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Voices:- Charles Adler as Ickis / Christine Kavanagh as Oblina / David Eccles as Krumm / Gregg Bergeras / Alison Armitage as The Gromble / James Belushi / Tim Curry.

ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL

USA / ABC / 1970's

Children's anthology series of educationally themed programmes.

ABC SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE

USA / ABC / x60m-e / 1972 - 74 (First Episode Broadcast: Saturday 9 September 1972 / 9.30am)

An umbrella title for ABC's Saturday Morning programming of cartoons, these, for the first time were mostly original productions, such as Oliver Twist and Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (Willie Mays provided his own voice for this) as well as adaptions of daytime hits like Bewitched and The Munsters some of the other segments included Yogi's Ark Lark, The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island, Nanny and the Professor, Lost in Space, The Red Baron and many many more. For the 1973-74 season the show carried the title The New Saturday Superstar Movie.

ABC SHORT STORY SPECIAL

USA / ABC / 1970'S

Anthology series using various classic literary sources as its raison d'aitre.

THE ABC WEEKEND SPECIAL

USA / ABC / 1977 - continuing

Monthly mix of live action and cartoon fare mixing anthologies of dramatised children's stories (featuring the likes of Jack Elam and Lou Jacobi in the cast). Hosts have been Michael Young (1979-81), Willie Tyler and Lester (a puppet) (1981-84) and latterly Kevin Richardson in the guise of Cap'n O.G. Readmore (an animated character telling various stories).

ACE OF WANDS

UK /Thames / 46x30m-e / 1970-72

Creator:Trevor Preston / Music:Andrew Brown / Magical Advisor:Ali Bongo / Producer:Pamela Lonsdale(1970-71), John Russell(1972),

This fantasy adventure series for kids had master magician Tarot along with two companions tackling a collection of fiendish villains most of whom seemed hellbent on world domination.
Tarot's intial assistants were Lulli Palmer and Sam Maxted and Tarot was a renowned stage magician. The title of the show comes from one of the cards in the Tarot pack and the show actual had the working title of Tarot for awhile. Although meant for kids the shows plotlines were aimed at everybody, with each story broken up into generally four episodes ala Doctor Who. Tarot was highly trendy, drove an e-type jag and lived in an apartment above a London warehouse. Lulli, Tarot's stage assistant shared a kind of telepathic link with him whilst Sam was Tarot's right hand man. Two other regular characters were Mr Sebastian Sweet, a bookseller and last but not least Tarot's owl Ozymandias. All of Tarot's tricks were actually devised by proper magician Ali Bongo. Most of the villains Tarot did battle with also had magical powers most notably Madame Midnight and Tun-Ju.
Ace of Wands was a very effects heavy show and in fact was one of the first to use Colour Separation Overlay techniques on a regular basis.
Season three (the final season) had some changes when both of Tarot's assistants became unavailable bringing in two new ones in the form of journalist Mikki Diamond (who also shared a telepathic link with Tarot) and her brother Chas. Producer Pamela Lonsdale also had nothing to do with this season having been given the job of setting up Rainbow. Mr Sweet in this season no longer had his bookshop but instead was based at a university. Unfortunately the first two seasons of the show are no longer in existence as Thames saw fit to wipe the masters to save on the cost of new tapes.

With:- Michael McKenzie as Tarot / Tony Selby as Sam Maxstead(1970-71) / Judy Loe as Lulli Palmer (1970 - 71) / Donald Layne-Smith as Mr Sweet / Petra Markham as Mikki(1972) / Roy Holder as Chas(1972)

ACE VENTURA PET DETECTIVE

USA / CBS-Nickelodeon / x25m-e / 1996 (First Episode Broadcast: Saturday 20 January / 10.30am)

Animated crime comedy. Spin off from the Jim Carrey blockbuster about the private detective pet specialist. Spike was Ace's pet monkey and Ace was based in Miami.

Voices:- Michael Hall as Ace Ventura / D.G. Beatty as Woodstock / Richard Binsley as Spike

ACTION MAN

USA / 26x30m-e / 1995-96

Action series. A mixture of live action and animation bringing to life adventures of the familiar war loving toy.

With:- Mark Griffin as Action Man / Voices:- Joely Collins as Natalie / Dale Wilson as Knuck / Richard Cox as Jacques / Rolf Leenders as Doctor X

ADAM'S FAMILY TREE

UK / Yorkshire TV / x30m-e / 1996-99

Creator:Neil Armstrong, Brian Walsh / Script Editor:Marilyn Fox Music:Chris Norton

Children's fantasy comedy series. Whenever he needs to a 12 year old boy can call upon his ancestors to help him.

With:- Anthony Lewis as Adam(1996-98) / Alex Cooke as Adam(1999)/ Samia Ghadie as Jane

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

USA /NBC - Hanna Barbera / 16x30m-e / 1973

Children's animated comedy horror. A revival of the Addams Family live action show that saw the 'seriously ooky' family travel America in their amazing trailer.See also next entry(1992 version).

Voices by Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester / Ted Cassidy as Lurch / Janet Waldo as Morticia / Lennie Weinrib as Gomez / Cindy Henderson as Wednesday Addams / Jodie Foster as Pugsley Addams /

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

USA / Hanna Barbera - Fil Cartoons / x30m-e / 1992

Directors:Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, Carl Urbano,

Children's animated comedy horror. A revival of the sitcom from the sixties made on the back of the Sucessful films of the early 1990's and made in the style of Charles Addam's original drawings.

Voices by John Astin as Gomez / Dick Beals as Morticia Addams / Carol Channing as Granny / Jim Cummings as Lurch / Jeannie Elias as Puggsley Addams / Debi Derryberry as Wednesday Addams / Pat Fraley as Cousin Itt

AD-LIB

UK / ITV / 1982

Improvisation based mishmash hosted by swimmer Duncan Goodhew.

ADVENTURE

USA / CBS / x60m-e then x30m-e / 1953-56 (First Episode Broadcast: Sunday 10 May 1953 / 5.00pm ) black and white

Documentary series (hosted by Charles Collingwood) that aimed to teach children about science, made in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History. There was a brief night time run for the show in summer 1953.

ADVENTURE ISLAND

Australia / ABC / 1140x30m-e / 1967-73

Creator: John-Michael Howson

Entertainment shown weekday afternoons detailing the exploits of a group of characters on the island of the title, the village was called Diddle Dum Each episode featured one self contained story and the island adventures were principally concerned with the Kingdom of Diddle Dum Diddle. Characters included Fifi, Lisa, Clown, Sailor and Penny Panda. Because of its educational value when it was cancelled questions were asked in Parliament. With:- Nancy Cato as the Ist Narrator / Sue Donovan as the 2nd Narrator / Prior to this show in the mid 1960's Nancy Cato and John-Michael Howson had been heavily involved in the similar Music Circle Club, characters on that show included, Fred Bear, Leonardo de FunBird and Cassius Cuckoo.

cast
COLIN McEWAN / ERNIE BOURNE / LIZ HARRIS / JOHN MICHAEL HOWSON / JIM SMILLIE

THE ADVENTURERS

Australia / Pacific Film Prod / 39x30m-e / 1968 black and white

Creator/Producer: Roger Mirams

Drama series. A pair of brothers and their father get involved in adventures whilst searching for hidden treasure.

With:- GAVIN HAMILTON / CHUCK KEHOE / ROD MULLINAR / ALLEN BICKFORD / EDDIE HEPPLE

ADVENTURES AT THE RED SEA

France / 26x30minutes / 1968 black and white

Adventure series chronicling adventures of French naval officer and adventurer Henry de Monfreid at the turn of the 20th Century. Original French title was Les Secrets de la Mer rouge.

With:- PIERRE MASSIMI as Henry de Monfreid / GABRIEL JABBOUR as Jacques Schouchara / KARIM OMAR as Salim / MOUNIR MAASRI as Sheikh Issa / JEAN CLAUDE MOREL as Zanni / JULE ROSETTE as Abdi Benjamin

ADVENTURES IN NUMBERS AND SPACE

USA / Syndicated / 9x30m-e / 1957 black and white

Learning, educational type show hosted by Bill Baird and focusing on primarily numeracy. Baird had a couple of puppets to help him get his points across, these were called Snarky and Gargle.

THE ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY

UK / LWT-Talbot / 50x30m-e / 1972-74

ExecutiveProducer:Paul Knight / Producer:Sidney Cole

Period children's adventure series. In Victorian times the young daughter of a doctor has a magnificent horse called Beauty and together the pair get mixed up in adventures. Had one of the stand out TV theme tunes of all time (it even reached number one on the UK charts).

with:- Judi Bowker as Victoria Gordon / William Lucas as Dr James Gordon / Roderick Shaw as Kevin Gordon / Charlotte Mitchell as Amy Winthropp / Stacy Dorning as Jenny Gordon / Michael Culver as Squire Armstrong

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN PUGWASH

UK / ITV / 26x10m-e / 1999

Children's animated comedy. Once more Captain Pugwash and his fearsome crew take to the Oceanin their ship The Black Pig, see also the Original Captain Pugwash.

Voices by James Saxon, Brian Bowles, Colin McFarlane, David Rintoul,

THE ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE QUICK

UK / BBC / 6x10m-e / 1957 11 Nov - 16 Dec - Mon 5.15pm

Writer: Peter Newington / Producer: John Hunter Blair

Children's sitcom. The misadventures of the title character.

with:- Clive Dunn as Charlie Quick

THE ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER

USA / ABC-Hanna Barbera / 17x20m-e / 1968 (First Episode Broadcast: Saturday 14 September / 9.30am)

Animated adventure series. Gary Gulliver and his dog Shag find themselves in the land of Lilliput (full of six inch high people) ruled over by King Poop. Gary had initially gone to the island in search of his missing father.

Voices:- Jerry Dexter as Gary Gulliver / Ginny Tyler as Flirtacia / Don Messick as Glum & Eager / Allan Melvin as Bunko / John Stephenson as King Pomp & Captain Leech / Herb Vigram as Shag

ADVENTURES OF OKY DOKY

USA / Dumont / x30m-e and x15m-e / 1948-49 black and white

Puppet series about big puppet Oky Doky and the adventures he had on his Oky Doky Ranch (the show was later renamed Oky Doky Ranch). Oky had some magic milk pills he could use to boost his strength. Oky had first been seen on a New York only show called Tots, Tweens and Teens. Dayton Allen provided the voice of Oky and hosts were Wendy Barrie and Burt Hilber. Their were regular reappearances from the Mellodaires and Pat Bernard.

THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON BEAR

UK / x10m-e/ Late 1990's

Children's animation. A whole new set of fresh adventures for the bear abandoned at Paddington Station. The original just called Paddington had rather basic animation this, whilst still in the style of the original style had a slightly more modern luck. Voices included those of Johnathon Kydd, Eve Karpf and Jon Glover.

THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE

USA / Nickelodeon / 39x30m-e / 1993-96

Creators: Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi / Theme Music: Polaris

Sitcom. Episodes in the lives of two brothers, both called Pete -Little Pete and the older Big Pete. The stories were narrated by Big Pete and their household was decidedly oddball. 'Pete and Pete' had started life in 1990 with a series of one minute 'inserts' then five specials before the series aired proper.

With:- MICHAEL MARONNA as Big Pete Wrigley / DANNY TAMBERELLI as Little Pete Wrigley / HARDY RAWLE as Don Wrigley / JUDY GRAFE as Joyce Wrigley / ALISON FANELLI as Ellen Hickle / TOBY HUSS as Artie / MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG as Nona Mecklenberg / IGGY POP as Mr Mecklenberg

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

France /Franco-London Films / 13x30m-e / 1964 black and white

Writer: Jena-Paul Carriere, Pierre Revmal, Jacques Somet / Music: Robert Mellin, Gian-Pero Reverbi / Producer: Henry Deutshmeister / Director: Jean Sacha

Adventure drama series. Stories of Robinson Crusoe after being stranded on a desert island. A show with a very evocative theme tune.

With:- ROBERT HOFFMAN as Crusoe

THE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT BEAR

UK / ATV-ITC / 156x11mins / 1970-76 (First Episode: 28 October 1970)

Creators: John Read, Mary Turner / Rupert created by Mary Tourtel

Children's stop frame animated adventures of young Rupert Bear and his animal friends in the town of Nutwood.
The series had a fantastic theme tune (which incidentally was sung by the same lady, Jackie Lee, who sand the theme to White Horses and even featured Big Jim Sullivan on guitar) which reached number 12 on the UK charts. Only 74 colour episodes are still in existence (16 remain in black and white although the series was all colour).

THE ADVENTURES OF SHIRLEY HOLMES

Canada-UK / YTV / 26x30m-e / 1997-98

Crime drama series. Cases of the great-great-grand niece of Sherlock Holmes.

With:- Meredith Henderson as Shirley Holmes / John White as Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk / Brendan Fletcher as Sterling 'Stink' Patterson / Sarah Ezer as Molly Hardy / Blair Slater as Bart James / Annick Obonsawin as Alicia Gianelli / Marie Stillin as Mrs Stratman / Elizabeth Shepherd as Peggy Holmes / Chris Humphreys as Robert Holmes

THE ADVENTURES OF SIR PRANCELOT

UK / BBC / x5m-e / 1970

Creator:John Ryan

Children's animated comedy. The adventures of a none too bright knight.

THE ADVENTURES OF SKIPPY

Australia / x30m-e / 1995

Children's adventure series. A revival of the 1960's series Skippy in which the Sonny from That show is now grown up and is a park ranger, the Skippy in This show was now the pet of his kids Jerry and Louis.

with:- Andrew Clarke as Sonny

THE ADVENTURES OF SPOT

UK / BBC - King Rollo Ltd / x5m-e / 1993

Books:Eric Hill / Music:Duncan Lamont / Producer:King Rollo Ltd

Children's animation. The title says it all, with Spot being a young dog.

Narrated by Paul Nicholas.

THE ADVENTURES OF THE GARDEN FAIRIES

UK / BBC-Bevanmedia-First Standard Media Two PLC / x5m-e / 1996

Music: Anthony Waddington / Producer: Mary Swindale / Executive Producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews / Writer/Director: Tmothy Forder

Fantasy animation. Adventures of a pair of fairies in a fantasy style garden full of gargoyles, slugs and other strange creatures.

Narrated by David Holt

THE ADVENTURES OF HYPERMAN

USA / CBS / x30m-e / 1995

Children's fantasy scifi animation about intergalactic sheriff Hyperman keeping Earth free from the machinations of the evil Entrobe and his right hand man Kid Chaos. Hyperman was helped by a blue blob called Studd Puppy and a genius teenager called Emma C. Squared.

Voices:- MAX CASELLA / STEVE MACKALL

THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON:BOY GENIUS

Nickelodeon /20 x20m-e / 2002

The focus is on animated genius Jimmy Neutron, his faithful robotic dog and his family and friends as they experience life in Retroville. Made to tie in with the big screen movie version.

THE ADVENTURES OF THE LITTLE KOALA

Japan-France / Cinar-Viacom / 52x20m-e /1987-92

Producer: Ronald A. Weinberg / Executive Producer: Micheline Charest / Music: Pierre-Daniel Rheanlt / Adaptor/Director: Ernest Reid

Animated adventures of a family of cute Koala bears.

THE ADVENTURES OF RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY

CBS / x20m-e / 1988-91

Animated fantasy telling stories of a pair of stuffed dolls having adventures in Raggedyland (but only first after sneaking off from their owner Marcella).

Voices:- CHRISTINA LANGE as Raggedy Ann / JOSH RODINE as Raggedy Andy / DANA HILL as Raggedy Dog / KATH SOUCIE as Raggedy Cat / CHARLIE ADLER as Grouchy Bear / KATIE LEIGH as Sunny Bunny / TRACY ROWE as Marcella

THE ADVENTURES OF THE TERRIBLE TEN

Australia / Pacific / x15m-e / 1960 / black and white

Producer: Roger Mirams

Children's knockabout action adventure series. In 1963 ABC rejigged the episodes under the title The Ten Again. The kids lived in a town without adults called 'Ten Town'.

With:- Gary Gray / David Morgan / Rodney Pearlman / Joanne Mirams

THE ADVENTURES OF T. REX

France / Ganther Wahl Prod - Kitty Film - TFI / x20m-e / 1992

Children's animated fantasy. A quintet of dancing dinosaurs are in reality a crack team of Crime fighting heroes.

Voices by Kathleen Barr, Michael Beattie and Gaty Chalk.

THE ADVENTURES OF TWIZZLE

UK / Associated Rediffusion / 52x15m-e /1957-58

Creator/ Producer: Roberta Leigh / Director: Gerry Anderson (episodes 1-26)

Children's puppet series. The adventures had by a runaway puppet boy. See also the expanded entry here.

ADVENTURES ON KYTHERA

Australia / x30m-e / 1989

Producers: Tassos Ioannides, Colin South, John Tatoulis / Director: John Tatoulis

Children's action adventure series.

With:- Richard Aspel as Vincent / Zenton Chorny as Zenton / Rebekah Elmaloglou as Tik / Amelia Frid as Molly / Tassos Ioannides as Philippas / George Lekkas as Johnny / Garry Perazzo as Spike

ADVENTURE TIME

Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1967-68 Season One: 21 April - 23 June 67 / Season Two: 13 - 28 June 68

Children's anthology adventure series, amongst the stories tackled were The Dragon of Pendragon Hall (67), Riders of the New Forest (68) and Peril For the Guy (68).

ADVENTURE WEEKLY

UK /BBC1 / x25m-e /1968-69

Children's drama series. A group of kids run their own paper and tangle with crooks etc, whilst doing so.

AGAINST ALL ODDS

USA / Nickelodeon / 1982-84

Educational series examining the lives of the great and the good.

AGAINST ALL ODDS

UK / BBC1 / 6x25m-e / 2000 16 May - 20 June Tuesdays 5.10pm

Documentary series hosted by Newsround anchor Kate Sanderson in which she looked at various emergencies, each week visiting a different emergency service in a different part of the country.

AGATON SAX

UK-Sweden/ BBC-Team Films / 1976

Director: Stig Lasseby

Animation. Cases of the detective of the title with voices by Kenneth Williams. Based on a Swedish original called "Agaton Sax och Byk?gs G䳴abud". The full English title being Agaton Sax & The London Computer Plot. The production was shown in several parts by the BBC in August/September of 1978. The plot concerned the antics of two crooks Octopus Scott and Mosca who escaped from a prison in London and planned a stroke against Agaton Sax who has a computer based crime register. Sax and Inspector Lispington hunt them but the chase is complicated by the fact that the crooks have a couple of doubles called Amber and McSnuff. Many thanks to Drew for his contribution to this entry.

AGENT Z AND THE PENGUIN FROM MARS

UK / BBC1 / 6x25m-e / 1996 3 Jan - 7 Feb / Wed 4.35pm

Writer:Jeremy Front / Book:Mark Haddon / Producer:Angela Beeching / Director:John Smith

Children's comedy series. A 'Walter Mitty' type schoolboy determines to convince his next door neighbour that aliens exist. Original author Mark Haddon would go on to write The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime

with:- Duncan Barton as Ben / Andrew Mackay as Barney / Regiie Yates as Jenks / Cathy Shipton as Mum / Ian Sharrock as Dad / Stephen Churchett as Finlay

A.J.'s TIME TRAVELLERS

USA / Fox / x30m-e / 1994

Children's scifi adventure series. On the ship Kyros out in space, young Cadet A.J. Malloy is able to travel back in time to visit some of the illustrious men from Earth's past. Cancelled after four episodes.

With:- JOHN PATRICK WHITE as A.J. Malloy

ALADDIN'S ARABIAN ADVENTURES

USA / CBS-Disney / x30m-e / 1994

Children's fantasy animation, spun off from the popular movie Aladdin, with all the same ingredients, young Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, their pet monkey and the amazing Genie (here voiced by Dan Castellaneta instead of Robin Williams), living in olden days Arabia. In this show the Genie was able to travel through time.

Voices:- SCOTT WEINGER as Aladdin / DAN CASTELLANETA as The Genie / GILBERT GOTTFRIED as Iago / LINDA LARKIN as Princess Jasmine / FRANK WELKER as The Monkey

ALBERT'S PLACE

Canada / CBC / x15m-e / 1959 (1 July - 23 September / Wednesday 5.00pm)

Writer: Kitty Marcuse / Producer: Len Lauk

Puppet series. Albert (a puppet) tells stories about some of the things found in the attic he lived in. Humans on hand included Bob Clothier, Nonie Stewart and singer John Chappell.

ALEXANDER THE MOUSE

UK / (Late) 1950's

Oliver Postgate's first TV series, amazingly this was broadcast live and detailed the adventures of the young mouse of the title.

ALF

USA / NBC / x30m-e then x60m-e / 1987-90

Children's animation. Spin off from the live action series. This version focused on the younger days of Alien Life Form Alf on the planet Melmak. Here Alf lived with his parents Bob and Flo and had a brother Curtis and a sister Augie. For 1988 the shows title changed to ALF Tales and the length switched to one hour, the second half hour featured Alf and his family in various fairy tales.

Voices:- PAUL FUSCO as Alf / PAULINA GILLIS as Augie and Rhoda / THICK WILSON as Bob and Larson Petty / MICHAEL FANTINI as Curtis / PEGGY MAHON as Flo / STEPHEN McMULKIN as Harry / ROB COWAN as Skip / DAN HENNESSEY as Sloop

ALFONSO BONZO

UK / BBC1 / 6x30 minute episodes / Broadcast 4 January - 8 February 1990

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Angela Beeching / Director: John Smith

Children's comedy series. Stories of young Billy Webb and his strange Italian friend Alfonso Bonzo who both have a mania for swapping things.

cast
SCOTT RILEY as Billy Webb / ALEX JENNINGS as Alfonso Bonzo / MIKE WALLING / DAMIAN WILLIAMS / GLENN LEE / GRAEME HAWLEY

ALIAS THE JESTER

UK / ITV-Thames-Cosgrove Hall / x5m-e / 1986

Writer: Brian Trueman / Music: Keith Hopwood, Malcolm Rowe / Executive Producer: John Hambley / Producers: Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall / Director: Chris Randall

Comedy animation. The space alien Alias accidentally gets trapped in Medieval England in the highly strange realm of Houghton Bottoms where he finds himself becoming jester at the Royal Court of King Arthur.

Voices:- RICHARD BRIERS as Alias / BRIAN WILDE as Meredith the Magician / BRIAN TRUEMAN as The King / JIMMY HIBBERT

ALIENS IN THE FAMILY

UK / BBC1 / 6x25m-e / 1987 / 18 Nov - 23 Dec

Writer:Allan Baker / Novel:Margaret Mahy / Music:Roger Limb / Design: Paul Montague / Director: Christina Secombe

Children's scifi drama serial. A family befriend a young alien teenager from the planet Galconque.

With:- Grant Thatcher as Bond / Sophie Bold as Jake / Clare Wilkie as Dora / Sebastian Knapp as Lewis / Rob Edwards as David / Clare Gifford as Philippa

ALL CHANGE

UK/ Yorkshire TV-Childsplay / 12x25m-e / 1989-90

Creator:John Stevenson / Producer:Peter Tabern,Greg Brenman / Directors: Graham Dixon(season1),Garth Tucker

Children's sitcom. Two families, one rich the other poor, are forced to swap places in order to inherit on a will.

With:- Frankie Howerd as Uncle Bob / Roger Milner as Henry Herewith / Maggie Steed as Fabia London / William McGillivray as Julian London / David Quilter as Charles London / Lisa Butler as Polly London / Tony Haygarth as Brian Oldfield(Season 1) / Bobby Knutt as Brian Oldfield(Season 2) / Pam Ferris as Maggie Oldfield / Donna Durkin as Vicky Oldfield / Robert Ellie as Nathan Oldfield / Andrew Normington as Hornbeam / Peggy Mount as Aunt Fanny(Season 2)

THE ALL ELECTRIC AMUSEMENT ARCADE

UK / Thames / x30m-e / 1983

Producer: Sheila Kinany / Executive Producer: Pamela Lonsdale

Drama series. Young Bella Harper with problems in her personal life stumbles upon a run down amusement arcade, she persuades the owner to give her a stake in the place determined to make the all electric amusement arcade the best place in town, even getting involved with an up and coming pop group along the way.

With:- LORRAINE BRUNNING as Bella Harper / STEVEN WOODCOCK as Marcus / JOANNE CAMPBELL as Deshaun / MICHAEL LEE OSBORN as Dale / HEATHER TAYLOR as Cass

ALL THAT

USA / Nickelodeon / x30m-e / 1994-continuing

Creators: Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider

Comedy. Teen sketch series mainly notable for starring Kenan and Kel(who were also appearing in their own eponymously titled sitcom at the same time. The regulars included Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Angelique Bates (1995), Lori Beth Denberg (1995-98), Katrina Johnson (1995-97), Alisa Reyes (1995-97), Josh Server, Amanda Bynes (1997-), Danny Tamberelli (1998-), Christy Knowings (1998-), Leon Frierson (1998-), Nick Cannon (1999-), Mark Saul (1999-)

ALONG THE WAY

Canada-UK / CBC-Telefilm Canada-Film Arts / x30m-e / 1974 (2 April - 25 June / Tuesdays 5.00pm)

This was actually two shows, Along the River and Seashore (a UK-Canada co-production) telling stories of a pair of youngsters Mark and Bella, exploring various aspects of wildlife etc, whilst the second part of the show consisted of different documentaries about aspects of Canadian life.

ALPHABET SOUP

Canada / CBC-Raymont-Tuffner Ltd / x30m-e / 1972-73 (5 October 71 - 4 December 73)

Writer: Pat Patterson / Producer/Director: Dennis Coles

Children's series with a pronounced educational slant with each show tackling a different letter of the alphabet. Hosted by Trudy Young, Mavis Kerr and Lynn Griffin.

ALPHA SCORPIO

Australia / ABC / 6x30m-e / 1974 black and white

Writer/Producer: James Davern / Directors: Keith Wilkes, David Zweck, Ric Burch

Children's scifi drama serial. Two kids on a camping holiday (Aireys inlet in Victoria) learn that Aliens are planning to take over the Earth. An alien character in this called Andra later appeared in a follow up also called Andra. The title music for this was from The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Rick Wakeman.

With:- PETER HEPWORTH / KEVIN WILSON / TERRY GILL / NEVILLE THURGOOD / ALEXANDRA HINES / KURT LEDESCHER / IAN SMITH

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

USA / NBC - Bagdasarian / 50x30m-e 3x60m-e / 1983-91

Creator: Ross Bagdasarian / Producer:Joe Ruby, Ken Spears

Children's animated comedy series. Exploits of a trio of chirpy chipmunks, Alvin, Theodore and Simon. A revival of the 1960's The Alvin Show, this series is also known as The Chipmunks Go to the Movies. A feature film spin off appeared in 1987 called The Chipmunk Adventure.

Voices by Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

THE ALVIN SHOW

USA / CBS / 26x30m-e / 1961-62 (4 Ocotber 61 - 5 September 62) / black and white

Creator:Ross Bagdasarian

Children's animated comedy series. The exploits of three musical chipmunks, Alvin, Theodore and Simon. The show sprang out of a hit record called The Chipmunk Song.Part of the Alvin Show was also given over to other short segments likeThe Adventures of Clyde Crashup and Sinbad Jr. The show was revived on NBC' Saturday Morning line up in 1979 (March - November) and the shows also featured the adventures of inventor Clyde Crashcup. See also previous entry Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Voices:- ROSS BAGDASARIAN / SHEPHERD MENKEN as Clyde Crashcup

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF MORPH

UK / BBC1-Aardman / 26x5m-e / 1980

Director: Peter Lord

Stop-motion animation. The adventures of the mischief making plasteceine figure Morph and his friends. Morph had previously been seen on artist Tony Hart's show Take Hart. The show was made by the company who would later (through Nick Park) go on to create Wallace and Gromit.

THE AMAZING CHAN CLAN

USA / Hanna Barbera / x20m-e / 1972

Keye Luke, who portrayed the Number One son in Charlie
Chan movies of the 1940s, got the opportunity to at least
voice Chan himself in this innocuous cartoon. The Chan clan
consisted of 10 kids of Mr. Chans, with Henry and Stanley
the eldest and generally the leaders of each mystery/search story
line involving the family in some American locale. Henry and
Stanley drove a van which could change into various vehicles,
plus they led the family's rock group. Despite his children's
often fumbling work, Charlie Chan usually managed to nail
the suspect in each show. Chu-Chu was the family dog.
Except for the characters of Henry and Alan, the show
replaced most of the children's voices immediately as
their dialects were judged too thick to be understood by
an Occidental audience.

Voice cast
Alan Chan............ Brian Tochi
Anne Chan.......... Leslie Kumamota
Anne Chan .......... Jodie Foster
Charlie Chan........ Keye Luke
Flip Chan ........... Jay Jay Jue
Flip Chan ............ Gene Andrusco
Henry Chan......... Bob Ito
Mimi Chan .......... Leslie Juwai
Nancy Chan ........ DebbieJue
Nancy Chan ......... Beverly Kushida
Chu-Chu............... Don Messick

AMAZING LIVE SEA MONKEYS

CBS / 11x30m-e / 1992

With:- ROB LABELLE as Dave / HOWIE MANDELL as The Professor / SEAN WHALEN as Aquarius / PETER PITOFSKY as Bill

THE AMAZING TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

USA / Syndicated / x30minute episodes / 1954 black and white

A children?s series using the writings of Hans Christian Anderson for its inspiration. Hosted by George and Gene Bernard.

AN ALL NEW ADVENTURE OF DISNEY'S SPORT GOOFY

NBC-Disney-Happyfeets Prod / 1987 (27 May)

Writer/Producer/Director: Stan Freberg / SOCCERMANIA SEGMENT: Director: Matt O'Callaghan / Producer: Stephen Hickner / Narrator: Chick Hearn

A comedy animated special starring the great Goofy and featuring him taking part in a number of different sporting activities. The show was made up of a number of previously seen cartoons and one new specially made one - Sport Goofy in Soccermania.

Voices:- TONY POPE as Goofy / PHIL PROCTOR as Museum Curator / WILL RYAN as Beagle Boys and Gyro Gearloose / RUSSI TAYLOR as Huey, Dewey and Louie / JACK ANGEL

AMPOL STAMP QUIZ

Australia / 9 Network-Grundy / x30m-e / 1964 black and white

Children's general knowledge quiz show in which the star prize was a trip to Disneyland. Hosted by Digby Richards and Little Patti.

ANDRA

Australia / ABC / x30m-e / 1976

Writer: Eugene Lumbers / Novel: Louise Lawrence / Producers: Christopher Muir / Directors: John Gauci, Mark Callan

Science fiction series. A sequel to Alpha Scorpio. In the year 4000AD the brain injured Andra, living in sub city one is given the preserved brain of a kid from the 1980's.

With:- TERRI ALDRED / NATALIE BATE / ADRIAN WRIGHT / SUZANNE DUDLEY / JOHN GARRETT / JONATHON HARDY / MARCEL CUGOLA / HENK VISSCHEYDYK / ROBERT HEWETT

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