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What TV programmes scared you as a kid?

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Coffeeandcrumpets · 01/02/2021 20:26

Just as the title asks, what TV programmes scared you as a kid? I'll get the ball rolling. I'm an 80s child and I hated Doctor who. The music was terrifying and I had to leave the room. I also hated he-man. Especially when he shouts 'I have the power' in the opening credits. Bag puss also frightened me. A very large pink cat was unnatural!

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BrownFootStool · 01/02/2021 21:50

@LetterFromLorah I loved Orm and Cheep so much!

LetterFromLorah · 01/02/2021 21:56

@BrownFootStool It was such a lovely programme in many ways but one or two characters freaked me out! Was there a wolf with weird eyes or something?

binnhill · 01/02/2021 22:00

Adam Adamant , Dr Who ,.esp.cyberrmen ,

,Noggin the Nog -. Creepy ,jerky cartoon

and Arthur Brown (Fire!), really scary

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PolarnOPirate · 01/02/2021 22:01

Demon Headmaster and Goosebumps (well, I never got past the theme tune of the latter).

SpagettiHoopaloop · 02/02/2021 02:34

999 - presented by Micheal Burke on the BBC. It's the theme tune and opening graphics more than anything Wine

PussyCatInChristmasStockings · 02/02/2021 02:44

This:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

it's a 15 certificate and I was a few yrs younger when I saw it.

Alrassan · 02/02/2021 02:45

The Herbs really scared me and didn't like animation like Noggin the nog.

cissyandbessy · 02/02/2021 02:57

Sapphire and Steel was very sinister. Hartley Hare was terrifying and I once watched a programme about spontaneous human combustion with the image of a pair of charred leg stumps still in their slippers by an old gas bottle heater. Bleurrghh. Had nightmares for weeks.

teuer · 02/02/2021 05:03

Another Dr Who behind the sofa hider here. There's a 6 and a 8 year age gap between me and my brother's and it was their favourite programme. So I did a lot of hiding behind cushions or the whole sofa when it got too much.

wellthatsunusual · 02/02/2021 05:11

@NannyR

The day of the triffids terrified me too, I remember being scared walking past gardens with tall plants. I just googled it and it was broadcast in 1981 so I would have only been 6 or 7, why on earth did my parents let me watch it???
I'm the same age and that was the one and only thing I ever saw on TV as a child that scared me. The way they walked Shock I'm pretty sure it was shown early in the evening, possibly around teatime on a Saturday. You know, once Grandstand was over and the football scores were in. I remember everyone in school talking about it, so I don't think it was unusual to have seen it at that age.
bushtailadventures · 02/02/2021 05:32

Children Of The Stones scared the life out of me, still can't bear looking at the Avebury Stones , they give me the creeps.

Yes to The Finishing Line, I would have only been 6 or 7 when they showed it to us at school. It was available on YouTube for a while and I showed it to my adult children, they couldn't believe I'd seen it in Primary school.

Threads when I was a teenager

bert3400 · 02/02/2021 05:36

Tales of the unexpected....never knew what you were going to get . Even hearing the music now gives me the Willie's Shock

bert3400 · 02/02/2021 05:37

Oh and Crimewatch, honestly thought I would be murdered in my bed

Mrsbclinton · 02/02/2021 05:40

The incredible hulk, when he was angry & turning green scared the crap out of me!

GettingThin2021 · 02/02/2021 05:43

Are you afraid of the dark? I used to watch it every week but it scared me every time

I was randomly terrified of Mystic Meg if anyone remembers her? 😂

LincolnshireYellowBelly · 02/02/2021 06:14

Crackerjack! I ran up the stairs crying every Saturday evening when it was announced. Too loud and chaotic for me!

billybagpuss · 02/02/2021 06:26

@LincolnshireYellowBelly

Crackerjack! I ran up the stairs crying every Saturday evening when it was announced. Too loud and chaotic for me!
It was Friday 😂

‘It’s friday, it’s 5 to 5 and it’s .......’

cortex10 · 02/02/2021 06:29

Another vote for The Singing Ringing Tree www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-singing-ringing-tree-scariest-kids-tv-show-ever/%3famp

winniesanderson · 02/02/2021 07:07

Round the Twist. Pretty much all of it, but especially the scarecrow episode 😳

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/caitlinjinks/wtf-moments-from-round-the-twist

joystir59 · 02/02/2021 07:10

Dr Who, in particular the Daleks. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

ThaimForTea · 02/02/2021 07:18

Ghostwatch! Still can’t get over them doing that and every time I hear the word ‘pipes’ I think of it still. It was awful and from memory a young man sadly took his life after it.

bellagogosdead · 02/02/2021 07:20

My first thought was The Day of the Triffids the idea that plants could come after you and that horrible clicking noise. Ugh
I was also creeped out by Moondial and The Phoenix and the Carpet.

ThanksMateThanksMate · 02/02/2021 07:26

"Ludwig"
It's a vague memory.
An egg with legs..
Have I dreamt this?

Todayissunny · 02/02/2021 07:34

Scooby doo

cliffdiver · 02/02/2021 07:40

TinTin... the episode with the yeti.

I used to watch my bedroom door at night, waiting for him to come in.