P to S
The
channel that first showed it within the UK
Abc Xyz The title of the program
1963 The
year it first was shown in the UK
 Worth forgetting |
 Not bad |
 Worth remembering |
 A joy to remember |
 Major Nostalgia |
 Ultra
Nostalgia ! |
Paddington 1958
A silly bear obsessed with marmalade and a silly old duffle coat, took
the 5.40pm slot before the news. Created by Michael Bond.
(The) Partridge
Family
19??
(The) Perils
of Penelope Pitstop 19??
Major spin-off from Wacky Races, with both Penelope
Pitstop and the Anthill Mob involved. Having said that, it was still brilliant.
Pinky and Perky
1957
In the days when records could be played on 78 rpm as well as 45 rpm, it
didn't take long for someone to come up with the high speed voices of Pinky
and Perky.
Pipkins
1976
ITV's answer to Rainbow. With Hartley Hare (whose
hand was that of Nigel Plaskett of Vicks Sinex commercial- playing Malcolm),
Topov the Monkey and Pig it made an entertaining show.
Pixie and
Dixie
1959
Tom and two Jerry's, but to be fair, Mr Jinks was a very likeable rogue,
unlike the annoying mice. As Mr Jinks would say "I hate those Meeces
to pieces"
Playaway 1971
I suppose this went beyond Playschool, by extending the songs and story
lines. Presenters included Tony Arthur, Brian Cant,
Jeremy Ions
and Richard Stilgoe. The song was a simple Lyrick...P.L.A.Y., playaway
way playa playaway way playa playaway....etc 
Play
School
1964
This program had something for everyone. Either working
out the hands on the clock, or guessing which window we would look through,
this is the anchor of most children's nostalgia. There was Big Ted, Little
Ted, Hamble, Jemima and Humpty also being joined by 2 presenters among
Floella Benjamin, Brian cant, Dereck Griffiths, Johnny Ball (Zoey's dad)
and Fred Harris.
Please
Sir! 1968
I can remember watching this program about 5c, a class of unruly pupils
in the early seventies, that's it.
Pogles Wood
1966
One of my earliest memories of children's tv. This was about a family and
some type of squirrel thing.
Pottytime
1972
(The) Rag Trade 1961
Rainbow
1972
Suprisingly few people appreciate that amongst the 90% twaddle that
is involved in putting up with wimps like Geoffrey and Bungle, Zippy is
incredibly funny. Sad but true! Also a strange but true fact, when the
theme music starts, why does it sound like the backing vocals say "Berlin
wall"!, just before the main vocals start singing, "Up above the streets
and houses......" ?
Record Breakers 19??
Rentaghost 1978
(The) Rolf Harris Show 1967
Heh, heh, heh ,heh, can you see what it's going to be yet? (Australian
accent)
Roobarb 1974
Wasn't this a cartoon drawn by a 12 year old (which is quite likely the
reason for the jelly animation). Roobarb was the dog and Custard was the
pink cat of next door. Custard was intent in putting roobarb into trouble
in front of the on looking birds on the fence. Usually it was a Roobarb
invention in his shed that led to a solution. This was the regular plot.
What would you expect from a 12 year old?
(The) Sagas of Noggin the Nog 1965
Sale
of the Century 1971
"From Norwich, its the quiz of the week" was its opening introduction.
Who would beleive that by 1978 it would become the highest watched programme
of the year with 21.2 million viewers. One of the classic, yet basic, quiz
shows of the 70's. Presented by Nicholas Parsons to whom The
Goodies constantly referred to.
Sam on Boff's Island 1972
Scooby Doo 1970
A brilliant cartoon with an impossible-to-get mystery, because you never
saw the clues until the end. The only failure of this cartoon, was introducing
the annoying Scrappy. The original was by far the best. Watching Shaggy
bribing Scooby with Scooby Snacks and Shaggy shouting ZIKES!!! were timeless
classics. One worrying issue though. Why was Fred always so keen to split
up from Shaggy and Scooby ? Lets face it Velma (long orange socks and a
red mini-skirt) and Daphne (not my type) were no oil paintings.
Screen Test 1976
Hosted by Michael Rod. Young contestants had to answer questions based
on a short clip of a film.
Secret Squirrel
1959
Another Hanna Barbara production with a squirrel and mole going undercover
to sort out the cities villains.
Sir
Prancelot
1956
I don't Know a lot about this cartoon except it seemed very closely related
to the more popular Captain Pugwash.
(The) Six Million Dollar Man 1974
Lee Majors
Sky's The Limit 1972
(The) Smurfs 1978
(The)
Sooty Show
1968
Sooty, Sweep, Sue and the Corbett family made this a puppet classic. Sooty
was all water pistols and "Izzy whizzy, lets get busy", Sweep was obsessed
with sausages and bones and Sue the panda (a bird for Sooty) fussed the
two of them. Some of you may remember a fierce dog called Butch making
appearances every so often. Later Harry Corbert handed the show to his
son Matthew (who first appeared on Rainbow's Rod, Jane and Matthew.)
Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em 1973
22 episodes made were made in which Michael Crawford
performed every stunt. He was a walking disaster.
Space 1999 1975
48 episodes made.
Star Trek 1969
Steptoe and Son 1962
Still to this day a messy place is referred to as "Steptoe's backyard".
Albert and Harold.
Stingray
1964
39 episodes made.
Superstars
1976
34