To ask what shite tv you used to watch

[botswanabanana]

back in the days when there were only 4 channels to choose from and kids' tv was from 4-6 on weeknights and on Saturday morning.
Eg. Bonanza reruns, Snooker championships..... the very bottom of the barrel was horse racing for me!

My mum always goes on about Alias Smith and Jones and how much she loved Pete Dual @Samcro

@Ifionlyknewthenwhatiknownow3

I loved to watch Come Dancing with Mum on a Saturday night, early to mid seventies, I'd have been 8, 9 or 10.

Not SEVEN! ? 😁

And not a reality programme in sight! Bliss.

@botswanabanana

Howard's way was my favourite. How I got interested in sailing. I'm looking at my first ever yacht this week!

@MagentaADomestic

My mum always goes on about Alias Smith and Jones and how much she loved Pete Dual *@Samcro*

Pete Duel was lovely. Alias Smith and Jones was good watching. My sister wrote several fan fiction books about them that were actually pretty good.

Dr Kildare, and Sons and Daughters, with our childminder after school!

Knightmare
Birds of a feather
Rent a ghost (before my time but I loved watching the re runs).
Only fools and horses
Bread
Loved the theme tune to Howard's way
An antique show comedy (can not remember the name)
The bbc used to bring out a weekly series in the winter for children that I loved watching.

And The Sullivans at lunchtime before the children's tv started!

Crown Court
Triangle
Falcon Crest
The Colbys
The Sullivans

Quantum leap - but I loved it!!
Gladiators
Blind date
Beadles about
Muppet babies (have to include this even though I was only little because I was so addicted to this I got a tape of their 'greatest hits' at Christmas and played that over and over
Big Brother x every episode of every series
WWF
Renford Rejects
Sunset Beach
Elderado
Dream Team
Carnal Knowledge
The Word

Banzai

EE and i so regret it now.

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Champion the Wonder Horse, what is wrong with you people

Also I loved a bit of The Sullivans and Crown Court of a lunchtime in the holidays.

Little House on the Prairie
Survival on ITV
Famous Five
Beverly Hillbillies
CHiPS
Knight Rider
Miami Vice
Dukes of Hazzard
Tales of the just as I'd expected (as DH calls it)

I remember enduring Ski Sunday with my parents. Loved the Krypton Factor, Bread, Dempsey and Makepeace.

Oh and these gems, Bergerac and Big Break!

I loved My 2 Dads and 2.4 Children. I will admit to watching Sunset Beach and Family Affairs. It was annoying when Neighbours was cancelled for Wimbledon and the budget/elections.

Also watches Little House on the Prairie on a Sunday morning. I liked The Bill and Heartbeat too.

Our parents used to put Jim'll Fix It on regularly. Ick!! On the plus side Bullseye and Big Break (in spite of Jim Davidson) were great!!

I remember watching Chocky, Blakes Seven, World of Sport (the rival to Grandstand), Paint Along With Nancy and Yan Can Cook (in the summer holidays or when I was off school sick) and some god-awful dirge called Charles in Charge about a young man who was a childminder (obvs. he'd be branded a paedo now!). Does anyone remember a cartoon called Wait Til Your Father Gets Home?

@MrsGrindah

Yes Kate and Allie

Does anyone remember in 70s and possibly early 80s that they used to have variety shows live from British Seaside resorts on Sat tea times? Lots of dancers , comedians, magicians etc?

Also we use to love beauty competitions...

@MrsGrindah

I was thinking last night how I was always watching variety shows when I was a kid - that must have been why.

Reality shows were not around much in the 80s, but I do recall a show called ' the big time' with Esther Rantzen on bbc one and Sheena Easton did get her big break on there. She even sung with Prince and did a Bond theme!
There was also 'Opportunity Knocks' and 'New faces ' which was a sort of forerunner to Pop Idol ,( well, Simon Cowell did say it gave him the idea for his shows, but just for singers )
Many comedians did well out of these shows too.
I used to love 'Flambards' and bought all the books. Was a bit in love with Will.

I grew up in the 90s and remember being allowed fo stay up to watch brookside (so not age appropriate!).

Also byker grove (when pj got blinded and omg when jemma got electrocuted 😱😱😱).

Used to love art attack sigh Neil Buchanan and Bitsa (bitsa this, bitsa that..put em altogether and look what you have..) made lots of shit.

I can remember watching the first ever lottery show (whilst making a car out of a tissue box!) and asking my dad if it would be on forever and my mind being blown! I will have been about 4 or 5!

Also heartbeat on a Sunday night... Noels house party on a Saturday night (we went to blobby land one time and it was shit).

Anyone remember a daytime ITV drama called Gems? Set in a fashion designers. Would have been in the early to mid 80s.

@Viciousjackdaw - yes I remember ' wait til your father gets home' alongwith topcat!

And a BBC2 (?) programme called Maggie set in Scotland. Maybe Glasgow? About a girl who didn't want to work in the local factory and was going to be 'someone'.

I loved Maggie, I also had the books and read them over and over.