Childrens TV

[the_faery_queen]

dungeons and dragons
dogatnaion
the tripods
ulysess 31
james and his magic torch
terrahawks
fingermouse
bagpuss!

and some bbc one drama things, like century falls
and i guess, cities of gold (the mysterious kind)
have a fair few of these things on dvd now. happily!
oh and box of delights

 

[Priv8eye]

Talking to my kids teacher last night and realised I'd forgotten Mr Ben! (who, it was pointed out is now dating Pauline Fowler)

 

[Omega]

Sure about that, just checked and Mr Ben was narrated by Ray Brooks, unless Ian Lavender is no longer Pauline's knight in shining armour.

 

[euphemist]

Captain Planet was the bomb. Seriously.
E.C. - no one I know remembers this, but it was about this little doll thing that didn't have a face, or something. I don't really remember much, just that I loved it.
Johnson and Friends. About these toys that came to life and stuff. Way better than Toy Story.
Rugrats
Power Rangers

 

[kyektulu]

Rainbow Bright! OMG Rainbow Bright!!!
I had the wallpaper, the dolls and the quilt cover! (In fact, I think my younger sister now has that quilt cover...) I was only about five/six at the time ... there was a character with bright red hair and one with yellow hair? OMG ... the memories ... (am in spasms of delight down memory lane ...)

My sister used to love this cartoon...
For some reason I didnt like it... maybe because she did like it.

My bro was a huge transformewrs fan, he had lots of the figures.
Even a big scorpianox and op otmus prime... (right names?.)

 

[Niolani]

OMG! I had forgotten about some of these shows. I remember most of the ones mentioned that sreened in the 80's and 90's.
I loved Inspector Gadjet, my cousin and I would always argue about who got to be Penny.
Remember Strawberry Shortcake?
Sheera was a fav of mine too, I'd swing the hose around & pretend it was her magic sword.
Does anyone remember Puddle Lane? It was a Brittish show with a wizard and a magic storytelling puddle, a snake called Snodgrass and there was a gazebo out the back?
What about Monkey Magic? I loved that show.
Anyone remember this show that had the guy from Drop Dead Fred sitting in this green armchair that moved while he told stories?
Bananna Man and Superted were good. Anyone remember The Raggydolls? What about Fat Tulip's Garden?
The Ewoks?!! They were a cartoon and they even had a few videos.
Transformers, more than meets the eye.
The Smurfs!
I remember Sooty and Swee. Sesame Street was great. I even have a movie of Sesame Street where Big Bird runs away and gets painted blue and cries but it all turns out all right in the end.
Gumby! Babar! Pinky and the Brain! Jimbo, that aeroplane!(not Budgie)
Chip and Dale! Lambchop's Play Along! Alf! (there's even a movie)
Pound Puppies!
In australia we had a real people Blinky Bill.
There are so many. I still have my Alf, Blinky bill puppets, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael figurine,My Little Ponies, Ariel the little Mermaid books & figurines,a Pound Puppy, The Muppets babies figurines but I lost my Smurf stuffed toy and my big Rainbow Bright doll as well. I still like to collect toys from my childhood even though they're today's versions but they're still alright (luckily I had two of the proper Cabbage Patch dolls when I was a kid) so now I've got a Care Bear and a My Little Pony plush as well.

 

[Thadlerian]

Oh, come on!

Animals of Farthing Wood, damnit!

I kept wondering if anyone would mention it, but no...
Seriously, people?

 

[Adasunshine]

The Animals of Farthing Wood!!!!! OH MY GOD!

I cannot believe I left it out, I used to watch this program whenever it was on! Thank you Thadlerian.

xx

 

[kyektulu]

Animals Of Farthing Wood.
I LOVED this series when I was a child, It has been soooo long since I have seen it.
I think it was my fave show.
I didnt post it as, to be honest, I had forgotten about it.

 

[weaveworld]

I remember a few:

Willo The Wisp

Chorlton and The Wheelies

Mr Benn

Candlewick Green (the woman had no feel, and sort of slide about the place).

There was another Candlewick Green sort of programme but I can't remember the name.

Bagpuss (we will fix it, we will fix it - how cool were the mice)

And my all time favourite

Jamie And The Magic Torch - I loved that programme

 

[McMurphy]

Living most of my childhood near the Canadian border, I got both American and Canadian television off of the good old rabbit ears. That being the case, I remember watching Sesame Street that taught the fundimentals of English and French (as opposed to Spanish in the rest of the country), along with Mr Dress-Up (RIP).

The following series, for better or worse, are the children's television I remember enjoying as a child:

Mr. Rogers (for some reason I found the toy cars cursing around in the model town fasnicating....not to mention the household trolly)

Silver Spoons (I know it isn't a children's show, per say, but he had a bed shaped like a car....God, did I want that)

Wonder Woman (I even went as far as buying the first season on DVD last year)

Batman & Robin (Kapow!)

Scooby Doo (remember the one where they met Batman, Robin, and the Joker? That blew my mind as a child. It was a secret meeting I wasn't supposed to know about or something.)

Fraggle Rock (I was a spaz...it spoke to me)

The Muppet Show (The one where they played out a murder mystery scared the crap out of me)

Voltron

Transformers

G-Bots (Simply because it was a cheap version of the previous two, and my parents could afford the toys.)

M.A.S.K (If you remember that series, you are cool.)

Pee-Wee's Playhouse (Yes, yes, I know....)

Super Powers (Essentially made to sell a toy line where you made the DC heroes fists pump by squeezing their legs together.)

JEM (I had sisters...)

Masters of the Universe (Ever go back and watch the original series? What crap.)

Thundercats (The outtakes that leaked online will NEVER end up on the DVD release)

Inspector Gadget (GO, GO, Get Smart!)

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (Until, that is, a kid jumped off a bridge after dying in the game, and the show got pulled because it supposely supported devil worship. Yeah, so what? So did "The Littles")

Danger Mouse

Pac-Man

..........................................


Okay, the list could go on and on...I watched a lot of television as a little kid.

 

[kyektulu]

Pac-Man

Pac man....?

Was that a TV show?

Thought it was just a game?

 

[weaveworld]

Pac man....?

Was that a TV show?

Thought it was just a game?

I think there was a cartoon, I heard of it but I don't remember it, I, myself have three pacman games for my gameboy, miss pacman, pacman world and pacman. Now, that is whole lotta pacman!

weave

 

[McMurphy]

Pac man....?

Was that a TV show?

Thought it was just a game?

Oh, in the Pac Mania days of the '80s, Pac-Man was everything you could think of...from games to toothbrushes. I even remember sitting in a rocking chairs with a box of Pac-Man cereal, picking out all the marshmallow ghosts.

The cartoon was on for two seasons, kicking out 43 episodes. Click HERE for some information on the show and even a detailed episode list for the series.

 

[weaveworld]

Oh, in the Pac Mania days of the '80s, Pac-Man was everything you could think of...from games to toothbrushes. I even remember sitting in a rocking chairs with a box of Pac-Man cereal, picking out all the marshmallow ghosts.

The cartoon was on for two seasons, kicking out 43 episodes. Click HERE for some information on the show and even a detailed episode list for the series.

Very interesting - Thanks

 

[GrownUp]

Oh, in the Pac Mania days of the '80s, Pac-Man was everything you could think of...from games to toothbrushes. I even remember sitting in a rocking chairs with a box of Pac-Man cereal, picking out all the marshmallow ghosts.

The cartoon was on for two seasons, kicking out 43 episodes. Click HERE for some information on the show and even a detailed episode list for the series.

I used to have a miniature arcade version of PacMan. You know, those hooded booths you get in arcades, a small version of one of those. It was ace.

AND I had the board game version as well. It had magnetic ball bearings and metal croquet hoops and - well come to think of it it didn't bear the strongest resemblence to the computer game version - but there you are. I don't remember where I got them, and I don't know where they are now. But they live on in my heart.

(I do still have the 'Donkey Kong II' handheld I had then. It still works. In the early 1980's they built computer games to last.)

 

[Adasunshine]

I've just got to add something...

I started this thread because I was dismayed at the state of Children's TV today but lo and behold! I have found the most wonderful cartoon on CBeebies. It's called Charlie & Lola and I just love it - anyone else managed to catch this or am I alone???

xx

 

[kyektulu]

Pac man cerial... lol.

Now that is taking things to far!

Bagpuss was brillient, anyone remember gummi bears and count duckula?

 

[kyektulu]

More that I have just remembered and loved.

Spot

Are You Afraid Of The Dark, more recent, teens

Pink Panther

Casper

Ghost Busters

Henry The Cat

Paddington Bear

KnightMare

Tail Spin

Top Cat

 

[Niolani]

Yeah, I remember the Gummi Bears and Are You Afraid of the Dark? My friends and I would put a torch under our faces and retell stories we'd watched on it. I also remember Count Duckula with it's groovy title song.