THE DEBATE: Where you a broomcupboard kid or an ITV child?

[maniac]

Bit of both. Two of my best rememberd programmes thou are;

Mysterious cities of gold, which is still one of the best cartoon series ever made IMO. I have every episode on my PC which took me ages to track down!

Knightmare I used to love because it was way ahead of your time, yet the techniques used to create the 'virtual world' were surprisingly simple. It's being shown very early mornings on challenge TV at the moment, probably for the very last time because the rights to show it are about to expire.

Remember loads of others that have already been mentioned, but those two always stand out above the rest.

Mike.

[joolsyjoolsy]

Talking of brilliant old programs..can anyone remember the name of a really bizarre show....it was like the predecessor of the crystal maze...where celebrities had to go round this weird alien base with a talking plant and solve puzzles to collect tokens which were shaped like triangles and squares etc, and at the end they had to face off one against one on a virtual grid against the Vortex

What the devil was that called? that was awesome

The Adventure Game!!
they remade it but the first series was the best

[russdev]

Yes both channels here...

Yes Knightmare and thundercats

All together now

Thunder, thunder, thundercats, Ho!
Thundercats are on the move,
Thundercats are loose,
Feel the magic, hear the Roar,
Thundercats are loose,

.....

Russ

[GrumbleDook]

Ok ... who let Russ at the blue smarties?

[steve]

Which one was the one with the green alien guy with all the snot...god he was funny as hell

Get Fresh with Gilbert the Alien

Jamie and the magic torch was my fave.

Alf - Transformers - Chorlton and the wheelies - Ivor the engine - captin caveman - count duckula - mr benn - bod - pob - hong kong phooey - the moomins - noddy - ludwig - chocky's children, loved em all

Camberwick Green and bagpuss deserve a special mention :-)

Then - Trumpton - Pugh! Pugh! Barney McGrew! Cuthbert! Dibble! Grubb!

Loads of memories here

Always liked the factual stuff with jonny ball

Remember this?:



Watching programs like Maths-In-A-Box at school?

[CyberNerd]

"programmes for schools and colleges"
Now anticompetitive under EC legislation, for the BBC to make educational resources...

[steve]

They were a monopoly when i grew up with only BBC1, BB2 and ITV available.

[linuxgirlie]

ohhh, broomcupboard!! though I had to explain to my partner the other day who Andi Peters was after hearing him on Radio One with Chris Moyles!!!

[Norphy]

[quote="steve"]

Remember this?:

You sod! I'm now going to be humming the music that went with that clock all night. It's in my head! It hurts!

I was always a CBBC man myself. I vaguely remember Philip Schofield presenting but Andy Crane and Andi Peters are the two I remember the most. CITV had the occasional thing worth watching (How 2 was a favourite) but for the most part it seemed like rubbish compared to what was on CBBC

No-one has mentioned the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles yet either. Or Ulysses 31 although I was probably a bit young to understand that at the time.

[john]

Crystal Maze, Knightmare, Citys of Gold, Teenage Mutatnt Hero Tutles, Bertha, Charlie Chalk, Penny Crayon, the list gones on...

[Zoom7000]

Retro Junk - For all your nostalgia needs!

lol @ Teenage Mutatnt Hero Turtles - Because the BBFC or whoever thought Ninja was too violent for us little angels!

[Galway]

Hmmm Programs from childhood.

I loved MONKEY !!! I never could remember when it was on but it is a classic.
The adventure game ... Oh yes, now this was good.
Trapdoor .. A Quality kids program.
Scoobydoo . Currently watching again along with Tom & Jerry with the 4 year old.

And what about the ones that made you switch over.

Button moon, Trumpton, Bagpuss and all the ilk. Never liked em and jumped up off the couch to switch (No remote !! Kids dont know they have it so good) off with a passion.

[MK-2]

just to be extremely pedantic
the phone number in the OP should be

0181 811 81 81

If I remember that was for things like Going Live and other BBC saturday morning progs.
How sad is it I can remember a phone number from about 20 odd years ago, one that I never called. All thanks to my impressionable mind and RainMan like abilities to remember numbers :P

[Ryan]

Can i point you all in the direction of 80scartoons.co.uk for all your nostalgia needs

[john]

Following from another thread...I was definitely a broomcupboard kid!

Cities Gold, Geordie Racer, Racoons, Gummibears, trapdoor (neighbour was a ITV child so watched it at hers)

Toby Anstis? - Andy Peters - Gordon the gopher - Ed the duck

0 1 811 81 81

The really wild show - Chris Packam (he never looks any older) - Makayla Strachen (mmmmm)

C H I P M U N K - we're the chipmunks, guaranteed to brighten your day!

I could go on for hours reliving my youth!

BTW the numebrs 0181 811 81 81 I was a BBC and ITV kiddy with a dash of Ch4 as well, cannot beat some Reckles Ricky