Which TV shows were banned in your household growing up?

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If any

I was banned from watching Scooby doo , too scary apparently

Anything and everything American, including ALL Disney.

If it wasn't Time Team or University Challenge the TV didn't go on.

Wasn't allowed to watch power rangers....but wrestling (back in 90s when it was much less tame) absolutely fine!

Anything on ITV 🤷‍♀️

I was terrified of Scooby Doo!

Grange Hill
Black Adder
ITV ( it was common apparently)

ITV generally but especially gladiators.

Also ITV.

Magpie. I was allowed to watch blue peter.

What was wrong with itv, seems to be a thing?!

Certain other Mums disapproved of our Mum for letting us watch the extremely tame back then, Aussie Soaps.

Yep, ITV was common in our house too.
Grange Hill in the early days. Was allowed it from around the time of Zammo though.
Top of the Pops - "what a load of dirge" .
That's Life with Esther Rantzen.
Something that had Henry Kelly and a woman with blond hair who I think went on to do a Radio 2 show. No idea what it was but my parents thought it was too crap.

I wasn't allowed to watch Grange Hill (in case I was influenced by the behaviour of the characters). When I became a little older, EastEnders was considered unsuitable for similar reasons.

ITV was not banned outright but was definitely frowned upon (possibly due to the commercials?). Channel 4 was too newfangled to be trusted.

What I was allowed to watch:
Newsround and Blue Peter.
Songs of Praise.
Doctor Who.
Sitcoms such as Are You Being Served, Hi-De-Hi, To the Manor Born etc.

Grange Hill

Why don't you - too many children with "regional accents"

I feel quite reassured that others weren't allowed to watch Grange Hill and ITV. I haven't met anyone else in real life who experienced this, and when I occasionally mention it, people think I'm joking.

Timmy Mallet. My parents thought it was “moronic” which, looking back, was fair.

My mum was pretty lax (allowed me to watch Blackadder and Ben Elton when I was far too young for that sort of thing) but she had this loathing of Neighbours because it was "all about sex". I only really got to see it when I was away at uni, and was surprised at how unsexy it generally was!

I was banned from Brookside! Mum said it was 'rum'.

Tiswas. And itv. My dad was a snob.

We were only allowed bbc kids telly (late 80s/early 90s), no itv... except when my best friend came to tea cos he used to only watch citv at home . Can only imagine the carnage with Netflix/streaming/catch up tv etc when 2 channels caused such consternation 30 years ago!

My gran hated the Simpson's

ITV and Brookside here too!

Singled Out.

My dad threatened to remove the tv if I was caught watching it

Something that had Henry Kelly and a woman with blond hair who I think went on to do a Radio 2 show. No idea what it was but my parents thought it was too crap.

Was it Game for a Laugh? Had Jeremy Beadle and Matthew Kelly too. What a lineup Your parents were right though, it was terrible.

Eurotrash when I was 17.

Dumbo, Fox and hound and Animals of farthing wood. Anything remotely related to animal suffering or animal rights.

The Young ones
Anything with Rowan Atkinson in it.