First TV programme memory

Somebody at the Sunday School I went to at the time had the bright idea of setting hymns to TV themes. The one that has stuck was set to the Z Cars theme, and it's all I can think of when I hear that tune! "God is good, he comes before us, so that we can sing his praise, giving thanks for all his goodness (goodness), as we learn his wondrous ways".

January '62 - September '78 apparently. We were young teachers with no tv and a kind married teacher invited us to her home each week to watch it. Really loved that signature tune, still do, that and the Sharpe theme tune both send shivers down my spine!

It was the song ‘Johnny Todd he took a notion, for to cross the ocean wide, left his love, his only true love weeping by the Liverpool tide’ a great tune.

It was the Z cars tune I loved and the police cars.

Remember Fancy Smith ( Brian Blessed.)

Yes, we are all ages on here Wally probably 55 to 95.?
I can’t remember what year Z cars started but I was probably 14 or 15 or 16.

Puff n' stuff. The boy with the dragon . Could see all the string ? loved it though .

Tales of the Riverbank, Andy Pandy, Bill & Ben and the Woodentops. I was especially fascinated by Spotty Dog! Anyone else remember the Tufty Club? As I recall it was all about road safety?

Magic roundabout was my earliest TV memory as it was off to bed as soon as it finished! I loved The Clangers too especially the soup dragon (today’s version isn’t as good ?) I also enjoyed crackerjack and loved Blue Peter and Jackanory?

Muffin the Mule here too, and Watch with Mother , Andy Pandy etc

Also, Torchy the Battery Boy!

Muffin the Mule is my first TV memory I think, but there was also something called Whirlygig. Not sure exactly what it was but it had someone called Humphrey Lestoq in it and possibly a Mr Turnip (?) ... does anyone remember that?

Evenin’ all. Probably wouldn’t go down well today MD but it was enjoyable in its time.

This thread has brought back memories of so many favourites.
Has anyone mentioned Dixon of Dock Green ?

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

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

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.

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.

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

Wacky races brilliant

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.

I also loved Hectors House. Humphrey cushion always yawning haha

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 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.

lemongrove Sorry about the spelling.

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