First TV programme memory

JackyB Yes, that's right, I still remember the days the different programmes were on too! I was a bit older and used to enjoy it but felt it was rather beneath me, but I had the excuse of only watching because my little brother had it on! Definitely liked the Woodentops best. Wasn't too keen on Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
I remember the kittens too!

It’s Friday, it’s five to five and it’s.....Crackerjack!

Oh the memories. It's a cracker Jack pencil !!! Whoop whoop

My nan who lived next also got a TV for the Coronation and on Sunday teetimes I went next door to watch Sooty with nan.

My dad got hold of a engineering drawing for a ITV aerial he then set about making it. He put it on a pole that went halfway to the moon with huge steel guy ropes all round. It worked and we were one of the first people in our area to have ITV

Children's tv at five to six until six, magic roundabout. Andy panda , the herbs, belle and Sebastian , champion the wonder horse. Can't remember which was the earliest but fond memories.

A Primary school friend invited me to his house after school to watch his favourite programme, "Casey Jones" about an American steam train driver. All this watched in black and white on a 12" screen TV. I was open mouthed amazed.
It was another 11 years before my parents got a TV at home, still black and white.

Not actually my first memory, but I loved Pathfinders in Space/Pathfinders to Mars/Pathfinders to Venus. It was the forerunner of Doctor Who and all the other sci fi programmes. After years of talking about it and only finding one other person who'd heard of it, it came out on dvd and my son bought it for me.

I think it would be Andy Pandy and the Wooden Tops for me too. I'm not sure tbh.

Andy Pandy, Woodentops and Bill and Ben the Flowerpot men.
Also vaguely remember one called I think, Tales of the Riverbank.??

Muffin the Mule with Annette Mills. There was also a penguin called Peregrine.
Dad was in the army and about to be posted to Cyprus, then Egypt, so bought the TV to keep Mum company. It was only broadcast for about an hour early evening for the children’s programmes and then back on later for the adults.
Neighbours’ children used to come round to watch,
Never saw the coronation televised as, by then, we had gone out to Egypt to join Dad. We had the colour film flown out to watch the next day.

Z cars!
We didn’t have a tv until I was a young teenager.Did I miss much?

lemongrove Z cars was of it's time and we all enjoyed it but, I don't think it would be a goer for young people nowadays. Same as though we didn't have a TV until I was eighteen.

lemgrove I hasten to add I must be a fair bit older than you.

lemongrove Sorry about the spelling.

I can't remember if we had a TV before we moved to a brand new house in 1965 when I was 4 or 5. What was exciting was we had piped TV from British Relay which was basically cabling underground. You didn't need an aerial because you didn't connect to the transmitter in the old fashion way. It was like today's cable TV except there was no set top box and just the terrestrial channels. It meant we always had a perfect picture. Apparently the idea came from engineers trying to solve the problem of places surrounded by hills and mountains. Gloucester had it too. We rented our TV from Radio Rentals and got a newer model TV every two years.

I remember watching shows like Cracker Jack! and Scooby Do.

What a lovely post. I can remember the wooden tops and I also remember a very well spoken lady, with dark hair, talking to something, but I can’t remember exactly what. It may have been to Andy Pandy or some such puppet?

I also loved Hectors House. Humphrey cushion always yawning haha

Like many other here, my Dad rented a tiny tv for the Coronation and all our neighbours crowded in to watch that. This was the year I was due to start Secondary school, and as I was the first child on our housing estate to pass the 11+ I was invited to present a bouquet to the visiting Mayor at our Coronation street party, (which, fortunately, was held the following weekend, so no rain).
Back then Tele was only on for a very few hours each day, and needed to have curtains closed and lights off to watch it. Can remember my Dad eventually getting a magnifier to go in front of the screen, which (I think) brought it up to 12" - but meant could only be viewed by sitting directly in front. Then a small box on the side when ITV appeared to change channels. These tv's would take a very long time warming up and then (often) someone would have to keep trying different positions for the aerial to get a good picture.
I do remember Muffin, which I loved, but as I entered my teens tv lost interest for me largely, although I loved Wagon Train. Quatermass gave me nightmares for ages, although I was actually forbidden to watch it, but sat on the stairs so I could listen to it.

Wacky races brilliant

OMG yes Penelope pitstop yayyy. Catch that pigeon now! I loved it Menopaws

Our first television was delivered in the evening after I'd gone to bed. I was amazed when I was allowed to get up to see this fabulous thing. "The David Nixon Magic Show" was on and he magicked a little fairy who danced along his desk. I was enchanted, and told my teacher all about it the next day. I was five.

In the early '60s we used to go round to a friend's house to watch That Was The Week That Was.
We eventually got a tv in ?1968, and my favourite was a serial called The Forsyte Saga.

We were big fans of 'Lost in Space' and 'The Banana Splits' every Saturday.

ps to my post:
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/01/why-we-cant-get-enough-of-the-forsyte-saga/