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What tv character did you want to be when you were little?

115 replies

BellaBlister · 17/09/2026 15:27

For me it was Christine Cagney from Cagney and Lacey. I thought she was fabulous!

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AlicePottery · 17/09/2026 20:24

NooNakedJacuzziness · 17/09/2026 20:22

I pity the fool that crushed that dream

😂😂😂

itsnotfairisit · 17/09/2026 20:25

I wanted to be Mindy.
of Mork and Mindy. Sue was so cute and I was in love with the whole idea of America. How things change!

Bonsaibaby · 17/09/2026 20:28

Marmalade Atkins! I was so excited when I found out we’d stayed in the same BnB. What a fantastic actress she was.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 17/09/2026 20:28

Poirot 😬

shhblackbag · 17/09/2026 20:30

Laura from Remington Steele

FairViewRosie25 · 17/09/2026 20:31

Jenna was kick ass. And I so fancied Avon (Paul Darrow 😍)

ElusiveSunshine · 17/09/2026 20:31

SuperTed

hexsnidgett · 17/09/2026 20:33

Paddington. He always looked like he was having a good time Grin

rightoguvnor · 17/09/2026 20:38

Sabrina Duncan in the original Charlie’s Angels. The 8 yr old me (brown hair and eyes) thought she was the most beautiful and clever woman on TV.

whippersnapper55 · 17/09/2026 20:40

Dick Turpin! I loved Richard O'Sullivan and I thought being a highwayman would be the coolest 'job' ever 😂

KittyCorncrake · 17/09/2026 20:47

Emma Peel from the Avengers

ZoePonytail · 17/09/2026 20:53

Doriangraysattic · 17/09/2026 18:09

Tiger from The Double Deckers!

Me too!

mumisfull · 17/09/2026 20:56

Heidi from the 80s adaptation of the book. I really liked the sound of her bed stuffed with sweet smelling hay and drinking fresh goats milk - now I think I’d hate both!

SerendipityCat · 17/09/2026 21:10

Sharon Macready (Alexandra Bastedo) in The Champions. Not only was she cool, beautiful and tough, but she got to spend a lot of time with my then hopeless crush (I was only ten), Stuart Damon.

Nofeckingway · 17/09/2026 21:13

Marcia Brady from The Brady Bunch
Susan Dey from the Partridge Family

DrCoconut · 17/09/2026 21:39

Other than the fact that she was bullied because she had a facial difference, Sarah from Moondial. I wanted to live in that cool stately home and have all those gardens to swish about in with a big dress and cloak. In my adult life I did a re enactment event there and got to do just that, albeit just for the weekend. It was an actual childhood wish come true. If only I could have added the time travel bit too.

Lizchaz · 17/09/2026 21:44

Charlene Mitchell, she was so cool and I could have married Scott Robinson.

I should be so lucky!

LlynTegid · 17/09/2026 21:45

One of the children in CS Lewis's The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. The idea of time standing still or simply a day away from normal life appealed to me, still does from time to time.

blondeboobshell · 17/09/2026 21:49

i wanted to be Jem if any one remembers the dolls and cartoon.? Also there was a tv show called lipstick on your collar there was a woman on it with blonde hair I thought she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen.

Lizchaz · 17/09/2026 21:49

@HarryBlaster we adore her

Nonnegotiables · 17/09/2026 21:54

Princess Calla from the gummi bears. I wanted to be blonde! And run around with gummi bears

EamonnFyre · 17/09/2026 21:56

Jill Monroe from Charlie’s Angels.

AgathaTabithaBagitha · 17/09/2026 22:03

Jenna or Soolin from Blake's 7 and Nyssa from Doctor Who.

ilovepixie · 17/09/2026 22:06

George from the famous five
Sabrina from Charlie’s Angels
The blond one from Abba

Iocanepowder · 17/09/2026 22:11

CandyCrushLevel14809 · 17/09/2026 16:01

All the girls from the Sound of Music.
Then Maria.
Now I think I'd have to be cast as Sister Margaretta

But her stealing the Nazi car parts at the end is one of the best bits

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