[Closed] Best and worst TV from your childhood

Best - Monkey

Worst - Ludwig

Ludwig was utter sh1t. Good call so very early in the thread!

Best....The Goodies

Worst....Why don't you

Worst....Why don't you

You should have gone out and done something less boring instead.

Boom tish.....

Best - The Muppet Show
Worst - Rainbow

Worst - Bosco, it's an Irish thing - go on Google it and you'll agree.

Best - Captain Caveman

I just did a search for Oscar, Kina and the Laser... and found [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/lame-tv-of-your-childhood ]this.[/url] 😳

Pre school - Best Pipkins, Worst Fingerbobs

Primary - Best Rentaghost (although I did really enjoy Why Don't You!), Worst Magpie

Secondary - Best Grange Hill, no idea about worst. Think i'd learned to be selective by then!

Hard to choose a best but I'll go for Ulysses 51. Worst- Care Bears.

Best - Dangermouse

Worst - Some egg playing a violin (can't remember the name but my sister loved it)
edit : found it. Ludwig.

that would be ludwig for the egg and violin
edit : too slow 🙂
Then..
worst: Jackanory
Best:mysterious cities of gold

podium places for seasame street( never as good as muppets, not a fan of heidi either.

Now.. ocatnauts
worst: anything with Hacker

Best: Jamie and the magic torch
Worst: Rosie and Jim

Ludwig - surely the product of some industrial grade hallucinogens.

Best:Jamie and the magic torch (was nearly Pipkins)
Worst; Crown court (watching adult drivel on a Sunday while waiting for something better to come on)

I liked Ludwig.

Best was probably DM or Trapdoor

worst was Emu's world

Worst was those French historical series that were badly dubbed into English.

Best - willie fog
Worst - blue f'n Peter!
Bj

Best - Bod

Worst - Why Don't You

Or getting up too early to find that kids programmes hadn't started yet and all that was on was the test card or some uber depressing Open University programme.

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Best was probably DM or Trapdoor

Amen brother. They don't age either. Both my kids loved both of them

Sooty?! I loved Sooty.

Always wondered how Matthew Corbett knew there was someone in Cheadle Hulme not waving. 😕

Dunno what the worst was, and depends how young we're talking, a lot of what I enjoyed as a comparative young 'un I still good now!

Used to particularly enjoy Simpsons, Hey Arnold, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Too many to choose from!

When i was younger it was all about Thomas the Tank Engine.

Why Don't You was great. You people are revolting.

I saw the last ten minutes of an episode of Bullseye the other day. The bullseye prize was a set of plastic patio furniture. (They won it).

Worst ..The Singing Ringing Tree

Best .. Animal Magic

Best: Airwolf/StreetHawk/The A Team/Blue Thunder/Knight Rider etc

Worst:

Was forced to watch it because mum and dad were 'aspirational'.

Best - Monkey or The Great Egg Race
Worst - Crossroads

Thunderbirds / Clangers are in top 5
Worst - everything on ITV 🙂

Hey, some of my cousins were on Ask the Family (and won, one year, IIRC)

Best: Airwolf/StreetHawk/The A Team/Blue Thunder/Knight Rider etc

Tick. I still mentally recite the Airwolf theme when riding through trees.

Worst:

The Waltons.

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Highway to Heaven

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Or any other American schmaltzy moralistic religious nonsense.

My wife loves The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie...

Left Blakes 7 off my list of best TV. The comments on the Ask The Family clip reminded me that it used to be one directly after that show, which could explain how I could be forced to watch the first one.

Best? Jeez. Star Fleet X Bomber, Thunderbirds, Battle of The Planets, Dangermouse, The Clangers, the Trumpton lot, The Muppet Show, The Flumps, The Wombles… but I think I'll arbitrarily give the nod to Chorlton and The Wheelies.

Worst? I'll go with Blue Peter for now.

I will change my mind several times later in the thread, obviously.

Best:mysterious cities of gold

great theme tune

children ward was terrible,

Worst? I'll go with Blue Peter for now.

good shout, even richard bacon had to do some chisel before presenting

Worst was those French historical series that were badly dubbed into English.

The Flashing Blade! The tapes for the last couple of episodes were damaged, but the Beeb showed it anyway. Presumably because they knew that nobody was watching.

Pipkins was awesome, although Hartley Hare is now sharing a wing with all of the other celebrity nonces from the '70s.

Why Don't You was brilliant for one season where I'd watch it then go and do the stuff afterwards. Doris Sock anyone? Other than that it was bobbins.

I have a special loathing for The Sunday Gang. If I could wangle my way out of going to Sunday School the only thing on TV was more bloody Sunday School with Sesame Street on the other side. I always thought that Sesame Street was aimed at near-idiots, but this is because at that age I wasn't aware of Americans.

Also, Barnaby the Bear was a ****.

I would just like to add that Blue Thunder kicked Airwolf's butt.

Anyone else remember The Littlest Hobo? I seem to recall many an afternoon spent round the grandparents' watching that with some poached eggs and beans on toast…

I always thought that Sesame Street was aimed at near-idiots, but this is because at that age I wasn't aware of Americans.

*mildly xenophobic chuckle*

I think it was more aimed at people with no real sense of cynicism or darkness. I suspect many Brits would agree that it was only Oscar The Grouch and The Count that made it worth watching.

already voted but can i just remind you of HOW
(big Jack Hargreaves fan)

Anyone else remember The Littlest Hobo?

[i]"..maybe tomorrow I'll wanna settle down.. but till tomorrow I'll just keep movin' on..."[/i]

The dog-based dramas (Littlest Hobo and Lassie) always made me cry, especially if the dog loyally and heroically fought something to protect its master.

Still does to be honest. 😳

I blame post-traumatic stress from watching [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Yeller_%28film%29 ]"Old Yeller"[/url]

But the other animal based dramas (Skippy, Flipper, Gentle Ben, Black Beauty etc) left me cold.

Best: Knightmare, Bravestarr, Reboot, Inspector Gadget, Jimbo The Jet Set, Bertha, Fun House, Charlie Chalk, Bucky O'Hare, Thundercats

Worst: Barney, Blue Peter, Farthing Wood

Rentaghost was awful.

Batman (original series) and Take Hart were some of the things I seem to remember looking forward to watching.

Best - Banana Splits. I mean, not only the Banana Splits, but all those cartoons ! Especially the one where they pulled to donkey's tail and it turned into a hurricane, had that shape shifting bloke too "SIZE OF AN ELEPHANT!"... We never missed it.... also Robinson Crusoe. Made by the dubbing. And the theme tune Da na ner ner ner nerr nerrr

Worst - probably a girls thing. Like the Jackie show or summink. We didn't watch girls' stuff. Yeah, I know - Little House on The Prairie .. that was for girls.

Best: M*A*S*H

Worst: The Greatest American Hero

I mean, in terms of worst, never before (or since) in the history of human entertainment has such utter, utter shit been produced and put before the people. Take a look at this:

If you can bear it without squirming in your seat while desperately wanting to spontaneously combust, you must be the writer.

What the hell was King Rollo about?!

I can't decide if being so mental makes it the best or the worst...

Best? Probably the cartoons: Dangermouse, Battle of the Planets, He-Man etc.

Worst: Jacaknory. Or Play School. Why don't you.

And there was Marine Boy. Manga before Manga existed.

Space 1999 - YES!

Black Beauty - NOOOO!

LEGEND! ........

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Best - Kickstart, Dangermouse, Ivor The Engine, Noggin.

Worst - Barnaby the Bear.
Or White Horses.

I really liked Ludwig.

[i]Space 1999 - YES![/i]

AND... U.F.O !
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😀

Best, either Captain Pugwash or Fireball XL5.
Worst, Magpie.

I really liked Ludwig.

GTFO...!

AND... U.F.O !

I remember being about seven years old and going out to my Dad's garage in the garden and finding this.....

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My Dad was transporting it to a car show (at Ingliston... I think) and had picked it up from Dave Lee Travis who bought it after the show finished.

Best: Grange Hill, Jossie's Giants, Terrorhawks, Mysterious Cities of Gold, He Man, Thundercats, the chocolate biscuit factory episode of Bagpuss, A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Round the Twist, Saved by the Bell.

Worst: Got to be something like Jackanory (very boring as a kid) or any programme aimed at girls.

Shall we just agree that "best" was "anything by Cosgrove Hall"?

I never really got one with any of the live-action "children's dramas." Grange Hill, Press Gang, Children's Ward, Byker Grove, Jossie's Giants and all the rest. They bored me to tears, struggling to remember one I actually liked. Oh, unless you count the Look & Read serials like The Boy From Space, that was ace.

The dog-based dramas (Littlest Hobo and Lassie) always made me cry, especially if the dog loyally and heroically fought something to protect its master.

see also Belle & Sebastian, Graham - sniff, sniff, waaah.

Forgot about Joe 90. My son stills loves that series...

Best: Tiswas, Monkey, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Rentaghost, The A-Team, Metal Mickey and of course The Muppet Show.
Worst: Anything on after 7pm

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

...holds a special place in my 12 year old heart.

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Best - Round the Twist (Australia's greatest cultural export) followed by Knightmare, Charlie Chalk and Albert the Fifth Musketeer.

Worst - Playschool when it was the puppet on the climbing frame.

I think it was more aimed at people with no real sense of cynicism or darkness. I

Big Bird did a special in China (back when no one knew anything about China). He is on his own, lost and meets a little girl, asking her "hey, little girl, do you speak American?". She replies perfectly "no, but I speak English". Big Bird pauses, tilts his head to the side, shrugs and then says "okay, I guess that will do" and continues the conversation. Comedy gold!

Best: Jim'll Fix It
Worst: Jim'll Fix It.

Actually, the worst was those ballets based on Beatrix Potter they used to show at Christmas.
And Emu.

best - Mr Ben ,Pipkins ,Captain Pugwash , The Wombles , The Water Margin , Monkey , The Young Ones.
worst - Crossroads ,Emmerdale and Little house on the Prairie which my mother would insist we watched.

Best - Bagpuss
Worst - Jackanory
Unsure - Crackajack

Best: Tiswas

Worst: [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_(TV_series) ]How[/url]

[b]Dum-de-dum-dum-dum... HOW![/b]

How could I forget Wacaday!

"The one with the most amount of bruises loses."

Best; Transformers, Mask, Mysterious Cities of Gold (?!)

Worst; Jackanory, Little house on the prairie, flipper (sunday morning reruns), Gentle Ben, Lassie, Littlest Hobbo or the Waltons

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^^^^ oh yes!!!
Best cartoon - Sport Billy. best other TV - Think of a Number with Johnny Ball
At school we were treated to the Animalympics (the full cartoon is on you tube)

Worst- that bloody "Give us a clue" with Una Stubbs grrrrrrrr.....

No body mentioned White Horses, loved it as a kid.

Worst was Pitkins Hartley Hare hated that thing.

Best: The Computer Program, Out of Bounds, Grizzly Adams and Brendon Chase

Worst: Stars on Sunday, Highway, Dad's Army and Last of the Summer Wine.

HtS: it's Soo, not Sue.

Can I also put in a mention for Superstars in its heyday (i.e. the Brian Jacks era)

kickstart was also pretty excellent.

Best: Mr Benn, Captain Pugwash, Magic roundabout, Rubarb and Custard

Worst: Rent-a-Ghost

Best - Battlestar Galactica / Battle of the Plannets

Worst - Heidi

Strangest - Secrets of Steel City , an Eastern European dubbed programme that frightened the hell out of me

Did anyone else not realise Heidi (or Silas) were dubbed?

Screen Test - also the best intro music of any programme ever.

The Tomorrow People - just never got it.

Screen Test - also the best intro music of any programme ever.

incorrect- you must have meant "picturebox"! scary and soothing!