What was your favourite childhood tv programme?

Gilligan's Island; Bewitched and The Beverly Hillbillies. I still know all the words to the the theme tune!

It would have to be Champion The Wonder Horse for me - and Quatermass And The Pit, although perhaps not a child's programme?

Has this strangeness been mentioned? Very odd programme indeed. That big fish flapping around in an inch of water bothered me no end. And lets not mention the evil dwarf

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF3fWo8aoM

The daleks terrified me.
I wasn't allowed to watch it after the first time.

I can remember literally hiding behind the sofa the first time the Daleks appeared in Dr Who.
Shows based on historical figures - Richard the Lionheart and William Tell come to mind, not to mention Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen!
And Clarence the cross-eyed lion in Daktari.

You're welcome. You could be right.
If you go on Google make sure you look for the original Beverly Hillbillies. I think I saw a more modern series on there.

I think I was still a child when Tales of the Unexpected came out.
I used to like that, even if it gave me the heebie jeebies.

Thanks sharon103. I have it in my head now that Green Acres was a spin off from Beverly Hillbillies. I’ll have to do some googling and maybe even track down some old episodes to watch.

Grannynannywanny

Not sure if my memories of Green Acres are merging with the Beverly Hillbillies! Was one of the Gabor sisters a neighbour of the Clampetts??

I've had a look on Google Nanny,
It was Eva Gabor
Had played the same character (Lisa Douglas) on three different series: The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Petticoat Junction (1963) and Green Acres (1965).

LauraNorder ?

Don’t think my boys ever understood Blue Peter

So many that have already been mentioned. Definitely Dr Who, The Tomorrow People, The magic roundabout are way up there when I was ten or so. Noggin the Nog, vision on, Magpie as well. As a teenager my favourites were The Baron , Randall and Hopkirk ( deceased) The persuaders and Top of the pops.

Not sure if my memories of Green Acres are merging with the Beverly Hillbillies! Was one of the Gabor sisters a neighbour of the Clampetts??

Good old Wikipedia (glad I made a donation last month I use it a lot for nonsense like this!).

Zsa Zsa Gábor/Sisters
The Gabor sisters were three famous Hungarian-American actresses/socialites: Magda (11 June 1915 – 6 June 1997), Zsa Zsa (6 February 1917 – 18 December 2016), and Eva (11 February 1919 – 4 July 1995).

Both beautiful weren’t they? I seem to recall a 3rd sister??

Grannynannywanny

Does anyone remember “Green Acres” with Eddie Albert and Ava Gabor? I used to really enjoy it.

Yes I do Grannynannywanny. We used to watch it.
It was either Eva or Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Thinking back, it was mostly Westerns we watched. I also remember Bronco starting Ty Hardin I think and one called Gunslinger.
Hospital ones. Emergency Ward 10 and Dr Kildare.

Anything with horses in, so all the cowboys, plus Fury, Champion and (my friend) Flicka,

Does anyone remember “Green Acres” with Eddie Albert and Ava Gabor? I used to really enjoy it.

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Merlot, I did like Robert Horton.

Oh dear, I'm going to be on You Tube all evening!

However, My absolute favourite was Rawhide with Clint Eastwood. (Swoon)

Kate1949 I too loved the Beverly Hillbillies, and can also remember all the words to the intro. I have watched it quite recently, and, unlike other childhood comedies, it is still very funny. Loved Blue Peter; I so wanted to be a middle-class child, with sticky-back plastic and lots of empty Fairy Liquid bottles to make all sorts of craft creations ? But my most favourite childhood programme (I was about 10) was the Avengers - I just thought Emma Peel was amazing and so sophisticated. I watched it a couple of years ago and the storylines are so far-fetched, and the stage sets so amateur, but Steed and Mrs Peel still looked the business!

Thanks Marydoll for the Beverly Hillbillies link. Great memories of it.

I can vaguely remember after a period of time a couple of the main characters were replaced with different actors. I preferred the original cast.

eazybee When I was ten years old I was given 2 shillings. I bought a Prudence kitten glove puppet with my windfall. I have fond memories of Prudence and of going to my friend's house to watch Muffin the Mule on their small television. I remember that the TV was on the grand piano. Marlene and I used sit on stools, with our folded arms on the piano, chins on hands, to watch Muffin. My friend's corgi used to lie under the piano and if we moved our feet he'd attack them. I still remember the voice of Annette Mills. Happy memories.

Thanks Marydoll. I did indeed know all the words!

Another remebered favourite, Fireball XL5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ifS2nP53Zs