Kids’ TV you loved or hated as a child

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For some unknown reason the theme song to Roger Ramjet has popped into my head which is really annoying as I hated that cartoon as a child. It got me thinking about other Kids’ TV programmes that would get me reaching for the remote - I could never get the love for Blue Peter or Jackanory but always felt that I should? Loved Dogtanian, Willy Fog, and Storybook International. 10yo me is still annoyed I wasn’t allowed to watch Grange Hill.

What were your faves/dislikes?

I loved Why don't you , The red hand gang , Grangehill, Fraggle Rock. Hated Blue Peter

I still have the theme song of Poddington Peas and Rosie and Jim in my head 30+years later. I loved Zapp (?) the magazine show where they had the inflatable pool assault course games

I used to hate the Aussie programme Round the Twist, ridiculously catchy theme tune but I think it weirded me out.

Loved Button Moon. Sadly I couldn't get my kids into it.

Absolutely loathed Black bueuty and Little house on the preiary?sp

Oh I forgot about the Red Hand Gang, loved it! I remember being mind blown that one of the children's real names was James Bond III.

@Singleandproud I think you must be younger than me because I haven't watched any of those and have only heard of Rosie & Jim. Feeling extra old now!

Loved - Rainbow, Button Moon, Sooty, Rosie and Jim, Green claws, Round the twist, The Henderson kids, Grange Hill, Spatz

Hated - Pink Panther, Road runner,

I was coming on to say the Red Hand Gang and now have the theme tune in my head.
Also The Kids of DeGrassi St.
And Mr Rossi just for the theme t.

@ThePoshUns I forgot about the kids of degrassi street , my sister and loved it

I loved Blue Peter

Anything I "hated" I did not watch

Loved Kizzy, Little House on the Prairie, Crackerjack and Record Breakers.

Along with so many other, I wasn't allowed to watch Grange Hill in case I copied their behaviour 😂

Hated anything animated, still do. And Blue Peter and How bored the pants off me

Mysterious Cities of Gold I remember as being awesome but was probably rubbish 🤣

Hated Centurions and other similar animations that were so obviously aimed at boys

I would run home from school on a lunchtime to see the kids programmes on ITV, which at the time were Monday to Friday - Let's Pretend, Rainbow, Flick, Puddle Lane, can't remember... And then I'd run back to school for the afternoon. Seems mad now that we used to be able to do this!!

The main thing I really didn't like was TISWAS. Awful.

I loved most things as was a total telly addict as a kid! Only thing I used to dread was “The Lowdown” which was a sort of documentary series and often followed serious topics, substance abuse, teen pregnancy etc which was no fun to me at the time.

Loved
Fun house, josie smith, Rescue rangers, rainbow, victor and Hugo and 15 to 1

Hated
Children's ward

Loved: Playdays; The Shoe People; Penny Crayon; Where's Wally?; The Wild Thornberries; Looney Tunes; Sister, Sister; Clarissa Explains It All; Funhouse; Transylvanian Pet Shop; Terror Towers

Hated: Rugrats; Hey Arnold; Recess; Kenan and Kell; Hanging with My Cooper; Sweet Valley High; Scooby Doo

Disproportionately despised with a passion: The Queen's Nose

Liked
Here Come the Double Deckers!
Grange Hill
WDY
Whirly birds
Casey Jones
Willo the wisp
Rubarb and Custard
Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley
Pitkins
Rainbow
Emu Broadcasting co
(all at different ages)

Disliked
Newsround
Blue Peter
Vision on
Record Breakers

Wasnt allowed to watch ITV as it was for common people (even though we were wc) but could watch ITV at lunchtime as dad was at work , ha ha

We only had one television so sometimes stuff I hated would be on because my brother wanted to watch. It was still better than going to my room to do my homework!

Btw not a kids show as such, but does anyone remember a TV programme called Fax that was on at 5:35pm before the news for a year or two before Neighbours took over that slot? I vaguely remember a quiz called Masterteam on in that slot too. No one I know remembers these!

I loved Children's Ward, Sister Sister and Saved by the Bell

I couldn’t stand Blue Peter, I always found it so patronising. Also never liked Thunderbirds.

Most of the shows I liked were ITV ones I think: Sooty, Rainbow, Knightmare, Woof, Harry’s Mad, Fun House and Zzzzap spring to mind! Oh and I used to love watching Saved by the Bell and California Dreams with my older cousins.

Loved words and pictures and dungeons and dragons

I loved the Gummi Bears and Raccoons and Shoe People and Poddington Peas.

I HATED the moomins, they always really creeped me out.

Liked - Wizzbit, Pink Windmill Show, Cheggars Plays Pop, Willo the Wisp

Didn't like - Screentest (too much plasticine animation!), Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss

When I was very young, I loved The Clangers. Later on, I enjoyed Woof, a series called Patrick Packard (which no one else remembers) and a great but gritty show called See How They Run about a family who goes into witness protection. In late primary school, my guilty pleasure was The Sooty Show. It was quite stupid, but I secretly found it hilarious and would hurry home every Tuesday to watch it.

I also liked Crackerjack and Runaround.

The pink windmill show i loved Grotbags the robot and Croc.

Heidi wasnt frau Rottenmeir a bitc*.

Rainbow.
Jamie and the magic torch. Chorlton and the wheelies.