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

(104 Posts)
Snuggy Sun 31-Aug-25 18:10:14

Kerching probably wouldn't been know today

Boz Wed 03-Sept-25 08:55:53

I am re-watching Northern Exposure on Prime.
This was a brilliant show that I never watched entirely in full - family, job, life just got in the way. Now I have the time to relish it and get the hots for Rob Morrow all over again to prove life in the old girl yet.

Grannycool52 Wed 03-Sept-25 08:48:54

Andy Pandy, Woodentops and Bill & Ben
The Lone Ranger, Robin Hood, William Tell & Ivanhoe
Dixon of Dock Green, The Monkees, Jukebox Jury

wendyann23 Wed 03-Sept-25 08:31:45

Alias Smith and Jones which I actually found and rewatched a few years ago and recognised Ben Murphy in another show recently. He still looked good.
The Monkees
The avengers
Randall and Hopkirk (deceased)
Blake’s seven

djdogzuk Wed 03-Sept-25 00:01:44

Space1999 cant remember ever seeing a final episode though
G-force Battle of the planets,
Monkey (Magic)

mrsjonesy Tue 02-Sept-25 23:31:22

Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Juke Box Jury
We've been watching The Beverley Hillbillies currently on Sky. My husband loves it. I prefer to just sing along to the theme tune...."oil that is, Texas tea!" That always makes me smile

Grannmarie Tue 02-Sept-25 23:28:10

What Katy did

Kate1949 Tue 02-Sept-25 23:21:05

Crossroads

Mollygo Tue 02-Sept-25 23:05:25

Sarnia

Prudence Kitten. That should get the memory ticking away on other GN's let alone the young.

Prudence and Puffer?

Floradora9 Tue 02-Sept-25 21:40:08

Anyone remember the Grove family ? The granny used to complain that she was weak through lack of nurishment,
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Watch with mother
Compact
Later on I loved It's a Knockout.
The Brothers

Ellie Anne Tue 02-Sept-25 19:57:05

Dr Kildare
Dixon of dock green.

Eloethan Tue 02-Sept-25 19:21:58

Soaps/Series - The Newcomers, Compact, Z Cars, Softly Softly
US Series - The Defenders; Dr Kildare
Ready Steady Go ("the weekend starts here!")
Take Your Pick

Sarnia Tue 02-Sept-25 17:33:51

Prudence Kitten. That should get the memory ticking away on other GN's let alone the young.

Mum1959 Tue 02-Sept-25 07:17:04

Catweezle, Worzel Gummage, Rent a Ghost and later on sexton Blake, the mind of Mr J G Reader, Rich man poor man and The Thorn Birds.

Mollygo Tue 02-Sept-25 07:09:42

BlueBelle

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

Neither did we, but my grandparents did and so did our next door neighbours.
Bewitched was my favourite but also Bill and Ben, Tales of the Riverbank, Soap, and Z Cars.

Liaise Tue 02-Sept-25 07:02:34

I loved Mrs Dales Diary. Mrs Maggs and I’m worried about Jim (Dr Dale).
Does anyone remember At The Luscombes. It might have been just a West Country serial. I lived in Devon.

Lovetopaint037 Tue 02-Sept-25 00:45:50

Gunsmoke.
Wyatt Earp.
Private Eye
Blue Peter.
Mrs Dales Diary
Dick Barton
Journey Into Space

Elusivebutterfly Mon 01-Sept-25 19:06:06

Emergency Ward 10.

MollyNew Mon 01-Sept-25 18:17:42

Banana Splits on Saturday mornings

Kate1949 Mon 01-Sept-25 16:33:30

Curlywhirly. I too can remember the words to The Beverley Hillbillies theme tune. It's being repeated at the moment on Talking Pictures TV. It's still quite funny.

NannyJan53 Mon 01-Sept-25 16:31:07

Torchy the Battery Boy

Adam Adamant Lives. - A frozen Edwardian adventurer is revived in 1966 London and fights crime.

And of course
The Monkees - I loved Davy Jones too

BridgetPark Mon 01-Sept-25 16:16:42

I loved Dixon of Dock Green, he looked like my dad, bless. I used to love watching Round the Twist with my kids in the early 90's. I also loved Peyton Place, Knots Landing, When the Boat Comes In, The Waltons, Z-Cars, Michael Miles in Open the Box, The Andy Williams Show, Randal and Hopkirk.
There are so so many good series we used to watch, but equally there are many good series on t.v. now.

Babs03 Mon 01-Sept-25 11:22:22

I used to love The Monkees so would watch their show on the telly -
‘Here we come,
Walk down the street,
Get funniest looks from
Everyone we meet’
I imagine was pretty awful as far as storylines go but the music was fantastic and I was in love with Davy Jones.

ferry23 Mon 01-Sept-25 10:59:45

The Grove Family

Torchy

Muffin the Mule

The Black & White Minstrel Show

Billy Cotton Band Show

M0nica Mon 01-Sept-25 10:57:44

Muffin the Mule, Zoro

MayBee70 Mon 01-Sept-25 10:10:40

Pathfinders in Space/to Mars/to Venus. Was only shown in the Midlands I believe so not many people have heard of it. It was the fore runner of every tv Sci Fi series on tv. We used to act it out in the school playground. Thankfully I have got it on dvd, it isn’t one of the programmes that have been totally erased. I’ve only ever spoken to one other person who remembers it.