(The)
Adventure Game 1982 
This was the original Crystal Maze. Very strange, but going where no
contestants game show went before. The idea of the game was for a team of adventirers to
escape a weird planet (even with its own currency). I can vaguely remember it gave
contestants an opportunity to play a very early BBC Computer, where they were required to
escape from a maze.
Adventures of Noddy 195? 
Remarkably popular though why i'll never know. Why does it seem that there was always a
kid at school that fitted the description of one of Noddy's friends, Big Ears. For me Enid
Blyton can stick to writing Famous Five books.
Andy Pandy 1950 
More like Mamby Pamby. Lets face it Luby Loo was not worth hanging around for. In fact if
it wasn't for Big Ted, I doubt if this would of kept my interest. He was the first
star of Watch with Mother "Time to go home, time
to go home, Andy is waving goodbye, goodbye." Scratch you later, Andy.
Animal Magic 1962
With Johnny Morris. A bit of a "Doctor Doolitle" except he talked on behalf of
the animals. A much needed nature program in the 70's. Though the Really Wild Show was a
good update.
Arabian Knights 1968 
This was a classic saturday morning cartoon shown each week on the Banana Splits. One of the knights had great strength
another could turn into anything he chose, e.g.. "Size of a Pea" for when he
needs to shrink. Their was also the donkey that had immense strength when his tail was
pulled. This was worth getting up for on a Saturday morning.
Are You Being Served? 1974
62 episodes were produced of this very popular sitcom within Grace Brothers. John Inman
was probably most well known for his camp catchphrase "I'm free".With such a
lack of customers and so well staffed, it's a wonder the place stayed open .
Ask Aspel 1977
Michael Aspel would interview people in a similar manor to Parkinson.
Ask the Family 1965
All I can remember, is a classic family of 4, dad, mum, son and daughter, took on another
family by answering an assortment of questions. Often there would be a closeup photo of an
every day object that wasn't easy to identify, also the usual questions like "Jonny
had a bag of sweets, and 2 brothers and 3 sisters, if his brothers had 4 sweets each, how
many sweets would he need to keep his sisters happy". Answer ...... 8, You can't
keep women happy! Though obviously they wouldn't give that answer on the show.
Babapapa 1976
Wasn't it a bunch of big blobby creatures that could change into any shape? Very weird.
Babar the Elephant 196? 
I haven't a clue of how he came about, but I can remember watching it.
Bagpuss 1974
Every time I yawn, I say "..and when Bagpuss goes to sleep..!" So even though in
its day I can't say I was a great fan of it, it certainly has a long lasting nostalgia
factor. Emily was a little girl who found junk, and all the ornaments and toys came to
life when she wasn't looking , mending the junk and telling a story about it while the
magic worked. Only 13 episodes were ever made but with all the repeats it feels like a
thousand and thirteen. Joining Bagpuss the fat cat was the Mice on the mouse organ,
Madeleine the doll, Gabriel the toad and Professor Yaffle the woodpecker bookend.
(The) Banana Splits 1968
This American saturday morning show starred Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky. In between
the madhouse antics we were introduced to Arabian
Knights, Danger Island and also he Three Musketeers. I can also remember a little kid
at yhe door singing some Mexican sounding song about "You don't need a tomato, as
long as you gotta potatoe, and you don't need a potatoe as long as you've gotta tomato.
Annoyingly she made tomato rhyme with potatoe!!! Ahhhhh.
Barnaby 1973
This guy caused me a lot of confusion. He was called Barnaby the Bear, whereas Warner
Bros. had a cartoon called Barney Bear. When your 5 or 6 years old it can be a bit
confusing. Anyway this guy (of whom I had a teddy of) spoke about not calling him Jack or
James in the intro song, that's about all I can remember.
Basil Brush Show 1968
Roy North put up with one of the most annoying glove puppets on
earth.Aaahahahahahahahahaahahahahaaa.Boom,.Boom.
Batman 1966
ZAP! POW! BAM!, and a "Holy mackeral, Batman." Joining our caped crusaders were
his old enemies of Gotham City such as The Joker, The Riddler, Mr Freeze, The Penguin and
Catwoman. One of the most hilarious moments is when the cameramen think that by putting
the camera on its side it appears they climb walls. Extremely effective? No! Extremely
funny? Yes!
Big John, Little John 1969
This was a series about a bloke named John, who one minute was an adult and the next
minute shrunk to a boy. Seeing how he coped with the awkward situations was the American
plot. Not very thick!
Blankety Blank 1979
Remember this? Why did we bother?
Bless this House 1971
This comedy was brilliant due to Sid James. It was about an average
family of the seventies, with a father and mother and two teenage children into
motorbikes, girlfriends/boyfriends, loud music, hippy movements and so on.
Blue Peter 1958
A mighty classic that still stands to this day. For me, Blue Peter were : John Noakes who
later went on to do a series called "Go With Noakes", Valerie Singleton, Peter
Purves who went on to do a trials program called "Kick-start" and Lesley Judd.
The animals included Shep and Petra along with a hibernating tortoise. ITV's answer to
Blue Peter was "Magpie" of which I know very little.
Bod 1976
Another Dereck Griffiths song and story compilation including characters such as Barley
Mo, PC Plod and Aunt Flo. Also a cartoon involving an animal band led by Alberta Frog was
concluded each time with the perplexing problem of fathoming out what flavour milk-shake
Alberta would have this time.
Bonanza 1960
This Western family-ranch series always seem to be on TV whenever I was flicking channels
in the 70's.
(The) Book Tower 1977
I can remember Tom Baker of Dr Who fame reviewing childrens books about to be released in
local bookshops.
