Ancient telly programmes

Yes I believe it was soda.

Thank you SO much HazelG ! I’ve never met anyone else who knew about it !

Green Acres, The Hillbilly Family, The Partridge Family, Bewitched, and my absolute fave, The Monkees! Oh and Alias Smith and Jones. Cried when the actor, Pete Duel, killed himself. Bonanza. High Chapparal. Think I watched too much TV!

Tales of the Unexpected. Some were stupid, but a few really frightened me.

My mum used to listen to Mrs Dale’s Diary on the radio, which I think later became The Dales and was then followed by Waggoner’s Walk (I think). I vaguely remember being both scared and fascinated by A for Andromeda and am pleased to hear some of you others remember it! My first crush was the gorgeous Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood) - I also seem to remember admiring Little Joe in Bonanza. I vaguely remember a TV series called The Newcomers. Is anyone here old enough to remember something called Life with the Lyons? I think that is what is was called - my parents used to like it. Dad used to listen to Sing Something Simple which was on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. Even at my very young age, it made me cringe! Thanks for a great thread, so many memories.

The Flame Trees of Thika has recently been on Talking Pictures. I re-watched it and it was just as good second time round.

Might be worth checking on BBC i player catch up, Quatermass was on the archive category. We watched that again, too, and laughed all the way through it. it was so stagey.

I got it wrong, it was 77 Sunset Strip that had Ephram Zimbalist Junior and Cookie, not Route 66, although there was a Route 66 show.

I remember, in the 50s, BBC used to close down, after children's television, for an hour, unless Test Cricket was on. Again, my brain may be remiss. I think it was so children did their homework. I am sure someone can put me right.

I remember Stars on Sunday with Jess Yates

I'm another who remembers The Cedar Tree, set around the 1930s I think. Does anyone remember The Human Jungle? it starred Herbert Lom as a psychiatrist. Also a show called Mystery and Imagination, it was on late on Sunday night and was about ghostly/scary tales. I was allowed to stay up late to watch and I can remember being so spooked, I would wrap the blankets round me in bed and just leave a hole to breathe through

Thanks for the info on the Talking Pictures. I love the old black and white programmes and films.
The girl on Juke Box Jury 'I'll give it foyve' was Janis.
I remember so many programmes mentioned, although not quite old enough for Muffin the mule.
My nan had a crush on Dr.Finlay. She liked men with a big nose like me grandad.
Ask the Family quiz show
Harry Worth
What's My Line
Double your Money, Hughie Green
After school there was always an argument with my sister. She wanted to watch Jackanory and I wanted to watch Romper Room. Both on at the same time.
Crackerjack
Heidi
Black Beauty
Pugwash
Follyfoot
The Singing Ringing Tree ( that was weird)

Sorry to be pedantic but Janice Nicholls (oil give it foive) was on Thank Your Lucky Stars. I saw it being recorded a couple of times.

Thanks KatyK and everyone who answered. I never knew her name but it was Thank your Lucky Stars not Juke Box Jury which I also watched fervently. It must have been hard if they were on simultaneously.

I can remember not wanting to miss an episode of Compact or Emergency Ward 10.
No wonder I didn't do well in exams.

I liked the American westerns too. Wagon Train, Cheyenne and Rawhide.
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I loved 'Out of the unknown', especially the spooky music at the beginning. Also, Mystery and Imagination, introduced by David Buck, who I fancied. I still love Sci Fi/weird stuff.

I love Lucy with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, I loved that , I would watch Quatermass from behind the sofa, loved The Army Game, and I was in love with Robert Horton, who played the scout in Wagon Train, also loved little Joe in Wagon Train ,

Oh yes I Love Lucy was great. Also later I liked Rhoda.

Robert Horton creaked when he walked - all that leather. He was lovely.

I loved the Persuaders but my parents thought it was too old for me, if they went out for the evening when it was on, watched it.

Most of the girls in my class liked Roger Moore, I preferred Tony Curtis!

In the 70’s;

Opportunity Knocks
Golden Target ?
Comedy Specials
Coronation St
Play for Today
All the stars shows ;
Tom Jones, Andy Williams, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield.
Morcombe and Wise.

All these memories. I remember Bronco, another cowboy programme. Bronco Lane as I recall. I still remember lots of the theme tunes to these programmes.

I remember:-

77 Sunset Strip (loved it age 10)
Moon Landing 1969
Ready Steady Go
Emergency Ward 10
Compact
The Avengers
TOTP
The Prisoner

A little older .....
Survivors (the original one)
Shoestring
Butterflies
Bread
Edge of Darkness

Watch far more television now than I did in my youth
Never ever seen Morecombe and Wise though

Anyone remember 'Meet the penguins' in the 1950s...?. cardboard cutouts moved on sticks against a snowy mountain backdrop.... all to the theme tune of 'Don't you forget to wash your dirty beak......or you won't go to snowland 'long o' we' That really was a budget BBC programme

@HannahLoisLuke There are a couple of series of Bodies on BBC IPlayer. Its one of my favourites Jed Mercurio also wrote a series called Cardiac Arrest for ITV

In South Africa TV only became available (black & white) in 1976.
The programs I remember best were:
Z Cars
Rawhide
77 Sunset Strip and The Hillbillies

My favourites were:

Man About the House
The Likely Lads and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
The Good Life
The Vicar of Dibley
and more recently:
Friends (we are just watching from the start again - recorded from the tv)

Archie Andrews who was a ventriloquist dummy on the radio???
Muriel Young, children's presenter with Pussycat Willum

Dixon of dock green
Comedies like Never mind the quality, feel the width and
Steptoe and son. We always watched Ask the family and Tomorrow's World (so much came true!!)