@AradiaGC It was indeed Incredible Games that had Alphabet Soup. It wasn't presented by Phillippa Forrester, but she once took part in it. The first series was presented by David Walliams
@Advice4worriedMum I too LOVED the Wild House. It had some moments which almost felt like Mumsnet. The mum used to bark orders with a megaphone "departure now minus ten minutes", and wore signs round her neck, saying for example "NO ONE is to mention nits to Granny". After Serena dyed her hair, the dad quipped "how about we stick our daughter's head in a frame, and sell that as modern art?".
I didn't like the 90s Famous Fives, though: they'd been bowdlerised beyond recognition, and George was much too feminine to be mistaken for a boy.
Rosie and Jim was great. "You Noggin!"
Get your own back. It's the sort of thing Boris Johnson would love to appear on, and get gunged.
@SingToTheSky I remember that Ronnie Corbett show about children, I don't remember what it was called, though. "Do you think Sebastian knows what a bachelor is?".
In the 90s, there were re-runs of the old Grange Hill shows. One of them had a beautifully ironic line from one of the pupils: "McClusky will only call a referendum when she's certain she'll get the result she wants".
Although it wasn't specifically a kids' show, I loved the Crystal Maze. "It appears that millions of young people have been watching this fascinating programme when they should have been doing their homework. Thousands also claim they can do better than the adults."