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

My mum was fairly ok with things I watched, but when my dad was home we weren't allowed:
Grange Hill,
Top if the pops,
Dallas
Dynasty
Defenders
Corrie
In fact any soaps were a no no
Sweeney

What we were allowed to watch was any shit sexist/racist/homophobic crap from the 70s, ain't half hot mum, steptoe, Alf garnet. Dad's Army, blackadder, the news, the weather (lunch time, 6pm and 9/10pm), minder, Benny hill, anything to do with John Denver or the carpenters.

Eastenders not defenders

I wasn't allowed to watch anything like Fraggle Rock or The Muppets. Nothing with puppets!

That's Life

And and all soaps.

*any

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

Adverts. Adverts were not nice. And also, the programmes were thought to be a bit trashy. I was not totally banned from watching ITV as a child, but very, very strongly discouraged, to the point that I just didn't.

Eastenders!

Tiswas. Although sometimes I managed to watch it at my nans.

We watched everything my dp’s aren’t British so anything went. We used to watch Kenny Everett (only recently found out dh was banned from watching it), the Young Ones, absolute classic. Benny Hill (so un PC). I used to listen a and watch anything. Didn’t do me or my dB any harm!

I don't know why ITV was supposed to be common, but it definitely was... every Christmas, there would be a bumper issue of both the Radio Times (BBC) and the TV Times (ITV) and certain people would look down on anyone who bought the latter.

I wonder now if it was because ITV had lots of toy adverts during kids' TV and the parents who banned commercial channels for being "common" were really just trying to avoid pester power.

Tiswas for me too, plus The Young Ones, although I did manage to sneak the odd peak at that when my M&D were distracted!!

The Goodies
Benny Hill
Coronation Street
That's Life also (was it the penis-shaped veg?!)
the one with Alf Garnett
Blake's Seven. I was allowed the opening credits, then it was bedtime.

ITV was frowned on but not outright banned, as was anything involving "common" accents. The blonde cockney woman on Record Breakers (I think it was) seemed really subversive!

I loved Dallas and Dynasty but was hardly ever allowed to stay up and watch them. Once or twice I did, but Dad would turn the sound down to near-inaudible about how it was stupid and he could write better and anyone who watched it was an idiot etc etc.

Birds of a feather!

@Beamur also The Young Ones. It was on after the watershed which was my bedtime age 11.

Although Rowan Atkinson was fair game.
I do remember watching Ben Elton with my dad and mum being very shocked. Did he do a scratch about putting in a cap?

Cybill and Blossom also Moesh.

Anything on Cartoon Network except Flinstones.

Grange Hill. I went to a private school, DM thought I would end up tainted

All soaps and anything in ITV.

I loved the Goodies, loved Kenny Everett and happily watched Benny Hill.
It was pretty much only the Young ones my Mum drew a line at!

Well.... from a very early age - Dr Who as it scared the living shit out of me. Those Daleks were horrific even if K9 was cute!

As a teenager I always needed tons of sleep so usually went to bed after the 9 o clock news so I missed the following
Blackadder
The Young Ones
Red Dwarf

It did mean I unfortunately couldn't chat to my mates about it the next day so I really missed out (the lady whose children are growing up without a TV take note!).
My parents said they were crap programmes so I wasn't missing anything. Unbeknownst to me, they watched them all avidly...

I was allowed to watch loads I probably should have but my dad wouldn't let me watch Brookside. Luckily my brothers had a tiny portable telly on their room so I watched it there. He would genuinely switch off the tv if he caught me watching it though. Weird. Said it was shite. Everyone in school watched it as it was local.

I've got the theme tune to That's Life in my head now...

Byker Grove and Grange Hill. I think because they both had drugs related storylines at some point.

I wasn’t forbidden to watch anything. Only one tv in the house though so DM was always watching soaps and game shows.