What can you remember from 1970's UK TV that we might have forgotten?

Question

I remember the "Charlie" adverts. You remember how the boy and his cat (Charlie) used to give us tips on how to stay safe! It always ended with the boy saying "and Charlie says" followed by the cat saying"miaw row riaw rioww roww"!! (sorry i'm rubbish at cat impressions).

was it Tenko? kja63?

Thanks The Happy Murcia. You did me proud!!

Answer 1

a pragramme about a big pink thing called Barba papa.
and itsy and bitsy spider puppets

Answer 2

what a list down there, ok Charlie Rich, Bay Ciy Rollers,Mott the Hoople, T-Rex, Abba, oh those milky bar adverts with the blonde boy , Blue Peter way back then used to love that, omg Rent-a Ghost was great, The Sweeney, Dangermouse [ voiced by David Jason] Open All Hours, Porridge, Robin's Nest, To the Manor Born, Prisoner cell block H, Knight Rider,
Brideshead Revisited, Sherlock Holmes,Happy Days, Mork&Mindy,Perry Mason,Six Million Dollar man,Battkestar Galactica,Crossroads,Crown Court,On the Buses, Nearest and Dearest,George and Mildred,Dads Army, the Prisoner, vegas, Mary Tyler.Moore Show,The Monkees,Andy Pandy, Magic Roundabout, Mr Benn, Multi-coloured Swap Shop,Ask Aspel,Crackerjack [ remember 4.55 on fridays ?]Scooby Doo, Sesame Street,Grange Hill, Tiswas,Worzel Gummidge, How, Jackanory and jim'll Fix It. So many classics here.

Answer 3

Kenny Everett was the voice of the cat in the 'Charlie says' adverts. I didn't know that until last year.
kja63 - was that series 'Tenko'? My Mum loved that!

Here's my list -
Jamie and the magic torch
Rentaghost
Newsround (thanks to Spawnee for a previous question)
The Goodies, which I hated! (especially Tim Brooke Taylor)
The 'Protect and Survive' public info film
Pages from ceefax
The test card
The epilogue (Monty Python did a funny spoof of this once)
And of course, the Morecambe and Wise crimbo specials?

Answer 4

Here's a largely forgotten gem.

"Timeslip" - 1970s kids TV series about a girl and boy who can travel between different periods in time by passing through a time barrier at an old experimental military base. With Cheryl Burfield as Liz Skinner, Spencer Banks as Simon Randall and Denis Quilley as Commander Trainer.

Answer 5

Hectors house
Potty Time with Micheal Bentine
How
Magpie
Shangalang
Z cars
Softly Softly
The Goode Life
Are you Being Served
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Ironside
Dukes of Hazard
It`s a knockout
Love thy Neighbour
The test card
Only 3 channels to chose from
Childrens hour was just 1 hour
BBC news at 5;45
Nationwide
Anglia TV
Tomorrows world
Top of the Pops with DLT and Jimi Saville
Why don`t you just turn off your TV set and do something more interesting instead
Holiday 77
so on and so on...happy days,,,,,

Answer 6

I remember a TV show from the UK (I'm in the USA) about women in prison. It was in the 70's and very well done. My Mom & I used to watch it on Public Television every week. Darned if I can remember the name of the show. Anyone got a clue??

ADDITION: Firefoxy, you are awesome! My Mom & I have been trying to remember that show for decades now! "Within these Walls" was it! Thank you so much :-)

Answer 7

hehe yeah I remember the Charlie adverts too.

On the same sort of theme, what about David Prowse as the Green Cross code man (before he went over to the dark side of the Force..).

And Jimmy Saville telling us to "clunk click every trip"..

Answer 8

I remember waiting up late to watch the Old Grey Whistle test. But also, when you see these programmes rerun now, how different they look because we only had a Black and White Telly for most of the time.

Answer 9

I remember Tufty the Squirrel that taught us to cross the road!!

An animated public information advert that taught kids road safety.

: )

Answer 10

I remember watching a kids show called Pipkins,it had a hand puppet called Hartley Hare in it and a pig,can't remember the pigs name though.