CHILDREN'S TV - DINK THE LITTLE DINOSAUR to CLIVE DUNN
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DINK: THE LITTLE DINOSAUR
USA / Ruby Spears-Hanna Barbera / x20m-e / 1989
Creators: Chris Weber, Karen Wilson / Music: John Debney / Producer: Larry Huber / Executive Producers: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
Animated fantasy drama series. Adventures of a young dinosaur in prehistoric times.
Voices:- R.J. WILLIAMS / ANNDI McAFEE / FRANK WELKER / JOEY CAMERON / BEN GRANGER / S. SCOTT BULLOCK / HAMILTON CAMP
DINO RIDERS
USA / Marvel Prod-Tylo Toys-Akom Prod / x30m-e / 1988
Animated Scifi adventure series. Human like aliens land on prehistoric Earth and use the Dinosaurs as their own personal weapons against the enemies pursuing them. The show was made purely to push the toys and merchandising associated with it( as it sometimes seems, is every animated series these days).
DINOSAUR DETECTIVES
UK / BBC1 / 13x15m-e / 1999-2000 / Season 1: 11 Oct 1999 - 3 Jan 2000 Mondays 4.00pm
Music: The Way Out / Executive Producer: Roy Milani / Producer: Marc Goodchild
Entertainment. Kids investigate evidence of Dinosaur life around the world reporting their findings back to presenter Sally Gray via satellite and the internet. Also with Dino Doc Peter Jones.
DISCOTHEQUE
UK / Granada / x25m-e / 1970's
Producer: Muriel Young
Teen music show hosted by the former 1960's singer Billy J. Kramer.
DISNEY TIME
BBC1 / 1960's -
Long running holiday time show in which, each time, a different celebrity introduces clips of various Disney films and cartoons.
DISCOVERIES
Canada / CBC / x15m-e / 1957 and 1959 (8 February 57 - 25 February 59)
Children's educational series, dealing mostly with science and natural history, the show was presented by Dick Sutton, Uncle 'Stan' Westaway and Rod McKenzie.
DISCOVERY
UK / Yorkshire / x30m-e / 1975-76
Producers: Simon Welfare, David Taylor
A kind of young persons version of Tomorrow's World looking at the latest breakthroughs in various fields.
DIZZY HEIGHTS
UK / BBC1 / 27x30m-e / 1990-93 Four seasons Thurs 4.30pm
Producers: Martin Fisher, Martin Hughes
Children's puppet/live action sitcom. Exploits of a pair of seaside hotel managers with the residents being puppets.
With:- ALAN HEAP as Alan / MICK WALL as Mick / Voice of Puppets:- RICHARD ROBINSON as Victor Gristle / MARIE PHILLIPS as Vera Gristle / WILLIAM TODD-JONES as Eustace Gristle
DOCTOR DOOLITTLE
USA / NBC-TCF-DePatie Freleng / 17x20m-e / 1970
Animated fantasy. Adventures of the doctor able to talk to animals as he traveled the world in his boat The Flounder.
DR ZITBAG'S TRANSYLVANIAN PET SHOP
UK-France / Carlton-TFI -P.M.M.P. Music: Danny Chang / Producer: Philippe Mounier
Animated fantasy comedy series. A vampire runs his bizarre pet shop from a castle in deepest Transylvania.
Voices:- NICOLETTE McKENZIE / CHRISTIAN RODSKA / KERRY SHALE
DOG AND DUCK
UK / Meridian / x10m-e / 2000-
Writer: Frances Kay / Script Editor: Jo Killingsley / Design: Mike Joyce / Creator/Executive Producer: Dan Maddicott / Producer: Tracey Mulcrane / Puppets: Animated Features / Director: Bob Harvey
Animated adventure series. Stories of a toy dog and duck.
Voices:- JOSIE LAWRENCE / JAMES FLEET / GARY MARTIN / JOHN McANDREW / EVE KARPF
DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS
Spain / BRB International / 12x25m-e / 1985
Creator/ Executive Producer: Claudio Biern Boyd / Music: Guido and Maurisio de Angelis
Animated period drama series. A canine version of the Three Musketeers with in this case Dogtanian teaming up with the other Muskehounds to fight for France.
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET
UK / Rediffusion(season 1 + 1st Special) - Thames (2nd Special + season 2) / 28x30m-e / 1x50m-e / 1967-69
Writers: Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin / Producers: Humphrey Barclay( Season 1), Ian Davidson( season 2)
Comedy sketch series initially conceived for children and shown at 5.20pm, the series featured half of Monty Python (Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Eric Idle) and also featured Denise Coffey, David Jason and music group The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Each edition featured an episode of an adventure serial called Captain Fantastic which saw David Jason (as Captain Fantastic) doing battle with the evil Mrs Black( Denise Coffey). This serial was quite popular and ended up continuing as a regular segment on Magpie. During the second season Terry Gilliam also came on board. When Thames were keen to keep the series for kids and the Python boys were not, the trio left and the show ended (Idle, Palin and Jones then carried on doing exactly the same with Monty Python's Flying Circus.)
DR ZONK AND THE ZUNKINS
Canada / CBC / 30x30m-e / 1974-75 (23 September 74 - 14 April 75/ Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 4.30pm)
Producer: Don Elder / Director: Trevor Evans
Sketch series based around young Billy Meek and the contents of his imagination. Robin Eveson played Billy Meek and featured amongst the cast were a young John Candy, Gilda Radner, Bob McKenna, Rosemary Radcliffe, Fiona Reid and Dan Hennessey.
DON'T BLAME US!
UK / Thames 'Funny Ha-Ha' / 1x30m-e / 1974 7 June Friday 4.50pm
Producer: Ruth Boswell / Director: Darrol Blake
Comedy. Improvisational one off featuring Anne Cunningham, Roddy Maude-Roxby, David Wood, Barry Stainton, Nigel Pegram and Elaine Smith. The show was part of an anthology of six children's comedies this being the only non-sitcom.
THE DOOMBOLT CHASE
UK / Harlech TV / 6x30m-e / 1978 12 March - 16 April
Writer: Don Houghton
Action adventure serial. Richard Wheeler and two of his friends, Pete and Lucy, attempt to discover what was behind his Royal Navy Captain father's ramming of another boat at seas (an act which caused his father to be put in Naval jail) and discover a foreign plot involving nuclear missiles.
With:- ANDREW ASHBY as Richard Wheeler / SHELLEY CROWHURST as Lucy / RICHARD WILLIS as Peter / DONALD BURTON as Captain Wheeler / JOHN WOODNUTT as Spencer / EWAN SOLON as Admiral Lupin / PETER VAUGHAN as Lieutenant / GEORGE COLOURIS as Franz Bayard / FREDERICK JAEGER as Vallance
DOUBLE ACT
C4 / 1x120m / 2 June 2002 / 5:00pm
Writer: Jacqueline Wilson (based
on her novel) / Director: Cilla Ware / Producer: Yvonne Davies
Drama series. 10 year old twins Zoe and Garnet live with their father and
grandmother following their mother’s death. But their world turns upside down
when they have to move to the country when a new woman enters their father’s
life.
With:- ZOE TEMPEST-JONES as Ruby / CHLOE TEMPEST-JONES as Garnet / ANN BEECH as
Gran / PAUL WARRINER as Dad / RACHAEL DOWLING as Rose
DOUBLE DARE
Australia / 10 Network / x30m-e / 1989-90
Generally messy kids game show involving challenges that all seemed to feature copious amounts of "gunk". Based on a US original and hosted by Gerry Sont and then Tom Jennings. A primetime version "Family Double Dare" was mounted (very very briefly) in 1989.
THE DOUBLE DECKERS see Here Come The Double Deckers
DOUG
USA / Nickelodeon-Ellipse-Jumbo / x25m-e / 1997-continuing
Devisors: Jim Jenkins, Joe Aaron / Music: Dan Sawyer, Fred Newman / Producers: Melanie Grisanti, Nicolas Pesques
Animated comedy drama series. Exploits of young banjo playing Doug.
Voices:- BILLY WEST/ CONSTANCE SCHULMAN / DOUG PREISS / FRED NEWMAN
THE DRACK PACK
USA / CBS-Hanna Barbera / x20m-e / 1980
Directors: Chris Cuddington, Steve Lumley
Animated comedy horror series. The teenage offspring ofa trio of famous monsters, Frankie Frankenstein, Drack Jr and Howler do battle against the evil Dr Dred and his O.G.R.E. (Organisation of Generally Rotten Endeavours) group.
Voices:- JERRY DEXTER / BILL CALLAWAY / HANS CONRAD / CHUCK McCANN / JULIE McWHIRTER / DON MESSICK
CHARLIE DRAKE AND JACK EDWARDES
UK / BBC / 16x10m-e / 1954-55 29 Oct 54 - 18 Jun 55 Sat 5.00pm (shown fortnightly)
Writers: Drake & Edwardes / Director: Robert Tronson
Children's sitcom. Misadventures of two likely lads. An earlier version of the series Mick and Montmorency.
With:- JACK EDWARDES as Mick / CHARLIE DRAKE as Montmorency
DREAM STREET
UK / ITV-Dream Street Prod / x10m-e / 1999-continuing
Creator: Dr Loretta Long / Producer: Nigel Stone / Director: Brian Johnson
Pre-school series following the exploits of talking truck Buddy and his friends. Narrated by Russ Abbot.
DROIDS
USA / Lucas Films Prod / 13x25m-e / 1987
Animated fantasy series. A spin off from Star Wars and detailing early adventures (set fifteen years before the films) for droids C3PO and R2D2.
Voices:- ANTHONY DANIELS as C3PO / JOHN BURTT as R2D2
DUCK DODGERS
USA / Cartoon Network / x20m-e / 2003
Animation. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig attempt to protect the planet Earth from its enemies in the 24th ½ century.
CLIVE DUNN
UK / BBC / 2x10m-e / 1954&1957 black and white
Producers: Peter Graham Scott, Peter Newington
Comedy. Two short slapstick adventure programmes featuring the Dad's Army stalwart.
