UK Childhood Shows
Everything I can remember watching growing up. From roughly age 6 to 16 on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Honourable mention to shows that played in my transition to adulthood:
Fresh Prince
XENA
Gladiators
Baywatch
Buffy
Simpsons
Honourable mention to shows that played in my transition to adulthood:
Fresh Prince
XENA
Gladiators
Baywatch
Buffy
Simpsons
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- CreatorsTerry BrainCharlie MillsStarsWilliam RushtonNick ShipleyBerk, a blue plasticine creature, lives as a servant to the unseen "Thing Upstairs" in an ancient castle. Every time the trap door opens, a new adventure begins for Berk and his pals, the skull Boni and the spider Drutt.
- StarsPaul WinchellJanet WaldoJohn StephensonThe participants of an unusual car race compete around America.
- CreatorHarry CorbettStarsMatthew CorbettMarjorie CorbettHarry CorbettChildren's slapstick show with the little bear glove puppet and his friends.
- CreatorsPamela HickeyDennys McCoyRick UngarStarsDorian HarewoodRob PaulsenIan ZieringWhen three alien motorcycle riding mice are forced to leave their home planet of Mars thanks to the evil mining Plutarkians, they rebel against their enemies on planet Earth and the city of Chicago.
- CreatorLarry HamaStarsDale WilsonGarry ChalkShane Thomas MeierGalactic hero Bucky O'Hare and his brave crew battle the evil toads bent on conquering the universe. A young boy genius from the human universe joins Bucky's crew.
- CreatorPamela LonsdaleStarsGeoffrey HayesRoy SkeltonStanley BatesChildren's puppet programme featuring music and stories.
- StarsTerrence HardimanFrances AmeyGunnar CautheryDinah Glass moves in with a new foster family and begins to attend the same school as her new foster brothers. But there is something very strange going on at the school. BBC adaptation of the children's novels by Gillian Cross.
- CreatorSerge DanotStarsEric ThompsonPatricia DanotMicheline DaxCult classic children's animated series about a group of human and animal characters that gather at the roundabout / carousel in the park. Although the original series is French there are multiple dubbed versions from other countries.
- CreatorsBritt AllcroftPhilip D. FehrleRoss HastingsStarsMichael AngelisKeith WickhamMichael BrandonThis series follows the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his engine friends on the Island of Sodor.
- CreatorsCraig BartlettSteve VikstenJoe AnsolabehereStarsFrancesca Marie SmithJamil Walker SmithDan CastellanetaThe everyday life of Arnold, a fourth-grader in the city of Hillwood, Washington, who lives in a multi-racial boarding house with his grandparents and a motley assortment of friends and neighbors.
- CreatorsJim HensonJeffrey ScottStarsGreg BergKatie LeighLaurie O'BrienThe Muppets, as babies, have adventures with their imaginations inside their nursery.
- CreatorsJoan Ganz CooneyLloyd Morrisett Jr.StarsJim HensonFrank OzCaroll SpinneyOn a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
- StarGriff Rhys JonesTV adaptation of the popular series of children's books about the comical adventures of two skeletons and their skeletal dog.
- StarsNeil BuchananFrancis WrightJim SweeneyAn educational series presenting various art project suggestions and creations.
- 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.
- CreatorJohn Hunter BlairStarsJohn NoakesPeter PurvesValerie SingletonThe British children's magazine program, which has been running since the late 1950s, targets children between the ages of 6 and 14.
- StarsPaul ChuckleBarry ChuckleJimmy PattonCrazy antics ensue when Barry and Paul Chuckle get into various exaggerated situations.
- StarsTom WynerBanjô GingaGregory SnegoffA furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
- StarsRichard BinsleyGordon PinsentDawn GreenhalghThe adventures of the King of the elephants, his family, and friends.
- StarsSally GraySophie McDonnellDavid WartnabyGame show in which two teams of fifty children must compete to win prizes for their respective schools.
- 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.
- 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.
- CreatorDiane Paloma EskenaziStarsGarry ChalkScott McNeilJim ByrnesWhen the real King Arthur and his Knights are captured by Morgana, Merlin brings an American football team from the future into the past to take their place and save them.
- CreatorsNicholas BoxerTed TurnerThom BeersStarsDavid CoburnJoey DedioKath SoucieA quintet of teenagers work together to encourage environmentally responsible behavior and can summon a superhero to deal with ecological disasters.
- 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.