tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post1781677344047362984..comments2024-03-26T13:44:31.435+00:00Comments on Curious British Telly: The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 2Ben Rickettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749284122022718064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-90921177455349940982018-11-18T23:44:18.079+00:002018-11-18T23:44:18.079+00:00Another great selection (and unexpectedly early se...Another great selection (and unexpectedly early second article). <br /><br />Out of this selection, only 'Round the Bend' I really knew, and fondly at that. Loved it when first shown, remembered - with lack of repeats - though a one off comic special circa 1990 that I still have (very ripped up now), and one that when revisiting on YouTube a few days I was delighted nay amazed, to see how good it actually IS (so many classics from the era were good, but don't really hold up when re-visiting them now). <br />Astounding quite what they got away with, both in terms of puppet violence (within the first minute of the first episode Doc Croc has already glassed Vince), the (cleverly done) toilet humour, and the overall tone. Amazing they got it on air; I seem to recall Tommy Boyd on several occasions after an episode had finished commenting how it was raising eyebrows in the control room. Would never see something on children's telly like it now. <br /><br />In terms of future suggestions... my mind keeps wandering towards the many 5:10 BBC dramas / comedy-dramas ('Tom's Midnight Garden', 'Seaview', the already covered 'Moondial', 'Gruey', etc.) but that's such a rich sub-genre that it deserves it's own article ;) <br /><br />For now, I'll put forward...<br />* King Rollo - not totally forgotten but not as remembered 'Sea-Saw' entry from 1980, from 'Mr. Benn' creator David McKee, with the same animation style and again narrated by Ray Brooks. Charming adventures of an inquisitive and child-like King, the various other characters and his cat, Hamlet, in a medieval-like castle setting. Mostly remembered in terms of it's name, becoming 'King Rollo Films'. One of my earliest TV memories. <br /><br />* Chegwin Checks It Out - A late-1980s Children's BBC documentary series, in which Cheggers does indeed 'check out' various youth-related issues, such as money, holidays, and I believe, interviewing Maggie Thatcher. <br /><br />* 'Bad Influence' - Children's ITV finally caught up with computer games in the early '90s, in this computer game-related series hosted by Andy "left Children's BBC now" Crane and Violet "used to write for Digitiser on Teletext sometimes as well" Berlin. Also some nutter called Nam Rood giving out 'tips and cheats'. A bit like Channel 4's 'Gamesmaster' but in a children's TV slot. Used to have a datablast thing at the end like a sped-up teletext system which you were supposed to record, then slow down on pause on the video to read it all; but most people usually forgot and tried to watch it as it whizzed by. Ah, what we did in the days before the internet. P.J. Gathergoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733528877175334288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-64404612008701396872018-11-18T16:45:49.925+00:002018-11-18T16:45:49.925+00:00Brilliant stuff, as usual. I never knew that Round...Brilliant stuff, as usual. I never knew that Round The Bend came from the Oink camp, but looking back it makes sense, as it had the same twisted sense of humour. James Mcconnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253035897628264563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-43020853796871915562018-11-18T10:00:22.605+00:002018-11-18T10:00:22.605+00:00Absolutely loved Round The Bend, can't believe...Absolutely loved Round The Bend, can't believe there were only three series.Simon Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132291655656262323noreply@blogger.com