tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post3760175006677400719..comments2024-03-26T13:44:31.435+00:00Comments on Curious British Telly: The Forgotten World of British Children's TV - Vol. 6Ben Rickettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749284122022718064noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-58370410215917298142020-07-28T20:24:57.716+01:002020-07-28T20:24:57.716+01:00Agent Z and the Penguins from Mars! It's here ...Agent Z and the Penguins from Mars! It's here on the blog somewhere!Ben Rickettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749284122022718064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-1122881418474315792020-07-28T08:12:23.607+01:002020-07-28T08:12:23.607+01:00There was a show on CBBC in the 90's had robot...There was a show on CBBC in the 90's had robot penguins that come to life in a shopping mall it involved aliens.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450605128166156341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-58082486163271840682020-07-07T10:36:09.070+01:002020-07-07T10:36:09.070+01:00Oh wow Little Blue, used to love this, Cloppa Cast...Oh wow Little Blue, used to love this, Cloppa Castle, Animal Quackers and Toppers Tales narrated by Julian Orchard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-5599773691374765312020-06-11T00:33:45.243+01:002020-06-11T00:33:45.243+01:00It was Mel Smith, his co-presenter was Bob Goody, ...It was Mel Smith, his co-presenter was Bob Goody, and the show was called - Smith And Goody.Ken Shinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628179410603027076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-32084738956414156132020-02-01T08:13:21.013+00:002020-02-01T08:13:21.013+00:00Hello. :-)
Looking for help from your memories...Hello. :-)<br /><br />Looking for help from your memories if you can...... <br /><br />Does anybody remember a Children's ITV programme about books? <br /><br />It featured little sketches and poems, (I think that there was one which went 'I'm a nooligan...'). It was presented by two men, one of whom looked like Mel Smith, but I don't think he was Mel Smith; the other of whom had long brown hair and round glasses, I think. He may have been called Norbert? <br /><br />The theme tune was animated, showing the different types of books, and the lyrics included 'a book about a bandit blowing up a bank....and I'll tell you all about it if you're INT-ER-EST-ED'. <br /><br />Any ideas at all? Please let me know if you can. <br /><br />Thank you very much in advance. <br /><br />Rich Damerell (you can find me on The Facebook). :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145751959356960610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901944301852919470.post-22209211703564677612018-12-13T00:01:18.926+00:002018-12-13T00:01:18.926+00:00'Little Blue' is niggling me in that I don...'Little Blue' is niggling me in that I don't remember it... and yet I do. I don't recall ever seeing it, and yet the concept of a blue elephant getting covered in ink and turning blue sounds very familiar. I remember in the 1990s Channel 4 used to have a lunchtime block, after 'Sesame Street', where they'd run various old cartoons... I wonder if it was possibly shown there and I used to have it on in the background when I was "studying" at home. <br /><br />Roger the Dog I vaguely recall, maybe from a few variety shows and the like... but recall he wasn't around on screens for very long - as the article suggests, didn't really seem to have the material or act to last on television. <br />Never saw 'Data Run' (was never really "allowed" Saturday morning telly), but going by the photo there, and a very quick Google, Edwina Laurie seemed a bit of a looker! (Sorry, unusually male comment from me!) <br /><br />Similar to not being "allowed" Saturday morning telly, Christmas Day morning telly was generally a no-no, but some years I got away with it, and I do recall 'Roland’s Yuletide Binge', no doubt before the annual 'Noel's Christmas Family Video Accidents' or whatever. <br /><br />'The Ratties' I recall but again, never did. Quite why I don't know, if it had a talent such as Spike Milligan voicing it. I probably dumped it in with the rash of "animal cartoons" of the late 1980s, of which there were a number, particularly those revolving around rats, mice and similar creatures. Speaking of the great Spike Milligan, though, it was some years later (maybe on the tail-end of what fits the criteria of this site), but 'Wolves, Witches and Giants' was narrated by him and was usually very enjoyable as a result. P.J. Gathergoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733528877175334288noreply@blogger.com