UK Popular and forgotten kids T.V shows 1980s-2010's
A list of kids TV shows that ran in the UK(Mostly CBBC/CITV) between 1980 and 2000+ ( One entry from '79 included as it ran through the 80's). Please feel free to leave any suggestions I have missed, and feedback in the comments, I'd Love to hear your thoughts on this list . Enjoy and thanks for reading!
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- StarsMark MitchellEsben StormRian McLeanTony Twist and his three children--14-year-old twins Pete and Linda and 7-year-old Bronson--move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast."Have you ever? ever felt like this? when strange things happen, are you going round the twist?"
The adventures of the Twist family, who live in a lighthouse and get mixed up in all kinds of crazy magical mischief!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mybg0l2Alaw - CreatorPeter MaddocksStarsPeter HawkinsSusan SheridanTwo Scottish children discover that not only is The Loch Ness Monster real - but that there is a whole family of 'Nessie'. Most of the yellow creatures are named after a personality trait like Eager-Ness, Sad-Ness or Silly-Ness.The Mactoot children Elspeth and Angus, head down to Loch ness, blow on their thistle whistles, and have fun with the Nessies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdjqFAXMF0 - StarsSimon GodwinNicole MowatCharles RichardsA group of children discovers a mysterious creature in the local sand pit who agrees to grant them one wish each day.
- CreatorBob SynesStarsPat SharpMartina GrantMelanie GrantTV game show for kids. Two teams compete against each other for the chance to enter the final game, the funhouse, where they collect prizes on the way through.Its a whole lotta fun!
- StarsBen BrooksCraig VyeSallyanne LawTwo boys discover a Roman centurion's skeleton and a futuristic flying pod in a cave while on vacation. They debate turning it over to authorities or keeping it to explore its capabilities.
- CreatorsColin WyattColin WyattStarNeil PearsonThe adventures of a community of anthropomorphic peas, who live in a town of over-turned flowerpots at the bottom of the garden.
- StarsRon MoodyStacey GreggRupert FarleyA group of wild animal friends are forced to move to a park after humans drive them away from their old home.
- StarsTim WhitnallShelley ThompsonMichael BenzA series about an alien living with an American boy in Britain.
- StarsCasey StevensonHolly StevensonThe musical adventures in which a little boy reluctantly befriends a spider.
- StarsHeather-Jay JonesVictoria ShaletPaula WilcoxChildren's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes.
- CreatorMelvyn JacobsonStarNeil InnesThis features toys which have been thrown in a factory reject bin but come to life and have adventures. This time though they are dolls and, rather than becoming superheroes and saving fellow beings, they show young viewers the important moral that even those who get rejected by others can still have fun
- CreatorsDave EdwardsMike YoungStarsJim CummingsRene AuberjonoisKeone YoungThe continued adventures of the super-powered crime-fighting teddy bear and his alien friend.
- CreatorJohn GeeringStarsGraeme GardenBill OddieTim Brooke-TaylorBananaman, a young boy named Eric, transforms into a super-strong hero by eating bananas. His crow friend provides bananas. As Bananaman, he battles villains while keeping his alter-ego secret from others.
- CreatorsAdele RoseAndrea WonforStarsDaymon BrittonBrett AdamsKerry Ann ChristiansenByker Grove follows the lives and relationships of a group of young people who are members of a youth club.Remember that annoying laugh at the end of the titles? aha aha aha!
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsElisabeth SladenDaniel AnthonyAlexander ArmstrongInvestigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here on Earth.
- CreatorJeremy SwanStarsOlivia HallinanJohn AsquithSimon GreenJulia Jekyll mistakenly takes an ancient elixir that gives her an alter ego, the frightening Harriet Hyde. Follows her escapades through school as she tries to keep Harriet away from her classmates and teachers.
- StarsTrevor NealSimon HicksonZoë BallThe BBC's much loved weekly 3 and a quarter hour live Saturday Morning programme, aimed at children.
- CreatorAndy CunninghamStarsAndy CunninghamJane BassettCarol MacReadyOdd job man Simon Bodger has a highly unusual pet and best friend, a badly behaved, beret-wearing, talking Badger - who LOVES mashed potatoes. Bodger tries a variety of jobs but Badger is always getting him into messy trouble.Mash potato anyone?
- CreatorKim BassStarsKenan ThompsonKel MitchellKen ForeeKenan and Kel: two best friends who live in Chicago are always dragged down by Kenan's get rich quick schemes while orange soda-loving buddy Kel is dragged along but tends to mess things up.
- CreatorsKim BassGary GilbertFred ShaffermanStarsTia MowryTamera Mowry-HousleyJackée HarryTia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other's existence as teenagers and reunite.
- CreatorsD.J. MacHaleNed KandelStarsRoss HullDaniel DeSantoRaine Pare-CoullA group of teenagers meet in the woods, and tell scary stories.
- CreatorsJose RiveraKarl SchaeferStarsOmri KatzJustin ShenkarowMary-Margaret HumesTeenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.
- StarsJean-Claude DondaMarc MoroMax AndréAfter being fired from his pet shop job, a mad scientist opens up his own pet shop in a haunted castle.
- StarSpike MilliganClassic fairy tales featuring wolves, witches or giants.
