wadsy

The Woodentops, 5 o'clock club, Rag ,tag & bobtail, Four Feather Falls, Torchy,

Space Patrol (brilliant)!, Andy pandy, Rubovia!

Rob Compton

Animal Magic with Johnny Morris....

homeguard

Hans and Lottie Hass. She was so special to my old man. Couldn't see it then - can now I'm as old as he was!
Regards,
HG

EHV_Emmetts

Pinky & Perky
Thunderbirds
Joe 90
Captain Scarlet
Banana Splits
HR Puff 'N' Stuff
Lassie
Top Of The Tops
Tomorrow's World

Tom Bancroft

OK all you youngsters! The first thing I ever saw on TV was an ice hockey match. This was at a mate's house in the 50's. His dad was a high ranking fire officer and they were among the first to possess a TV in our neighbourhood. Needless to say it was black and white on a miniscule 9" screen (but the early b/w pictures always had a strange blue tint). Hockey was the worst sport possible to televise - nobody ever saw the puck and the action was so fast that the fledgling cameramen couldn't keep up. That first viewing has always stayed with me. Another early memory is test match cricket coverage. TV in those days only started at tea time, but when the test match was in progress we got live daytime coverage as a bonus during the school holidays, I think John Arlott commentated. Most of my other favourites form ancient times have been listed.

"I want to be a sailor - sailing out to sea"

funlover

The first TV I ever saw was the Coronation of 1953. At boarding school on a pouring wet day. Just as the Archbishop was lowering the Crown on the Queens head the TV went "BANG" and set fire to the curtains and we saw no more.

funlover

Oh yes. Also who remembers Armand and Michaela Denis?

Lord Brett

My strongest early TV memory is the first night of Space: 1999, which was just the biggest TV event ever (to my 9 year old self). The next series to have anything approaching that sort of build up was The New Avengers, which I was just so excited about.

scholes

Woodentops
Watch with Mother
Supercar
Firball XL5
Bill and Ben
Blue Peter with Val and Chris(remember John Noakes first appearance roasting hot potatoes.

bhowells

The Banana Splits were a bit crap, the cartoons in between were ok but I am dammed if there was anything funny about that lot. There was also that live action segment, where somebody shouted out,"Oh, oh , chango."

MB

Yes - I remember it feeling embarrassing. You wouldn't think tiny children could feel embarrassed would you..but it used to make me squirm..

I also liked Animal Magic...and Tony Hart.

Kids TV went downhill a few years ago - but it seems to have perked up - theres some really good stuff on at the moment - a programme set in a zoo called 'Roar' which is also interactive on the net and the other one we like is 'Stupid' which is a very silly sketch show for kids.

People here might be interested in 'Chute' which shows lots of clips from older shows - it's also quite amusing.

Wicked Lady

Thank you! I HATED the Banana Splits! Really hated them. But you say that to some people and it's like you just said you love strangling grannies.

I also thought The Monkees were lame.

There I said it.

Andy H

I quite liked the Banana Splits, but then I was about 15/16 at the time. At least it was colourful and had a jolly theme tune.
The Double Deckers wasn't bad either, obviously aimed at the US market.
My first TV memories ore of (not surprisingly) Andy Pandy (which I never liked), the woodentops and Rag, Tag and Bobtail. These last two always made me tearful when they all said goodbye at the end. In fact they still do!
What an admission.

Torchy the Battery Boy, Mr Pastry and Whacko! are also early memories.
Edit: Oh, and Circus Boy and Whirlybirds. And Champion the Wonder Horse and...

EHV_Emmetts

There was a programme called, 'Why Don't You Switch Off Your TV And Do Something Less Boring Instead'. I think it use to be shown on BBC2 on a Saturday? It was a forerunner of 'Swap Shop'.

Big_D

The Potters Wheel
Quatermas
Z-Cars
Dixon Of Dock Green
Avengers with Ian Hendry
Muffin The Mule
Champion The Wonder Horse
Texas Rangers
Space Patrol (UK)
Fireball XL5
And BBC2 showing the Steal Caves as a test transmission
Origami
6:5 Special
Oh! Boy
Dr Who - An un-earthly child 1963 (I was 9)
Oh & The Honeycombs with have I the Right amongst some of the best kids TV ever
Picture Book
Rag, tag & bobtail
Bill & Ben the Flowerpot Men
And of course Juke Box Jury, Thank your Lucky Stars with "I'll give it 5" & Micheal Miles & Monica with "Open the Box" in Double Your Money & Sunday Night At The London Paladium