Not creepy at all but does anyone remember "How we used to live"? It was ace. Set during the war or thereafter. From my recollection it was a bit like a soap opera. It was ace. Love such a programme to be on now so my son could see what it was like in the 70's/80's.
Not creepy at all but does anyone remember "How we used to live"?
yeah I remember that but I thought it was set in the Victorian era? Some beardy fella in a top hat as the family patriach?
was only about 9 so might be misremembering
My primary school had one TV, about 5 foot high on wheels.
It would be pushed into the hall with great ceremony then the wood effect veneer doors would open and 'How we used to live' would blast out (distorted volume) as we all sat on the floor.
Then in about 1982 the BBC Micro arrived and the modern age truly began.
Guy - the Look and Read series had several good ones. I remember Boy from Space but vividly remember Dark Towers too: “Beware two bees buzzing together, beware of the bird with a brown feather”.
Through the Dragon’s Eye. The evil bird character dude was fooking scary to a 7 year old me. The reading/writing stuff was probably a bit easy for me, too.
Can still remember the theme tune tho.
Yes!! Gotta love a BBC computer Granny Garden sesh. I always remember the “hidden word” in one scene was “fig” and it wasn’t hidden unless you had a severe case of colourblindness.
The test card. The girl looks past you with that 'enigmatic' smile. Humpty just sits there looking stoned. The game of noughts and crosses will never be finished.
INTERFERENCE
Guy was traumatised by the Boy from Space and Kes.
wasnt Kes, what about some dodgy geezers stealing pereguin falcon eggs if I remember rightly
Nothing wrong with being traumatised by Kes, it is fooking dark.
I remember one about a boy who discovers that a detergent company is poisoning his favourite fishing pond by dumping chemical waste.
Wot Laz said!
I've spent 30 years trying to forget!!
"sky hunter"
(The interference, not Kes)
Interference was fvcking terrifying. It’s on Youtube
not a schools programme, but there was something terribly melancholy about Flight of the Navigator
I remember us all being completely transfixed by Skyhunter.
Oh and the boy from space looking like he was in the ashes to ashes video.
Some of those Friday Films.
The boy who turned yellow
One hour to zero
Not creepy at all but does anyone remember "How we used to live"? It was ace. Set during the war or thereafter. From my recollection it was a bit like a soap opera. It was ace. Love such a programme to be on now so my son could see what it was like in the 70's/80's.
"the boy who turned yellow"
a kids program about jaundice?
Not creepy at all but does anyone remember "How we used to live"?
yeah I remember that but I thought it was set in the Victorian era? Some beardy fella in a top hat as the family patriach?
was only about 9 so might be misremembering
I googled it FF and it was set from Victorian times to nearer the present day. The one I remembered was series 5.
Trying to work out who was the creepiest Blue Peter presenter. John L is too obvious so I'll go for Katie Hill.
My primary school had one TV, about 5 foot high on wheels.
It would be pushed into the hall with great ceremony then the wood effect veneer doors would open and 'How we used to live' would blast out (distorted volume) as we all sat on the floor.
Then in about 1982 the BBC Micro arrived and the modern age truly began.
Not creepy at all at the time of course - but a strange image looking back
not a school one but The box of delights
Katie Hill was hot a.f.! What's wrong with you?
Some of the Schools TV presenters were decidedly sus, with their oscilloscope-pattern sleeveless jumpers and dodgy facial hair. Thick spectacles.
Kudos benj, that got an audible "heh".
She's no Skelton, but I really should have stopped watching by then.
Any oldsters on like me who remember a scary bbc drama, The Tomorrow People.
Guy - the Look and Read series had several good ones. I remember Boy from Space but vividly remember Dark Towers too: “Beware two bees buzzing together, beware of the bird with a brown feather”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_and_Read
So many of them…. I don’t know how many i actually saw but only remember the alien boy one and the falcon one
Dark Towers on Look and Read
And yes it's all on You Tube.
Lord Edward Dark, camp as pink tents
Was look and read the one with the floating orange cvnty-bot called wordy? Similar to, and almost as annoying as, the microsoft paperclip?
I remember the secret garden being creepy. There was something fooking creepy about the lion the witch and the wardrobe too.
Through the Dragon’s Eye. The evil bird character dude was fooking scary to a 7 year old me. The reading/writing stuff was probably a bit easy for me, too.
Can still remember the theme tune tho.
Heh - yeah i remember that, where they went through the mural on the school wall
slight tangent but Granny’s Garden was also sweaty palms time despite the low res look and feel. Basically the Blair Witch Project on 8-bit
Yes!! Gotta love a BBC computer Granny Garden sesh. I always remember the “hidden word” in one scene was “fig” and it wasn’t hidden unless you had a severe case of colourblindness.
The test card. The girl looks past you with that 'enigmatic' smile. Humpty just sits there looking stoned. The game of noughts and crosses will never be finished.
Carrie”s War. That skull. Agree Secret Garden creepy,
Minkie, yep it was brilliant. Actually on ITV (Thames TV).
https://youtu.be/Ei7i7RFvrUM
The tv test card girl (now old lady) was on QI. She still had the clown. Even creepier
Tales of the Unexpected The Black Nun. Beyond creepy
Yeah. The clown was creepy as fook. Somehow, a few pints had wiped that one. Lot to be said for drinking.
Technically Elephant TOTU was not schools TV. I think it was even post-watershed.
But yes, some were quite disturbing, despite most of them being totally expected.
Yes you are right. It was evening TV. I remember being scared on the way to Brownies.
Geordie Racer!
Featuring (as i have just now realised) the guy from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Badger Girl was just plain odd.
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