10 Forgotten British TV Shows of the 70s
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- It’s time to take another stroll down nostalgia alley and revisit some of the shows from British TV of the 1970s that you may not necessarily remember. I've picked ten series to feature in the video and I'll also let you know where you can watch these hidden or overlooked gems.
This is 10 Forgotten British TV Shows of the 70s
00:23 Ace of Wands with Michael MacKenzie
01:23 Joker's Wild with Barry Cryer
03:48 The Feathered Serpent with Patrick Troughton
05:41 Cooking Price-Wise with Vincent Price
06:40 General Hospital with Lynda Bellingham
07:45 Carry On Laughing with Sid James
08:49 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club with Bernard Manning
09:52 Target with Patrick Mower
10:50 The Duchess of Duke Street with Gemma Jones
11:47 The Protectors with Robert Vaughn
12:45 Video Highlights
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I’m so thankful I grew up in the 70s, an amazing decade for tv and music.
You sound just like me. If I was granted one wish, it would be that things could be like they were back then. It gets my goat when people, who weren't even there, tell me I'm looking back through rose tinted spectacles. We know things WERE better back then.
Who can forget Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris?
@@derekruairc334 Very clever. So what are you saying, because there were some perverts about it wasn't better back then? There are a thousand times more perverts about now. We didn't have muslim rape gangs back then either.
Crystal Tips and Alistair…..who remembers that one!
I don't remember it but have seen repeats and wasn't keen. With the exception of The Snowman I've never liked things with no speech. No dialogue makes knowing and relating to characters much harder.
I know some viewers love the freedom of a blank canvas and there is the advantage of the stories crossing language barriers. I just find human insight and interaction fascinating so say bring on narration and conversation!
Did they live in a tower block?
@henryjamesnigel No, that was Mary, Mungo and Midge - which I highly recommend checking out on RUclips as it's delightful!
@@sajamor0811 thanks.
@henryjamesnigel That was Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Sapphire & Steel was worth a look.
Bought box set of Sapphire & Steel on DVD. It was pretty dark and unnerving at times, almost Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror when you boil it down - Lumley and McCallum were excellent in it.
Full of menace, for sure....but does it really work? I honestly only liked a couple of the exploits, with the rest falling pretty flat. That ending certainly shocked, I'll give you that!
I couldn't work out was that was all about - "Sapphgire and Steel have been assigned" WTF does that mean ? Assigned by whom and to what ?
@@who9387 By supernatural / extra dimensional entities to control malevolent other supernatural / extra dimensional entities.
@@BaseDeltaZero1972 faceless geezer still makes me watch it through my fingers 45 years on.
Even a snippet of Avenues and Alleyways , and im whisked off back to the 70s 😊
I love that song, and I agree with you. Watching the series again takes my mind back to happier days.
The Duchess of Duke Street, was Gemma Jones, not Craven.
Thanks for the correction. Don't know why I said Craven!
You must have had a craving
Perhaps she was hiding her identity because of the homicidal tendencies that manifested themselves in Midsomer Murders and Death In Paradise!
John?
My mum loved that. Certain programmes she had to watch. Upstairs, Downstairs and The World at War. Also, Secret Army, and Prisoner, Cell Block H. I used to moan, but I'd give anything to sit and watch with her now. 😢
I found out about a lot of great 70's programmes in LOOK-IN. Bought it every week with my pocket money.
@garytilford6503.
I bought every Look-in magazine when it first came out, from January 1971 until the end of 1972.
@@redblade8160 I started buying them around 74/75 when I was 7/8 years old when Space 1999 and The Six Million Dollar Man were huge. Wish I'd kept them actually.
I used to enjoy looking at the schedules of all the different tv series (a reason why some didn't see some shows then as they weren't syndicated) ( what a geek!).
@@jaysterling26
What are you talking about?
@@redblade8160 I got my mum to buy look and learn.. but I was a bit of an egg head
Bring back Crown Court!!! The theme tune still runs deep in my memory..
It’s currently on afternoons on Freeview in UK, often they run the whole case consecutively so no waiting another lunchtime for the… Verdict!
@@Mudge07 thanks... Don't watch terrestrial TV but will do so to record a few..
crown court re-runs are on the talking pictures channel - the theme tune was the b side to the van der valk #1 single by the simon park orchestra - it is called distant hills i think.
I watched it last week, and Victor Meldrew was a QC! 😂
@@mrgobrien thanks for that..
Does anyone remember shows such as Catweazle? Ghosts Of Motley Hall? Follyfoot? The Adventures Of Black Beauty? The Kids From 47A ? Worzel Gummidge? The Tomorrow People ?
All of the above! And Rent-A-Ghost.
I watched most of those and there was a novelization of The Ghosts of Motley Hall which I remember.
wow JUST WOW takes me back to sitting with my mum and dad ,thanks so much for putting this together, a time when you had not a care in the world and felt truly happy ,the 1970s to 2024 like night and day x
They were great days indeed. Glad you enjoyed the video. Many thanks!
The Feathered Serpent still gives nightmares ! I was 10 in 1976.
Great series Diane Keen first crush alongside Joanna Lumley in Sapphire and Steel
Fantastic series. I still remember it. I also loved Timeslip and Tomorrow People.
I was a couple of years older and mostly watched it for Diane Keen.
Diane Keen was nice. Joanna Lumley in Sapphire & Steel, and later as Purdey in the New Avengers, was most lad's dream. Very sensual voice. In Ab Fab, it totally ruined it for me. Sorry.
@@polythenewrappedme6102 New Avengers predates Sapphire & Steel. I've never found Lumley to be even remotely attractive, not even as a teenage boy; she's borderline ugly to me. She was quite good in Absolutely Fabulous, but no more or less attractive.
Ha ha , The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. Best of order now!
The pies have arrived!
Members of the Committee!!!
I'll have a half Jacko
My mother and grandmother loved this show
Avenues & Alleyways is one of the great theme songs. I believe Tony Christie lives here in Staffordshire.
Robinson Crusoe, Flashing Blade, Follyfoot, White Horses, Tarzan, Daktari, Flipper, Skippy, Wacky Races, Stingray. Superlative and evocative theme tunes. The opening and closing credits were memorable
Loved Tarzan flipper and skippy
@@yweiden *"Tarzan, Flipper, and Skippy: Attorneys at Law"*
Oh yes a few of these were always broadcast during the school summer holidays Robinson Crusoe in black and white with its awesome haunting tune for the credits, A Flashing Blade with its awful dubbing of the French languace into English, still loved watching it, We also Had The Banana Splits, that was really barmy but soooo funny. Then there was Here Come The Double Deckers that created some famous adult actors and Pop Stars i.e Jane Seymour (Solitaire in Live and Let Die) Brindsley Ford (Aswads lead singer and of course Melvyn Hayes (It Aint Half Hot Mum and many more) He wasnt one of the kids, playing the only adult role that I can remember, he never seemed to age ? Those were the days, im now 64 now but I could still sit and watch these timeless classics all day long.
I remember all these and enjoyed them all. I loved Ace of Wands and The Feathered Serpent, it felt as though children were being treated as grown-ups. Thank you for posting these memories.
My pleasure!
I think I can remember someone due to be sacrificed on the Feathered Serpent being saved due to an eclipse which one of the characters had predicted would happen. Great show.
Cat weasel and also the Tomorrow People. Ooh, and the Double Deckers please.
That Central TV ident and jingle still takes me right back to the mid eighties.
Central always brings Crossroads to mind to this viewer...
@PaulAnderson Likewise, and it still gets played before the showing of any episode of Auf Wedersehen, Pet. (Wednesday evenings, 9pm, not sure wat channel, I didn't take any notice)
@@danieladams9950 Yes, good one. I've been looking for the seventies Crossroads title sequence where the captions run horizontally. During the sequence there's a BR Class 118 DMU in the background. So iconic of The Midlands.
@@paulanderson7796 :... very happy days...!!
Brilliant, half of these shows I never heard of, I must have been doing my homework or out playing footie on the park! The Tomorrow people, Blake's 7 and The Freewheelers, comes to mind, I used to love these shows.
Blake's 7....... Lol, now was there ever a tackier more over-rated sci-fi show? Yet it had massive audiences..... Ditto 'Space 1999'
@occamraiser i didn't get into 'B7' until later ( Avon & and the ' evil lady'( name?) were the attraction.
Space 1999 had great toys ( UFO & other shows had similar)- still got my metal moon lander .
@@jaysterling26 ^ Servalan.
I never liked Blakes 7 but loved UFO and Space 1999. Great days.
@@occamraiser The first series of both Blake's 7 and Space 1999 were excellent but both went downhill after that following major changes, like removing Blake from Blake's 7!
It's strange how some comedy dramas that got 15 million viewers are now never shown like Moody and Pegg (released by Network), Beryl's Lot (not released anywhere) and anthology series like Thriller, Orson Welles Great Mysteries (both released by Network) and Love Story (nearly released by Network but cancelled). Hopefully Talking Pictures may be able to show them one day.
Some great shows there.
Fair play to you for mentioning Moody & Pegg and Beryl's Lot. Both great series. I watched them in my late teens.
Someone on YT has uploaded the first six episodes from series one of Beryl's Lot. I think the channel is called Rare TV or something very similar sounding. It's a shame those great programmes that attracted record audience are not shown but it's pretty obvious to most why they don't.
@@QuoPaperPlaneI genuinely don't know why it's obvious.. can you say why?
@@halloeverybodypeeps Copyright infringement? I saved many videos by the BBC of historical dramas from the 1970’s. They have all been taken down by RUclips.
Another forgotten 70s game show was 'Quick on the draw'. It featured well known cartoonists such as Bill Tidy, Willie Rushton and...errr...Rolf Harris. It was usually hosted by Tidy. The premise of the show was that one of the panel members was given a well known phrase, saying, nursery rhyme, etc which they had to illustrate for the others to guess.
Hilarious programme that I loved watching back in the day. I think the regular host was Michael Bentine.
The Phoenix and the Carpet springs to mind though it's mostly the title sequence that I can recall.
Now that's a great blast from the past.
Based on the children's books of the same name by E Nesbit. It's a sequel to "Five Children and It". She also wrote "The Railway Children".
Plot, They hatch a phoenix, he tells them the carpet is magic, they have adventures.
A predecessor to Enid Blyton and set in Edwardian times. Much better written though.
I'm pretty certain the Phoenix and the Carpet, was broadcast in the 1980s, not the 1970s, but correct me if I'm wrong?
That was on in the late 70's, with the first episode being on in the early New Year, as I remember. It will be forever tainted by the fact that it was on, on a day or so before we had to go back to school after Christmas!
@@excession3076 I remember the special effects weren't great, even for then. Very Doctor Who and Blake's 7 with a touch of blue screen thrown in.
Very good again stu I'm 62 and it's great looking back at things on your channel absolutely brilliant well done. 👍
Many thanks!
The Clifton House Mystery, Sapphire and Steel, and Kizzy !! Also movies like The Belstone Fox and Amazing Mr.Blunden - all personal favs of mine! 👍🥰
As a kid i used to be enthralled by the six-a-side medieval battles fought in Arthur Of The Britons.
I laughed at Sid James' joke... Does that make me old? I was nearly Bernard Manning's piano player, so I guess I am. 😉
thts nothing,, I was kaiser Bills batman
@@briancarno8837😂
WHen the opening credits for the featered serpent came on, every hair on my body stood up as from some distant 8 year old's memory a bell rang!!!!!
I remember The Protectors well. It was very big in NZ because of Nyree Dawn Porter. Great theme song from Tony Christie.
Loved wheel tappers, and the good old days, spent Saturdays with my brother down grans, hated growing up cos always felt always safe in those days, don't anymore and im59
Fun fact: Judy Loe who co-starred in "Ace of Wands" is the mother of Kate Beckinsale.
Judy Loe was HOT!
@@tonybrett5209 so is Kate Beckinsale!!!
Her husband was the sadly mssed Richard Beckinsale of Rising Damo¡ and Porridge. His other daughter Samantha was in `London´s Burning
@@keithyork8226an actress - see that bloody awful film Pear Harbour - also in Van Helsin
Remember The Feathered Serpent very well, it was the first programme we watched in colour on our own big 21" tv. Another obscure children's show we used to watch was The Georgian House where kids could transport themselves back in time. Anyone else remember that one?
Thanks for the reminder of The Georgian House. That's definitely one to add to the list for a future video.
I was trying to remember the title of the mid-seventies kids tv show where they were able to jump back in time by going through a hidden door, maybe "Children of the Stones" or "The Secret Garden"?
@@ryszard68 It's definitely not Children of the Stones. I vaguely remember a programme called Tom's Midnight Garden, was it that one?
@@garytilford6503 - that's the one ! Thank you I've been trying to think of the title for yonks !
Yup. I remembered The Georgian House.
I remember all of them. l I probably picked up more in the way of language skills from General Hospital and Crown Court than school thanks to long absences through illness as a youngster. .
I think General Hospital was on immediately after Crown Court. I used to come home for dinner but was often late back waiting for the "verdict." I must have been off sick when GH was on. Another show that I remember on "sick" days was Farmhouse Kitchen with the lovely old lady.
The Tomorrow People
The Water Margin
UFO
These are just three I Thught of and hoped you would show when I first saw this Video.
The Tomorrow People were brilliant, and UFO is probably the greatest alien sci-fi ever.
The Water Margin theme song was in the charts. May have been number 1. I still have it. Martial arts was big in the 70s. David Carradine in Kung-Fu, anyone?
"Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for one day it may become a dragon"
Oh my goodness! You are taking me back. I loved every one of these. I hadn't thought of them in years. Thanks!
Thanks to Network, who put so much time and effort restoring a lot of of all those wonderful series. Such a disaster they went bankrupt a few years ago.
I loved the Duchess of Duke Street. It showed on PBS in the US, and my female friends and I were avid watchers. It was our introduction to Gemma Jones (who's wonderful in everything she does), and we all had a crush on Christopher Casenove.
Thanks for the reminder of "The Feathered Serpent". I first saw this in the 70s here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was wonderful seeing Patrick Troughton, the favourite Dr Who of our family, playing a sinister role.
That was spooky 😲 I was just looking at a listing of The Prtectors when you mentioned it. It was in a copy of the TV Times from 1973 and was on Tuesday 13th November at five past seven.
Wow, now that is spooky.
Loved Ace Of Wands and a kids drama called Sky about this eerie kid from another planet
Yeah he had blonde hair and jet black eyes if I remember correctly.
@@garytilford6503I think it was because we watched it in black and white but I remember a continuity announcer referring to his blue eyes. I think Southern TV made it.
Correction: It was by HTV.
@@davepoole9520 Good point, I don't remember seeing any colour photos in Look-in either. He wasn't from Arakis was he?
Some great memories there. I'm old, so remember them all. Just a few more... Robert's Robots, Freewheelers, Spring and Autumn, Alexander the Greatest, The Zoo Gang.
Some great shows there.
I loved the Zoo gang, Barry Morse such a lovely chap!
@@traceyg6458he was in Space 1999.
@@rw8733 yes he certainly was, met him at a few signings, also bumped into him one day up at Epping and had a lovely chat as we walked back to the tube station, fond memories 🙂
Freewheelers,yes that was a good watch back then.
One almost forgotten series from c 1972, I rediscovered on an old DVD was called Pretenders, set at the time of the Duke Of Monmouth's rebellion. Quite heavy for a children's drama, with fruity language, but I loved it! Children wouldn't have the patience for that kind of slower drama today. HTV did their best in recreating battles and regiments with a few actors. The theme music is outstanding. Now an overlooked period piece. It was an outstanding time. pre-PC woke - when TV didn't have to tick boxes or put trigger warnings about ludicrous things.
Joker's Wild was superb. Watched reruns of that in the 90s. Blew me away the talent on show.
I used to 💖 Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club, when I was a kid. It was the epitome of the 1970s, ironic, politically incorrect humour. Many varied acts, ranging from comedians to singers and 'the commitee has decided' was really a pun on the trade unionist commandering of that time. Ah those were the days, the good ol 70s, the only decade I truly miss! 🤗🤩
I remember seeing the odd episode of Joker's Wild on telly when we were on holiday (we didn't have one at home) and mum and dad loved the series. In fact it must have been on in 1970/71 when we were renting a house - dad was posted elsewhere and we went with him for the year - because I can remember mum and dad discussing it and laughing so they must have been watching it each week. That's something I'd totally forgotten about and I never knew the name, thank you for a very happy memory from my childhood. I'm going to look it up on RUclips, in fact I've just done that. Quite a few episodes including the first ever episode and the unaired pilot episode. Will be watching them this weekend.
Target was great, loved that series - that and the Sweeney being two of the first tv cop shows I remember as we got our tv in 1977
My neighbour loved the Duchess of Duke Street and watched it every week, I've seen some episodes - same with The Brothers which she also enjoyed - but don't really remember much about it.
My daughter loves The Protectors, she even has the series on DVD.
Thanks for a brilliant episode yet again.
So glad the video has brought back some happy memories!
I watched The Feathered Serpent on the ABC in Australia. At the time I was obsessed with it. So weird, so dark. I actually couldn't remember the name of the show, but the second it popped up on your video it all came flooding back.
I recall the Feathered Serpent very well, along with Ace of Wands, Jokers Wild, as for The cookery show can't recall seeing an episode, I remember General Hospital being on but can't say I remember seeing an episode . Carry on Laughing I watched avidly and I have a DVD of one that was given away free a few years back with one of the popular daily newspapers. Wheeltappers with its working mans club look I saw regularly. Did watch Target, not particularly memorable, The Protectors I watched and the theme tune was very memorable, I can still recall the lyrics.
The children's TV that left the strongest impression on me were The Tomorrow People & Children of the Stones. Great music and bold drama that had faith in it's 70s kid audience.
Great Video.
I very much Remember The Feathered Serpent.
And the Protectors.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks!
I remember this show, but couldn't remember it's name.
And The Persuaders.
The Protectors was syndicated in the United States and was well received by those of us who loved British action series (See The Avengers, The Saint, and Secret Agent Man). I grew up wanting to be Nyree Dawn Porter and getting a boyfriend like Robert Vaughn (who I was too young to remember as the Man from UNCLE). Thank you for stirring our memories.
The Feathered Serpent , I was wracking my memory for this strange series from my youth , Thx .
I remember ‘take another look’
Great programme
I only remember Carry on Laughing as i attended the same school as Bernard Bresslaw
I remeber watching the Feathered Serpent in the late 70s, it was so good.
Brilliant.
Randomly came across this and,( I’d assume), because it’s perfect for my age , it really has brought some memories from way back in the day.
The Protectors is a perfect no.1
I can still remember watching it with my Mom and Dad when a very young child.
So nostalgic !!!
I remember Ace of Wands back in the 1970s, it was one the kids programmes that were always broadcast just as I got home after school (well here in the midlands anyway) I remember it that well that I can still remember what day of the week it was shown and it was every wednesday, bit weird how I remember that when I often cant remember what happened yesterday. I really liked this series which also had a catchy theme tune (I still remember how that went too). Its not the only kids programme from the 70s that is no longer available for broadcast, another of the iconic midweek classic kids programmes from that era was the Freewheelers, starring William Franklin I was really gutted when I found out that every episode of this brilliant programme were all destroyed in a fire. It also had a theme tune that you will never forget.
You can add the police drama, 'New Scotland Yard'. Lead actor John Woodvine, as Chief superintendent Kingdom, was stepwise upstaged by his sinister sidekick, Inspector, later Sergeant Alan Ward, chillingly played by 'Emergency-Ward 10' alumnus, John Carlisle. His Gestapo-like character may well have been the inspiration for Peter Miles' portrayal of Nyder in the Dr Who series 'Genesis of the Daleks'.
Speaking of the Gestapo, what about Colditz?
@@rw8733 Yes indeed. Watch out for Anthony Valentine, brilliant as Nazi-party member and deputy Kommandant, Major Horst Mohn. Also another of David McCallum's great roles as RAF officer Simon Carter.
I remember The Feathered Serpent really well... especially the intro sequence. Gave 5 year old me a few sleepless nights. I remember it was shown around the same time as The Georgian House, another forgotten 70's gem that wasn't anything like as potentially trauma inducing as The Feathered Serpent, but still gave me nightmares over that weird possessed artefact that allowed them to travel through time to the Georgian era.
As a kid I remember Time Slip and The Tomorrow People. There was a scifi program about Tripods but I can't remember the name of it. Hadleigh was also a drama that I remember. Would love to see these in a list.
Thanks for the suggestions.
The one about Tripids was called The Tripods - mid 80s
My mum watched Hadleigh and Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
Nice one stu! Just for laughs was a must watch for me
Another record kept of historic treasures. I'm always impressed by the commentator. The 70's was a time of art and media experimentation. The 60's was a dynamic time after the war for the young to make new roads out of a crazy world 🌍 event. The 70's in Britain was a consolidation of normalising the home 🏡 These shows from 50 years ago had their own warm and fuzzy way of treating the TV 📺 as a consistent and comforting family get together. Sid James and others brought COMEDY after the Music 🎶 revolution of the 60's (the Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie +). It's no surprise that as they evolved the 70's shows there was a lot of experimenting and cast swapping to get the best formulas. Shows got lost in constant reshuffle to get a good result. God bless 💎
Thanks Mark. A wonderful summary of 70s television from you there.
Some great programmes there. 'Ace of Wands' - great to see again, and 'Target', which I preferred to other shows at the time. General Hospital - do you remember the porter called Capper? John Halstead. I met him once. Just as chirpy in real life.
Just writing a draft of my own comment and noticed the same train of thought about the genial porter, Capper. His storylines were always tinged with misadventure and system beating; he was a vital character in making the fantasy a little more real.
CAPPER! Yes!
I have been trying to remember The Feathered Serpent for decades. The music made me so uneasy as a kid. Thank you Stu.
I was the same for years , the setting sun and music of the end titles were burned into my memory
@@stevedickson5853 I have memories of the end sound over the Thames TV ident. Whenever I tried explaining it, no one had a clue what I was on about.
@rcfools same here, I can remember asking my parents and older brothers who actually watched it with me years later what was that tv show with trumpet music and a speeded up setting sun and it had a witch in it ( only character i could remember)with a horrible doll, they looked at me clueless same with my mates, I simply ended up typing into Google tv show with setting sun at end titles a few years ago now and eventually found it then immediately got the dvd, I knew I wasn't going mad lol 👍
It's nice to be reminded of those long-lost TV shows, TV shows in those days were much better than the rubbish they put on today.
One program I'd love to see is 'The Danedyke Mystery'. All I've been able to find so far is the first episode on the 'Look-Back' volume 3 DVD.
Wow, now that's a buried treasure.
@@stuviewtv One other that I remember from my childhood was a kids cartoon called 'Sport Billy'. I think it was a world cup mascot or something. I loved that show as a kid.
Thanks for these memories! I loved Ace of Wands, and Duchess of Duke Street.
My pleasure!
This was just great, Stu. So many memories spring to mind. Best wishes from Cheltenham. 😊
Many thanks and all the best as always!
I remember almost all of these with the exception of the Vincent Price cookery show. I wasn't enthused by the reminder of the Wheeltappers' and Shunters' Social Club; l even at the age of around eight, I thought it very poor!!
Yes, I really didn't like it at all.
Funnily enough, Target was produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, who the BBC had removed as producer of Doctor Who for making it too violent (having made probably the best run of stories in the show's history between 1975 and 1977), replacing him with Graham Williams, who actually created Target, with a specific brief to cut out the violence. Also, as a Genesis fan, I find it funny that the main character in Target is called Steve Hackett, especially as Steve Hackett's first solo album opens with a track called Ace of Wands.
Hi. Great video, thank you. Made me feel quite melancholy. The 70s was the best decade for being a child. I was born in 62 so it was my era. I remember all the programmes mentioned very well. Anyone for a bit of 'Monkey' or 'Water Margin'?
I have fond memories of watching The Water Margin, particularly the fantastic theme tune.
@@stuviewtv Not to forget good old Burt Kwouk for the narration.
I loved the Feathered Serpent and the music reminds me of the haunting soundtrack to the Children of the Stones.
Children of the stones is brill , shot in 76 when it didn't rain, ever lol
Scared me to death. Very creepy. And the music. Also, The Jensen Code.
I have the D.VD. I plan to watch it soon
@@rw8733 Jenson Code? I'll have to look it up.
I have all the Feathered Serpent on DVD - it is _way out there_ in a good way. As a boy just home from school at the time it aired I was quite besotted with the young Diane Keane (still am actually). Must dig that out again 🐧
I've had a word with the committeeeee and it's been agreeeed that this was a great video
Your comment about the TV you watched when being ill and off school reminded me of 'The Amazing World of Kreskin'. I was quite a critical thinker from an early age but I was in awe of these illusions, they really made me think that the possibility that ESP etc could be real. They are probably laughable parlor tricks now, but at the time...
Barry Cryer played a small theatre near us. I honestly haven't laughed so much since. What a comic genius. I was so saddened when he left us.
I used to like Kreskin, it was such a random sort of show! Like half an hour at lunchtime. He was so talented that guy.
He was great. I seem to link his show with Weekend World?
@@rw8733 Weekend World was on at Sunday lunchtime. Maybe at one time Kreskin was shown on Sunday as well, not sure.
@@carolebarker2195 I'm not certain. I was young. Kreskin and I share a birthday 🎂
@@rw8733 Oh right! 12th January?
8/10 utterly forgotten - i.e. no, I never watched them.
However, I had no recollection that Wheeltappers was on for such a short time as I remember that very well.
Duchess of Duke Street certainly well remembered and not forgotten by me.
Ah yes, that broken microphone!
On behalf of the committee
This brings back memories of being home with my mum and dad
I still love The Feathered Serpent, luckily I've got the DVD's
I watched The Feathered Serpent when it was first screened and loved it. I finally got around to buying the series on dvd last year.
I actually watched an episode of The Protectors quite recently, I'm surprised that one is forgotten as it used to be repeated quite a lot. I remember Target as well , I was a kid when it was on but I really liked it, that and Return Of The Saint. It was the main charater Hackett I remembered it by though, I'd forgot it's proper title.
General Hospital is one of those I remember out of this lot. The theme tune being instantly recognisable. As mentioned, the Carry On Laughing series featured on DVDs of Carry On films. And, was the only time I saw them, with the original broadcasts being long after my bed-time! The Wheel-tappers and Shunters Social Club does invoke some memories, but they're pretty vague. I can't have watched it regularly, and was probably lucky to witness it on tv at all. I equate it with Saturday nights, for some reason. I assume that's when it was shown. The Duchess of Duke Street was very much in the same vein as Upstairs, Downstairs. Another series I somehow remember despite it being in a time slot I would normally not be allowed to stay up to watch. Maybe another Saturday night job?
'Within These Walls', was another series I remember watching at a time not allotted to my usual viewing schedule as a youngster. A series that would be one of the influences for Prisoner: Cell Block H, with Erica Davison looking very much like Googie Withers character, Faye Boswell.
You're right about Wheeltappers and The Duchess of Duke Street. They were both broadcast on Saturday nights.
Fun facts... Gerry Anderson said that The cast and crew who made the protectors were secretly relieved when the show was cancelled because it was incredibly stressful to make. They had to make it at breakneck speed and because each 25 minute (excluding adverts) episode was action packed the writers struggled to knock out the scripts fast enough too and the actors and directors were exhausted when the show got cancelled.
Another fun fact was that during the first series of Wheeltappers, a real bar serving real alcohol was used. The audience were regularly sloshed once the cameras started filming. I gather that changed for the second series.
And I'm not that surprised Vincent Price did a cookery show for a UK television broadcaster. Price was a well known Anglophile who was always looking for excuses to visit the UK. He had many friends in Britain and, asides from British ancestry, he had trod the boards in provincial UK theatres as a youth so he was always looking for reasons to stay there. If he got offered a job, like the Haywards Pickled Onions one he did ("The pickle that bites back") or appearing in that horror film he did with Kenny Everett, then he would race over from the US and hang out with friends like Christopher Lee, Laurence Olivier or Michael Winner.
Two great kids mini series rom the era that should be mentioned. The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976 I think) and The Clifton House Mystery (1978?). Both great kids entertainment, the latter having a spooky side to it.
So when he went back to the US, to hang out with his British Actor/Director friends.
So good to see again, well done. I used to love Hazell, the detective series. I recently watched The First Churchills on RUclips and I doubt people these days would keep up with the dialogue.
I completely missed the Feathered Serpent-looks terrifying. Ace of Wands had a lot going for it. ITV sf shows were not too shabby-Timeslip, The Tomorrow People-all great.
I loved General Hospital. The rabies episode was the best.
Wow, I had no idea The Feathered Serpent was just a kids show [I never knew the name until now, thank you!!]. I was born in 72, but still to this day have vivid memories of the intro and certain aspects of it, I presumed I was recalling a hardcore adult TV show along the lines of the movie Caligula!!!!
Well I remembered 9 out of the 10 Gems you showed here -Ironically as a huge fan of Vincent Price I didn't remember that cookery one at all! but I subscribed as soon as you said "The Feathered Serpent" Great list and thanks for bringing back those memories!
Many thanks.
Some other forgotten UK TV gems from this era include Magpie, The Changes, Children of The Stones, and there were two shows presented by Alan Taylor - Mr & Mrs (the one with the soundproof booth), and a SF kids' show, "broom cupboard" style, which had a title like "Outer Space."
Gods - there are so many quiz shows from this era which you really need to cover, just to let people know how utterly bonkers the late '60s and '70s were. Like The Golden Shot.
While I'm at it, you need to bring up David Nixon, who was pulling crap stage magic tricks years before Paul Daniels.
I watched Children of the stones a couple of weeks back here on YT. Someone mentioned it, and I could not remember if I had seen it. I think I must have watched some episodes and missed others, because some was familiar but not all. It is actually quite deep for a kids show. The way people can be manipulated and so on. The odd thing is everybody appears to say ´Happy Days´ a lot now and that s one of the signs you had been brainwashed in the series! Made me laugh, because I think that when someone says it now! It is such an annoying, stupid thing to say. ,Ironically it is fine, but these people using it have no sense of irony. It is Ironic in itself that it used to denote unthinking obedience in the show too!
Funny you should mention David Nixon. His 1970's show was on the shortlist for this video. I may well feature him in a future one.
Regarding Alan Taylor probably thinking of Orbit, which was a HTV programme shown on Saturday mornings. A clip can be found on RUclips - I saw it in black and white thus did not realise how colourful it was!
Ali Bongo was a magician I remember watching in the 70’s too.
I also remembered 'The Changes' and commented on it. Another scary children's TV show.
Great stuff, I don't think I'd heard of any of them. I am going to hunt down The Protectors now, that sounds right up my street!
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Wheel tappers was filmed a lot at the legendary Batley variety club ,as they used to say up North you have not made it unless you played there
I did not know Ace of Wands or The Feathered Serpent, but I remember the rest. Joker's Wild was great but I had forgotten Barry Cryer once had dark hair! Target was great with Patrick Mower and I loved The Protectors with the 'Avenues and Alleyways theme. Some nice memories there.Thanks. 😊👍
Yes, it's a bit jarring seeing Barry Cryer with dark hair isn't it? Glad you enjoyed the memories! Many thanks as always.
Great video as always. Just 2/10 remembered for me-The Protectors and Wheeltappers and Shunters
I thought I'd never heard of the feathered Serpent until you played the opening titles. Blimey.
The Feathered Serpent is one of my abiding memories of 70's televison. It seemed so exotic and far removed from everyday life. Diane Keaton had a special attraction for me as a teenager.
I remember Jokers Wild. Great comedy!
DVD packages are available but their prices are ridiculously high.
I have the full DVD set of The Protectors. Thrilling stuff with my favourite UNCLE - Robert Vaughn.
Finding the identity of the half remembered show, "Ace of Wands" was one of the first times I used the Internet to find something. I knew it was a TV show about a magician named Tarot and I was able to find it.
Other shows that could be on this list are "The Double Deckers", "Follyfoot" and the excellent, "Timeslip".
My two now in their 40's loved The Moon Child. It was set in the area around the Uffington White horse and Waylands Smithy. We drove them there and spent a day searching out where various parts had been filmed. It taught us that the camera does lie. Things were not as we expected. Still, a great series and lovely place.
Good Lord … Diane Keen in the Feathered Serpent. Absolutely lovely.
Crikey - General Hospital. As you say - only ever seen if you were off sick (or slammin') from school. I enjoyed Jokers Wild - anything with Barry Cryer is worth a look - and I loved the Duchess of Duke Street. Great stroll down memory lane - thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Hello Stu🙋♀️ At first, I thought I was not going to know any of the 70s shows as I had never heard of the first four series. Oh yes... I have certainly heard of “Carry on Laughing” as I had the zany theme tune on vinyl!! At the time, I was a huge fan of “Carry On” and loved the TV 📺 comedy 🎭 Series. I also enjoyed “The Duchess of Duke Street.” But I must correct you Stu: The title character was played by GEMMA JONES. Now more famous as the Mother of Bridget Jones. Thanks for the wonderful nostalgic reminder...
Yes, I dropped a clanger with Gemma Jones! Don't know why I said Craven. Many thanks as always Alison.
Yes, I remember some of these. I remember The Duchess Of Duke Street as the really dull programme in between The Two Ronnies & Match Of The Day.
A couple of others I can think of are, "Spyder's Web" which was about spies I think, and "The Pink Medicine Show" which was a comedy sketch show on a Friday evening. Every sketch had a doctor in it.
Strange how most of the forgotten shows were on ITV, isn't it? I wonder why.
A couple of really forgotten ones there!
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Remember most of those. The protectors was run on itv4 a cpl of years back. Along with the champions and randall and hopkirk which are well worth a watch.
The Duchess of Duke street was broadcast here in America and I loved it as a teenager. I had a major crush on Gemma Jones. And it’s Gemma Jones not Craven who is also wonderful
Yes, a mistake on my part with the wonderful Gemma Jones.
A bit disappointed that 'Squirrels' was so forgotten it did not make the list. Watching that established working in an anonymous office as my career path. Sad but true.
It was another one of those firm favourites for days off sick, along with 'General Hospital' and 'Crown Court'.
Its the Post Apoc stuff I liked the most, Doomwatch, Survivors, Day of the Triffids, Tripods and No blade of grass.