Television of Yesteryear.

[Donald the Great]

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• Chelmsford 123Chelmsford 123 was a brilliant comedy set in Chelmsford during the Roman invasion. Full of cringeworthy puns and corny jokes it is still one of my favourite comedies.The main characters were Badvoc (Rory McGrath, you'll probably know him be
  
• Child's Play was a hilarious program presented by Michael Aspel. It basically comprised short film clips of young children answering heavyweight philosophical questions in "their own words".The children were usually aged between 5 and 8 which, of course, made for ...
  
  
• Children of the StonesThis 1970's television drama was broadcast on ITV network and was only 7 episodes long.The story was set in Wiltshire and was based around a small village which had stone circles. Astrophysicist, Adam Brake and his son Matthew move ...
  
  The Feathered Serpent: A series that was on in the late '70s that was set in a kind of ancient Inca civilisation in Aztec Mexico and starring former Doctor Who Patrick Troughton as the scheming High Priest Nasca.

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Children of the Stones and The feathered Serpent I remember watching. Both were pretty good, but I preferred COTS due to its creepy supernatural atmosphere.

Child's Play was a light fluff series just right for weekend viewing. As always, Aspel was very good.

[George 1978]

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Children of the Stones and The feathered Serpent I remember watching. Both were pretty good, but I preferred COTS due to its creepy supernatural atmosphere.

Child's Play was a light fluff series just right for weekend viewing. As always, Aspel was very good.

The inspiration for Small Talk, the game show presented by Ronnie Corbett which had a Celebrity Squares-alike 3x3 grid of youngsters defining certain words.

One of them described the word "Highwayman" as saying that "Harry Secombe was one" which I thought was very clever.

Did Michael Aspel present at least half of all networked ITV programmes in the 1980s? It seemed like that to me.

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Children of the Stones and The feathered Serpent I remember watching. Both were pretty good, but I preferred COTS due to its creepy supernatural atmosphere.

Child's Play was a light fluff series just right for weekend viewing. As always, Aspel was very good.

prefered childs play starring Chucky the psychopathic doll

[Donald the Great]

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Children of the Stones and The feathered Serpent I remember watching. Both were pretty good, but I preferred COTS due to its creepy supernatural atmosphere.

Child's Play was a light fluff series just right for weekend viewing. As always, Aspel was very good.

I rewatched COTS recently. Has dated somewhat but still is atmospheric with a neat plot.

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BJ and the Bear was a series from the late 70s. BJ McKay was a trucker who always had his pet chimpanzee, Bear, with him. It was generally light-hearted stuff with lots of pretty girls, and I thought it had a Dukes of Hazard vibe about it in terms of its overall atmosphere.

Cade's County from the early 70s starred Glenn Ford as a south-western USA sheriff and was set in contemporary times. It had a memorable titles sequence showing Ford as Sheriff Cade driving an open top jeep over very rough desert terrain.

Children of the Lost Islands was from the mid/late 70s and was an Australian or New Zealand production. A multi-ethnic group of teenagers are shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island and must contend with its inhabitants, pirates who have somehow managed to live for several hundred years--I cannot recall exactly what causes their longevity. I think it was shown on saturday mornings and possibly also in school holiday mornings TV.

Camberwick Green was the first of a series of related children's series. It had a memorable opening of a musical box gradually opening and revealing the main character for that episode. Characters included Windy Miller, Mrs Honeyman, Dr Mopp, Mrs Dingle, Mickey Murphy and Farmer Bell. Also had memorable end credits with a clown turning a handle that scrolls the credits. Narrated by Brian Cant.

[Donald the Great]

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BJ and the Bear was a series from the late 70s. BJ McKay was a trucker who always had his pet chimpanzee, Bear, with him. It was generally light-hearted stuff with lots of pretty girls, and I thought it had a Dukes of Hazard vibe about it in terms of its overall atmosphere.

Cade's County from the early 70s starred Glenn Ford as a south-western USA sheriff and was set in contemporary times. It had a memorable titles sequence showing Ford as Sheriff Cade driving an open top jeep over very rough desert terrain.

Children of the Lost Islands was from the mid/late 70s and was an Australian or New Zealand production. A multi-ethnic group of teenagers are shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island and must contend with its inhabitants, pirates who have somehow managed to live for several hundred years--I cannot recall exactly what causes their longevity. I think it was shown on saturday mornings and possibly also in school holiday mornings TV.

Camberwick Green was the first of a series of related children's series. It had a memorable opening of a musical box gradually opening and revealing the main character for that episode. Characters included Windy Miller, Mrs Honeyman, Dr Mopp, Mrs Dingle, Mickey Murphy and Farmer Bell. Also had memorable end credits with a clown turning a handle that scrolls the credits. Narrated by Brian Cant.

Thanks for that informative comment on these oldies mate. Can nor recall ever seeing any of them in OZ.

[Donald the Great]

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DAD'S Army: An absolute classic comedy still very popular today. Dad's Army was a comedy about the antics of the British Home Guard who are led by Capt. Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe) and his long suffering second in command, Sgnt Wilson (John Le Mesurier) with each recruit having some comical "quirke".

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• Dave Allen at Large. We in OZ found the biting, irreverant wit of Dave Allen infectious. Dave Allen was a top comedian who sat on a stool, sometimes smoking and sometimes drinking what he had us believe was whiskey. The jokes (many of which would now be considered extremely politically incorrect) were interspersed with sketches - ...
  
  
• David the GnomeDavid the Gnome was a cartoon that was on Nickelodeon in the 80s or 90s. It was about David the Gnome and the whole gnome community. I'm pretty sure they solved little problems like things about friendship and ...
  
  
• Dear John: Seem to remember this being on quite late and it being a very adult comedy for me to be watching in my very early teens.Centred around a group of no-hopers who meet up for counselling after all being dumped by ...
  
  
• Dear Mother . . . Love Albert. This was another vehicle for Likely Lad fave Rodney Bewes. He has moved from home to London and writes his dear old mother often. Mildly humorous.
  
  
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Dave Allen was, I agree, decidedly un-PC--just his smoking and drinking would create a Twitterstorm today.

David the Gnome was voiced by Tom Bosley--Howard Cunningham from Happy Days. In the last episode David and his wife actually die as they have lived out their lifespan. It was very surprising for a children's cartoon to have such a downbeat and moving ending.

Dear John was really good, with good scripts and characters. Remember medallion man Kirk St. Moritz?

Come Dancing was a ballroom dancing competition in which various areas of the UK were pitted against each other. I cannot remember if the teams were professionals or amateurs. The ladies costumes were very fetching with lots of sparkle, and the contestants were constantly smiling, which I prefer to the pouts that we get today. Terry Wogan was presenter for a while and it was shown quite late at night. I would watch it if I came upon it, as opposed to Strictly Come Dancing, which I wouldn't watch if they paid me.

[George 1978]

Re: Television of Yesteryear.

Dave Allen was, I agree, decidedly un-PC--just his smoking and drinking would create a Twitterstorm today.

David the Gnome was voiced by Tom Bosley--Howard Cunningham from Happy Days. In the last episode David and his wife actually die as they have lived out their lifespan. It was very surprising for a children's cartoon to have such a downbeat and moving ending.

Dear John was really good, with good scripts and characters. Remember medallion man Kirk St. Moritz?

Come Dancing was a ballroom dancing competition in which various areas of the UK were pitted against each other. I cannot remember if the teams were professionals or amateurs. The ladies costumes were very fetching with lots of sparkle, and the contestants were constantly smiling, which I prefer to the pouts that we get today. Terry Wogan was presenter for a while and it was shown quite late at night. I would watch it if I came upon it, as opposed to Strictly Come Dancing, which I wouldn't watch if they paid me.

Wasn't David the Gnome part (of a spin off) of a cartoon series seen on Children's ITV on Wednesdays in the Autumn of 1989 called The Wisdom of the Gnomes? David was seen on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings circa 1989-1990.

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Camberwick Green was the first of a series of related children's series. It had a memorable opening of a musical box gradually opening and revealing the main character for that episode. Characters included Windy Miller, Mrs Honeyman, Dr Mopp, Mrs Dingle, Mickey Murphy and Farmer Bell. Also had memorable end credits with a clown turning a handle that scrolls the credits. Narrated by Brian Cant.

very similar to Trumpton where life seemed to revolve around the town clock tower, famous for the firemen hugh,pugh,barley mcgrew,cuthbert,dibble and grub. i believe this also had narration by the wonderful Brian cant

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Wasn't David the Gnome part (of a spin off) of a cartoon series seen on Children's ITV on Wednesdays in the Autumn of 1989 called The Wisdom of the Gnomes? David was seen on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings circa 1989-1990.

Wizdom of the Gnomes was actually a sequel to The World of David the Gnome. Both series were made in Spain. Another popular 80s Spanish cartoon series was Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds.

[George 1978]

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Amazing how many cartoons from southern Europe that were on British TV screens in the late 1980s and early 1990s - Dogtanian's face reminded me of Snoopy in many ways. I think that it was Saban International that was the company responsible.

Another series from the same time was Mr Rossi, an Italian cartoon series which looked at if it was from the 1970s but was seen in the late 1980s on Children's ITV - I did read that the name "Rossi" is like the name Smith is in Italy, or referring to someone as John Doe, or an everyman over there. Channel 4 shown some in the early 1990s as well.

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Who remembers the dutch puppet show Paulus the woodgnome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFsAs8KuuU

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Who remembers the dutch puppet show Paulus the woodgnome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFsAs8KuuU

Yes, I remember that one being on TV.

Going back quite a bit, anyone remember The Woodentops and Pogle's Wood?