bhowells

I disliked the news as a child especially the early evening news bultetins after the Childrens programmes.

Similarly I hated World In Action, This Week and what about budget days in the sixties no chidrens telly at all.

I have to confess that I wasnt very keen on Animal Magic with Johnny Morris either

Shows in period costume where never my thing either, so I avoided shows like The Onedin Line like the plague..

I also recall disliking the Open University Childrens lectures of the seventies not the actual lecture per se, but it was the fact that they were always shown when the festvie season was coming to an end, when the festive Radio Times got a little threadbare and only hard centres left in the Quality street tin.

batman

I am not sure if it reached beyond the realms of Anglia TV ..... but I used to hate Farming Diary with Dick Joyce.

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

David Challinor

Tomorrow's World. This is your Life. 3-2-1. Dukes of Hazzard. Star Trek. Are you being served? Gardener's World

apricot

Out of Town with Jack Hargrieves, my Dad used to like to watch it even though we lived in London at the time-Oh! perhaps that was why!

MB

I was born in the early seventies when they used to let hippies on telly to teach us songs that had clearly been written in a drug induced haze - there was one - I can't remember what it was called - where three men dressed up in tights and animal suits and sing these kinds of songs that made no sense..I thought it had been some sort of nightmare..it was terrifying and innapropriate.


I hated repeats of 'The Banana Splits' - it used to make me cringe.

Any of those badly dubbed, badly acted, very serious european children's dramas..what was that about??

scholes

Then what about John Craven's newsround, a really great bulletin for kids.
Storyline's such as
'Tommy the tortoise from Wolverhampton refuses to eat his lettuce'.

I mean let's face it, who wanted to know all about the Yom Kippur war when John was treating us to a sentimental domestic like this!

MB

Well - someone at the Beeb obviously thought so too - because they've gone the other way now..I have a seven year old daughter and find myself plunged into explaining some tricky situations to her as result of forgetting to turn over to Spongebob Squarepants..

I'm not sure about the whole concept of the programme..I think it is necessary for children to have some idea of what is happening in the wider world - but I, personally, would prefer to decide what rather than some over enthusiastic Beeb twentysomething with a first in Media studies..plus they don't always take extra care to have a balanced point of view..

When I got a bit older though I remember fancying John Craven.

wadsy

I used to loathe the Sunday night limbo between 6 & 7.30 ( I think) when

there was no transmission . My Dad would put the wireless on & it was always

"Sing Something Simple" Horrendous!!

scholes

It began in 1972, and it was aired just before the main news at 6pm.
I do believe John Craven is still with us.
Spitting Image did a regular p**s take on it in the eighties.

CaptainWaggett

Newsround caused quite a lot of controversy because they did cover serious issues - I definitely remember them doing Vietnam. Even in those days, John Craven said that about the only stories he wouldn't cover were individual murders and sex-crimes though that's probably changed now. I don't remember it seeming trivial at all. And they are hardly unique in reporting cute animal stories!

MB

Oh yes - I remember it and yes it is still with us..

John Craven is on a programme called 'Countryside' on Sunday morning sometimes - listen to me - I'm like his 'stalker' or something...


They used to say everything..really..slowly...so the kids would 'get it'..I found that annoying though..
Newsround now has all these funky young things reducing extremely complex situations into two minute slots..

Erm.. I think, as an idea, it was sound and admirable ...but the trouble is a lot of people working in production at the Beeb are not..

I think John Craven came up with it actually. They should have him back doing it..I shall start a campaign during my recuperation period..

dpgmel

Was never a fan of the imported US childrens show e.g. Banana Splits, H R Puffnstuff, The Monkees etc these seemed to be always on when I got home from school.

Fond memories though of 70's afternoon tele drama : Markes Personal, Rooms, Crown Court etc

apricot

Oh yes, didn't Stephanie Beacham appear in Marked Personal, also General Hospital and Gems.

dpgmel

Yes she did ( and Heather Chasen ) !

bhowells

My God, Heather Chasen the memories are flooding back, she ended up in Crossroads after that didnt she?