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Old 20-06-2008, 09:46 PM
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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
I also watched all these we must be about the same age

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Old 20-06-2008, 10:06 PM
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Early days in Australian TV was very American dominated - we had to wait a few years to be exposed to the delights of the likes of Jimmy "Whack-O" Edwards, Richard "Robin Hood" Greene, Miriam "Everybody Out" Karlin and Alfie "Bootsie" Bass.

Earliest memories? Afternoons, after school at a neighbours house :-
Rescue 8
The Whirlybird
Tales of the Texas Rangers
The Gray Ghost (Moseby's Raiders)
and Friday nights, 77 Sunset Strip
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Old 21-06-2008, 12:41 PM
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A random selection....

The opening titles to The Protectors (Avenues & Alleyways)
Robinson Crusoe
Marine Boy
Screen Test
The News at One with Leonard Parkin
Pebble Mill
The Water Margin (...don't know why)
Mary, Mungo & Midge
Andy Pandy
Rupert the Bear
The Herbs
Joe (who lived at a transport cafe)
It's a Knockout (bring it back!)
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Old 21-06-2008, 01:53 PM
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I also watched all these we must be about the same age
It also appears we're both Fen Folk to - I was born in Wisbech
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Robin Hood (Richard Greene)
Lancelot (Roger Moore)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Marius Goring)
Bucaneers (Robert Shaw)
Gun Law (James Arness)
Wagon Train (Ward Bond)
M Squad (Lee Marvin)
Drumbeat (with a raffish young singer called Adam Faith!)
Mick and Montmorency (Charlie Drake)
Fabian of the Yard (Bruce Seton)

are just a few that come to mind.
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Old 29-06-2008, 09:19 AM
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Chalton And the Wheelies

Being born in the 70s childrens shows of that period seemed all to be very freaky. Some of them I still find disturbing to watch.
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The BBC coverage of when the Post Office tower first opened in London.
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Hectors house
please sir
on the buses
double deckers
banana splits
mary,mungo and mitch
andy pandy
crossroads
beryls lot
the saint
randel and hopkirk
rompa room
stop.look and listen
skippy
the beachcombers
screen test
ask aspel
world in action
magpie
the monkeys
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Old 01-07-2008, 10:19 PM
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What a successful thread this has been from bhowells. Loads of happy memories.

Now, I have a question concerning an ancient TV programme. Nobody I ask seems to remember that the series "Sabre of London" with Donald Gray as detective Mark Sabre originally featured another actor as Sabre.
Lots of people remember the series, and Donald Gray. The name Carter is a vague memory, but if anyone knows who originally played Sabre I'd be grateful if you could put my mind at rest.
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Old 02-07-2008, 08:26 AM
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What a successful thread this has been from bhowells. Loads of happy memories.

Now, I have a question concerning an ancient TV programme. Nobody I ask seems to remember that the series "Sabre of London" with Donald Gray as detective Mark Sabre originally featured another actor as Sabre.
Lots of people remember the series, and Donald Gray. The name Carter is a vague memory, but if anyone knows who originally played Sabre I'd be grateful if you could put my mind at rest.
The original Mark Saber was Tom Conway in Mark Saber. Donald Gray played Mark Saber in The Vise.



Tom Conway and Donald Gray.
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Old 02-07-2008, 11:17 PM
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The original Mark Saber was Tom Conway in Mark Saber. Donald Gray played Mark Saber in The Vise

I think there must have been some re-titling with this series, since I can remember it going out as Mark Saber with Gray in the title role.
I think a British TV company would have baulked at the usage of "vise", which in my experience is exclusively an American spelling with the meaning of "grip".
Incidentally, much was made of Donald Gray's role in the press, mainly due to his being a one-armed action hero and real-life war hero to boot.
My memory is of him driving an open sports car which he steered by putting his arm through the spokes of the steering-wheel, which also enabled him to change gear.
That would be three points and a fine these days!

PS. That would kept him occupied had he also been cabbing and suffering from pubic lice.
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For me memories would be : school holidays and "White Horse" and "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" coming round seemingly every year. Ah ! those were the days
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You're right Jackdaw .... when Tom Conway left the role (his was a US series) the UK series Saber of London was re-titled The Vise:Mark Saber and broadcast in the US under that title as the 3rd and 4th series of the original Conway show.

The series had several different titles ...

Detective's Diary (USA) (rerun title)
Saber of London (UK title)
The Vise:Mark Saber (USA) (third and fourth season title)
Uncovered (syndication title)
Mark Saber (original US title)
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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
Ah, what memories.

Quatermass was "out of bounds" for me (parental control)

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The Lone Ranger
Andy Pandy
Captain Pugwash
Ivor The Engine
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You're right Jackdaw .... when Tom Conway left the role (his was a US series) the UK series Saber of London was re-titled The Vise:Mark Saber and broadcast in the US under that title as the 3rd and 4th series of the original Conway show.

The series had several different titles ...

Detective's Diary (USA) (rerun title)
Saber of London (UK title)
The Vise:Mark Saber (USA) (third and fourth season title)
Uncovered (syndication title)
Mark Saber (original US title)
Thanks Bats - all I needed to know - I didn't realise that the Tom Conway series was US made. In fact I would have never remembered it was Tom Conway in the first series - I thought it was a much lesser known actor. Thanks for the definitive info.
I seem to remember that the programme opened with the chimes of Big Ben and Gray standing on Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background and announcing "I'm Mark Sabre, and this is London". Needless to say as this was to sell in the USA, it was foggy!
I have seen DVD's for sale titled "Mark Sabre - The Vise" and wondered what the heck "The Vise" was! - Now I know.
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