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What is your earliest TV memory?

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Charlavail · 20/06/2022 20:00

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.

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woodhill · 20/06/2022 22:13

RosesAndHellebores · 20/06/2022 22:09

Another recollection of Watch with Mother here. I think my earliest memory is of Andy Pandy but I also remember Bill and Ben and the Wooden tops. Sooty and Sweep was another favourite. I was also taken to see that at the theatre but was too shy to go on stage when the children were called up. I was another member of the Tinga and Tucker Club and recall the wibbly wobbley way.

I also, sadly, have a resounding memory of watching Aberfan unfold on the news and the picture of the black slag heaps.

Yes I went to see Sooty and Sweep in London with Harry Corbett

orangetriangle · 20/06/2022 22:14

watching mary Munro and midge at lunchtime and Rupert the Bear would suspect very early 70s

StarCourt · 20/06/2022 22:14

@Plantstrees I remember Tinga and Tucker. We also had a Tinga and Tucker LP!

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AiryFairy1 · 20/06/2022 22:15

Charles and Diana’s wedding. I also got a Princess Diana paper doll with all her outfits 🥹

mrsfoof · 20/06/2022 22:16

The Thames TV indent that preceded Rainbow.
Cuddling my Mum on the sofa after lunch whilst she watched Pebble Mill.

mrsfoof · 20/06/2022 22:20

OpposableThumbs2 · 20/06/2022 20:59

Charles & Diana's wedding

Oh gosh yes! I remember this too. I was only 18 months old but I remember sitting on the floor with crisps and chocolate (not normally allowed!) to keep me quiet so the grownups could watch the wedding.

mrsfoof · 20/06/2022 22:21

CthulhuInDisguise · 20/06/2022 21:08

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

I remember this too. Probably around 1985? Ralph McTell in a post office or corner shop?

justasking111 · 20/06/2022 22:22

Catweazle

William tell

Folly farm
Heidi

MinglingFlamingo · 20/06/2022 22:23

This like magic pen which did letters in the tv
Pippin and come out side
Princess Diana's funeral

StarCourt · 20/06/2022 22:24

Black Beauty
Tarzan
Robinson Crusoe

londonmummy1966 · 20/06/2022 22:24

I remember the day we got one - there was a real live rabbit on Playschool. Next memory is of being brought downstairs after bedtime to watch the moon landing.

justasking111 · 20/06/2022 22:24

Parents viewing
Peyton place
Dixon of Dock green
Ghost squad
Man in a suitcase

I remember radio Mrs dale's diary that's an earlier memory than TV

felulageller · 20/06/2022 22:44

T bag

User2145738790 · 20/06/2022 22:50

9/11 on the news.

Sorry for darkening the tone of the thread.

Clawdy · 20/06/2022 22:57

I was five, and we didn't have a television. I went to play after school at a little schoolfriend's house, and we watched The Flowerpot Men. I was absolutely mesmerised!

Hawkins001 · 20/06/2022 23:03

Watching glam metal detectives show, sorta comedy type show. And watching films regardless of the age rating. E.g. Mortal kombat, robocop, etc when I was 12+

Hawkins001 · 20/06/2022 23:05

User2145738790 · 20/06/2022 22:50

9/11 on the news.

Sorry for darkening the tone of the thread.

I was chatting online when someone came in the group to announce it, at first I thought it was a hoax, then mid afternoon put the news on, and omg 😲.

sicknote26 · 20/06/2022 23:07

Button moon

StopStartStop · 20/06/2022 23:17

The Woodentops. Andy Pandy. Bill and Ben.

For anyone my age... falobadobs.

SheisMammyof2 · 20/06/2022 23:23

Elvis's funeral, I was 3.

Afrodizzyak · 20/06/2022 23:27

Andy Pandy
Tales of the Riverbank (Johnny Morris's lovely voiceovers)
Coronation Street in black and white with Ena Sharples wearing that awful hairnet.

Henerlo · 20/06/2022 23:32

Pebble Mill At One. I loved that programme.

Also Michael Bentine's Potty Time which I thought was a bit scary.

PlanetNormal · 20/06/2022 23:46

I remember Andy Pandy vaguely, and Play School & Magic Roundabout well. The first Blue Peter presenters I remember were Peter Purves, John Noakes & Lesley Judd.

Squiff70 · 20/06/2022 23:49

Yep, Button Moon. I would have been 2 or 3.

Plantstrees · 21/06/2022 07:26

Nomad98 · 20/06/2022 21:13

@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

Wow, that's a memory that I had completely forgotten but yes I had a blue plastic boomerang too!