Childhood TV Heroes

Used to watch repeats of Callan when I was about 10 or so. I always was a cheery fucker.

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I loved The Lone Ranger…something mystical about Tonto…great name of the actor who played him…Jay Silverheels, his real name wasn’t so romantic…Harold Preston Smith but was still a real Native American. :lou_lol:

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Sadly I am old enough to remember the original Dr Who, William Hartnell. It was proper scary in those days! Went downhill when the Doctor teamed up with Unit. Who remembers Do Not Adjust Your Set? For runner of Monty Python in many ways. Loved the Blit Men.

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I suspect you were Lonely.

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Open Channel D.

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Top of The Pops especially in the '70’s and '80’s - so many of the DJ presenters were wholesome role models for all of us. How many people wanted to be just like Jimmy Saville?

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Kit.

The Radio 1 DJs were a bunch of uncool twats.

There was more than a hint of sarcasm intended SOG…

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I used to open my DJ sets with this:

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Tom Baker was OK…

Just waiting for Basil Brush to be sent down to complete the destruction of my treasured childhood TV memories

Rolf’s Cartoon Club

Jimmy’ll Fix it

it’s a Knock Out

depressing is not the word

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Funny you should mention that Slowlane … one of my earliest tv memories is being a big fan of The Virginian (‘cowboys’ for the youngsters on here)

The main character, who’s name escapes me (James Drury?? was the actor) was a no nonsense rancher type who was handy with a gun. He was on the right side of the law and essentially a goodie but he bucked the trend by always wearing ‘badass black’ … which I thought looked pretty damn cool and it made him mine and every kids hero of the time … then we got our very first colour telly and it turned out, it was a salmon pink shirt he’d been wearing all along ffs !!!

It was a pretty devastating discovery for an under ten year old kid … I was not impressed and he was always a bit of a ‘disappointment’ after that … It ruined my childhood !!

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uh oh Chongo, its Danger Island next …

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Anyone remember this? The Flashing Blade. I quite enjoyed it as a kid, even though I was always a bit hazy about why these guys were hurtling around fighting each other and hiding out in beseiged castles. It transpires, it was set the War of Mantuan succession - which has to be one of the most oibscure settings for a kids tv programme ever.

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Pussycat Willum, Ollie Beak and Fred Barker (who grew up to be Basil Brush). Happy days.

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Indeed, but I needed to unload on the Smashie and Nicey brigade.

There was a kids series at the end of the 50s called The Red Grass. No one knew where this grass came from but it was fatal to the touch. If I remember correctly its theme tune was Mars from the Planet Suite. I never hid behind the sofa for Dr Who but did as a 5 year old for this programme.