Television of Yesteryear.

[George 1978]

Re: Television of Yesteryear.

great sketch george, not heard of lose a million

And you don't want to hear about Lose a Million either - it was rubbish.

[staffslad]

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Catweazle from the early 70s about a Norman era wizard who accidentally transports himself into the modern age. Geoffrey Bayldon played Catweazle and I think there was a strip in Look-In.

Bless this House. Very popular and long running series with Sid James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson and Robin Stewart. Sid played salesman Sid Abbot in a family sitcom that only came to an end when Sid sadly passed away. There was a big screen version in 1972 with Peter Butterworth playing Sid's friend and neighbour, and Robin Askwith replacing Stewart as Sid's son. Askwith gets to romance the lovely Carol Hawkins.

[Moonraker]

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The Ghosts of Motley Hall.
Fantastic series made 1976 starring Arthur English. The series was about ghosts living in a disused mansion.

Barney Miller.
Many may not recall this american sitcom. A comedy about a precinct.

[Donald the Great]

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Gotta agree with Staffs ref Cannon and ball, just annoying but so were little and large...TWO RONNIES! best double act ever.

Two Ronnies for me two. Hale & Pace were good too. Morecombe annoyed me. I always hoped Ernie would whack Morecombe one in the kisser.

[Donald the Great]

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Catchphrase is another of those game shows (I’m thinking of Family Fortunes, Bullseye etc.) where its viewers could often be found in an apoplexy of rage, yelling ‘But it’s SO EASY! Why CAN’T you get it? How can you possibly ...


Catweazle It's Sunday afternoon in the early 1970s, the TV is warming up ready for Catweazle!Catweazle was a medieval wizard who managed to jump into the 20th century via a castle moat while being pursued by knights, presumably to try him ...



Celebrity Squares (UK) Celebrity Squares was based on the game 'noughts and crosses' and was presented by Bob Monkhouse.Celebrities sat in a 3 x 3 grid and answered questions for the contestants, gaining a nought or cross for them.The idea of the game ...




Challenge Anneka This Program was great! Anneka Rice whizzing about helping people and setting tasks in a small amount of time. That big blue and yellow truck, the funny sound man and Anneka's Jeep all stick in my mind! ...



Champion The Wonder Horse ..the beautiful and clever horse, Ricky the boy and Rebel the dog. Who remembers the theme song ...



Chance In A Million Chance in a Million was TV series starring Brenda Blethyn and Simon Callow as the unluckiest couple in history. Tom Chance was a man who experienced the most unlikely conicidences on a regular basis to hilarious comic effect.


Changes tv series was first shown in 1975. It starts with everyone turning against technology - they smash their TV sets, cars, etc. The main character is a girl called Nicky, who gets separated from her parents during an ...

[staffslad]

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The Ghosts of Motley Hall.
Fantastic series made 1976 starring Arthur English. The series was about ghosts living in a disused mansion.

Barney Miller.
Many may not recall this american sitcom. A comedy about a precinct.

Ghosts of Motley Hall was very good and I think I liked it better than Rent-a-Ghost.

I do remember Barney Miller but not all that well. I think it was shown fairly late at night.

[tex]

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Challenge Anneka This Program was great! Anneka Rice whizzing about helping people and setting tasks in a small amount of time. That big blue and yellow truck, the funny sound man and Anneka's Jeep all stick in my mind! ...

Anneka was not best remembered for her jeep

[George 1978]

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Anneka was not best remembered for her jeep

She was best remembered for Pedro the Lucas terrier who was with her on the programme wherever she went.

[George 1978]

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Ghosts of Motley Hall was very good and I think I liked it better than Rent-a-Ghost.

There was a similarly-titled series called The Ghosts of Faffner Hall (or some title like that) in the late 1980s - I am sure that the characters were Spitting Image-alike puppets on them.

[tex]

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She was best remembered for Pedro the Lucas terrier who was with her on the programme wherever she went.

That ... and her ****

[staffslad]

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That ... and her ****

I wasn't really a fan of Treasure Hunt, but I liked Challenge Anneka, and, yes, her **** tended to feature quite prominently in the show.

[staffslad]

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Crackerjack--long running children's show with Leslie Crowther, Don Maclean, Peter Glaze and a host of others. Best remembered for Crackerjack pencils, silly games, musical sketch finale and being on at 5 to 5 on friday afternoons.

[George 1978]

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I wasn't really a fan of Treasure Hunt, but I liked Challenge Anneka, and, yes, her **** tended to feature quite prominently in the show.

Well, otherwise it would mean that the cameraman would have to walk backwards.

[Donald the Great]

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Sounds like Anneka had massive nawks. I love your subtlety.

I like both Brenda Blethyn and Simon Callow. Was Chance In A Million funny? Where could I find it do you suppose?

[Donald the Great]

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Carrie's War This was a kids' wartime drama shown on the BBC at teatime in 1975. It involved a young girl called Carrie and her younger brother, who are sent to Druid's Bottom in Wales as evacuees. They stay with a pious ...



Carson's Law Carson's Law was set in the 1950's and was an Australian Law Practice Series. Starred Loraine Bailey. ...



Carter Country ...



Cash and Cable (USA) ...



Cash and Company Australian television series about bandits set in the Victorian Gold Rush days of the 1850's. It was an Australian production which was aired in the UK on Sunday Lunchtimes during the mid 1970's.Bushrangers Sam Cash and Joe Brady were ...



Cassie and Company ...



Casualty Casualty started with the same "ooh, he's climbing a ladder with a fence underneath it...maybe he'll fall off the ladder onto the fence" plot as it still does now.Always had Charlie in it too. He didn't have the annoying kid ...



Catchphrase Catchphrase is another of those game shows (I’m thinking of Family Fortunes, Bullseye etc.) where its viewers could often be found in an apoplexy of rage, yelling ‘But it’s SO EASY! Why CAN’T you get it? How can you possibly ...


Catweazle It's Sunday afternoon in the early 1970s, the TV is warming up ready for Catweazle!Catweazle was a medieval wizard who managed to jump into the 20th century via a castle moat while being pursued by knights, presumably to try him ...



Celebrity Squares (UK) Celebrity Squares was based on the game 'noughts and crosses' and was presented by Bob Monkhouse.Celebrities sat in a 3 x 3 grid and answered questions for the contestants, gaining a nought or cross for them.The idea of the game ...