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Forgotten childrens programmes

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NovRainbow5 · 21/01/2022 13:43

Childrens tv just isn’t the same nowadays. As a child I loved:
The raggy dolls
Barney- the dog not the dinosaur
Gran
Kissyfur
Jungle run
The tribe

What Programmes did you love?

OP posts:
Intothelight123 · 21/01/2022 20:17

Rosie and Jim

powershowerforanhour · 21/01/2022 20:27

Jimbo had a cracking theme tune
m.youtube.com/watch?v=YHFgGFop9DA

So did Dogtanian, and Willy Fogg (the cartoon lion kicks the arse of David Tennant any day). I used to love loads of things mentioned. No wonder my eyesight is crap, I must have watched telly from home time to dinner time most days.

Henry's Cat was another good one.

Lifeisshortandbittersweet · 21/01/2022 20:29

What a lovely thread , I remember so many of these.

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autienotnaughty · 21/01/2022 20:31

Bagpuss
Jamie and the magic torch
The show about the boy who turned in to a dog. Maybe called Woof?

Lifeisshortandbittersweet · 21/01/2022 20:32

I loved the Friday film specials on BBC 1 !

MrsMigginsCat · 21/01/2022 20:37

Johnny Briggs
How We Used to Live which was a BBC Schools programme. I particularly remember the one set in WW2.
Moondial
Screen Test
Chorlton and the Wheelies - Fenella the Witch used to frighten me though
Terrahawks
Worzel Gummidge
The Box of Delights
Degrassi High
Press Gang

All these are making me feel all nostalgic and I want to watch them again.

autienotnaughty · 21/01/2022 20:47

@Mommabear20

Jungle run Fingertips Brum Bernard's watch My parents are aliens Arthur Tracy beaker And my absolute favourite Bear in the big blue house 😂
You must be around my dd's age. We loved bear in the big blue house. 'Oh where oh where oh where is shadow....'
FrankieBoyleSezLoveOneAnother · 21/01/2022 20:49

Marmalade Atkins
Grandad - I love Clive Dunn!

Anyone remember a programme about a boy in high school whose mum was a rawk singer in bars? I think it was Canadian, can't remember anything else about it!

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 21/01/2022 20:50

Yes
I'd forgotten
Willo the Wisp with the fabulously OTT Kenneth Graham
and
Captain Pugwash

MargaretThursday · 21/01/2022 20:51

Jossie's Giants had a good theme tune too.

Swingoutsistersledge2 · 21/01/2022 20:52

I loved Degrassi Junior High but no one can remember it . It was a High school set in Canada . My favourite was Murphy's Mob .

80sMum · 21/01/2022 20:56

My absolute favourite was Blue Peter, with Val, John and Pete.
I also liked:
The White Horses
Belle and Sebastian
Follyfoot
How
The Flashing Blade
Vision On
Jackanory
Crackerjack

Mommabear20 · 21/01/2022 20:56

@autienotnaughty I sing that when I go to get my DD (18months) from her nap but use her name instead of shadow! 😂 she loves it and now jumps up when I call out her name at the end 😂

WhispersOfWickedness · 21/01/2022 20:57

Okay, two programmes I need help identifying Grin
They would have been early to mid 90s.
The first was set in the future and had a girl with a very severe ginger bob. It was sort of dystopian and I seem to remember they couldn't see the ground...
The second was set in a school and the kids in one class were running a full scale business in the classroom, every time the teacher left the class. There was a clueless headteacher and all the episodes featured them nearly getting caught Grin

Daisychainsandglitter · 21/01/2022 21:02

Puddle Lane
Raggy Dolls
Rainbow
Grange Hill
The Queen's Nose
Maid Marian and her Merry Men

Moonface88 · 21/01/2022 21:05

I've got 3 that I'm starting to think I made up at nobody else seems to remember them...
Incredible Games
Marlene Marlow Investigates
Mortimer and Arabel

Early to mid 90s - anyone else?!

Vampirethriller · 21/01/2022 21:08

I loved Willy Fogg!
The boy turning into a dog was called Woof.
I remember something called Alphonso Bonzo but couldn't tell you what it was about.
I liked Wolves Witches and Giants when I was far too old for it and The Riddlers.

Vampirethriller · 21/01/2022 21:08

@Moonface88 was Arabel and Mortimer a girl and a crow? I remember that

DixiePeach · 21/01/2022 21:12

Red hand gang
Freetime
Run around with mike reed

Mydoghealsmyheart · 21/01/2022 21:14

Bagpuss
Pipkins
The Clangers
The Wombles
Rentaghost
Worzel Gummidge
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Black Beauty
The Secret Garden
Bod
The Flumps
Record Breakers
The Double Deckers
Grange Hill
Vision On
Why Don’t You
Happy Days

Moonface88 · 21/01/2022 21:14

@Vampirethriller yes! Freakish looking animation. Gave me nightmares 😂

Kayjay2018 · 21/01/2022 21:16

Pigeon street
Childrens ward

Pasdelacasa · 21/01/2022 21:17

I remember and loved so many of the 80s ones mentioned.

Cities of Gold was one I loved. I can still remember the music so clearly.

Pasdelacasa · 21/01/2022 21:18

@Swingoutsistersledge2

I loved Degrassi Junior High but no one can remember it . It was a High school set in Canada . My favourite was Murphy's Mob .
Loved Degrassi Junior High, too!
MarionForCampLeader · 21/01/2022 21:20

A fabulous thread!

Grange Hill, Kids of Degrassi street and Degrassi Junior High, Press Gang and Heidi.

My absolute favourite when I was really young was Button Moon. So much so, that when I was involved in a writing competition in the infants, my story was about the Moon family who lived on a wooden spoon Grin Even aged 6 I knew I couldn’t rip off a classic tv show exactly! I won the competition and had my story printed up like a book Grin