What obscure tv shows do you remember watching, but no one else really watched or remembers it so you feel alone?

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I have a few. I used to love watching certain shows but no one I knew watched it. So it felt like I was the only one at times.

Hex
Dollhouse
Dark Angel
Roswell (the original not the newer one)
Firefly

I remember Midnight Caller, although not in any detail. I seem to remember a pretty convincing late-night atmosphere. I still love late-night radio, come to think of it!

Around that time (1990-91) I was living in north London and had severe insomnia. I used to listen to the radio all night: either Jazz FM (started broadcasting in March 1990) or LBC. The late-night/early-hours shows on LBC all featured phone-in quizzes. I couldn't participate because I didn't have a phone in my flat and couldn't really go out to a phone box to do it. Most of the people who phoned in were either psychotic or drunk, so it could take hours for a question to get answered correctly. There was an American woman called Felicia (in Bloomsbury) who would eventually call in with the correct answer but she seemed to delight in letting other people get it wrong for hours on end.

I wish there was a 'like' button for that story!

Fantastic Journey with Roddy. McDowell as Willoway

Last train..people on a train somehow got frozen and awoke and the world had ended mostly..something along those lines and had to find some other people

God, I don't recall it that well! I found it all quite baffling.

was coming on to say this. I loved it.

@RhymingGuitars me too!! Loved Northern Exposure. So underrated

Firefly is almost cultish, like Star Trek, very well known and loved.

I used to love

Northern Exposure (late night)
The Singing Ringing Tree (kids' serial, subtitled)

Dr Who, the first episodes scared me silly but I was only 3 or 4. I particularly loved Patrick Troughton as The Doctor, and I still don't think he's been bettered.

When dd was 2 ish, we used to watch The Hoobs, who were absolutely brilliant. They conducted a whole science experiment in each show, starting with forming a hypothesis, then devising a way to test it, data collection, and eventually conclusion. Perfect. Channel 4 I think, and sadly only about a dozen episodes made.

I can't remember the name of the other one I loved and no one I knew ever saw!

Loved Greenclaws! No one recognises the name, but if you do the metal owl sound they tend to remember

I remember a show late 70s early 80s called Kids. Might have been about troubled teens? The 'theme' tune was lots of children chanting Kids, Kids, repeatedly.
The other one I remember was called Maggie, a Scottish show, about a girl called Maggie, who wanted to dance and sing. I don't know anyone else who remembers either 🤷🏻‍♀️ if you do please join me, it's definitely unsettling to be the only person to remember something. Almost like it never happened 🤔🤣

Anyone remember Boy from Lapland, another memorable theme tune

loved this show!

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2yPz0_ggDi6i2pcp2p5F3ULjgExcJ8tv

Fill your boots

I remember a Scandinavian version of Cinderella - on horseback, in snowy woods , and some golden acorns?

Sami joiking. Traditional song style was the theme. I found snippets of the beginning intro but can't find the dubbed series.

Loved this!

Wasn't it fab? Couldn't believe they didn't make a second series

Maybe a tv executive is on here, you never know, get some of these out of archives. Would make a change to the constant soaps/ reality tv diet we get now. Those of us of a certain age could relive our youth 😁

Fairground (BBC schools drama)
Tales of the unexpected (Roald Dahl)
The children of green knowe
Paperhouse (Marianne Dreams)

I remember this too was told to watch it by a teacher at school as we were learning about it!

@FatOaf Love it!!

All those spies with absolutely no clue what was going on! 😆 I’m glad someone remembers the show, it’s hard to explain to someone who doesn’t know it.

Dark Angel was great. That whole era of quirky sci-fi/fantasy shows was wonderful.

From what I can tell, everyone has seen Firefly, they just didn't watch it when it was on tv, hence why it was canceled. The cancellation of Firefly seems to be agreed upon as one of the great TV mistakes of all time.

I was just reminded of that reading the other titles here! Patrick Mower and Emily Richard were the other stars.

@TonTonMacoute Get Smart wasn’t obscure, it was hugely popular, and according to the wiki 99 worked as a fashion model before becoming a spy - not the same as being a shop mannequin (are you thinking of the wedding from I Dream of Jeannie?)