Does anyone remember this kids tv show from the 80's as no one else I have ever asked does

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It was called Running Scared and it had Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush as the opening credit music. It was about a girl with red hair who's dad was a taxi driver and there was a bad guy played by Chris Ellison from the Bill. I googled it for years and never found anything but ironically I have found something on Wiki today, but even so, no one I know has ever seen it. Has anyone on here seen it? It scared thr heebie jeebies out of me when I was 9 (though it didn't stop me developing a crush on Chris Ellison when he was Burnside in the Bill )

I think i’m too old for Running Scared, but i loved Break in the Sun.

Privateparkin that was Seaview.

I have moondial on DVD. Not as scary now I'm 40 I found! Belton is awesome.

@PrivateParkin The Yvette Fielding one was called Seaview! I remember thinking it was excellent, but I've just Googled it and I could only have been six years old (max) when it was on.

privateparkin the hotel was in Blackpool I think! Can't remember the show name but I remember the titles. I remember Moondial too, terrifying! The Christopher Eccleston one too, god this is taking me back (I'm 43)

Does anyone remember a kid's programme with a little boy and a tall bluish alien, no idea what the story was but it terrified me...it might even have been one of those programmes they used to put on at school, with the 60 second countdown clock...anyone else remember that?!

Seaview - yes that was it - thanks thehousethat!

That was Chocky!! The blue alien. My most favourite programme. It's on DVD.

Also Chocky's challenge? Or Chockys children were sequels maybe? Not so clear on the sequels.

Almondio, the boy from space, another favourite of mine!

There was also Alien in the Family. Alien was quite human like.

Amazing knowledge of 80s children's TV on this thread!!

Who remembers children of the Dog Star? That's on YouTube.

Spudina was it Chocky? I remember watching that too, but the alien in my head was from a different prog...my memory's shocking! I need to YouTube it

Almondio...was it the boy from space?.

www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+boy+from+space&client=ms-android-h3g-gb&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgO6enMPeAhXpLMAKHbF7B0oQ_AUIEygC&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=6FH5WLUercYI0M

Ah God yes DrCoconut The Boy from Space, that's it! Is it as terrifying as I remember? Silent looming tall blue alien and a little boy, about 9 or 10...what the heck was it all about?!

I loved chocky! And chock'ys children.

Break in the sun also brilliant.
I bought the book of chocky the other year. John Wyndham. Really good.

notpushyinterested thanks for the nightmares

My favourite creepy one, from earlier 80s though I think, was called The Owl Service. I feel a bit creeped out just typing that!

What about Captain Zepps Space Detectives - no one else remembered this but it was def a thing. Lots of kids with slicked back hair watching a video of a crime set in space and trying to solve. Terrible prog.

I remember The Cuckoo Sister, I loved it and my parents bought me the book.

Anyone remember The Tripods? I have that on DVD too. I went through a phase...!

Owl Service was amazing. It’s based on the book by Alan Garner which is also fab.

Does anyone remember Children of the Stones?

OMG, Break In The Sun is on YouTube, brilliant!

Can you link?