Your favourite tv shows from your youth that youth of today wouldn't know

The Tomorrow People

My father bought us a Tv in 1953 purely because my mum wanted to see the Coronation. So did I, and I loved it. I was 7 years old and I thought the Queen was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen!
I loved Andy Pandy after that, then I suppose it was Crackerjack. Can’t think of any others at the moment but there must have been some.

Grandmabatty

The Tomorrow People

Oh, I loved The Tomorrow People - Mike Holloway was my first crush!

The man from U.N.C.L.E.

David McCallum as Ilya Kuriakin was my crush, my friend preferred Robert Vaughn. I can't remember his character name.

I think that's where my love of spy stories/ movies began!

Napoleon Solo? I liked The Man from Uncle, but my favourite was The Monkees.

Jason King, man in purple suits and cravats who is frequently sozzled on champagne or smoking a Sobranie cigarette manages to beat dangerous criminals every week. Peter Wyngarde was class in this.

J52

Napoleon Solo? I liked The Man from Uncle, but my favourite was The Monkees.

Thank you, J52! 👍

I loved ‘Mr Ed’.

“A horse is a horse of course of course
And no one can talk to a horse of course.
That is of course unless the horse
Is the famous Mister Ed!
Go right to the source and ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mister Ed!“. 🎵 🎶

Top of the Pops, The Men from UNCLE, The Monkees, Crossroads so bad it was good.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I loved ‘Mr Ed’.

“A horse is a horse of course of course
And no one can talk to a horse of course.
That is of course unless the horse
Is the famous Mister Ed!
Go right to the source and ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mister Ed!“. 🎵 🎶

Oh, Mr Ed! That brings back the memories - when I was just a toddler, my parents used to take me a walk to fields near us where there were two horses. One looked just like Mr Ed and apparently that's what I used to shout as soon as I saw it.

And “yabba dabba doo!”

The Flintstones! My favourite cartoon of all time as a child.

The Flintstones were the modern Stone Age family. Residing in Bedrock, Fred Flintstone worked an unsatisfying quarry job, but returned home to lovely wife Wilma and eventually daughter Pebbles. Fred, a big fan of golf and bowling, also enjoyed bullying neighbor Barney Rubble, while Barney's saucy wife Betty was best friends with Wilma.

Champion the Wonder Horse for me. He was so beautiful!

Bill and Ben. And the tortoise whose name I forget.

And finally (giving others a chance to post!) my most handsome, kind cowboy from the 1965 series. Swoon! I did, even at junior school.

Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie. A roaming cowboy doing good deeds along the way (natch).

I could sing you the song … if you insist …

“Cheyenne, Cheyenne, where will you be roaming tonight …”
🎶 🎵

All the cowboy series.

Mr Pastry.

Whirlygig

I was scared of Dr Who 😳

Laramie 🤪

*1956 (not 65).

Emergency Ward 10
Z Cars
Dixon of Dock Green
Muffin the Mule

We didn’t have a TV till after I left home

FriedGreenTomatoes2

And finally (giving others a chance to post!) my most handsome, kind cowboy from the 1965 series. Swoon! I did, even at junior school.

Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie. A roaming cowboy doing good deeds along the way (natch).

I could sing you the song … if you insist …

“Cheyenne, Cheyenne, where will you be roaming tonight …”
🎶 🎵

I adored Clint Walker 🥰

I loved Dixon of Dock Green
Also Bonanza

Soap (from the 70s)

‘a nighttime parody of daytime soap operas’

Another ‘so bad it was good’

I loved Soap too Tizliz ‘Confused? You will be’ 😂

Bonanza? Wacky races, Penelope Pitstop.