CHILDREN'S TV - GODZILLA to GYPSY GIRL
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GODZILLA
USA / NBC-Hanna Barbera / 26x25m-e / 1978-81
Executive Producer: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animated fantasy adventure series. Scientist Carl Majors conducts research on his boat the Calico, whenever he is in danger giant dinosaur Godzilla (as well as his young nephew Godzooky) turns up to help.
Voices:- TED CASSIDY as Godzilla / JEFF DAVID as Carl Majors / DON MESSICK as Godzooky
GODZILLA
USA / CBS-Centropolis / x30m-e / 1998
Devisors: Jeff Kline, Richard Raynis / Executive Producers: Richard Raynis, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerlich, Jeff Kline
Animated scifi adventures. Spin off from the film of the same name with a giant Godzilla running amok on the strets of America.
Voices:- IAN ZIERING / MALCOLM DANARE / RINO RAMANO / TOM KENNY / CHARITY JAMES / JOE PANTALIANO
GO GO GOPHERS
USA / CBS-Total TV-Leonardo / 24x25m-e / 1968
Animated period comedy. Misadventures of a pair of Indians in the days of the Old West.
GOING LIVE
UK / BBC1 / x180m-e / 1990's
Entertainment. Saturday morning fun and games with comedy, music, cartoons and celebrity guests (pop stars and the like). The follow up to Saturday Superstore. Presented by Philip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Glove puppet Gordon the Gopher was also a regular on the show.
THE GOLDEN AGE PLAYERS
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1957 (14 October - 23 December / Monday 5.00pm)
Costume: Jacqueline Boss / Producer: Alan Brown / Director: Valentine Boss
A show featuring young actors in various fairy tale type plays. The series was in the style of Elizabethan theatre from which the series took its name.
GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS
USA / Hanna-Barbera / 17x20m-e / 1973
Executive Producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animated spooky comedy. The adventures (in a Scooby Doo kind of way) of a group of ghost chasers and their 'Scaredy Cat' dog Goober.
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
UK / BBC1-Castle Communications-Mad Man Movies / 1x25m-e / 1996
Writer: John Broadhead, Joyce McAleer, Chris Randall, Keith Scoble / Producer: Bob Burrows / Executive Producers: Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin / Director: Keith Scoble
Animated drama. The true story behind the classic Christmas carol.
Voices:- MELISSA SINDEN / JIMMY HIBBERT / DAVID HOLT
GOOD MORNING MISS BLISS
USA / NBC-Disney / 13x30m-e / 1988 30 Nov - 21 Dec
Teen sitcom. English teacher Miss Carrie Bliss takes up a post at an Indianapolis High School When this finished NBC came up with the similar Saved By The Bell.
With:- HAYLEY MILLS as Miss Carrie Bliss
GOOSEBUMPS
USA / Fox-Protocol-Scholastic-Viacom / x25m-e / 1995-
Executive Producer: Karl Schaefer / Books: R.L. Stine / Music: Jack Lenz
Anthology series of spooky, fantastic and pure horror stories, based on the incredibly popular series of books by R.L. Stine.
GRAHAM'S ARK
UK / Granada / x25m-e / 1982
Animal show in which Graham Thornton gave children tips on caring for their pets.
GRAHAM'S GANG
UK / BBC1 / 10x25m-e / 1977/79
Writer: John Challen / Executive Producer: Anna Home / Director: Marilyn Fox
Children's sitcom. Adventures of the five boys and one girl who make up Graham's Gang The kids adventures saw them getting involved with crooks and the such like.
With:- MARK FRANCIS as Graham / MELANIE GIBSON as Mildred / NEILL LILYWHITE as William / ALAN CORBETT as Lux / TOMMY PENDER as Robert / LLOYD MAHONEY as Keith / KATHERINE HUGHES as Denise (Season 2)
GRAN
UK / BBC1 / 13x10m-e / 1983
Stop frame animation. T
GRANDAD
UK / BBC1 / 22x30m-e / 1979-84 Four seasons
Writer: Bob Block / Producer/Director: Jeremy Swan
Children's sitcom. Charlie Quick is the elderly caretaker of Parkview Rehearsal Hall whose efforts to help usually hinder.
CLIVE DUNN as Charlie Quick / GEOFFREY RUSSELL as Mr Watkins / MAURICE THOROGOOD as Digby Rigby (Season 1) / JANE WADDELL as Mildred (Season 1) / JAMES MARCUS as Bert Bamford (Seasons 2-4)
UK / BBC1 / x25m-e / 1978-continuing
Creator: Phil Redmond / Executive Producers: Anna Home, Richard Callanan
Children's drama. Often controversial view of life for the pupils and staff of a tough inner city Comprehensive school. In the season that began at the start of 2003 famous old boy Tucker Jenkins (played still by Todd Carty) made a reappearance as the uncle of a new pupil.
Important cast members have included:- TODD CARTY as Peter 'Tucker' Jenkins / TERRY SUE PATT as Benny Green / MICHELLE HERBERT as Trisha Yates / LEE McDONALD as Samuel 'Zammo' McGuire / GWYNETH POWELL as Mrs Bridget McCluskey / ERKAN MUSTAFA as Roland / Browning / GEORGE CHRISTOPHER as Ziggy Greaves / SUSAN TULLY as Suzanne Ross / ROBERT MORGAN as Justin Bennett / SEAN ARNOLD as Mr Llewellyn / PETER MORAN as Pogo Patterson / MICHAEL SHEARD as Mr Bronson / LETITIA DEAN as Lucinda / SONYA KEARNS as Chrissy Mainwaring / MICHELLE GAYLE as Fiona Wilson
GRANNY'S KITCHEN
UK / Yorkshire / 13x25m-e / 1977
Cookery. Cook Dorothy Sleighthome (presenter of the adult cookery series Farmhouse Kitchen) teaches youngsters some of her cooking skills.
GRANPA
UK / Channel 4-TVS-TVC Granpa / 1x30m-e / 1989
Producer: John Coates / Book: John Burningham / Executive Producer: Paul Madden / Director: Dianne Jackson
Animated fantasy comedy drama. A young girl has adventures with her Grandfather.
Voices:- PETER USTINOV as Granpa / EMILY OSBORNE as Emily and with SARAH BRIGHTMAN singing Make Believe.
GRAVESIDE HIGH
USA / NBC / x20m-e / 1990
Animated fantasy comedy. Misadventures of the pupils at a school for monsters.
Vocies: RICK MORANIS / SHARI BELAFONTE / EILEEN BRENNAN / GEORGIA BROWN / TIM CURRY / JONATHAN WINTERS
THE GREAT DETECTIVE
UK / BBC / 6x30m-e / 1953 4 July - 26 September Saturdays 5 30pm Fortnightly / black and white
Writer: Philip Godfrey / Producers: Douglas Hurn, Shaun Sutton
Sitcom. Episodes from the files of the self styled Great Detective. The actor playing the Great Detective suddenly changed halfway through the shows short run
With:- JOHN HEWER as The Great Detective(Eps 1-4) / GRAHAM STARK as The Great Detective(5-6) / JOHN SINCLAIR as Richard Rockhead / NORAH GAUSSEN as Annabella Clutterbuck / FELIX FELTON as Soames, the Butler / ERIK CHITTY as Cribbins, the Gardener / BILL SHINE as Jasper Bloodstone
THE GREEDYSAURUS GANG
UK / BBC-Bevanfield-First Standard Media / x5m-e / 1993
Music: Kick Prod / Writer/Producer: Kirsten Withers / Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer Andres (for BBC), Mary Swindale / Director: Timothy Forder
Animated adventures narrated by William Vanderpuye.
GREENCLAWS
BBC / 26x10m-e / 1988-89
Music: Jonathan Cohen / Producer: Christine Hewitt / Director: Adrian Mills
Young children's entertainment in
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GRIZZLY TALES FOR GRUESOME KIDS
UK / Carlton-Honeycomb-Elephant / x10m-e / 2000
Writer: Jamie Rix / Music: Ed Welch / Producers: Clive Hedges, Simon and Sara Bor / Directors: Jamie Rix, Simon and Simon Bor / Executive Producer: Michael Forte
An animated anthology series of scary stories narrated by Nigel Planer.
THE GROOVIE GHOULIES
USA / CBS-Filmation / x60m-e / 1970
Director: Hal Sutherland
Animated comedy horror. The misadventures of the residents of Horrible Hall, they included Frankie, Cousin Drac, Wolfie, Mummy, Bella La Ghostly, Hagatha, Batso, Ratzo and Gauntelroy.
Voices:- LARRY STORCH / DON MESSICK / HOWARD MORRIS / JANE WEBB / DALLAS McKENNA / JOHN IRWIN
GROTBAGS
ITV / x20m-e / 1991-93
Entertainment series, spun off from The Pink Windmill that saw the witch character of Grotbags from that show gain her own show, this mainly involved her being nasty to her studio audience of kids (who lapped it up) constantly calling them brats.
THE GROWING SUMMER
UK / LWT / 6x25m-e / 1969
Producer: Joy Whitby
Children's drama serial. A group of children have adventures when they stay with their Aunt in Ireland.
With:- WENDY HILLER as Aunt Dymphna
GRUEY
UK / BBC1 / 12x30m-e / 1988-89
Writer: Martin Riley / Executive Producer: Paul Stone / Director: Roger Singleton-Turner
Children's sitcom. Exploits of mischievous schoolkid Stephen Grucock and his pals. Season two known as Gruey Twoey.
With:- KIERAN O'BRIEN as Stephen 'Gruey' Grucock / DANNY COLLIER as Peter 'Wooly' Woolsmith / AYESHA HUSSAIN as Quidsia 'Quidsy' Rahim(S1) / CASEY LEE as Annie Mapin(S2) / KATISHA KENYON as Tricia 'Supermouse' / SCOTT FLETCHER as 'Nidgey' Jackson / PAUL COPLEY as Mr Grucock / JANE LEE as Mrs Grucock
GYPSY GIRL
UK / ITV Network - Film General / 7x25m-e / 2001 (First Episode: Monday 19 February / 4.35pm)
Writer: Carol Noble / Books: Elizabeth Arnold
Children's fantasy drama series. Young Romany girl Freya has magical powers which she uses to help people in need and also get herself into the odd bit of mischief.
With:- GEMMA GREGORY as Freya / ELEANOR BRON as Gran / GARY WEBSTER as Kokka George / RAQUEL GRACIE as Gemma
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