Marky B

Yes,I can see this giving the kids the willies in those days.. I note by the IMDB,it was made in Brandenburg in East Germany.
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Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

davidb

did anyone see the fast shows version of this ?, the ringing and a plinking and a plonking tree ,very funny you can get the singing ringing tree on dvd ,might now have a look

Captain Casper

Rachel in Danger - Armchair Theatre. Chilling stuff.
Sapphire and Steel with the WW1 tommy. Brrrr...

bhowells

The guy in question was called Alfredo. I dont remember seeing him at the time but caught his act on the guest spot of re-run of the first series of The Two Ronnies. Ronnie C mentions this act in his Two Ronnies autobiography.

The first series of the Two Ronnies is available on DVD, alternaively you may see re runs again on ITV 3.

I dont know if you remember the BBC 2 series "Internatnional Cabaret." hosted by Kenneth Williams in the seventies, but it struck me that Alfredo would be just the sort of guy who would be a typical artiste on International Cabaret.

bhowells

Charlie Drake and Peggy Mount were exceedingly scary when I was a toddler and there was a character in Sara and Hoppity who used to scare me can't remember if it was Sara's Dad or perahps there was some regular vilainous character.

Hoppity got on my wick quite frequently with his constant,"Diddle dum diddlee dee.

Commander Shore in Stingray was a cantenkerous old bugger as well.

Something that genuinely scared me was the opening credits for the puppet show Space Patrol, for some reason the monorail scared me and the electronic music that followed.

I was also scared of Inspector Barlow in Z Cars and Sgt Lockhart from No Hiding Place.

Now I am older Iam over all this but I am not afraid to admit that at 48 I recoil in terror everytime I see Alan Titchmarsh.

batman

Welcome bhowells. Obviously you are answering a query that was further back in the thread. It is helpful if you use the quote button so that we know which post you are answering .... especially if it is a long thread.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

davidb

thanks for that ,ill watch out for it on itv3 ,although with it being screened so early now they may edit that alfredo act out ! more terrified children !