hide behind the sofa - Britmovie - British Film Forum

Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum
Home Page Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

 »» hide behind the sofa
 »   Britmovie - British Film Forum » Living Room » British Television

Notices
Welcome to the Britmovie forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, Join our community today!!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

British Television Discussion of British television past and present.


Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23 >
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 25-03-2008, 01:09 AM
  post #1
davidb is getting 8 hours pay for 0 hours work !
Senior Member
 
davidb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: welwyn garden city
Posts: 974
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default hide behind the sofa
anyone have any memories of what tv shows or characters frightened them when they were little ?or whats frightening children at the moment for those of you with small children of your own ,was it the daleks or the cidermen ?, sorry i meant cybermen ,for me it was donald pleasance in that hooded cape warning kids to stay away from rivers etc ,what kind of sadist decided to put that out at 4 in the afternoon ?

davidb is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 01:12 AM
  post #2
Amethyst_Isle has no status.
Senior Member
 
Amethyst_Isle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London
Posts: 407
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (2)
Default
Kevin Keegan when he did those Green Cross Code ads.
Amethyst_Isle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 01:19 AM
  post #3
davidb is getting 8 hours pay for 0 hours work !
Senior Member
 
davidb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: welwyn garden city
Posts: 974
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
talking of footballers ,the occasional time peter beardsley has appeared on the panel of match of the day ,daleks have hid behind the sofa
davidb is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 02:48 AM
  post #4
Steve Crook is cheeky
Moderator
 
Steve Crook's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London
Posts: 10,636
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
We never hid behind the sofa in our house. It's not that we were particularly tough, but the sofa was against the wall and it was too hard to move it with people sitting on it

This "hiding behind the sofa" always seemed a particularly strange expression to me and my siblings

Steve
Steve Crook is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 07:57 AM
  post #5
Mark O is not from Hampton Wick
Senior Member
 
Mark O's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Canvey Island, Essex
Posts: 1,236
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
I certainly remember 'hiding behind the Sofa'!.........and I did, coz of the Daleks!

(they always seemed more scary in Black & White), don't recall hiding from the Cybermen though, guess I'd matured a little when they were first shown on Dr. Who!
Mark
Mark O is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 12:15 PM
  post #6
jamesharris has no status.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: teesside
Posts: 245
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
I recall being very worried when I was tiny by some puppet show..Paulus(?).Couldn't bear to watch past the title sequence so have no idea what it was about.
jamesharris is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-03-2008, 12:18 PM
  post #7
jamesharris has no status.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: teesside
Posts: 245
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
Another thing which I remember being very upsetting was a piece on Nationwide when I was little which had some gruesome effects ( severed heads impaled on a tree).Might have been a piece about werewolves but Nationwide did several scary sequences. I didn't hide behind the sofa but I did leave the room,
It was quite a controversial item I seem to remember at the time..does anyone remember it.
jamesharris is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 01:55 PM
  post #8
davidb is getting 8 hours pay for 0 hours work !
Senior Member
 
davidb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: welwyn garden city
Posts: 974
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesharris View Post
Another thing which I remember being very upsetting was a piece on Nationwide when I was little which had some gruesome effects ( severed heads impaled on a tree).Might have been a piece about werewolves but Nationwide did several scary sequences. I didn't hide behind the sofa but I did leave the room,
It was quite a controversial item I seem to remember at the time..does anyone remember it.
i think that was one of their april fool jokes ,they did a spoof one year about a mad scientist bringing dinosaurs back to life [ way before jurassic park ] and it had me terrified for days on end ,the monster they showed was very realistic must have blown that years dr who special effects budget in about 5 seconds of footage
davidb is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 02:43 PM
  post #9
Tony Pendrey is oozing with status
Senior Member
 
Tony Pendrey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunny Southend
Posts: 364
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
An abiding memory for me is one Saturday night getting called down from bed by the babysitter to watch a nice little film called "Psycho". Cheers babe !
Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings
Tony Pendrey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 02:54 PM
  post #10
jamesharris has no status.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: teesside
Posts: 245
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidb View Post
i think that was one of their april fool jokes ,they did a spoof one year about a mad scientist bringing dinosaurs back to life [ way before jurassic park ] and it had me terrified for days on end ,the monster they showed was very realistic must have blown that years dr who special effects budget in about 5 seconds of footage
I remember that one too but I was really into dinosaurs so it didn't bothr me that much.The one I found terrifying was a medieval/werewolf thing IIRC
jamesharris is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 03:04 PM
  post #11
Carmel has no status.
Senior Member
 
Carmel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 1,175
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (8)
Default
I remember the public information film on what to do when the bomb goes off and how to protect yourself from the radioactive fallout. I was really small and remembering thinking that the world was going to end. That must of scared the hell out of a lot of kids.
Live each day to the full because one day it will be your last.
Carmel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 03:22 PM
  post #12
jamesharris has no status.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: teesside
Posts: 245
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default
the bomb one would have terrified me but thankfully I never saw it.
jamesharris is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 04:05 PM
  post #13
Steve Crook is cheeky
Moderator
 
Steve Crook's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London
Posts: 10,636
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carmel View Post
I remember the public information film on what to do when the bomb goes off and how to protect yourself from the radioactive fallout. I was really small and remembering thinking that the world was going to end. That must of scared the hell out of a lot of kids.
It did. I expect many people of my generation are surprised/amazed that most of us are still alive

See the Protect and Survive website or public information films like Action After Warnings

It'd take a lot more than a sofa to protect you

Steve
Steve Crook is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 26-03-2008, 04:33 PM
  post #14
davidb is getting 8 hours pay for 0 hours work !
Senior Member
 
davidb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: welwyn garden city
Posts: 974
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carmel View Post
I remember the public information film on what to do when the bomb goes off and how to protect yourself from the radioactive fallout. I was really small and remembering thinking that the world was going to end. That must of scared the hell out of a lot of kids.
i remember those too ,voiced by patrick allen ,the scariest thing was deep down you knew putting old blankets up at the windows ,hiding under an orange crate and leaving a note out cancelling the milk was pointless anyway in the face of a nuclear bomb
davidb is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 21-04-2008, 10:41 PM
  post #15
davidb is getting 8 hours pay for 0 hours work !
Senior Member
 
davidb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: welwyn garden city
Posts: 974
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (1)
Default
does anyone remember an act which used to turn up on things like the two ronnies in the late 70s ,where a mad professer type guy was assembling a monster ,in the end the monster ,which must have had a real person in it ,tore the head off the mad professor who must have been some sort of robot/ puppet although youd have thought he was real till then ? used to be a segment on various saturday night variety type shows ,does anyone have a copy of it ?
davidb is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23 >

Bookmarks


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

All times are GMT. The time now is 09:53 PM.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.
 Copyright © 1998-2008 BritMovie