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JRW2 Flag Dulwich 13 Sep 22 2.52pm

Originally posted by ouzo

Rising Damp.

I also liked It's a Knock Out, mainly for Eddy Waring's laugh.

There was also a sports competition series called Superstars, I think.

There was. I remember being astonished to see Malcolm Macdonald, Arsenal and Newcastle number 9, beating the flying Welsh and British Lions wing three-quarter, Gerald Davies, over 100 yards.

 
PE Supporter Flag Port Elizabeth 13 Sep 22 4.18pm

As a very young child i remember watching Bill and Ben, The Flowerpot Men. A few years later, Ivanhoe, with Roger Moore was a favourite
In my teens it was That Was The Week That Was, The Likely Lads and Ready Steady Go
My grandmother was hooked on wrestling with Kent Walton, I think it was, doing the commentary

 
PE Supporter Flag Port Elizabeth 13 Sep 22 4.19pm

And I forgot to mention Z Cars

 
JRW2 Flag Dulwich 13 Sep 22 4.25pm

Originally posted by PE Supporter

And I forgot to mention Z Cars

For ever associated with Everton.

 
Teddy Eagle Flag 13 Sep 22 10.33pm


Sky channel 157 is currently showing The Persuaders and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased).

 
Dubai Eagle Flag 14 Sep 22 6.33am

Do you remember Trumpton - with the fire brigade - Pew, Pew, Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble Grub ( I think)

Originally posted by PE Supporter

As a very young child i remember watching Bill and Ben, The Flowerpot Men. A few years later, Ivanhoe, with Roger Moore was a favourite
In my teens it was That Was The Week That Was, The Likely Lads and Ready Steady Go
My grandmother was hooked on wrestling with Kent Walton, I think it was, doing the commentary

 
Eaglehamster Flag Storrington 14 Sep 22 7.18am

Callan. Edward Woodward played one of the first antiheroes. His grass was the foul smelling 'Lonely'.

As a kid Popeye was a favourite until it went PC with all the violence removed.
Space Patrol was a favourite puppet SF series I not heard mentioned here.
Nor the western puppet show- Four Feather Falls.

Ironic that Popeye was sanitised yet years on video games rolled in with a level of violence undreamed of earlier.

Off the top of my head:
The Army Game
Take Your Pick
and the appalling Black and White Minstrels. Hated not cos of racism - I was too young too understand that - I just loathed the music.

 

I have now sufficient funds to last me the rest of my life. Provided I don't buy anything.
Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Sep 22 7.30am

Originally posted by Eaglehamster

Callan. Edward Woodward played one of the first antiheroes. His grass was the foul smelling 'Lonely'.

As a kid Popeye was a favourite until it went PC with all the violence removed.
Space Patrol was a favourite puppet SF series I not heard mentioned here.
Nor the western puppet show- Four Feather Falls.

Ironic that Popeye was sanitised yet years on video games rolled in with a level of violence undreamed of earlier.

Off the top of my head:
The Army Game
Take Your Pick
and the appalling Black and White Minstrels. Hated not cos of racism - I was too young too understand that - I just loathed the music.


My parents along with half the nation loved it for the songs. They didn't need the back faces .

 

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Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 14 Sep 22 9.32am

I remember being very frightened by a series called 'Wicked Women', tales of bad girls in Victorian England. One was set in Brixton.

 
silvertop Flag Portishead 14 Sep 22 9.40am

Originally posted by Eaglehamster

Callan. Edward Woodward played one of the first antiheroes. His grass was the foul smelling 'Lonely'.

As a kid Popeye was a favourite until it went PC with all the violence removed.
Space Patrol was a favourite puppet SF series I not heard mentioned here.
Nor the western puppet show- Four Feather Falls.

Ironic that Popeye was sanitised yet years on video games rolled in with a level of violence undreamed of earlier.

Off the top of my head:
The Army Game
Take Your Pick
and the appalling Black and White Minstrels. Hated not cos of racism - I was too young too understand that - I just loathed the music.

Tom & Jerry too

 
silvertop Flag Portishead 14 Sep 22 9.42am

Originally posted by Eaglehamster

Callan. Edward Woodward played one of the first antiheroes. His grass was the foul smelling 'Lonely'.

As a kid Popeye was a favourite until it went PC with all the violence removed.
Space Patrol was a favourite puppet SF series I not heard mentioned here.
Nor the western puppet show- Four Feather Falls.

Ironic that Popeye was sanitised yet years on video games rolled in with a level of violence undreamed of earlier.

Off the top of my head:
The Army Game
Take Your Pick
and the appalling Black and White Minstrels. Hated not cos of racism - I was too young too understand that - I just loathed the music.

The Good Old Days. Not as awful but bad enough. As was Summertime Special and the rest of that "entertainment for all the family" crud that no one but the elderly watched (as there was a boring documentary on ITV or that rude Benny Hill)

 
Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Sep 22 9.52am

Originally posted by silvertop

The Good Old Days. Not as awful but bad enough. As was Summertime Special and the rest of that "entertainment for all the family" crud that no one but the elderly watched (as there was a boring documentary on ITV or that rude Benny Hill)

I think what we call awful they called "Variety Light entertainment" it has mostly disappeared from our TV's. A typical show would be comedian who was also the presenter / singing / dancing / novelty act. This show was a throw back to the old musical halls and the audience participation during WW2 e.g. "let''s av a singalong".

Anyway we have nothing to brag about, how will future people look at Love Island and Big Brother....

 

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silvertop Flag Portishead 14 Sep 22 10.08am

Originally posted by Badger11

I think what we call awful they called "Variety Light entertainment" it has mostly disappeared from our TV's. A typical show would be comedian who was also the presenter / singing / dancing / novelty act. This show was a throw back to the old musical halls and the audience participation during WW2 e.g. "let''s av a singalong".

Anyway we have nothing to brag about, how will future people look at Love Island and Big Brother....

Quite.

But I want our modern comedians to have the latter day version of Clodagh Rogers on their show and introduce her, out of character, but while wearing a dinner suit.

 
Spiderman Flag Horsham 14 Sep 22 10.13am

Originally posted by PE Supporter

As a very young child i remember watching Bill and Ben, The Flowerpot Men. A few years later, Ivanhoe, with Roger Moore was a favourite
In my teens it was That Was The Week That Was, The Likely Lads and Ready Steady Go
My grandmother was hooked on wrestling with Kent Walton, I think it was, doing the commentary

My grandparents used to love watching the wrestling on Saturday afternoons, this was followed by the classified results. Always waited with anticipation as no way of knowing how your team was getting on.
I remember Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy. William Tell another favourite

Edited by Spiderman (14 Sep 2022 10.13am)

 
Spiderman Flag Horsham 14 Sep 22 10.14am

Originally posted by Dubai Eagle

Do you remember Trumpton - with the fire brigade - Pew, Pew, Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble Grub ( I think)

Yep and Camberwick Green

 
Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Sep 22 10.18am

Originally posted by Spiderman

Yep and Camberwick Green

I met Brian Cant (The narrator) nice guy.

 

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Eaglehamster Flag Storrington 14 Sep 22 10.30am

Not on the telly but radio in the early evening of Sunday, "Sing Something Simple". It was a reminder for me that the weekend was over and school beckoned in the morning. I hate that theme tune to this day.

In a similar vein, the Billy Cotton Band Show whose resident female vocalist was Kathy Kaye. Dreadful.

 

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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 14 Sep 22 7.43pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle


Sky channel 157 is currently showing The Persuaders and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased).

geoff! geoff!

 

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silvertop Flag Portishead 14 Sep 22 8.10pm

Originally posted by Badger11

I met Brian Cant (The narrator) nice guy.

So did I! The only autograph I ever got.

 
Spiderman Flag Horsham 15 Sep 22 10.13am

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

geoff! geoff!

Didn’t realise Chris Kamara was in it

 
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