kids shows rocked :lol:
Lets not forget Thundercats and Transformers.

DaBouncer
14-05-2003, 17:39
OR

The Smurfs
The Chipmunks
Spiderman and his Amazing Friends
Fantastic 5
Jamie and his Magic Torch :wink:

Sidla
15-05-2003, 13:24
You're all forgetting the Racoons :wink:

Lickszz
15-05-2003, 13:45
What about Dungeons and Dragons. What a great cartoon that was.

Sidla
15-05-2003, 14:30
Originally posted by "Lickszz"

What about Dungeons and Dragons. What a great cartoon that was.
Yes! The best!

Lickszz
15-05-2003, 14:49
Originally posted by "Sidla"

Yes! The best!

Didn't they almost make it home once but left someone behind so they decided to go back through the portal because they didn't want to leave this one person behind?

Sidla
15-05-2003, 14:53
Yeah, weren't it the unicorn?

debs66
15-05-2003, 19:36
Jamie and the magic tourch, made my mum name my brother after it's namesake lol.
Have to agree with da bouncer, was hooked on Elderado (someone had to be). Spot on 2 with the kids programmes. Anyone know the name of the kids programme that had topoff the monkey in it?



CHARLTON AND THE WHEELIES
HECTORS HOUSE
THE HERBS
THE TOMMOROW PEOPLE (WELL SCARY!)
LOGANS RUN

RPG
15-05-2003, 20:46
Originally posted by "Sidla"

Yeah, weren't it the unicorn?

meeehhh :lol:

Jon
16-05-2003, 18:54
:D Dangermouse was my favorite kids show

Geoff
16-05-2003, 19:14
Just about to eat dinner... but Fraggle Rock springs to mind :o

Geoff

PS. Apologises if someone mentioned this earlier - too hungry to check!

DaBouncer
16-05-2003, 19:19
Fraggle Rock.... wicked kids show!

What about Rent-a-ghost?

andy37
16-05-2003, 21:17
Topov the Monkey wasn't he in Pipkins along with Hartley Hare & Octavia.

Jon
16-05-2003, 23:12
Originally posted by "andy37"

Topov the Monkey wasn't he in Pipkins along with Hartley Hare & Octavia. Pipkins i watched that monday to friday at 12.30 :o good times

Sidla
17-05-2003, 14:56
Originally posted by "DaBouncer"

Fraggle Rock.... wicked kids show!

What about Rent-a-ghost?
Rentaghost was quality. I remember a few years ago they used to repeat it at 6:30am on UK Gold and it always used to make me late for my paper round!!

Mr BusDriver
09-01-2004, 03:39
[i]Originally posted by John
These are my faves

Fawlty Towers
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0072500

The young ones
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0083505

Only fools and horses
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0081912

Red Dwarf << Can't wait to see the film
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0094535

Bottom
http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0103376


Surprisingly all comedies


Ive got to Add
Open All Hours (Filmed in Donny)

& Last of the Summer Wine:thumbsup:

duffman
09-01-2004, 15:29
I loved watching the Critic on bravo, am I the only one who remembers it?

Also Father Ted was a great show

kittykat
10-01-2004, 00:06
Knightmare as a kid - Red Dwarf as an older kid

BrainThrust
10-01-2004, 16:13
Did anyone ever watch a show called 'Space: Above and Beyond'?

it hasn't been on tv for about 8 years now but it was myfavourite show for a year.

recently i accidentally taped over most of my episodes on tape and i'm trying to get hold of a dvd of the entire series has anyone got a suggestion of where i could find them?

Thanks

Wilf

Hal9001
10-01-2004, 17:16
Originally posted by Jon
Anyone see Children of the stones the theme music used to scare me lol....Just like they say the Dr Who Theme did

Jon

Go here (http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/cult/culta-k-new.html) for the Start and end titles. They used to scare me too.

I also used to love a program called Timeslip. Details here (http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Timeslip%20Intro.htm) .

Hal9001
10-01-2004, 17:20
Originally posted by duffman
I loved watching the Critic on bravo, am I the only one who remembers it?


Go here (http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/spotlight/series/critic/) for new episodes.

spook
12-01-2004, 23:40
Thundercats
Ulysses 31
Battle of the Planets
Knightmare

Yodameister
13-01-2004, 16:22
Just discovered Family Guy. I reckon its at least as good as The Simpsons, the humour is just slightly more subtle and off the wall and obviously the characters aren't as familiar, but they are just as well created and thought out and as you know them less well they are inclined to take you by surprise more with their actions which is all the funnier.

But as its on Sky not everyone knows about it.....

BrainThrust
13-01-2004, 18:05
Family guy is great. I spent all my flu ridden new year watching the entire 3rd series.

I'm not sure if it is better than the simpsons, it's just different, far more surreal sometimes. I personally prefer it, jusy because i'm a bit more surreal also.

Wilf

squidster
14-01-2004, 11:11
I'd have to say the best cult TV show ever is Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I just love it SOOOOO much.... looking forward to the late night, gore included series 7 on BBC2.

Favourite episodes include series 6 - "Once more with Feeling" (the musical episode) and series 3 - "The Wish" (the parrallel universe one with Vamp willow and Xander).

Also loved the C4 comedy series "Spaced" - very surreal and very funny. Anyone else see it?

x

nomme
14-01-2004, 11:45
Originally posted by squidster
I'd have to say the best cult TV show ever is Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I just love it SOOOOO much.... looking forward to the late night, gore included series 7 on BBC2.

Also loved the C4 comedy series "Spaced" - very surreal and very funny. Anyone else see it?



Have to agree - I love Buffy too!
I also love 'Spaced' - got both series on video.
Another comedy favourite of mine is 'Black Books', and I was most pleased to discover last night that there's a third series in the making. Yay!!!

Nomme

Rich
16-01-2004, 20:41
Anyone seen the new He Man series on Toonami on Sky?

Anyone else agree that it's crap in comparison to the original 80s He Man cartoons?!

H.K.Phooey
15-02-2004, 01:50
Who is this super hero?
Sarge ...? No !
Rosemary, the telephone operator... ? No !
Penry, the mild mannered janitor ??? Could be !
Hong Kong Phooey, Number one super guy!
Hong Kong Phooey, Quicker than the human eye ...

"Faaaaan-rific"

Hmm I wonder if ya can guess who my fav old toon char is? lol of which cartoon network have totally ruined by giving him a 21st century makeover Grrr at them, anyway I want them to bring back TISWAS and O.T.T. does any one remember how Sally James looked in them tight jeans? mmmmm................... and back to the plot.............. what was the plot again? oh well I'm rambling now, it happens to all us OLD foggies lol cyall. H.K.P.

H.K.Phooey
15-02-2004, 02:16
*kerching* - that is the sound of the penny dropping on why I started to post in this thread. 2 words Tomorrow People does anyone remember that proggy? I can vaguely remember it had Nicholas Lyndhurst in it, I can't remember what it was about tho, I musta bin too young lol yeah as if! Can sum1 enlighten me again please? Also Blakes 7 I never cud get me head round that 1? Why did all the best kids proggy's disappear? Bagpuss, The Herb Garden, Mr. Ben, The Magic Roundabout(Neil Morissey's voice over just isn't the same), Camberwick Green(Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrue, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb) etc. saying that tho I do like sum of the newer toons like Johnny Bravo, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky & the Brain and Cat-Dog "ohh mama!", "Narf!" ............. DOH!..... and on that note I shall put my head between my legs and disappear up my own ass til its time to come out again cya'z. H.K.P.

duffman
15-02-2004, 13:44
I hear that Dangermouse is set to get a remake! Not sure if that would work, only would work if David jason did the voice again.
I love that show!

Rich
15-02-2004, 20:08
Anyone remember Terrahawks?

Man that show ROCKED! I used to watch it like EVERY Saturday afternoon, I even bought most of the figures and vehicles off it as well as that record they released of the Kat Kestrel character singing.

Also Dogtanian and the Muskehounds, another classic... I swear I was in love with Juliet off that back in 1981 (I was only 5 at the time :lol: )

Rich
15-02-2004, 20:11
Originally posted by H.K.Phooey
*kerching* - that is the sound of the penny dropping on why I started to post in this thread. 2 words Tomorrow People does anyone remember that proggy? I can vaguely remember it had Nicholas Lyndhurst in it, I can't remember what it was about tho, I musta bin too young lol yeah as if! Can sum1 enlighten me again please? Also Blakes 7 I never cud get me head round that 1? Why did all the best kids proggy's disappear? Bagpuss, The Herb Garden, Mr. Ben, The Magic Roundabout(Neil Morissey's voice over just isn't the same), Camberwick Green(Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrue, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb) etc. saying that tho I do like sum of the newer toons like Johnny Bravo, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky & the Brain and Cat-Dog "ohh mama!", "Narf!" ............. DOH!..... and on that note I shall put my head between my legs and disappear up my own ass til its time to come out again cya'z. H.K.P.

Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew etc were in Trumpton, not Camberwick Green, they were virtually the same programme though so you'd be forgiven for confusing them.

mega_monty
15-02-2004, 22:06
Originally posted by Rich
Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew etc were in Trumpton, not Camberwick Green, they were virtually the same programme though so you'd be forgiven for confusing them.

Yep thats right firemen from trumpton, windy miller was in Camberwick Green.
See www.t-web.co.uk/trumpgo.htm for trumpton & Camberwick Green stuff

Originally posted by Rich
Anyone remember Terrahawks?

Yeah I remember Terrahawks, didnt they play a noughts and crosses game when then end credits were running ? or is that a fragment of my imagination.

Plain Talker
15-02-2004, 23:06
Originally posted by mega_monty
Yep thats right firemen from trumpton, windy miller was in Camberwick Green.
See www.t-web.co.uk/trumpgo.htm for trumpton & Camberwick Green stuff



Yeah I remember Terrahawks, didnt they play a noughts and crosses game when then end credits were running ? or is that a fragment of my imagination.
no, not your imagination, the ball things (one of whom was voiced by Winsdor "shut-upppp" Davies) did indeed play o's and x's

and we mustn't the other camberwick green crossover, Chigley, with lord sprocket and the Pottery, the train and canal

(sings along)"time flies by when you're the driver of a train....
when you ride on the footplate, there and back again!"

Plain Talker

Killian
16-02-2004, 13:35
I read somewhere that Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley were based on villages and the countryside around Plumpton Green, East Sussex. Has anyone heard the Urban Hype song 'Trip To Trumpton'?

My favourite classic tv show is Robin Of Sherwood. Don't think it's ever been repeated on tv, but it is available on dvd now.

bluebird62
16-02-2004, 14:00
CULT SHOWS.

HI HAL , DO YOU REMEMBER CRACKERJACK ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SHOWS. AND THAT UFO WITH STRAKER AND SHADOW. I THOUGHT IT WAS FANTASTIC. BUT I THINK THAT MY BEST PROGRAME WAS TIMESLIP. REAL SPOOKY.

bluebird62
16-02-2004, 16:10
Does anyone remember catweezel [i think that is how it is spelt as i am not sure]. i used to love that program every sunday i used to watch this straight after my tea. and then the golden shot would follow .

Rich
16-02-2004, 16:32
Originally posted by Killian
I read somewhere that Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley were based on villages and the countryside around Plumpton Green, East Sussex. Has anyone heard the Urban Hype song 'Trip To Trumpton'?

My favourite classic tv show is Robin Of Sherwood. Don't think it's ever been repeated on tv, but it is available on dvd now.

I have that tune in MP3 format.

I found it on Kazaa while trying to find downloadable Trumpton episodes cos me Mum would take the **** out of me for months if I bought a Trumpton DVD :lol:

She'd be like "Trumpton?! TRUMPTON?! At your age?!"

Rich
16-02-2004, 17:02
Originally posted by Plain Talker
no, not your imagination, the ball things (one of whom was voiced by Winsdor "shut-upppp" Davies) did indeed play o's and x's

and we mustn't the other camberwick green crossover, Chigley, with lord sprocket and the Pottery, the train and canal

(sings along)"time flies by when you're the driver of a train....
when you ride on the footplate, there and back again!"

Plain Talker

Yeah, the Zeroids and the Cubes played Os and Xs during the end credits of Terrahawks, what used to bug me though was that the Cubes won more often than the Zeroids... which sucked cos good is always supposed to beat evil, so the goodies (Zeroids) should've beat the baddies (Cubes).

Killian
16-02-2004, 19:38
I also loved Terrahawks - Zelda, her offspring YoungStar and the ever-so-french dix-huit, which the Windsor Davies zeroid (wasn't his number zero?) pronounced Dicks Hewitt! Great Fun.

Plain Talker
16-02-2004, 19:57
Originally posted by Killian
I also loved Terrahawks - Zelda, her offspring YoungStar and the ever-so-french dix-huit, which the Windsor Davies zeroid (wasn't his number zero?) pronounced Dicks Hewitt! Great Fun.

nah it was "dixie-wheat". yeh, i think Windsor was zero all enthralling stuff. Even my OH was hooked on terrahawks
lol

Plaintalker

mojoworking
17-02-2004, 08:12
Originally posted by Hixxy
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Prisoner Cell Block H is both a classic and a cult TV programme. I would like to see it re-run on our screens.

This Aussie-made horror was simply called "Prisoner" down under. Funnily enough, it's still shown constantly on cable TV here in Australia on the 'UK TV' channel. That's possibly because it was more popular with ex-pat Poms than the locals.

Personally, I think it's a bag of *****e (like most Aussie TV). But I understand that Neighbours and Home And Away are also huge in the UK, so there's no accounting for taste.

Let's not forget the old Prisoner joke: My wife auditioned for Prisoner Cell Block H, but they turned her down

Really?

Yes, they said she was too butch!

(I'll get me coat).

Plain Talker
17-02-2004, 09:11
Originally posted by mojoworking
This Aussie-made horror was simply called "Prisoner" down under. Funnily enough, it's still shown constantly on cable TV here in Australia on the 'UK TV' channel. That's possibly because it was more popular with ex-pat Poms than the locals.

Personally, I think it's a bag of *****e (like most Aussie TV). But I understand that Neighbours and Home And Away are also huge in the UK, so there's no accounting for taste.

Let's not forget the old Prisoner joke: My wife auditioned for Prisoner Cell Block H, but they turned her down

Really?

Yes, they said she was too butch!

(I'll get me coat).

LOL
Yup, the Cell block "H" was added to avoid UK audiences thinking that they were going to be tuning in to the "other" cult/classic series that was called "prisoner".

I refer to the one with (?) Patrick Mc Googhan, who used to go around that strangely picturesque welsh village, shouting at all and sundry, "I am a man! I am Not a number!"

PT

Killian
18-02-2004, 21:35
Originally posted by Plain Talker
I refer to the one with (?) Patrick Mc Googhan, who used to go around that strangely picturesque welsh village, shouting at all and sundry, "I am a man! I am Not a number!"

PT

Its Portmerrion. sorry if i sound as if i'm showing off, but i went there last year and its amazing. just like being on a weird sort of film set.

H.K.Phooey
21-02-2004, 02:35
Originally posted by Rich
Anyone seen the new He Man series on Toonami on Sky?

Anyone else agree that it's crap in comparison to the original 80s He Man cartoons?!

Yes! What more can you say to that?

H.K.Phooey
21-02-2004, 02:43
Originally posted by Rich
Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew etc were in Trumpton, not Camberwick Green, they were virtually the same programme though so you'd be forgiven for confusing them.


DOH!!!
I meant Trumpton honest ;)

I musta bin too young to remember it properly? :p lol


*Sings: *
Time flies by when you're the driver of a train,
steaming into Trumpton with a cargo of cocaine.
I get get high when I'm the pilot of a plane,
touching down in Camberwick and stoned out of my brain.

{Half Man, Half Biscuit}

Rich
22-02-2004, 14:42
Originally posted by Plain Talker
no, not your imagination, the ball things (one of whom was voiced by Winsdor "shut-upppp" Davies) did indeed play o's and x's

and we mustn't the other camberwick green crossover, Chigley, with lord sprocket and the Pottery, the train and canal

(sings along)"time flies by when you're the driver of a train....
when you ride on the footplate, there and back again!"

Plain Talker

Which was the one with the biscuit factory?! When I was little I actually made a model of that using old books and real McVities' chocolate biscuits.

I'll leave what happened to the biscuits to your imagination... :lol:

Mosherchik
22-02-2004, 15:03
How can you forget the Goodies??? Is like Monty Python the next generation. Kitten Kong exellent episode...yes it is reminiscent of Killer Cars sketch in Python but its still exellent. Not bad effects for the day either!

No-ones mentioned POB either, or what about the educational progs we were shown in schools???
Who remembers Geordie Racer and Through the Dragons Eye?
Morris, Boris and Doris all melted on the floor :sad: that is something no four year old should be allowed to see :loopy:

dilwise
22-02-2004, 15:15
oh yes Sunset Beach. This was the best worst programme ever. This is where Garth Marenghi got his ideas from I'm convinced.
Compulsive viewing. How the cast kept their faces straight I dont know.

Funke88
22-02-2004, 17:56
How about Kojak for a great 70s classic? Telly Savalas as the lollypop sucking cop who's catch phrase was "who loves ya baby" My dad's favourite tv cop. Dad visited Boston way back in the 70s and said the city was just like on Kojak. Police sirens and policemen with guns everywhere. Wow I was in awe!

Also the Six Million Dollar Man with Lee Majors. Apparently Jim Carrey is doing a remake of this show. Can't imagine how that's going to be.

Killian
22-02-2004, 18:38
we all have favourite 'cult' tv shows. however, most of them are no longer 'cult' any longer as they are constantly repeated on sky and cable, so have lost their 'remember such and such a programme' appeal.

mojoworking
22-02-2004, 18:42
Originally posted by Hixxy
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Prisoner Cell Block H is both a classic and a cult TV programme. I would like to see it re-run on our screens.

For those interested in this show, there are several DVDs available in Australia

Killian
22-02-2004, 18:47
on the subject of Australia, how come Australian Crawl were never successful over here? much better then men at work.

mega_monty
23-02-2004, 21:33
Originally posted by Rich
Which was the one with the biscuit factory?! When I was little I actually made a model of that using old books and real McVities' chocolate biscuits.

I'll leave what happened to the biscuits to your imagination... :lol:

It was Chigley that had the biscuit factory, Chigley also had Bessie the steam train.

Rich
24-02-2004, 09:26
Originally posted by Mosherchik
How can you forget the Goodies??? Is like Monty Python the next generation. Kitten Kong exellent episode...yes it is reminiscent of Killer Cars sketch in Python but its still exellent. Not bad effects for the day either!

No-ones mentioned POB either, or what about the educational progs we were shown in schools???
Who remembers Geordie Racer and Through the Dragons Eye?
Morris, Boris and Doris all melted on the floor :sad: that is something no four year old should be allowed to see :loopy:

Some of those school programs in the early 80s were CLASS, stuff like You and Me etc.... then a few years later some program presented by Sophie Aldred, aka Ace in the Sylvester McCoy era Doctor Who episodes, both me and my older Brother used to fancy her loads.

Bedhead
24-02-2004, 15:40
not cult status but brings back memories;

mary mungo and midge
clangers
pipkins
space 1999
cloppa castle living in harmony a cloppa castle a friendly enemy a cloppa castle a cloppa castle la de da de la ... oops
chorlton (or charlton) and the wheelies
crackerjack
run around with mike reid!
cheggars plays pop

hmm lots more

hudu
25-02-2004, 19:25
Are there any 'Absolutely' fans in the house????

"All roads lead to Rome, so the saying goes - except the B232, which goes tae Stoneybridge!"

or...

"Travelled the world? seen the pyramids? the Taj Mahal? - Well come tae Stoneybridge! and tell us all aboot it!"

ahhhhhh....the Stoneybridge Town Council.....

Rich
26-02-2004, 13:39
Originally posted by Bedhead
not cult status but brings back memories;

mary mungo and midge
clangers
pipkins
space 1999
cloppa castle living in harmony a cloppa castle a friendly enemy a cloppa castle a cloppa castle la de da de la ... oops
chorlton (or charlton) and the wheelies
crackerjack
run around with mike reid!
cheggars plays pop

hmm lots more

Lol, Cheggers Plays Pop?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Keith Chegwin was, and still is in my opinion, an annoying twit.

I agree with a few of your others though....

Other cult classics include:

The Muppet Show
Muppets Tonight
Fraggle Rock
Puddle Lane
Let's Pretend
Play School
Choc-A-Block
Roland Rat (anything with him in it)
The original He Man cartoon (The new ones are ****e in comparison IMO).

nomme
26-02-2004, 14:10
Originally posted by hudu
Are there any 'Absolutely' fans in the house????


Oh yes!

Nomme

Fletch
26-02-2004, 15:05
oh yes

love em always

(i take it you mean Ab Fab)

Bedhead
26-02-2004, 15:18
Originally posted by Rich
Lol, Cheggers Plays Pop?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Keith Chegwin was, and still is in my opinion, an annoying twit.

I agree with a few of your others though....



i wasn't saying it they were any good just brought back memories although having said that mary mungo and midge was me fav kids program

you're entirely right about keith chegwin
what was that daft nude jungle quiz program he presented not long back ?! i'm sooo glad i didn't see that! :loopy:

Jayne
26-02-2004, 15:35
Does anyone remember Bertha - the factory machine
the theme tune went something like:
Bertha, lovely Bertha
you are the one we all adore
with your....

something or other

Bedhead
26-02-2004, 16:04
Originally posted by Jayne
Does anyone remember Bertha - the factory machine
the theme tune went something like:
Bertha, lovely Bertha
you are the one we all adore
with your....

something or other

erm no but sounds erm riveting! :thumbsup: :D

JoeP
03-04-2004, 23:22
The TV series that had Merlin in a cave and where all the machines were stopped was, I believe, called Heartsease - or at least it was based on a book of that name.

And a Heartsease is a flower....

I remember Children of the Stones - always associated with coming home from school and having tea...

FairyNormal
04-04-2004, 11:17
I loved Barbapapa but not many people remember that one. He could morph into all kinds of stuff and if I remember rightly was kinda eco friendly too.

Wilo the wisp was another classic with the fabulous Kenneth Williams doing one of the voices.

How about :

The Moonbeans

The Flumps

Chocky (and Chockys Children) ........... about an alien.

Vision On

Barnaby the Bear

I guess I am a bit of a kids TV anorak really. I have a huge collection of kids TV books, annuals etc, including loads of Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley ones. You name it, there's a chance I have got it!!

Jon
19-03-2005, 20:54
Pipkins comes to DVD on the 25th of April. I wonder if it will stand the test of time :D

mega_monty
19-03-2005, 21:50
Originally posted by FetishFairy

Chocky (and Chockys Children) ........... about an alien.


More Chocky here: http://www.thechestnut.com/chocky.htm

Plain Talker
19-03-2005, 22:30
I used to like the Tomorrow People.

I used to have a crush on mick (forgotten his surname) who was one of the "kids" in the show, he was a drummer in a group called "Flintlock",

PT

Beakerzoid
10-09-2007, 14:02
Does anyone remember Bertha - the factory machine
the theme tune went something like:
Bertha, lovely Bertha
you are the one we all adore
with your....

something or other

It's okay, you aren't going mad...I remmeber it too.

"Bertha, lovely Bertha, you are a lovely machine
Any anyone who works with you will know just what I mean.
Bertha, lovely Bertha, sometimes I thing you're a dream,
When we work out what you have to do,
You can always turn the goods out, always turn the goods out,
We can depend upon you.

Clicking in the day and flashing in the night,
Your computer is shining brightly,
Some people say you've a mind of your own,
And I think that's very likely, likely.

Bertha, lovely Bertha, sometimes I thing you're a dream,
When we work out what you have to do,
You can always turn the goods out, always turn the goods out,
We can depend upon you."


As for older kids shows...how about Bod, Flumps, Why Don't You, Words And Pictures, Chorlton & The Wheelies.

Early 80s brought us Sport Billy, Captain Zep, Alias The Jester, and much more.

BTW: He-Man and Thundercats should stay firmly entrenched in nostalgia. Do NOT go back and revisit them as an adult - they are awful! (In my humblest of opinions of course - you may feel differently, after all there is no accounting for taste)