What is your earliest TV memory?

[Charlavail]

Mine is coming down for a cuddle with my mum (not a regular occurrence) and Emmerdale being on. Derek Pollard was in some kind of restaurant or bistro arguing with a brunette lady. Emmerdale is on quite early so I'm guessing I must have been 3ish as I went to bed and got back up again.

Playschool (loved Brian Cant)
Mary, Mungo and Midge (wanted to live in a tower block)
Hatty Town
Crown Court (mum used to watch it after lunch with a brew as I had a ‘rest’ on the sofa, then we did reading before going to get my older brother from School.

My DH (60 this week), raves about this!!!

Apart from the usual kids TV - Playschool, etc I have a very clear memory of watching snooker with my dad on a black and white portable TV - how we followed the game I have no idea!

Button Moon. Just started half days a nursery circa 1986. Oddly remember eating a battered sausage DM got me for lunch watching it!

Apart from Watch with Mother during the day, in the early evening there was Muriel Young with Pussycat Willum and Wally Whyton with Ollie Beak and Fred Barker. Anyone else think the animals were real?

I came on to say Mary, Mungo and Midge!
Then followed by Crown Court, which mum watched. Think this was lunchtime and then later in the afternoon it was The Magic Roundabout.

Playdays and sooty for sure

Tickle on the Tum. Nobody ever remembers it but I loved it.

Tales of the Riverbank and Pogles Wood. There were other programmes for pre-schoolers but those two were my absolute favourites.

My sisters and I would watch snooker on our brother's little black and white tv in the 80s. There must have been absolutely nothing else on 😂

Yep. Here we are, all old and wrinkly and with nothing to say.

@Plantstrees I was a member of the tinga and Tucker club.
You got a letter from aunty Jean a badge and a blue plastic boomerang

Simple times

I can (just) remember a scene with William Hartnell as Dr Who

Clearer memories involve Casey Jones (Steamin' and a-rollin')

Champion The Wonder Horse

Robinson Crusoe

Belle and Sebastian

Tarzan

Flipper

Daktari

Skippy (Skippy, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo)

I was a right little square eyes

Playdays
Rosie and Jim
Sesame Street
Bucky O Hare
Sharky and George
Teenager Mutant Hero Turtles

Picture Book on watch with Mother,must be about 1959.

Mon Picture Book
Tue Andy pandy
Wed Bill and Ben
Thu Rag,Tag and Bobtail
Fri Woddentops

Rag, Tag and Bobtail were my favourites.

We had a black and white TV well into the 80s as my parents didn't have much money at the time and the TV licence was cheaper.

As well as snooker and knowing which shade of grey was each colour we also loved Treasure Hunt when Annika Rice had to find a pink envelope. It was probably a lot more obvious if you had a colour TV.

A lot of my other early ones have been mentioned already.

We always watched The Krypton Factor as a family and does anyone else remember Greenclaws? I absolutely loved that show but no-one else ever seems to remember it.

Mr Ben

This is easy. Charles and Diana wedding 1981. Until about 10 years ago I’d be really shocked when I realised someone wouldn’t be old enough to remember. Now most people aren’t 😂

I was brought up by the tv. My parents never went to the pub or out dancing, so it was used as our entertainment.
Sons and daughter with mum at home. That’s where my mum learnt to speak English, it was her favourite program.
I used to love watching Mr Ben, finger mouse, bagpus, button moon, Rainbow….

I think my son used to watch this while I was doing stuff , Early 90's ? @ShinyPikachu .

I mean Green Claws .

That would be about right. I was thinking late 80s but could easily have been early 90s.

The earliest is Princess Anne's wedding in 1973.

After that Playschool, and watching Crossroads with my Mum.

I remember the song! I can't remember the program, but the theme tune is back in my head right now.

Playschool - with Hamble, Humpty Dumpty
Cockleshell bay

I was going to say Mr Trimble and Pipkins (both Hartley Hare) and Rainbow too!

But I had almost forgotten the Cedar Tree - daytime family saga set in 30s and 40s. Randomly, I once went to my gps' wholesaler (they had shops) when I was about 10 and my GF bought me all 3 tie-in Cedar Tree novels, along with some sparkly nail varnish. My parents basically let me read anything.