Me Dinner is one of the greatest shows ever-shame it got buried so late in the schedule & there was never a DVD collection put out by Network before they went bust.
"It's Sharks" - Paul Sykes, Wakefield Hooligan Made infamous by Bob Mills showing a bit of an interview he did in his garden in Wakefield, Sykes claimed to have swum between the straits of Johor between Malaysia and Singapore and punched a shark in the nose. Methinks he was a bit of a walter mitty.
I recall my brother watching this years ago when it aired on the Paramount Channel on Sky TV. I on;y ever really caught glimpses of it but it reminded of Tarrant on TV as it had a similar format. That by the way was a great series, hosted by the brilliant Chris Tarrant who brought a wry irreverance to it. Unlike from what I can tell about In Bed with Me Dinner, it did have a serious side to it as he would commentate on more dramatic and shocking stuff as well. One that sticks to mind is an episode of The Jerry Springer Show where Springer, who was famously known as being Jewish had an anti-semitic minister named August Kries and his two daughters as guests on his show.
Underrated- Look Around You At first I never quite understood it but as time went on i began to appreciate it. It was a spoof on the 70s and early 80s educational TV. The first series was based on short educational films while the second series was more like a Tomorrow's World type programme. It was quite authentically shot and was pretty daft. Still watch clips on UA-cam from time to time
Bob Mills flat was a copy of The Prisoners' home. The shows intro was a parodie of the 60s show The Prisoner with Bob as Number 6. Still In Bed With Me Dinner's intro was a parodie of The Avengers,with Bob playing both Steed & Mrs Peel, with the set being a copy Steeds London flat. I'll fetch my anorak.... 😅
One forgotten kids cartoon is The Fantastic Adventures of Mr Rossi or just plain Mr Rossi. An Italian series dubbed into English, it revolved around Mr Rossi and his talking dog Harold going on various adventures. The theme tune "Viva Happiness" will jog a memory or three.
Liked Bob Mills on talksport but thought he fell flat on this . But John shuttleworth I can't get enough of. Having seen John I can't go back to savoury now.
Funny, I had the Ovide theme running through my head the other day. Forgotten: The Edison Twins, which aired in an after-school slot on CBC from 1984 to 1986. The teen twins, Tom (get it?) and Annie would solve problems (often originating with younger brother Paul) with SCIENCE! Also had the second-best Canadian theme.
An excellent as well as a forgotten one, as something in this video jogged it from my memory, is The Box of Delights from 1984. It was a fantasy drama, a mix of live action and some animation. The special effects probably haven’t aged very well but were really good for their time. One of the stars was the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton. An underrated sitcom is 15 Storeys High starring and co-written by the late Sean Lock. It also starred Benedict Wong who is more famous these days as the sorcerer Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
An excellent series from the 1980's you never see mentioned was Big Deal. Starred Ray Brooks (voice of Mr Benn) as Robbie Box, a gambling addict who got into various scrapes through his love of card games, horse races, dog races etc. Had a great supporting cast and an awesome theme tune sung by Bobby G from Bucks Fizz. The writer of the series - Geoff McQueen - also wrote another great 1980's series called Give Us a Break. This one was set in the world of underground snooker club cash matches. It starred Robert Lindsay from Citizen Smith and Paul McGann from Withnail and I.
500 bus stops featuring John Shuttleworth, was a part adaptation of his comedy series on Radio 4. Something that didn't quite translate quite as well as it should onto TV. The fact that all the characters were voiced by Graham Fellows being part of it. Which is why you never see Ken Worthington, or his wife Mary. Oooffff..! The Eurovision song contest qualifier attempt, spoof that followed, called Europigeon was another interesting one. Talking of Radio 4 adaptations, there was the not-anywhere-close-to-being-as-good KYTV, that tried its best to emulate, 'Radio Active', but didn't translate anywhere near as well.
A forgotten cartoon from the 80's is Alias the Jester. It was produced by Cosgrove Hall who were also behind Danger Mouse, Cout Duckula, The Wind in the Willows, and Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime. It was about an alien time traveler called Alias who gets trapped in the Middle Ages and takes on the personae of a Jester to fit in. It only ran for 1 series in 1985, and It hasn't seemed to air again on TV since. Episodes of it can be found here on UA-cam. Another forgotten TV series is Starman, which was based on the 1984 movie which starred Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. The series acts as a sequel to the movie, taking place 15 years after it and starred Robert Hays of Airplane fame is the alien clone of deceased photojournalist Paul Forrester who meets sand guides his now-teenage son Scott Hayden Jr. played by Christopher Daniel Barnes, as they try to avoid a U.S. government agent and find the missing Jenny Hayden, Scott's mother. I've never actually seen it myself, but learned of it's existence to my surprise as I never knew it has existed. Supposedly the overall critical reaction to it was not good and it was axed after just one season.
Since you featured Bob Mills I found myself going down the rabbit hole. A forgotten gem was GamesWorld on sky one hosted by Bob. Loves it as a kid with all the characters. Big Boy Barry still remains in my brain all these years later.
Classic: "It's A Knockout!" (and the international version,"Jeux Sans Frontieres"); and an unusual short lived children's programme from the late 60s named "ZOKKO!"; also a forgotten Gerry Anderson named "Secret Service". And (I almost forgot it myself!),a medically themed sketch show,"The Pink Medicine Show".- which had real doctors in the cast.👍
What about This Morning with Richard not Judy, the live show by Stewart Lee and Richard Herring shown on BBC2 around 1PM on Sundays? Arguably the best show either one has done. There isn't a week that goes by without me asking who's the real sick man in this so-called society. 28 years old. And then I get off the bus. If you don't discuss this show, you'll have embarrassed me, you'll have embarrassed the viewers of the channel, you'll have embarrassed Steve Chen, one of the founders of UA-cam, but most of all, you'll have embarrassed yourself.
Damn....In Bed With Me Dinner was amazing! And introduced me to The Prisoner! Ovid Video was a show from my childhood, but pretty much for it's theme tune.
I don't know if you have mentioned this show yet, but I would like to mention a American animated kids show called Archie's Weird Mysteries that aired on American television from 1999 to 2000. This show was based on the characters from the classic Archie comics and focused on Archie and his friends as teenagers that solved mysteries in their hometown Riverdale with elements from horror and science fiction. I have been watching this show on UA-cam in recent years and I think that this show is excellent because this show have both great characters and a good mix of comedy, suspense and horror.
The thing that stood out for me with In Bed With MeDinner and Still In Bed With MeDinner were the opening sequences. First, The Prisoner with Bob replacing Number 6, and then, The Avengers, with Bob as Both Steed and Emma Peele
I don't know if it's been done before but The Sunday Show. Donna McPhail and Katie Puckrik (Whatever happened to them?) with Dennis Pennis and science with Bez!
Have you ever mentioned The Demon Headmaster, man that was a great show (was it BBC?), another great show was Quatermass with John Mills, and of course the ones I mentioned last time Tintin (90s) was excellent and Ghostwriter (the original is a little bit forgotten).
No they didn't say it was forgotten, they said it was rubbish, boring and tedious. Having watched it from the start, I have no idea how you could say that. Yes at times certain elements in the storylines can seem similar but I have always liked the show regardless.
Random childrens shows I sometimes think about. Enter the Labyrinth, The Snow Spider, Truckers, Benji Zax and the Alien Prince, Dreamstone, Mirror Mirror, The Girl from Tomorrow, Moonstone,Doctor Snuggles, Aquila, James Bond jnr, Mighty Max, Reboot, The Little Vampire and a lot more
Bob Mills and John shuttleworth most definite YES!! not so bothered about the othersI remember a Sean Lock thing called 100 flights set in a block of flats ( well thats probably wrong. title but something like that) but like the late and great superb comedian it was great. :)
i had completely forgotton about chocky it was one of my favourite kids tv shows, what about camberwick green, trumpton and chigley i have all three in a boxset ahh the memories
I’m a big fan of 90s game shows so I have some that used to brighten up my sick days from school when I stayed at my grannies house and one that I hated. Underrated Going for Gold - hosted by the dependable Irish gent Henry Kelly, it was the Eurovision of game shows. Luxembourg was always over represented by contestants I thought. Seemed to be one from there on every episode , half the population probably went on it. Banger of a theme tune too. Excellent Fifteen to One- another with an incredible theme tune. Seemed to mainly be an outlet for William G Stuart’s campaign for the Elgin marbles to be returned to Greece, also had scandals and controversies galore due its rules regarding repeat appearances by contestants under different names, it was a different time, this was big news! Terrible Crosswits - Tom O’Connor presenting a tv version of a tabloid Crypic crossword . I know budgets were tight and ideas seemingly at a premium in TV land in the 80’s and 90’s but how this lasted from 1985 to 1998 is beyond me.
A look at G Vs. E or Good Vs. Evil as it was known in it’s second season, would be damn appreciated. This show was my favorite and I’d tape it and watch it every week. It ran on the USA network and SCI-FI Channel respectively. Cheers!
I have never heard of Me Dinner or 500 Bus Stops but Ovide is defiantly a show I had forgot about as I have not seen it since I was a child. Never realised he was a Platypus, but as a child I didn't know what a platypus was. That just reminded me of another kids animated show I had forgotten about, The Adventures of Blinky Bill.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 1976-77, changed name to Forever Fernwood, 1978-79, syndicated, a soap opera parody show produced by Norman Lear using the absurd themes used in American serial dramas. Focused on Mary Hartman played by Louise Lasser, her extended family and the people of the fictional Fernwood, Ohio. Changed name when lead actress left series. Example: George Shumway, Mary's father played by character acter, Phil Burns, who would later play Jerry Seinfeld's father in first season of Seinfeld, gets in accident has plastic surgery when bandages come off is replaced by 1950s screen idol, Tab Hunter. Also spinoff show used as summer replacement, Fernwood Tonight, later America Tonight, talk show parody hosted by character from show Barth Gimble played by Martin Mull.
It was only after posting this comment that I learned that Martin Mull who stared in Fernwood Tonight and America Tonight had died on June 27, 2024 at the age of 80.
1:33 BLOODY HELL! I knew he was into Science, I didn't know Neil DeGrasse Tyson was an actor as well! LOL! and CHOCKY - Loved it! It was bloody amazing! I never really got into the sequels sadly... I think I was getting too old by then... But that first Series was a passion for me! FUNNILY, That also leads onto a suggestion... There are different regional names and like Cocky was a Series based on a Children's / Young Adult Novel... That I personally feel is FORGOTTEN... Here in the UK it was called "UNDER THE MOUNTAIN" (1981) - Science Fiction / Fantasy from New Zealand about a pair of Fraternal Twins who are tasked with defeating the "People of the Mud" who are planning on stripping our planet of all life and resources... For a pretty low Budget show, it had some fantastic effects, Amazing acting - I can still see the Horrific face of the Leader of the People of the Mud (I believe he was called Mr. Wilberforce) and he wasn't even showing his alien form!!! The Actor just had such an Evil Stare!!! His name... iMDB can be a great resource... William Johnson, Sadly he passed away in 2016 and yes a very LONG and ILLUSTRIOUS Career!) It could also be REALLY BLOODY CREEPY as well! Pretty sure most of the cast also went onto bigger projects and became quite famous... But dont quote me on that as I never learned any of their names!!!
Excellent - House of Fools.(bbc2) Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Matt Berry doing what they do best but in a sit com setting. Absolute insanity at every turn Underrated - The Tribe (channel 5) Hung over from a Friday night out? Want something to watch? This was perfect.. Mad Max with teenagers. The acting was truly awful but the storylines were superb with imaginative villains and redemption arcs Bad - Hospital People (bbc1) - What could be worse than Mrs Brown's Boys and Citizen Khan? This. Utterly laugh free and not even an attempt at humour for a so called comedy show. Quite frankly the worst thing I've ever seen on TV
I loved a series called survivor's about a virus start's off in china and then spreads all over the world and the series focuses on a bunch of survivor's in the uk and how they have to adjust to a new world
Whatever happened to Morgan Jones? He left Alexandria when the Saviors were defeated, and...Oh, I'll get my coat. Don't remember those first three at all. I wonder if the second one was shown all over the Itv network or if they still did regional variations then? Last time I mentioned in the comments section Kelly Monteith. Then I suddenly remembered something else that was on BBC2 round the same time. BBC1 evening programme news magazine show Nationwide had occasional appearances from musical comedy man Richard Stilgoe doing short comic songs and playing the piano, and other comedy bits. I absolutely loved him. He then got his own show on BBC2 called 'And now the Good News.' I eagerly watched it....and I can't recall why, but I remember I was very disappointed by it. It wasn't as nearly as funny as his Nationwide stuff. Maybe the longer form didn't suit. So 'I don't like it. I don't like it very much' aptly sums up what my younger self thought of it.
There was another cartoon on right after ovide where the characters were cells In the human body. Can't remember what it was called though. This is the first video of yours I've seen so I'm not sure if it's been done but, Stella street or vidz
I have a distant memory of a kids show with two victoriain ghost kids causing problems in a young lads life , or am i making it up? for theme tunes I liked both "Rag dolly Anna" and "The Raggy'-Dolls". All 80s based in time.
The Last Train - excellent. Wonderful cast and great story about survivors who have been frozen during a World ending event. Survivors 2008 - Rubbish Remake of the seventies classic. Dreadful ending and awful acting.
Forgotten, "The Mysterious Cities of Gold" (originally known in Japan as "Esteban, Child of the Sun") ran from 1982 - 1983 on Nickelodeon in the United States. Set in 1532, the series follows the adventures of a young boy named Esteban, and his friends Zia, and Tao as they join a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Seven Cities of Gold, and Esteban's father. Also 2 Excellent choices, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" wich debuted in 1988 on an indipendant channel KTMA in Hopkins Minnesota USA then The Comedy Channel from 1989-1991, Comedy Central from 1991- 1996, Sci-fi Channel from 1997- 1999, Netflix from 2017- 2018, and finally the Gizmoplex which started in 2022. A man (or woman In the case of Season 13) is trapped in space by Mad Scientists in space, and forced to watch bad movies, however the subject of the Mads' experiments always have help from their Robot friends as they make jokes during the movies they watch the end results for the most part is hilarious. Finally "Let's Make a Deal" on CBS in the USA, an update of a Game Show that started in 1963, the newest version started in 2009. Wayne Brady, Jonathan Magnum, and Tiffany Coyne, play games with Costumed Contestants for money, and prizes, and avoid Zonks that would make them lose the games, the fun that the guests, Wayne, and company really show through in each episode.
Never ending story? Load of Shite! Wish l could forget this dross. Bob Mills & his dinner? Utter tripe. There was way better shit that this on TV at the same period - EuroTrash & James Whale for instance. John Shuttleworth - Pure Genius ❤ it. VERY under-rated. Call the midwife? Nauseating dog vomit. As for "Ive forgotten how good this is"? Re cartoons, hows about Rhubarb & Custard? Whats behind the TrapDoor & Willow the Wisp voiced by Kenneth Williams? As for Excellent I'd suggest Tales of The Unexpected & The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin.
500 Bus Stops was class. I've seen Graham Fellows play John Stuttleworth in stand up a few times. Always great.
He was also Jilted John and played a love interest of Gail Tilsley in Coronation Street.
500 bus stops was so underrated
Me Dinner is one of the greatest shows ever-shame it got buried so late in the schedule & there was never a DVD collection put out by Network before they went bust.
"It's Sharks" - Paul Sykes, Wakefield Hooligan
Made infamous by Bob Mills showing a bit of an interview he did in his garden in Wakefield, Sykes claimed to have swum between the straits of Johor between Malaysia and Singapore and punched a shark in the nose. Methinks he was a bit of a walter mitty.
I wouldn't go quite that far, but they were good times when shows like his got airtime.
There was a bit when he showed a video of a monkey about to get an electric shock. It was hilarious
I recall my brother watching this years ago when it aired on the Paramount Channel on Sky TV. I on;y ever really caught glimpses of it but it reminded of Tarrant on TV as it had a similar format. That by the way was a great series, hosted by the brilliant Chris Tarrant who brought a wry irreverance to it. Unlike from what I can tell about In Bed with Me Dinner, it did have a serious side to it as he would commentate on more dramatic and shocking stuff as well. One that sticks to mind is an episode of The Jerry Springer Show where Springer, who was famously known as being Jewish had an anti-semitic minister named August Kries and his two daughters as guests on his show.
Hat hat no hat
Underrated- Look Around You
At first I never quite understood it but as time went on i began to appreciate it. It was a spoof on the 70s and early 80s educational TV. The first series was based on short educational films while the second series was more like a Tomorrow's World type programme. It was quite authentically shot and was pretty daft. Still watch clips on UA-cam from time to time
Featuring Sir Prince Charles of course.
@@martinhughes2549 Would be Sir King Charles now of course!
Thanks ants. Thants.
Bob Mills flat was a copy of The Prisoners' home. The shows intro was a parodie of the 60s show The Prisoner with Bob as Number 6.
Still In Bed With Me Dinner's intro was a parodie of The Avengers,with Bob playing both Steed & Mrs Peel, with the set being a copy Steeds London flat.
I'll fetch my anorak.... 😅
Love john shuttlesworth. Its very specific kinda humor though. You have to find humour in the ultra mundane
One forgotten kids cartoon is The Fantastic Adventures of Mr Rossi or just plain Mr Rossi. An Italian series dubbed into English, it revolved around Mr Rossi and his talking dog Harold going on various adventures.
The theme tune "Viva Happiness" will jog a memory or three.
Yes! Love Mr Rossi! And that theme song is one of my favourite songs. Viva happiness indeed! 🤘
Liked Bob Mills on talksport but thought he fell flat on this . But John shuttleworth I can't get enough of. Having seen John I can't go back to savoury now.
Funny, I had the Ovide theme running through my head the other day.
Forgotten: The Edison Twins, which aired in an after-school slot on CBC from 1984 to 1986. The teen twins, Tom (get it?) and Annie would solve problems (often originating with younger brother Paul) with SCIENCE! Also had the second-best Canadian theme.
The Edison twins was awesome.
500 bus stops is genius. I saw John Shuttleworth in Liverpool and he embarrassed my sister 😊
Ps it was the Y Reg tour, I still have the poster 😀
An excellent as well as a forgotten one, as something in this video jogged it from my memory, is The Box of Delights from 1984. It was a fantasy drama, a mix of live action and some animation. The special effects probably haven’t aged very well but were really good for their time. One of the stars was the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton.
An underrated sitcom is 15 Storeys High starring and co-written by the late Sean Lock. It also starred Benedict Wong who is more famous these days as the sorcerer Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
An excellent series from the 1980's you never see mentioned was Big Deal. Starred Ray Brooks (voice of Mr Benn) as Robbie Box, a gambling addict who got into various scrapes through his love of card games, horse races, dog races etc. Had a great supporting cast and an awesome theme tune sung by Bobby G from Bucks Fizz.
The writer of the series - Geoff McQueen - also wrote another great 1980's series called Give Us a Break. This one was set in the world of underground snooker club cash matches. It starred Robert Lindsay from Citizen Smith and Paul McGann from Withnail and I.
About time Big Deal had a complete & uncut physical release. Quite enjoyed Give Us A Break shame the Christmas episode was a let down though.
500 bus stops featuring John Shuttleworth, was a part adaptation of his comedy series on Radio 4. Something that didn't quite translate quite as well as it should onto TV. The fact that all the characters were voiced by Graham Fellows being part of it. Which is why you never see Ken Worthington, or his wife Mary. Oooffff..! The Eurovision song contest qualifier attempt, spoof that followed, called Europigeon was another interesting one.
Talking of Radio 4 adaptations, there was the not-anywhere-close-to-being-as-good KYTV, that tried its best to emulate, 'Radio Active', but didn't translate anywhere near as well.
I could never understand why Bob Mills disappeared. He was funny, personable and something a bit different. I often think of His programme.
A forgotten cartoon from the 80's is Alias the Jester. It was produced by Cosgrove Hall who were also behind Danger Mouse, Cout Duckula, The Wind in the Willows, and Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime. It was about an alien time traveler called Alias who gets trapped in the Middle Ages and takes on the personae of a Jester to fit in. It only ran for 1 series in 1985, and It hasn't seemed to air again on TV since. Episodes of it can be found here on UA-cam.
Another forgotten TV series is Starman, which was based on the 1984 movie which starred Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. The series acts as a sequel to the movie, taking place 15 years after it and starred Robert Hays of Airplane fame is the alien clone of deceased photojournalist Paul Forrester who meets sand guides his now-teenage son Scott Hayden Jr. played by Christopher Daniel Barnes, as they try to avoid a U.S. government agent and find the missing Jenny Hayden, Scott's mother. I've never actually seen it myself, but learned of it's existence to my surprise as I never knew it has existed. Supposedly the overall critical reaction to it was not good and it was axed after just one season.
Crikey, I remember Alias the Jester! Had forgotten all about it...
Since you featured Bob Mills I found myself going down the rabbit hole.
A forgotten gem was GamesWorld on sky one hosted by Bob. Loves it as a kid with all the characters. Big Boy Barry still remains in my brain all these years later.
Had no idea in bed with me dinner ran for so long, I must have caught it late in its run, shame it was shown in the graveyard slot.
I'd have guessed about 2 seasons
John Shuttleworth is hilarious. His take on the Eurovision years ago featuring his song: Pigeons in Flight was just brilliant!
"...I wanna see you tonight!"
Bob Mills also did a good job on Games World for Sky. His snarky tone worked well there
Ovid video, remember that well, remember the theme went on for what felt like hours.
500 Bus Stops was excellent. Well done to BionicCheese for putting this one forward.
In a similar ilk, have we had Marion and Geoff mentioned?
Classic: "It's A Knockout!" (and the international version,"Jeux Sans Frontieres"); and an unusual short lived children's programme from the late 60s named "ZOKKO!";
also a forgotten Gerry Anderson named
"Secret Service".
And (I almost forgot it myself!),a medically themed sketch show,"The Pink Medicine Show".- which had real doctors in the cast.👍
What about This Morning with Richard not Judy, the live show by Stewart Lee and Richard Herring shown on BBC2 around 1PM on Sundays? Arguably the best show either one has done. There isn't a week that goes by without me asking who's the real sick man in this so-called society. 28 years old. And then I get off the bus.
If you don't discuss this show, you'll have embarrassed me, you'll have embarrassed the viewers of the channel, you'll have embarrassed Steve Chen, one of the founders of UA-cam, but most of all, you'll have embarrassed yourself.
Don't forget "Food and Milk", Simon Quinlank the king of all hobbies, The Curious Orange...
Damn....In Bed With Me Dinner was amazing! And introduced me to The Prisoner!
Ovid Video was a show from my childhood, but pretty much for it's theme tune.
I don't know if you have mentioned this show yet, but I would like to mention a American animated kids show called Archie's Weird Mysteries that aired on American television from 1999 to 2000. This show was based on the characters from the classic Archie comics and focused on Archie and his friends as teenagers that solved mysteries in their hometown Riverdale with elements from horror and science fiction. I have been watching this show on UA-cam in recent years and I think that this show is excellent because this show have both great characters and a good mix of comedy, suspense and horror.
The thing that stood out for me with In Bed With MeDinner and Still In Bed With MeDinner were the opening sequences.
First, The Prisoner with Bob replacing Number 6, and then, The Avengers, with Bob as Both Steed and Emma Peele
I don't know if it's been done before but The Sunday Show. Donna McPhail and Katie Puckrik (Whatever happened to them?) with Dennis Pennis and science with Bez!
Have you ever mentioned The Demon Headmaster, man that was a great show (was it BBC?), another great show was Quatermass with John Mills, and of course the ones I mentioned last time Tintin (90s) was excellent and Ghostwriter (the original is a little bit forgotten).
Hilarious that someone nominated 'Call the Midwife'. How can a current tv show count as 'forgotten'?
No they didn't say it was forgotten, they said it was rubbish, boring and tedious. Having watched it from the start, I have no idea how you could say that. Yes at times certain elements in the storylines can seem similar but I have always liked the show regardless.
Random childrens shows I sometimes think about. Enter the Labyrinth, The Snow Spider, Truckers, Benji Zax and the Alien Prince, Dreamstone, Mirror Mirror, The Girl from Tomorrow, Moonstone,Doctor Snuggles, Aquila, James Bond jnr, Mighty Max, Reboot, The Little Vampire and a lot more
I like the idea that John Shuttleworth was destined for stairdom (sic). He did some great radio series too.
OMG, I loved that cartoon as a littlin growing up in Canada. I've always remembered it but I forgot what it was called, thank you for reminding me.
Bob Mills and John shuttleworth most definite YES!! not so bothered about the othersI remember a Sean Lock thing called 100 flights set in a block of flats ( well thats probably wrong. title but something like that) but like the late and great superb comedian it was great. :)
15 Storeys High - 2 series on tv & radio. Excellent show. Sean buying dirty mags so he could choose his furnishings still cracks me up.
i had completely forgotton about chocky it was one of my favourite kids tv shows, what about camberwick green, trumpton and chigley i have all three in a boxset ahh the memories
I’m a big fan of 90s game shows so I have some that used to brighten up my sick days from school when I stayed at my grannies house and one that I hated.
Underrated
Going for Gold - hosted by the dependable Irish gent Henry Kelly, it was the Eurovision of game shows. Luxembourg was always over represented by contestants I thought. Seemed to be one from there on every episode , half the population probably went on it. Banger of a theme tune too.
Excellent
Fifteen to One- another with an incredible theme tune. Seemed to mainly be an outlet for William G Stuart’s campaign for the Elgin marbles to be returned to Greece, also had scandals and controversies galore due its rules regarding repeat appearances by contestants under different names, it was a different time, this was big news!
Terrible
Crosswits - Tom O’Connor presenting a tv version of a tabloid Crypic crossword . I know budgets were tight and ideas seemingly at a premium in TV land in the 80’s and 90’s but how this lasted from 1985 to 1998 is beyond me.
Tottie: the story of a dolls house. Birdies' horrific firey death was a stand out moment in this otherwise charming and forgotten childrens show.
I loved Ovid, I remember a character in the end credits got his blood sucked by a mosquito and then we see a fucking coffin. I think that affected me.
Chocky theme spooked me when was young also picture box, tales of unexpected and armchair thriller...shivers
A look at G Vs. E or Good Vs. Evil as it was known in it’s second season, would be damn appreciated. This show was my favorite and I’d tape it and watch it every week. It ran on the USA network and SCI-FI Channel respectively. Cheers!
I have never heard of Me Dinner or 500 Bus Stops but Ovide is defiantly a show I had forgot about as I have not seen it since I was a child. Never realised he was a Platypus, but as a child I didn't know what a platypus was. That just reminded me of another kids animated show I had forgotten about, The Adventures of Blinky Bill.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 1976-77, changed name to Forever Fernwood, 1978-79, syndicated, a soap opera parody show produced by Norman Lear using the absurd themes used in American serial dramas. Focused on Mary Hartman played by Louise Lasser, her extended family and the people of the fictional Fernwood, Ohio. Changed name when lead actress left series. Example: George Shumway, Mary's father played by character acter, Phil Burns, who would later play Jerry Seinfeld's father in first season of Seinfeld, gets in accident has plastic surgery when bandages come off is replaced by 1950s screen idol, Tab Hunter. Also spinoff show used as summer replacement, Fernwood Tonight, later America Tonight, talk show parody hosted by character from show Barth Gimble played by Martin Mull.
It was only after posting this comment that I learned that Martin Mull who stared in Fernwood Tonight and America Tonight had died on June 27, 2024 at the age of 80.
1:23 Looks like he could be a League Of Gentlemen character.
1:33 BLOODY HELL! I knew he was into Science, I didn't know Neil DeGrasse Tyson was an actor as well! LOL!
and CHOCKY - Loved it! It was bloody amazing! I never really got into the sequels sadly... I think I was getting too old by then... But that first Series was a passion for me!
FUNNILY, That also leads onto a suggestion... There are different regional names and like Cocky was a Series based on a Children's / Young Adult Novel... That I personally feel is FORGOTTEN...
Here in the UK it was called "UNDER THE MOUNTAIN" (1981) - Science Fiction / Fantasy from New Zealand about a pair of Fraternal Twins who are tasked with defeating the "People of the Mud" who are planning on stripping our planet of all life and resources...
For a pretty low Budget show, it had some fantastic effects, Amazing acting - I can still see the Horrific face of the Leader of the People of the Mud (I believe he was called Mr. Wilberforce) and he wasn't even showing his alien form!!! The Actor just had such an Evil Stare!!! His name... iMDB can be a great resource... William Johnson, Sadly he passed away in 2016 and yes a very LONG and ILLUSTRIOUS Career!) It could also be REALLY BLOODY CREEPY as well!
Pretty sure most of the cast also went onto bigger projects and became quite famous... But dont quote me on that as I never learned any of their names!!!
Austin Ambassador Y Reg is peak 90s nostalgia, thanks for the memories.
As a person born and bred in Widnes hearing someone not pronouncing it Widnez! Instantly gets 100 kudos points.
How about "Ali Bongo's Cartoon Machine" (that title is probably wrong !) on a Saturday morning on (possibly) BBC1, maybe in the 1970's
Stressed Eric is totally brilliant and long forgotten
I have 500 Bus Stops on VHS and it is brilliant.
Excellent - House of Fools.(bbc2) Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Matt Berry doing what they do best but in a sit com setting. Absolute insanity at every turn
Underrated - The Tribe (channel 5) Hung over from a Friday night out? Want something to watch? This was perfect.. Mad Max with teenagers. The acting was truly awful but the storylines were superb with imaginative villains and redemption arcs
Bad - Hospital People (bbc1) - What could be worse than Mrs Brown's Boys and Citizen Khan? This. Utterly laugh free and not even an attempt at humour for a so called comedy show. Quite frankly the worst thing I've ever seen on TV
I loved a series called survivor's about a virus start's off in china and then spreads all over the world and the series focuses on a bunch of survivor's in the uk and how they have to adjust to a new world
Art imitates life
Ovid! Wow.
Whatever happened to Morgan Jones? He left Alexandria when the Saviors were defeated, and...Oh, I'll get my coat.
Don't remember those first three at all. I wonder if the second one was shown all over the Itv network or if they still did regional variations then?
Last time I mentioned in the comments section Kelly Monteith. Then I suddenly remembered something else that was on BBC2 round the same time. BBC1 evening programme news magazine show Nationwide had occasional appearances from musical comedy man Richard Stilgoe doing short comic songs and playing the piano, and other comedy bits. I absolutely loved him. He then got his own show on BBC2 called 'And now the Good News.' I eagerly watched it....and I can't recall why, but I remember I was very disappointed by it. It wasn't as nearly as funny as his Nationwide stuff. Maybe the longer form didn't suit. So 'I don't like it. I don't like it very much' aptly sums up what my younger self thought of it.
There was another cartoon on right after ovide where the characters were cells In the human body.
Can't remember what it was called though.
This is the first video of yours I've seen so I'm not sure if it's been done but,
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Of course John Shuttleworth was also "Jilted John".
My omg was Benji & Zax the Alien Prince.
Tube it! Was 80s BBC Broom Cupboard kids show.
I have a distant memory of a kids show with two victoriain ghost kids causing problems in a young lads life , or am i making it up? for theme tunes I liked both "Rag dolly Anna" and "The Raggy'-Dolls". All 80s based in time.
The Last Train - excellent.
Wonderful cast and great story about survivors who have been frozen during a World ending event.
Survivors 2008 - Rubbish
Remake of the seventies classic. Dreadful ending and awful acting.
What about all those 1980s children BBC European drama,so of them were really weird
Forgotten, "The Mysterious Cities of Gold" (originally known in Japan as "Esteban, Child of the Sun") ran from 1982 - 1983 on Nickelodeon in the United States.
Set in 1532, the series follows the adventures of a young boy named Esteban, and his friends Zia, and Tao as they join a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Seven Cities of Gold, and Esteban's father.
Also 2 Excellent choices, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" wich debuted in 1988 on an indipendant channel KTMA in Hopkins Minnesota USA then The Comedy Channel from 1989-1991, Comedy Central from 1991- 1996, Sci-fi Channel from 1997- 1999, Netflix from 2017- 2018, and finally the Gizmoplex which started in 2022.
A man (or woman In the case of Season 13) is trapped in space by Mad Scientists in space, and forced to watch bad movies, however the subject of the Mads' experiments always have help from their Robot friends as they make jokes during the movies they watch the end results for the most part is hilarious.
Finally "Let's Make a Deal" on CBS in the USA, an update of a Game Show that started in 1963, the newest version started in 2009.
Wayne Brady, Jonathan Magnum, and Tiffany Coyne, play games with Costumed Contestants for money, and prizes, and avoid Zonks that would make them lose the games, the fun that the guests, Wayne, and company really show through in each episode.
I absolute loved Chocky ❤
What about the comedies Hardware and the legal comedy Is it Legal. Not forgetting the Kiddies show Creepy Crawlies
I loved ‘In Bed With Medinner’. “You wanna put a clip on that”
What's next? The Hitman and Her?
Lol. Around the same time as James Whale and Max Headman.
Even nostalgia doesn't improve them.
Used to love In Bed With MeDinner
There's a reason some shows are forgotten.🤣 The Neverending Story also had a video game om the Commodore 64, talk about rubbish!
In Bed With Medinner and Russel Brand's Ponderland - both great shows but Russell kept stealing Bob's clips...
Never ending story? Load of Shite! Wish l could forget this dross.
Bob Mills & his dinner? Utter tripe. There was way better shit that this on TV at the same period - EuroTrash & James Whale for instance.
John Shuttleworth - Pure Genius ❤ it. VERY under-rated.
Call the midwife? Nauseating dog vomit.
As for "Ive forgotten how good this is"? Re cartoons, hows about Rhubarb & Custard? Whats behind the TrapDoor & Willow the Wisp voiced by Kenneth Williams?
As for Excellent I'd suggest Tales of The Unexpected & The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin.
Hi big guy
John Shuttleworth is a legend!