Weird TV programmes from your childhood

[Thunder Bolt]

And of course seaman stains!!!!

Urban myth as was Master Bates.

 

[Questions]

The Tomorrow People was odd and complete crap but The Prisoner for older folk was very strange.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Anyone remember the Racoons, what in's gods name is that supposed to be!?

 

[Gullys Cats]

Button moon, I loved it!

 

[Gullys Cats]

Anyone remember the Racoons, what in's gods name is that supposed to be!?

Cock nose, lol, one of my favourites

 

[Lower West Stander]

Crystal Tipps and Alastair - very trippy

 

[Norman Potting]

I seem to remember David Jason was in it as well. Didn't they do "Superbicyclerepairman".

Edit - no sorry, that really was Monty python - I was thinking of Captain fantastc, seen here with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band.

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET - Captain Fantastic - YouTube

Wacky pre Python - legend has it that when they rescheduled it to an earlier time they were inundated by complaints from adults who couldn't get home early enough to watch it - pre Video/DVD/SkyPlus by a long, long way. Anyone wanting a fix can now buy it on DVD (the programmes that were kept) for not very much.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Can't believe we've got this far without a mention of 'The Singing Ringing Tree'

(Apologies if I missed it)

Weirdest of the weird.


Flashing Blades was great as was Robinson Crusoe around the same time.

 

[Eric Potts]

Escape Into Night (ATV 1972) - titles/clip - - YouTube

Ignore the RADA accents , but this scared the shite out of me .

Stones with EYES

 

[Doc Lynam]

Can't believe we've got this far without a mention of 'The Singing Ringing Tree'

(Apologies if I missed it)

Bloody hell that is odd!

The fast show did a version of it.

 

[wunt be druv]

I remember these random short cartoons from Czechoslovakia that used to pop up on ITV afternoons from time to time,terrifying the living daylights out of me.(early to mid 70's)

 

[aberllefenni]

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It's worth looking out for Part Two as well - just for the walk-on part of a character called "Wally the Gog".

Those North Walians get everywhere.

 

[Box of Frogs]

The Clangers

Mary, Mungo and Midge

Hectors House

The Herbs - "herbidacious!

 

[arkan]

Im sure even when i was a wee kid i was probably 'wtf' when watching pob.

 

[Albion_Dave]

The weird & wonderful "Michael Bentine's Potty Time".

Michael Bentines Potty time - YouTube

 

[BeardyChops]

The Singing Ringing Tree is one that I can't quite believe really happened. If it wasn't for Youtube I'd also think Tiwzzle and Torchy were memories of some kind of freakish nightmares.

 

[fire&skill]

There was something called 'Murun Buchstansanger' that I recall?

 

[footychick]

What's that programme with those birds? "Wattoo, Wattoo". Hmmm, think I might be going mad.

 

[Marxo]

The Singing Ringing Tree is one that I can't quite believe really happened. If it wasn't for Youtube I'd also think Tiwzzle and Torchy were memories of some kind of freakish nightmares.

Yeah, Torchy and Twizzle were early Gerry Anderson efforts, I remember them fondly. The Singing Ringing Tree was memorable to all who saw it I think, Tales From Europe was extra creepy because you could here the original language under the English narration, it sort of made it more exotic.

 

[METALMICKY]

Can't believe we've got this far without a mention of 'The Singing Ringing Tree'

(Apologies if I missed it)

Good call as that was seriously creepy. I could also add Eucalypta the wicked witch from the puppet show drama Paulus The Woodgnome