It's A Knockout (the original series that were hosted by Stuart "HA!.....HA!.....HA!" Hall)

I want someone from the BBC, ITV, or Ch4 to make a concerted effort to dip into the archives and retrieve every single episode and have it on our screens by Christmas. Please.

The recent attempts to revive the show were rather lame and so the only redemption is in bringing the originals back.

They were set in amazing locations (such as castles etc) across Europe and the sets were fantastic and actually looked like the set designers had made a real effort. The lighting was pretty good too (most of the shows were filmed at night) and added to the ambience of the show.

Please please please bring it back. It was such good fun! :funky:

Wish You Were Here?..... (the original series hosted by Judith Chalmers and the bloke called Brian Somethingorother)

Although the old programmes would serve no real purpose now it would be quite special to once again hear that heavenly theme tune (the original one and not the crummy newer themes) :angel_not

Of course, it would also be nice to be able to secure a weekend break or summer vacation at the prices stated in those originals but I couldn't see that ever happening really. Shame.

I can still recall some of the holidays that featured on the programme, such as beachfront breaks in a dune hut priced at £39 for two persons, with the option of shower and washing facilites at an extra £3.50.......beat that! :)

Come back Judith, all is forgiven. (just don't wear your bikini)

Surely you could find a nightly 2am slot for them.......

Wish You Were Here?..... (the original series hosted by Judith Chalmers and the bloke called Brian Somethingorother)


John Carter? He lives up my road and, yes, he really does wear safari jackets.

Aren't there enough holiday programmes now? And I can think of thousands of other things I'd rather see than Judith Chalmers' leathery face.

I want to see tons of stuff again...
'wanderly wagon'.
'Get Smart'..
'The man from U.N.C.L.E.'
And 'Space 1999' (never actually seen it...read all the books and it sounds brill.)
'The man from Atlantis...'
'Sledge Hammer'...(boy did I LOVE him.)
and that should keep me going....

Can't remember what it's called, but the one about a nuclear explosion, or was it a superbug, but it wiped out most of the population. anyway it was good. It was an english production and filmed in the late seventies, although there was a more recent similar jobby. Actshoooaly I think it might have been called Survivor!:blush:

Alias Smith and Jones and Arthur of the Britons would do nicely too.

Neighbours - from the start!

Brookside - Im ashamed to say I loved it in the 90s. It was the thing to watch in our household. Then it just took a drastic tumble downhill.

I would love to see all the re-runs of 'Bless this house', and Starsky and Hutch, and Charles Angels all the 70's stuff.:blush:

Alias Smith and Jones and Arthur of the Britons would do nicely too.


Oh yes, a serving of Ben Murphy and Oliver Tobias would do very nicely indeed!

Oliver Tobias


Oliver Tobias :wub: was'nt he the sexy beast that starred in the stud?

The very one Bridge, I don't know how he is faring now but he was very hot back then!

Shine on Harvey Moon
When the Boat Comes In
Hamish Macbeth

Do remember him in a programme called Luke's Kingdom? It was set in Australia and he was always riding around on horseback at dusk/dawn. Yummy.

I want re runs of V. Does anyone else remember this. Aliens mated with humans and made a whole new species. It used to be on very late and I loved it.

I remember seeing a couple of episodes, but missing loads.

Don't you find, though, that re-runs just look dated? I made Jack watch Mork and Mindy today, because I can now appreciate Robin Williams' ad-libs. He was less than impressed.

He quite liked Blockbusters, though (The Bob Holness version). Even the kids had 80s hairstyles!

I want re runs of V. Does anyone else remember this. Aliens mated with humans and made a whole new species. It used to be on very late and I loved it.

Oh God yes, I loved this programme Buzz! Never ever found out what happened in the end!

There was also another programme I used to watch on a Friday called The Quest where 2 brothers were riding on horseback looking for their sister, never found out if they found her!

And I miss Black Beauty and Champion the Wonder Horse. :blush:

He quite liked Blockbusters, though (The Bob Holness version). Even the kids had 80s hairstyles!

That'll be because it was the 80's.................:unsure: :laugh:

Oh God yes, I loved this programme Buzz! Never ever found out what happened in the end!

Thank you Bella - no one I ask seems to remember it. I seriously thought I had made it up at one point...

There was a guy with a husky voice who looked a bit like Kevin Bacon and a girl with long, luscious hair. They went around with, strangely enough V signs on their heads..........ooh, I am off to check to see if there is a DVD special edition!

There was a guy with a husky voice who looked a bit like Kevin Bacon and a girl with long, luscious hair. They went around with, strangely enough V signs on their heads..........ooh, I am off to check to see if there is a DVD special edition!
Yayy...and he was mostly the reason I watched it! play.com here i come...

Yayy...and he was mostly the reason I watched it! play.com here i come...
BELLA......there is, there is.. and it's only 14.99!!:w00t:

btw the blokes name was Marc (with a C) Singer

There was also another programme I used to watch on a Friday called The Quest where 2 brothers were riding on horseback looking for their sister, never found out if they found her!

Bella, I've mentioned this programme on here a couple of times. Why have you never spoken up before? Tim Matheson and Kurt Russell, looking for their sister Patricia. I thought maybe I'd had a very long repetitive dream.

Bet you liked Kurt Russell didn't you? You seem that type to me.

Can't remember what it's called, but the one about a nuclear explosion, or was it a superbug, but it wiped out most of the population. anyway it was good. It was an english production and filmed in the late seventies, although there was a more recent similar jobby. Actshoooaly I think it might have been called Survivor!:blush:



Was it called Last Train, Tigereye? There was a nuclear explosion ( I think ) and a scientist on the carriage of a train was carrying something that froze them all for fifty years (although they didnt realise it at the time). At the end they discovered a village of survivors - all older than themselves, some of whom turned out to be their children.

Or was it summat else?

Id like the old series of Robin of Sherwood to be repeated. None starring the blonde, puffy Jason Connery though, just the ones starring Michael Praed... :wink2:

No - it was called Survivors and it was a superbuggy thing. They ended up living in a farmhouse and having to do emergency surgery and stuff on the kitchen table:laugh:

I used to like all the kid's stuff from Europe - The Singing Ringing Tree, Belle et Sebastien, White Horses, Captain Zeppo which was Belgian and consisted of some sub-Famous Five cycling about and having 'adventures' that would put you to sleep.

Bella, I've mentioned this programme on here a couple of times. Why have you never spoken up before? Tim Matheson and Kurt Russell, looking for their sister Patricia. I thought maybe I'd had a very long repetitive dream.

Bet you liked Kurt Russell didn't you? You seem that type to me.


Have you, Patsy? Sorry love, I didn't realise! If I had seen it, I would have been there like a shot to back you up. Oooh, I didn't realise Kurt Russell was in it and yeah you are probably right, I probably did like him! You have a good memory, I could never have told you the name of their sister!

Oooh, Fee I remember Belle et Sebastian, it was a really feel-good programme wasn't it?

The Tomorrow People was another programme I enjoyed, to be honest I don't remember much about it but I remember I tuned in every week - does that make sense?! :laugh:

The Tomorrow People was another programme I enjoyed, to be honest I don't remember much about it but I remember I tuned in every week - does that make sense?! :laugh:

The Tomorrow People was one of my favourite shows as well Bella - check out this link to remind you what it was all about http://www.thetomorrowpeople.com/

I recognise some of the faces and remember them getting teleported! Didn't they used to have some kind of sign they made with hands, was it like the Star Trek sign?

I also liked Murphy's Mob and what about Blake's Seven, now that was fab! Dodgy sets, even dodgier acting and hairstyles but it was unmissable in our house!

No - it was called Survivors and it was a superbuggy thing. They ended up living in a farmhouse and having to do emergency surgery and stuff on the kitchen table:laugh:.


Ah fee You're right. Survivors. :thumbsup:

I remember my folks discussing whereabouts in Ireland would be the best place to hole up in such a scenario - an island would be easy to defend but with limited resources, or an old demesne with walled lands that you could patrol, after crops failed did modern non-farming people now how to plant and grow wheat - how would you grind it into flour, best way to strangle a cockeral or could you easily kill a cow with a knife..... ah, childhood memories!! :ninja:







Had it something to do with the Sikh religion? Men in turbans feature largely in my memories, or was that something else again!:wacko:

Some fun stuff here!

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/

Some fun stuff here!

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/

I wish I hadn't clicked on that link - I could spend hours there!!

I wish I hadn't clicked on that link - I could spend hours there!!

Great int it! :) Me and a work chum spent a rather fun night watch singing along to all the theme tunes one night....ooooh the memories! :wub:

This thread has brought back memories - I would like to see "Survivors" and "Blake's 7" again too.
Oh, and "Lost in Space". (I do like old Sci fi shows)
And shows like "The High Chaparral", "Mister Ed", "Rockliffe's Babies", "Moonlighting" and "Beauty and the Beast".

I would also like to add "Prisoner Cell Block H", but I think I would look silly....

This thread has brought back memories - I would like to see "Survivors" and "Blake's 7" again too.


Blakes 7 was wonderful - I've got the first series on DVD

The Banana Splits - na na na, nanana na, nana nana nanana na.

Singing of theme was a hanging offence in my school :laugh:

http://www.classictv.info/images/show/banana_splits/cast.jpg

One banana
Two banana
Three banana
Four
Three punk rockers
Standing at the door
One with a hammer
One with a stick
One with a needle straight through his
Tra la la la la la la!

(that's why we weren't allowed to sing it at school Fee!:blush: )

Watched Blake 7 a while ago...loved it as a kid but it seems so dated now and I never remembered the cardboard scenery moving around so much! :)

John Carter? He lives up my road and, yes, he really does wear safari jackets.

Aren't there enough holiday programmes now? And I can think of thousands of other things I'd rather see than Judith Chalmers' leathery face.

John flippin' Carter, yes!! that's the bloke!

He had a really soothing voice which all by itself could have persuaded you to book every holiday that was featured on the show. Even if i had just one show on tape it would be enough. I'd watch it over and over until Death himself showed up at my front door. Even then I'd ask Death to allow me just a few more playbacks before he took me away.........

.....ahhh....we crave that which is gone for ever.......unless ITV will bring it back for this Christmas......please!!

I want to see tons of stuff again... 'Space 1999' (never actually seen it...read all the books and it sounds brill.)

'Sledge Hammer'...(boy did I LOVE him.)
and that should keep me going....

omg....you haven't seen Space 1999? - what have you missed?? - I'll tell you what you've missed......

.......a flippin' ace sci-fi series featuring actors from all across the world (ie; mainly Americans, Aussies, and Brits). I've said it before and I'll say it again - the monsters were a quadrazillion (even though there is no such number) times better than those that featured in Doctor Who.

You wish to see the tv series, I long to read the books....If only there was a Noel Edmond's Multicoloured Memory Exchange Swapshop.........I'd be the first on line right now.......though if I were to swap my memory for yours I must make it perfectly clear that i had nothing whatsoever to do with the moment when i shuffled up to the tv screen and kissed "Myers" boobs.......it simply was not me......okay?........okay??

as for Sledgehammer......i vaguely recall that one but it's a very very foggy recollection.

Neighbours - from the start!



I think UK Gold occasionally show all the episodes from the early days to quite recent.......occasionally.....and if you're extremely fortunate they also sometimes screen those special marathon wotsitmajigs where you can watch 1985-1999 episodes 72 hours (of course, that figure is ridiculous - everyone knows it would take 74-and-a-half hours) non-stop......matchsticks at the ready then....:closedeye

I would love to see all the re-runs of 'Bless this house', and Starsky and Hutch, and Charles Angels all the 70's stuff.:blush:

.....and Kojak......and Tales of The Unexpected....and Sapphire & Steel.....and.......yeah, i loved the car from Starsky & Hutch. I think we in this country attempted to recreate them in the form of Bodie & Doyle (aka "The Professionals") and it was no contest.

I do believe they've brought Kojak back from the dead.....but he's changed into a Black fella now..........I think it would be good for relations if they worked the same idea with "Shaft"........then again, no.......:pimp:

I want re runs of V. Does anyone else remember this. Aliens mated with humans and made a whole new species. It used to be on very late and I loved it.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/buzz38/DSCF0058.jpg
Do you like my stapler??




I certainly do remember V. It was awesome at the time it was first screened. The chap who later played "Freddy Kruger" in N.O.E.S. featured in it.
I think there were some scenes in "V" that later influenced the opening sequence of "Independence Day". I never fail to see the similarities.
But yeah, it was essential viewing for a 10 year-old kid like myself. (Star Wars toys always came out once it had ended and the house was instantly converted into a gigantic space station where I could improvise and recreate the scenes I had just watched).

I actually recall fancying one of the female "baddies" (she had sumptuous brown hair). That was until she decided to pick up a mouse and swallow it whole. Went off her after seeing that.....

Was quite scary too in parts (birth scene etc, etc, and when the baddies tore off their human layer of skin to reveal their true alien appearance)

It's actually now available on Box Set. Christmas is just around the corner....

.....and yes, although I never thought i would describe a stapler in this way, i do find it to be quite beautiful......

Don't you find, though, that re-runs just look dated?

It's a real shame but yes, I find that to be true in most cases. (apart from "CHiPs", the appeal of which I shall always stubbornly, if push comes to shove, refuse to allow to wash away......it will never happen!).

I saw Mork & Mindy a few years back and I felt as though it had lost a small amount of the appeal it had back in the days when it was fresh. But, by the same token, if you were a kid watching it then, you find that there were elements that went over your head but you now can appreciate as an adult.

Having mentioned already "Space 1999", they did screen re-runs in surprisingly enough, the year 1999 (bizarre eh? - didn't see that one coming!) and I tried.......tried my very best, to watch it.....but i found i just didn't have the appetite for it. Of course, now I bloody wish I had recorded every episode because it's a damn classic of a tv series. I certainly won't make that mistake if they decide to show "V" once again.
(and maybe, just maybe I can find it in me to forgive that brunette "baddie" for consuming that poor rodent head first and renew my fondness for her.....she was pretty gorgeous after all!! , mouse or no mouse)

oh GOD...i LOVED V...
we did not have a tv at the time and my brother used to go round to his friends house to watch it and I would have to go too...I was only little ....and I was'nt spozed to watch it but I did...
it was FAB.....................soooooooooooo scarey......
I soooooooooooooooooo wanted a space outfit.......
did'nt want a space child tho'............wooooooooooooooo!

There was a guy with a husky voice who looked a bit like Kevin Bacon and a girl with long, luscious hair. They went around with, strangely enough V signs on their heads..........ooh, I am off to check to see if there is a DVD special edition!

The guy with the husky voice was called Marc Singer - I have no clue as to why I am able to recall that. I promise I didn't look on the web at all. I suppose that's just me. Instead of mathematical probablities and equations etc, I just have quite a lot of crap and insignificant junk stored up there in the recesses of my head. Anyway....Marc Singer....and yes, he did look quite similar to the Bacon bloke. And yes, there is a Special Edition Box Set available of the entire series.....and it looks rather sexy too. I want!

(ahhhh crap on a pogo stick!! - just found out Buzz discovered his name before i did. Apologies & well done Buzz! - credit where credit's due).

Was it called Last Train, Tigereye? There was a nuclear explosion ( I think ) and a scientist on the carriage of a train was carrying something that froze them all for fifty years (although they didnt realise it at the time). At the end they discovered a village of survivors - all older than themselves, some of whom turned out to be their children.

Or was it summat else?



Last Train it was. And it was about as empty as what a last train would be too. It was awful to say the least. And that's the best compliment i can give it. (not sure what the original series from the 70's was like as i haven't seen it)
Yeah, it was screened about 5-6 years back and all i can remember from it was a scene which featured a huge hole in the ground and something about a panther or the like running around wild and terrorizing this small band of people. And that was it for another 4-5 episodes. Typical BBC production - all hyped up but completely lacking in any real drama. (Band of Brothers excluded)

I used to like all the kid's stuff from Europe - The Singing Ringing Tree, Belle et Sebastien, White Horses, Captain Zeppo which was Belgian and consisted of some sub-Famous Five cycling about and having 'adventures' that would put you to sleep.

Aha, some good ones there that are ringing bells here. Belle et Sebastien had a really ace theme tune.....and the group wasn't too bad either....
Also there was a series called "Heidi" which may have had a sub-title to accompany it. It was either Austrian, or German, or, Swiss production, maybe even Liechtenstein (if that country ever existed in those days) and it had the requisite delayed speech-to-mouth-action ratio, which of course was central to any quality of-European-import tv series for children. I remember two constantly-quarrelling boys dressed in the usual old-fashioned grey and black garb, and of course, the wonderful fuzzy-haired carrot-topped "Heidi" herself. It was relaxed, Little House on the Prairie-esque innocent drama and it was brilliant! Especially loved the images of the old town square and quaint little buildings that reminded me of those found in The Shambles of York. You expect me to say it and I won't disappoint - they don't make 'em like that anymore.........ahhhhh.:)

Great int it! :) Me and a work chum spent a rather fun night watch singing along to all the theme tunes one night....ooooh the memories! :wub:

theme tunes?......did someone mention theme tunes??......do they have the original and sublime "Wish You Were Here...?" theme tune?...........do they?..........do they??.......pray tell, do they???................

"Rockliffe's Babies" I would also like to add "Prisoner Cell Block H", but I think I would look silly....

Rockliffe's Babies!! Good grief! I'm now being transported back to circa. 1986-7 or thereabouts.......and........oh noooooo!!, it's one of my old classmates Kashaf annoying me once again with his incessant humming and singing of that programme's theme tune........I have sinned, for this is hell right here.......

........thanks a lot!!!:wacko:

The Banana Splits - na na na, nanana na, nana nana nanana na.

Singing of theme was a hanging offence in my school :laugh:

......you got there before me!

....was singing that tune to my little neice only the other day......it's brilliant!!

http://www.classictv.info/images/show/banana_splits/cast.jpg

One banana
Two banana
Three banana
Four
Three punk rockers
Standing at the door
One with a hammer
One with a stick
One with a needle straight through his
Tra la la la la la la!




yep! - that's what i was singing (although i came to a not-quite-abrupt but rather faded halt before the "three punk rockers" part of the lyrics - 'cos obviously i didn't have a clue what came next - it's the same with any Bros. songs, but that's always a good thing!).........great pic too!

did'nt want a space child tho'............wooooooooooooooo!

is that......

a) becuase you might have had to have "dunnit" with Robert Englund (later to be Freddy Kruger)?

.....or...

b) 'cos the space child looked hideous and not too dissimilar to the child that was given birth to in the remake of "Dawn of the Dead"?

NO!
it was coz when preggers I would have to have some kind of lizardy thing round my neck or something..(don't quite remember..)
and also...I was only a kid
and also.....elizabeth's (was that her name??) mum had a weird space lizzardy type pregnant which frightened the beejeepers out of me!
Wish someone would show it again.................

NO!
had a weird space lizzardy type pregnant

.....so what's that when it's at home....??? :mellow:

I think i got the gist though:wink2:

You mean that weird space lizzardy type (oops....that's what you actually said in the first place!!....) thing she gave birth to.......though not around her neck I'm fairly sure.......

In fact I do seem to remember the lizards looking a little bit like this
----->:sick:

ooh she grew up all pretty tho'...
the space child or star child...
one minute she was born..the next minute she was 7 year old...
and then the next minute she was a sultry sex siren (tho' i didnt know those words at the time)
and she seemed to stop ageing then.
Sigh..that's space children for ya!

This was on children's telly over a few weeks a couple of years ago.
It was great.
'Tom's Midnight Garden'...it looked like it was made in the 70's or something.
Wish it would be shown again.
somehow...somewhere.........