1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

[pjcmanchester]

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Sorry, been off site for quite a while. Many thanks, Evil McBad, this sounds like the most promising answer, it ticks all the boxes. Pity it's not on youtube. Was beginning to doubt my own memory lol.

[darren]

Re: 1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

was checking and it ran from 1966 to 1977.

meant to add, it was set in Australia - the caves were aboriginal and the plot involved ancient aliens

[Evil McBad]

Re: 1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

meant to add, it was set in Australia - the caves were aboriginal and the plot involved ancient aliens

[Evil McBad]

Re: 1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

All I can remember of this series is that it was broadcast on kids daytime tv in the school summer holidays around 1970. It was a mystery or adventure with much of the plot and action set in dark caverns, and its title theme was a sort of aboriginal chant which I can still remember as very unsettling and creepy. Does this stir any memories for anyone? Thanks.

It was called 'Wandjina magic'

[Richard1978]

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Quite a few early colour shows only exist in B&W, as they were often copied onto B&W film for export, & the original colour tapes were wiped & reused.

[sixtyten]

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It was in colour, but the version that survived and got reissued by Network DVD was in Black & White for some reason
It was 1973

[Heather74]

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The link I provided looked so promising no sign that it was in black and white! Oh well....

[sixtyten]

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Unconvinced by that one either

[Heather74]

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The Jensen Code?

http://www.cultoftv.co.uk/cultkidstv/jensencode.htm

[Heather74]

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Oh no You are right. It doesn't seem to fit at all :cry: back to the drawing board

[sixtyten]

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Just listened to theme tune on You Tube. don't think Long Chase is correct

[pjcmanchester]

Re: 1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

It sounds possible, and for some reason the guy on the motorcycle strikes a memory chord, but no one on the link mentions the music, which would clinch it. If I remember rightly, the closing credits featured flames along the bottom half of the screen against a black background on which the titles came up, but I may be confusing this with something else I saw 40-odd years ago :-). Am grateful for your help in solving this.

[Heather74]

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I'm back again

The long chase?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173572/usercomments

'Liz and Simon almost meet a sticky end at the end of several episodes - either trapped in a network of caves with only a cigarette lighter to help them find a way out'

[sixtyten]

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busy at work at mo, but we will find it.. later

[pjcmanchester]

Re: 1970s summer holidays kids ts show - help identify?

No, that I remember from tea-time tv: one of the things on tv that really frightened me as a kid.