Name the Forgotten TV Shows
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2025
- Are you ready for the forgotten TV challenge?
Today's quiz is another nostalgic trip through the history of British television, featuring 30 shows from the 60s, 70s and 80s which, today, are either forgotten or at least overlooked. Can you correctly identify each TV show from the image provided? The majority of the series featured are British but there are some which originate from other countries. To help, you will see the flag of the country of origin next to each image. Wishing you the best of nostalgic luck as this is not an easy quiz!
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5:52 I loved the Banana Splits and a few years ago now I came across all four very well made 'teddies' and they are about 1 & 1/2 ft tall, they are currently sitting in the wheelhouse on my boat looking out across the canal and they do get noticed, just got to find my Wombles stashed in my sea container next I guess 🤣
I hope when people notice them they sing the tra la la song 😁
Love it!
The Adventure Game. The two monsters that said 'Gronda Gronda'.
I loved Saturday mornings in the 70s. Banana splits, Arabian Knights, The Lost Islands, Robinson Crusoe, The White Horses.
Also The Singing Ringing Tree. Like a bad fever dream that was.
Great days!
I loved The Adventure Game, it was always satisfying seeing the vortex capture the contestant.
Gronda gronda rangdo.
Johnny Ball was the only contestant to work out the currency to pay for the shuttle home with the exact money.
@@G_Fresh_UK_Extra I remember David Yip being on there and he typed his name in wrong at the start of the programme. They called him Daviod for the whole show.
Moira Stewart was fantastic and I remember Keith Chegwin being zapped. The currency was the backwards spelling of dragon.
As for Dick Turpin,Richard O'Sullivan went from Cliff Richard and Carry On films to Man About the House to Dick Turpin.
Alfie Bass (who co-starred) was in Robin of Sherwood from the 50s and appeared in a Bond film in the early 80s.
Timeslip and Children of the Stones, are an absolute piece of of art as to Children's television, Spencer Banks was an excellent actor...What about the other gems he starred in...
Tightrope and the Georgian house...Just remembered, does anyone remember Sky? Children's version of the film starring David Bowie...The Man Who Fell To Earth...such, such classics ❤
Yes I was going to say that, children of the stones was very creepy, and the Georgian house sprang to my mind also. And a sitcom called Fresh fields for some reason lol - its only Sonia 😆
I think Spencer Banks was in a play for today when he was older called "Penda's Fen". A bit weird, that one was. "Timeslip"....that takes me back :P
the water margin was great..
One of my favourites back in the day.
@stuviewtv thanks stu grew up in the 70's only a few I could name but seeing the pictures brought back childhood memories 😂
I literally forgot about that series for the last 40 years until I saw your comment.
Great theme tune.
I got that one wrong, I could only think of 'Monkey'!
Brilliant. I remember a lot of these and some were hidden within the depths of my memory!! I remember Paperplay very well but couldn’t remember the title!!
Great video as always Stu
Thanks Alan!
Born in 69, so this was a mindblower!!
So many faces I remember, so many recollections.
Great trip down vague memory lane.
Nice 😊
100% same.
Glad you enjoyed the memories! Many thanks.
Was Stumped on a lot of these Stu! Some I could remember but for life of me couldn’t put a name too them! Thanks for upload 👍👍👍
It's definitely a tough one!
Exactly the same here😂
Sapphire and Steel was such a groundbreaking show which I loved
Always wanted my hair to look like Joanna’s
Hazell -with Nichola ball co written by Terry V
Rock Follies - do not remember this show but Julie Covington went on to sing Don’t Cry For Me Argentina in the show on stage I think
The Cedar Tree was great
Many actors went on to bigger and better
Raffles with Anthony Valentine - I remember watching. He died too young
T J Hooker - not keen on this series but remember Heather in it
The others were not British, I was too young at the time
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Sapphire and Steel still holds up brilliantly today.
Great quiz Stu , I used to love the littlest hobo , my score was a pathetic 6 😢😢
It's a tough quiz for sure. Glad you still enjoyed it!
Thank you for reminding me about Timeslip. All I could remember about it was a boy and a girl walking through a portal.
I have it on DVD. It's a great show!
Haha same as me then. Some classics on these clips. ..take me backkkkk 😂
@@stevedavis6879 Are you THE Steve Davis, snooker player? 🤣
Great video as always.
I must confess that I failed badly on this one despite many "I remember that" moments when you gave the answer.
I still fondly remember "The Tomorrow People" from the 70's
Thanks as always Mark. It's definitely one of the tougher quizzes I've done so far!
Loved it. Thanks for reminding me about Rock Follies and Budgie. Memories, memories.
Glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks!
I was hooked on the Water Margin.
Me too, and 'Monkey'.
Great series.
Why am I enjoying this content that just goes to confirm how old I am? 1)Masochism? Maybe. 2)Nostalgia? Probably. 3) Well presented uploads? Definitely.
Glad you enjoy the videos. Many thanks!
Nice one Stu. I enjoyed that👍👍
That was a tough one, only 17/30, started off quite well then only got 5 out of the last 15 😔 The littlest Hobo, worth watching just for the theme tune 😀 I think i was addicted to the Australian dramas, always watched The Young Doctors, i think the sister in it was also in Sons And Daughters and Home And Away. Great quiz as always.
That's still a nice score on such a tough quiz. I remember coming home from school and watching Young Doctors and Sons & Daughters. Very addictive!
@stuviewtv They were Stu, I was lucky enough to live near my school so I even managed to watch The Sullivans in my lunch hour 🤣
@@Julie-sm7sp Fantastic!
Missed out on four, so 26. These quizzes are great. More please.
Fabulous score!
Thanks for the memories. Raffles was great, always enjoyed it. as for 'The Book Tower': hated the music and the opening sequence, and the setting, very creepy for some reason. Was that just me?
It was a little creepy if I remember right.
Hardest one for me so far Stu, but that made it more entertaining, got 20, Timeslip and Children of the Stones were brilliant when I was a nipper….great work Stu, always good to see another quiz from you 👍
Cheers Andy! That's a good score on such a tough quiz.
I do remember watching the Cedar Tree when I was absent from school. I heard that it is actually the show Victoria Wood based Acorn Antiques on (not crossroads) I can't remember anything about the programme, would only have watch because there was nothing else on!
I got the ecclesiastical one with Arthur Lowe mixed up with All gas and gaters that starred Derek Nimo That was a popular series. The water margin I got mixed up with Monkey. I only got 50% right
I immediately thought "Monkey too" And although I knew it wasn´t I couldn´t get past "All Gas and Gaiters" either
I did ok, 22 correct which I'm pleased with. The Cedar Tree I managed to watch regularly as it was on when I had my art lesson which I managed to avoid for almost the entire 3rd year.
Hazell I remember well especially the Cockney rhyming slang swearing, vivid example was 'Rumble and Grunt". Not sure Mr TV would have got away with that writing today
I'm not telling you how bad I did. BUT, I did remember some of the titles of the shows that I didn't know, when you told them, but I rarely watched them. Although, I did love watching Sapphire and Steel. Oddly though, the only episode that sticks in my mind is the ww1 one with the station and Pack up your Troubles playing. First time I remember hearing that song, so it stuck.
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Ps..that's pure auld tesco music right there in the background🤭🔥
Adds to it Stu👍
Many thanks!
@@stuviewtv 😀👍
Some forgotten gems here.
I got 16 right. Some of them I remembered but couldn't think of the show's title, like "Big Deal" with Ray Brooks, I thought it was called "Stay Lucky" but that was the Dennis Waterman vehicle. Also "Paperplay", was thinking "Fingerbobs." "Bless me Father" blimey, I thought it was called Father Brown, lol. Or was that another Arthur Lowe series. "All our Saturdays" and "Two in Clover" I never heard of. I used to love "Raffles" with Anthony Valentine, and Christopher Strauli as Bunny. I think it was on on a Friday evening. Good memory-jogger, thanks Stu.
“Big Deal” was a forgotten gem. Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce, and Lisa Geoghan, I thought it was a wonderful series🎭 at the time. Lisa Geoghan went on to appear in many episodes of the channel 4 comedy “Desmonds.”
@@alisonjordan Wasn't she also in "The Bill" for a while too ?? Yes, it was a forgotten gem indeed! Always watched it.
@@carolebarker2195 Yes...Lisa Geoghan was in “The Bill.” Like you, I also loved “Raffles.”
Thanks as always Carole. Two in Clover is a great little forgotten gem. Mind you, I'm a huge Sid James fan so probably a little biased! 🙂
@@stuviewtv I'm a Sid James fan too! I'll check that series out, thank you.
I have entire series of timeslip on dvd
Me too! Great series!
Managed to get 20. Incidentally 'Budgie' is currently available on Talking Pictures TV on their 'Encore' catch-up service.
Fantastic.
I have all the episodes of Sapphire and Steele, Raffles and Two in Clover.
I knew all but 3.
Great score!
Forgotten TV 📺 Challenge. 16/30. It would have been 17, but I put down Birdy not Budgie😂 I loved Anthony Valentine and Christopher Strauli in”Raffles.” Although my childhood was in the 1970s, I don’t remember “Paperplay. I remember “Danger Island” as being quite scary. “Phoenix and the Carpet” and “Children of the Stones” I enjoyed watching as a child. Another wonderful nostalgic Quiz...
Thanks as always Alison! You were on the right lines with Birdy. 😉
That was the hardest one yet!! I only got 16. 😮 I was expecting to see The Singing Ringing Tree on the list. That was a truly spooky progrsmme!
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that one!
@@stuviewtv . It was a very weird programme. It came from (I think) a country behind the old Iron Curtain.
It seems that I went outside to play more than I thought! Or is it that my memory is going? I knew the faces for Timeslip but the title slipped my mind, but i got about 20 including bless me father, budgie, t j hooker, I remembered itsy and bitsy, but forgot the name of the program! Great fun, thanks for the memories.... even those I'd forgotten!
Glad you enjoyed the memories! Great score too.
@@stuviewtv thank you
24 out of 30, but I am a bit of a TellyAddict and a Child of the '80's, good quiz
Great score!
Growing up in the 70's a few I recall some I forgot existed phew thanks to stu brought back memories
Yes. 23 for me. Great memories 😊
I hardly knew any of them. Guess I didn't watch enough TV. I loved Sapphire & Steel and Rock Follies though (and yes, I bought the album).
There were 6 I didn’t remember, like paper play and the adventure game. I adored Oliver Tobias (still do), even though he’s in his 70s now, he’s still gorgeous! I loved Budgie and Hazell and watched some re runs of Budgie on TPTV. Great stuff as usual Stu.
Thanks Jan! That's a great score on a tough quiz.
I can recall watching just friends also the rag trade but we cannot forget our Saturday mornings without TISWAS
Bless me father' had Daniel Abineri in it as Father Neil Boyd who played Jake Sanders in the Australian drama series Return to Eden
Ah... Ludwig. Got that one straight away. Didn't do too badly I got 18, some of them I could remember watching but just couldn't remember the title of the show. Sapphire And Steel is on Rewind TV.
Great fun, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Many thanks.
Got 15 but like most others i was playing out most of the time. Believe me or not I've been watching littlest hobby today.
Forgotten is right. I scored 8. I remember really liking Budgie, especially the menacing gangster Charlie Endell (played by Iain Cuthbertson).
Who went on to have his own series some years later; Charles Endell Esquire
Got 10 of them but recognised some others the Water Margin is a classic , what about the Tripods , Changes , Lightning tree all classics
I have Dick Turpin on DVD and I still watch Hunter on FreeVee
Fantastic, blast certainly from my childhood Ludwig and Paperplay, wow.
I'm loving your videos! I was a massive fan of Rock Follies, buying both albums, and followed Julie Covington's singing career thereafter, most notably the War of the Worlds album, but the biggest joy here was seeing The Water Margin. I tracked down the full series on DVD some years ago - an absolute classic, with a female heroine and the rather gorgeous Blue Dragon, an early crush of mine! Thanks for the memories :)
That's great to hear! Thanks!
Too many of the actors in these played parts in many different shows during the '70s and '80s. Made it difficult! Got a few though!
19. I needed to get out more. Sapphire and Steel was great
Stu, that was a deviously difficult selection, but I bloody loved it! I scored 8, BTW 😆
It is a tough one this time. Glad you still enjoyed it though!
Really liked Big Deal. Nice to be reminded of it. Big thumbs up though sir - Children of the Stones (I've mentioned it in my previous comments - Happy Day) & The Phoenix and the Carpet - ahh. At junior school in Sheffield we used to get our heads battered (as 1st years) by the bigger boys in the field in summer. That 'game' was called The Water Margin! What larks - ouch.
Painful memories of The Water Margin then!
@@stuviewtv I remember the bruises, but somehow affectionately?!?
I was born in 1971, I remember Sapphire and Steel and how I had to get my mum to come and watch it with me- it often terrified me! I seem to remember it being on in the afternoon….. 😹
I loved children of the stone and Sapphire and Steel, but my favourite of this time was the labyrinth.
There were loads I remember, but could only name about 10.
Wasn’t children of the stone based in Avebury.
That was a tough one. Managed to score 14 though 😊
I remember Lugwig took me a while to find when it popped into my head recently, people thought i was bonkers when i was describing it. Born in 72
Didn't know 10 at all. 9 starred Cornelia Frances as Sister Scott, a real battleaxe. She later went on to host the Australian version of Weakest Link using a similar persona. 16. The BBC showed this but cut it to shreds to fit 60 minutes into 25. 19 & 20. Two more I didn't know. 24. Loved this so much. Starred Dennis Quilley. Spencer Banks, the boy, later surfaced in Crossroads. 28. My dad had a crush on Heather Locklear. I used to laugh at Shatner's wobbly wig. 30. Repeated on Talking Pictures TV. Very dated now but Iain Cuthbertson was excellent. So I scored 27/30 which isn't too shabby. Another great quiz. Thank you. 😊👍
Wow, that's a great score. Top stuff!
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Well done, that's impressive mate, and you're spot on about William Shatners toupee 😂
@@Al-iv3mb Must have got lucky on the quiz but thanks mate.😊👍
'Big Deal' was literally a big deal. Ray Brookes as Robby Box scored huge ratings.
I scored 14 correct, 7 of the 1st 10 shows, 2 from the next 10 and finally 5 from the last 10 shows.
I have the Rock Follies CD, I was too young for the program but remember my Dad having it and me loving it. To be honest some of the tracks are great!
Timeslip really captured my attention
I grew up on that era TV, and I did lousy. Even with the reminders, I don;t know most. Perhaps I wasn't an avid child viewer in the 70's
Some which I’m very familiar others, mainly US imports I chose to give a bye in days past, but recognise them from trailers and scheduling announcements. Although “Budgie” had a London feel about it, Scotsman Ian Cuthbertson was his nemesis, as Charles Endell Esq. Apart from the eponymous spin-off, “Supergran” would use IC’s stature and gravitas to terrorise those of a younger generation.
Tops! Did very poorly but thanks for reminding me of The Flashing Blade and Ludwig...loved them!
Some fabulous memories. 20/30
Nice score.
Before the video gets started, I recognised many shows from my childhood, including at 0:22 "Timeslip" (1970/71) in which Simon and Liz "Cross The Barrier To Adventure!" ... I have "Timeslip" on DVD. It's a real nostalgia-fest!
I got one
ONE! 😮
Raffles
I got 17 but confused some of the programme names with others the actors performed in.
Not shown here, but 'Driving Ambition ' from 1984 was great!
Remember The Cedar Tree very well.......started watching it again on here.
I got the, 'important', ones pretty much, straight away. Some of the more vague ones, (particularly those which didn't air for very long), I struggled with.
Much fun! 👍
Thanks!
What? No "Duchess of Duke Street"?
I got 8 but I was only a kid in the seventies
Sapphire and steel scared the monkeys out of me when I was little
I'm a complete failure! Only vaguely remembered 2 or 3 of them, but in my defence I was out a lot during some of those years.
I forgot to keep score because I was too excited remembering all the programmes as they came up but I reckon I got over 20. A couple of years ago I watched the whole two series of Budgie on yesterday tv channel. I’d been too young to appreciate it first time round but I loved watching it. I also found myself watching the entire series of Family at War too. First time round I hated it when it was on as I thought it was for old fuddy duddys but I throughly enjoyed it second time round 😂
Nice score!
Groovy music !!🕺💃🥰
ironicly the emblem on our school badge was a ceder tree, i actually lost count how many got right but it at gave gave me the name of a program i loved but could not remember the name paperchase so many thanks
Quite a few I'd never heard of, but thanks for reminding me of Children of the Stones.
Do you remember "A family at war" drama? There was also an Australian war drama that was on in the afternoon but I cant remember what it was called.
It wasn't "The Sullivans" was it?
I remember Dick Turpin with a completely miscast Richard O'Sullivan in the lead role.
Most of those were before my time! I got The Adventure Game as I've just started re-watching it! And T.J. Hooker because you can't be a Trekker and not know that. I prefer to think that the T and J stand for Tiberius and James, because James Tiberius Kirk! 😁 I almost got Sapphire and Steel but drooped the ball at the last second, and the Japanese show I thought was Monkey, so right country, wrong show. Kind of embarrassing for a Japanophile like me. But ask me anything about Super Sentai and Kamen Rider!
I think a few people have said Monkey instead of The Water Margin!
I was born in 1974.. months got three correct which is impressive as a screaming alcoholic 😂
When I saw the thumbnail I thought of the flashing blade and its themesong
got around half of them. v tricky though
Hi Stu,tough quiz this one got 7/30.
Yes, it's a bit of a tough one this time.
25, but born 1965 might have had an advantage
Great scores!
RIP Nic Ball, was just the other day?
"More than 15" ... no chance, had an vague idea of a few.
It's a tough one for sure.
I got 2 right 😂😂
Better than none! 😉
@@stuviewtv true 😊
What a nightmare that was, a massive 6 🤣🤣🤣 should be 7 but got my monkey and water margin mixed up. Monkey along with sapphire and steel is also on rewind tv at the min..
It's certainly a tough one this.
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Have you covered a prog from the 70s called the tomorrow people i think. Seem to remember that was a good watch.
@@iandawe948 Not as yet. I'm sure I will at some point!
Sapphire and Steele can be found on TH-cam, am working my way through it at the moment when I have spare time.
AnI've just foundDickTurpin as well and all episodes of Arthur of the Britons are also on TH-cam as is at least one of Hazell. At least some of Raffles can alo be found. While I can't find the Japanese version of the Water Margin I can find the Chinese version on TH-cam (it is based on an old Chinese story) and will look at that tomorrow when I have more time (it's late on Sunday and past my bedtime, I stayed up to watch this which has only just appeared in my TH-cam feed). The Flashing Blade also has some episodes on TH-cam as well while I can only find the theme music of Freewheelers
I remember mum watching Rock Follies but it wasn't my cup of tea, I also remember Young Doctors. Started around about 1977/78 and aired at 6.00 on South Pacific TV in NZ. We would watch while we had pudding, from memory it was a good series.
Bless me Father is another one on TH-cam and I now need many more hours in the day just to investigate the various shows you highlight.
I knew some, but growing up in NZ many of these simply didn't get broadcast on the telly there (not helped by only getting a telly in 1977). One you never mention is the series The Brothers, I know that was broadcast as my neighbour was a huge fan I saw a number of episodes from it as a result.
Brilliant video as always, and now I'm off to bed.
6 correct, hanging my head in shame. 😒
21/30
Was The Water Margin about a bunch of captured ghosts/spirits that are released from a box at the very beginning of the series, they end up in/as people (martial artists?) slowly gathered together over the episodes to (I presume) take down the evil bad-guy who had captured them in the first place?
if not, does anyone know what the one I'm remembering was?
I don't think they were spirits initially in The Water Margin if I remember correctly. They were a group of outlaws who came together over the course of the series. Mind you, it's been so long since I've seen it I could well be wrong!
I’m American. The only British shows I DO remember are Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Are You Being Served!
The opening titles for Children Of The Stones were the most scary ever. Period.
Got 27
Great score!
Happy Days
Hi, Stu. I got a bit of a quiz for you. Be aware that I can only give you minimal info, here. REALLY minimal. ( By the way, I don't know the answer. I'm hoping youm or one of the Stuvies wiil). Here goes.
It was early to mid sixties.
Science fiction.
Series.
Black and white.
What I remember: 4 ( I think) people sitting in a space ship ready to launch. I think it was the kind of ship that went on missions. The captain would say something, maybe 'ENGINES' and a high-pitched female voice would say 'CHECK'. They'd go through a few systems with the high-pitched 'CHECK' and then blast off.
Well, thats it guys. If anybody has the answer I'd be very grateful. Don't want my first question in Heaven to be 'Hey, Lord. There was this scfi prog back in the sixties...'
Not sure on that one!
@@stuviewtv Thanks anyway, Stu. I'm begining to think it was just a dream of an over-imaginitive 5 - 6 year old. 😀
A rubbish 13 for me😢
It's definitely a tough one.