Silver Wolf
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Now granted, I'm not terribly knowledgeable concerning British television, but I do know a couple of things, either due to research, popcultural osmosis (or "internet osmosis" as it were in some cases), or seeing the various shows that were sent across the pond, at one time or another.
Obviously there's no need to list things such as Doctor Who or Red Dwarf, and I see I've been beaten to the punch concerning "The Dreamstone," so I'll start with some lesser known, or at least less obvious ones, and go from there:
Under the "current" category there's:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE3e6gxo6d8"]QI (Quite Interesting)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsxGygknNE"]Sherlock[/ame]
And here's a few older ones you may or may not know:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nqN_7eGItM"]Around the World with Willy Fog[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2swWPzsSAo"]AWWF-Ending Theme[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14eUKogPF7s"]The Prisoner[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1sAa9K1Jcw"]Bimble's Bucket[/ame]
(The latter is sort of the Spirtual Successor to "The Dreamstone")
I've also heard of a character known as "Basil Brush," basically a handpuppet fox character, who seems to be both a cult televison icon in the UK and yet apparently not very well known. (Interestingly it turns out the character has been around since the 1960s, and apparently won "The Weakest Link" once, and made it to the Final Round in a later Anniversary episode [and the actual winner split the winnings with him, for him to donate to his designated charity]) Anyone here heard of him before?
Also there's a few shows already posted about, elsewhere, including:
Art Attack, Redwall, Sherlock Holmes (Granada), The Worst Witch, Watership Down
Postman Pat, Fireman Sam (Technically Welsh), Bertha, The Dreamstone (already mentioned)
Rupert (Though there are other versions)
Zzzap!
And to finish things off, I have a list of various UK shows which maybe of interest to a few of you here, and I have clips for at least most of them. See if there's one you remember:
[HIDE]-Wallace and Gromit
GAMESHOWS
-Knightmare
-The Crystal Maze
-Raven
-The Krypton Factor
CARTOONS
-Alias the Jester
-Animals of Farthing Wood
-Blazing Dragons
-Insektors
GERRY ANDERSON
-Thunderbirds
-Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
-Fireball XL5
-UFO
-Space: 1999
OTHER SCI FI
-The Tommorrow People
-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
CLASSIC (and SEMI-OBSCURE) KIDS SHOWS
-Avenger Penguins
-Button Moon (Peter Davison is the singer and composer of theme song, no really!)
-The Clangers
-Paddington
-Puddle Lane
-Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (narrated by Bernard Cribbins)
-The Storyteller
-Wind in the Willows
-Worzel Gummidge (Featuring Jon Pertwee)
COMEDY
-Are You Being Served?
-Blackadder
-Father Ted
-The Goodies
-Keeping Up Appearances
-My Family
-Yes Minister
DRAMA
-The Last Detective (Featuring Peter Davison)
OTHER COMMONWEALTH SHOWS
-Spellbinder
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Obviously there's no need to list things such as Doctor Who or Red Dwarf, and I see I've been beaten to the punch concerning "The Dreamstone," so I'll start with some lesser known, or at least less obvious ones, and go from there:
Under the "current" category there's:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE3e6gxo6d8"]QI (Quite Interesting)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HsxGygknNE"]Sherlock[/ame]
And here's a few older ones you may or may not know:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nqN_7eGItM"]Around the World with Willy Fog[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2swWPzsSAo"]AWWF-Ending Theme[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14eUKogPF7s"]The Prisoner[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1sAa9K1Jcw"]Bimble's Bucket[/ame]
(The latter is sort of the Spirtual Successor to "The Dreamstone")
I've also heard of a character known as "Basil Brush," basically a handpuppet fox character, who seems to be both a cult televison icon in the UK and yet apparently not very well known. (Interestingly it turns out the character has been around since the 1960s, and apparently won "The Weakest Link" once, and made it to the Final Round in a later Anniversary episode [and the actual winner split the winnings with him, for him to donate to his designated charity]) Anyone here heard of him before?
Also there's a few shows already posted about, elsewhere, including:
Art Attack, Redwall, Sherlock Holmes (Granada), The Worst Witch, Watership Down
Postman Pat, Fireman Sam (Technically Welsh), Bertha, The Dreamstone (already mentioned)
Rupert (Though there are other versions)
Zzzap!
And to finish things off, I have a list of various UK shows which maybe of interest to a few of you here, and I have clips for at least most of them. See if there's one you remember:
[HIDE]-Wallace and Gromit
GAMESHOWS
-Knightmare
-The Crystal Maze
-Raven
-The Krypton Factor
CARTOONS
-Alias the Jester
-Animals of Farthing Wood
-Blazing Dragons
-Insektors
GERRY ANDERSON
-Thunderbirds
-Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
-Fireball XL5
-UFO
-Space: 1999
OTHER SCI FI
-The Tommorrow People
-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
CLASSIC (and SEMI-OBSCURE) KIDS SHOWS
-Avenger Penguins
-Button Moon (Peter Davison is the singer and composer of theme song, no really!)
-The Clangers
-Paddington
-Puddle Lane
-Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (narrated by Bernard Cribbins)
-The Storyteller
-Wind in the Willows
-Worzel Gummidge (Featuring Jon Pertwee)
COMEDY
-Are You Being Served?
-Blackadder
-Father Ted
-The Goodies
-Keeping Up Appearances
-My Family
-Yes Minister
DRAMA
-The Last Detective (Featuring Peter Davison)
OTHER COMMONWEALTH SHOWS
-Spellbinder
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Never grew up with them because I was a very young kid at the time and too young to be interested in Pop Music, but I actually like the System Addict song.
