TV programmes that bring memories back

I had a thing for George Clooney going back to his ER days, till I saw him in a scene where he had to run in his slippers in The Descendants. He's got a really weird running style. I had to let him down gently after that.

To put the thread back on track, can anyone remember The Time Tunnel, where they ran through a spinning stripey tube to travel through time? I loved it, but I bet the special effects would be hilarious now.

I remember the Time Tunnel! I think there was also a programme called Land of the Giants where the special effects were a bit odd. The scenery used to shake in Dr Who ( back in the William Hartnell days), but not as badly as in the school's programme Look and Read ( remember Wordy?) - I don't think they had much of a budget!

Oh maggiemaybe and how are you on intimate terms with Colin?Did he send you a signed photo and a personal letter, may I ask? I didn't mention this before but I actually had a letter I had sent to Radio Times about my devotion to P and P printed!! He, of course, would have read the item in RT and no doubt would have recognised my name. "Oh," he would have thought "There's that DanniRae again, what a super fan she is!"I look forward to reading your reply. (Just in case this is all written for your amusement but the RT bit is true)

Oh heck, I've been rumbled . I don't think I've ever even met a Colin in real life, but I do have a rather healthy imagination . I shall back out as gracefully as a woman of my build can and leave Colin to you...for the time being, mwahahaha.

Yes, Land of the Giants (says she, hurriedly changing the subject). Another one I loved! I enjoyed corny sci fi and I'm still a bit of a Whovian on the quiet, though I never have a clue what's going on.

I used to rush in from school to watch General Hospital. Before that I loved the series Black Beauty shown at Sunday teatimes.

Anyone remember the terror that was Quatermass? Frightened the bejaysus out of me as a child! I can still recall one particular episode that was set in a long disused underground tube station that had alien "pods", just waiting to hatch. Scared me witless! Must have been the late 1950s I think?

It scared me too Chewbacca!

I think Wagon Train has been mentioned and yes, it was Clint Eastwood who played Rowdy Yates and the other one was Robert Horton. Me and my sister had a major crush on him but we could only watch the prog on alternate weeks as we had to take turns with our lovely Dad who wanted to watch the news prog on 'the other side'. Another favourite was the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon with Jackie Pallance (?) and others whom I've forgotten - was it Giant Haystacks or he was he later on? Sometimes it was tag wrestling which was more exciting. I'm sure I'd hate it now.

Would Billy Two Rivers be one of the wrestlers NotToo? I used to sit with my dad and watch on a Saturday afternoon too! Lots of grunting and groaning to great effect I remember!

The wrestler was Jackie Pallo NotToo - Jack Pallance was an actor!

Jack Palance was in Shane . I used to love sitting with my dad watching the old Westerns on TV - this was one of my favourites, along with The Yearling and High Noon. Some of the Western series have been mentioned - Bonanza, The High Chaparral, Wagon Train. My mum preferred the Hollywood classics - Bette Davis was our favourite - Now, Voyager, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. And the Hammer Horrors on a Friday (?) night. Happy days!

Our TV set once burst into flames when mam and I were engrossed in a Hammer Horror. My dad was roused from his bed by the shrieking, walked calmly through the front room, returned with a bucket of water, threw it over the set and went back to bed. We had to go down to Rediffusion the next day for a new telly.

Hells bells Maggie!

Surprised that didn't put you off horror films for life!

I remember my dad letting me stay up one evening to watch Sunday Night at the London Palladium because some kind of insects were on - it was the Beatles!

Chewbacca I loved Quatermass. In later years there was another one which had lots of hippy type characters wandering and converging on Wembley Stadium where.... well I won't divulge what happened in case anybody has never seen it. I don't think it has ever been repeated but I would love to see it again (Now I am older -and- -wiser- probably believe it could happen) There was a haunting chant about 'Ringstone Round' which still haunts me. Does anyone else remember it?