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

Space Patrol

When TV arrived in Scotland in 1952, I was 11 but well remember Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule- neighbouring kids came round to watch them. That summer we became hooked on Wimbledon - the summer of 'Little Mo' Connolly and I still watch avidly every summer. My favourite in my early teens was 'Animal, Vegetable, Mineral', a programme in which archaeologists had to try to identify objects from museums or recent digs. I longed to be an archaeologist and once went on a dig during a University vacation, but, though still interested, I never did manage to follow it up...I suppose it's too late now! I can't speak for the youth of today, but I have happy memories of taking two of my GC round Roman remains in Provence and my 6-year-old DGS identifying the parts of a villa he'd learned about at school.

A Family at War
Shine on Harvey Moon
A Bouquet of Barbed Wire

Howards Way
The Onedin Line
The Forsyte Saga

Randall and Hopkirk (deceased)
May to December
Tomorrow’s World
Dixon of Dock Green
Alias Smith and Jones
Bewitched
Jukebox Jury
The Magic Roundabout
among others

I loved Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green and Take your Pick with Michael Miles. I thought at the time that they both seemed rather smarmy, but I enjoyed their shows.

Emergency Ward Ten ( both my parents had medical backgrounds and thought the programme ridiculous) and Crossroads ( I ended up working in the Hospitality industry) were also favourites of mine.

My parents refused to get ITV for many years so I used to watch it at a friend’s house!

That music was divine. Infact a lot of theme tunes were.

Robinson Crusoe!! Loved the accompanying music.
Randall and Hopkirk
The Waltons and
UFO

Loved many of these. Also, Gilligan's Isle, Patty Duke show, (meet Patty who's lived most everywhere) Follyfoot, Ready Steady Go (I wanted Cathy McGowan hair and clothes). So many programmes- and we only had 3 channels!

Jane43

Compact, a soap set in a magazine office, Crossroads, Dixon Of Dock Green, Z Cars, Wagon Train, Juke Box Jury, Six-Five Special.

Thanks for the memory! I loved all of those.

pray even!

Do not Adjust Your Set....wow that brings back memories. I remember thinking how witty the title was.

Imagine describing " adjusting a set" to somebody now!

The Virginian.
Colditz

Watching the clock on the fireplace preying that the episode wouldn't end.

My mother used to love Lunch Box with Noele Gordon and Jerry Allen and The TV Trio.

Six Five Special
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Eamonn Andrews - didn’t really like him but I still remember him - This is your Life.
Andy Pandy
The magic roundabout -

Crackerjack! I remember Peter Glaze in a sketch where he thought he'd won the Pools, saying "Take this key to the builder and ask him to put a house on it". That's still my idea of being really really rich!,

Compact, a soap set in a magazine office, Crossroads, Dixon Of Dock Green, Z Cars, Wagon Train, Juke Box Jury, Six-Five Special.

Any programme with horses.
I loved Follyfoot and Whitehorses.
Also cartoons and Magpie. I preferred it to Blue Peter which seemed a bit stuffy and old fashioned.
Loving this thread!

I used to love Catweazle.

So many wonderful shows recalled on this Thread.
Like others my Dad got our first tv for the coronation, Whole street came into watch it. Tiny 12 inch screen. Later on it had a magnifying glass on it which increased its size and then a little box at the side , so we could also watch the new ITV.

Wagon Train I really loved
Blakes 7
Muffin the Mule (very early on)
Randall & Hopkirk deceased
Bonanza
Robin Hood
SUre there were many more
When I had my own family, Playschool and Magic Roundabout

I used to go to my grandparents (as we didn’t have a TV ) at the weekend to watch Bonanza, Wrestling, Dixon of Dock Green , Lone Ranger, Little house on the Prairie , What’s my line and The London Pallidium
That would have been about 1961

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 …”
🎶 🎵

Love love loved him 🥰

The Wednesday Play which evolved into Play For Today. Nearly always controversial. Great stuff!

I doubt many would have heard of In Sickness And In Health and due to its politically incotrect content, will never be seen again.

So many to choose from. I think my favourites were Bonanza,
Dixon of Dock Green, and William Tell

Crackerjack
Ivanhoe
The Young Ones