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) 

GRANGE HILL

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 which

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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