Memorable TV

Canada-France-Germany / Chevox-Ellipse-Nelvana / x20m-e / 1995

Story editor: Peter Saunder / Music: Milan Kymlicka

Animated fantasy adventure series. Spin off from the films about a young boy with a magical book that can transport him to amazing worlds.

Voices:- CHRISTOPHER BELL as Bastian / GEOFFREY BOWES as Barney / RICHARD BINSLEY as Barktroll / BARBARA BRYNE as Urgi

USA / CBS-Filmation / 16x25m-e / 1977-78

Producer: Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer

Animated fantasy action adventure series. Batman and Robin (helped by Batgirl and Batmite) try to keep Gotham City free of crime.

Voices:- ADAM WEST as Batman / BURT WARD as Robin / MELENDY BRITT as Batgirl / LENNIE WEINRIB as Bat-Mite

UK / LWT/Fremantle / 1x60m-e 15x30m-e / 1990

Producer: Michael Newby 

Adventure series. A sequel to the original series featuring a younger generation of the Gordon family having adventures with the horse black beauty. 

With:- AMBER McWILLIAMS as Vicky / STACY DORNING as Jenny Gordon / WILLIAM LUCAS as Dr Gordon 

USA / NBC-Filmation-King Features / 23x30m-e / 1979-80

Animated scifi drama series. Flash Gordon and Dr Zarkov wind up on the planet Mongo where they tangle with the evil Ming the Merciless. 

Voices:- BOB RIDGLEY as Flash Gordon / ALAN OPPENHEIMER as Dr Zarkov/Ming / DIANE PERSHING as Dale

USA / Filmation / x20m-e / 1974

Animated sitcom. A cartoon version of the 1960's sitcom Gilligan's Island about a group of mismatched characters stranded on a desert island.

USA / NBC-Hanna Barbera / 20x25m-e / 1968

Executive Producers: Joseph Hanna, William Barbera

Adventure series, a mixture of animation and live action with Huck and his friends able to travel to magical worlds via a magic cave.

With:- MICHAEL SHEAH / TED CASSIDY

Australia / 7 Network-Norfolk / 39x30m-e / 1991

Writer: Joy Cavill, Ted Roberts, Ross Napier, Kevin Nemeth / Executive producer: NIck McMahon / Producers: David C. Field, Michael Lake, Michael Midlam

Drama series. A revival of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo with the Sonny of that show now an adult and a ranger in charge of an animal park on the Gold Coast.

With:- ANDREW CLARKE as Sonny Hammond / KATE McNEILL as Lou Hammond / SIMON JAMES as Jerry Hammond / FIONA SHANNON as Kate / MOYA O'SULLIVAN as Thelma

Australia / Media World Pty Ltd / 26x30m-e / 2000

Writer: Tom Galbraith, Judy Malagren / Producers: John Tatoulis, Colin South

Animated fantasy drama series. A sequel to Ocean Girl. On the planet Oceana Princess Neri embarks on a quest to find a series of crystals needed to restore happiness to her planet.

Voices:- MARNIE REECE-WILMORE as Neri / SIGRID THORNTON as Narrator / MARG DOWNEY as Shema / MICHAEL CARMEN as Galiel / DENNIS PRYOR as King Nemon

USA / DePatie Freleng / x30m-e / 1971-76

Executive Producers: David DePatie, Fritz Freleng / Music: Henri Mancini

UK / Central / 6x30m-e / 1988 22 Feb - 28 Mar

Writer: Francis Sinclair / Executive Producer: Lewis Rudd / Producer: Pamela Lonsdale / Director: Alex Kirby 

Fantasy comedy series. 12 year old Kevin Doyle imagines he is a news presenter and every night broadcasts a bulletin about his life.

With:- EWAN PHILLIPS as Kevin Doyle / JULIA FOSTER as Doris Doyle / PATRICK MALAHIDE as Arthur Starkey / SHEILA FEARN as Iris Swindley / CONSTANCE CHAPMAN as Granny Doyle / REBECCA LACEY as Sharon Doyle / TARIQ YUNUS as Harry Patel / LISA BRICE as Tina Swindley / LOUISE HEAD as Liz Wilde 

A marathon show from the Nickelodeon channel with children from all over the world talking about their hopes for the future. Broadcast 1st January 2000.

Europe / EBU / EUR (Eurovision) / 26x15m-e / 1997

Creators: Elphin Lloyd-Jones, John M. Mills / Writer: Steve Walker / Producer: John M. Mills 

Animated adventure series. The adventures of a young polar bear and his animal friends left alone after the Earth is hit by a fireball. The show was made by the European Broadcasting Union uniting the talents of 14 countries, the BBC was the British broadcaster involved.

Voices:- RON MOODY / SALLY GRACE / JON GLOVER / DAVID HOLT / JILL SCHILLING / MELISSA SINDEN

UK / Channel Four-Chrysalis / x30/40m-e / 1998-continuing

Executive Producer: Tony Moss / Producers: Rob Wakeling, Pete Woods

Teen lifestyle. A look at the latest trends in sport and taking in fashion and hip music. Presented by DermotO'Leary and Margherita Taylor.

UK / Tyne Tees / 7x25m-e / 1976

Writers: Derrick Sherwin, Martin Hall /Novel: Martin Hall / Producer: Margaret Bottomey / Design: Roger Andrews / Music: Anthony Isaac / Director: Michael Ferguson

Spooky comedy drama serial. The Sinclair family move into their new home Cornerstones only to find it haunted by the ghost of a young boy called Nobody.

With:- KEVIN MORETON as Nobody / WILLIAM GAUNT as Pete Sinclair / WENDY GIFFORD as Jane Sinclair / STUART WILDE as Tom Sinclair / MANDY WOODWARD as Gilly Sinclair / WALTER GAUNT as Wally

UK / BBC-BBC Children's Int/ Cosgrove Hall / x15m-e / 1993-94

Characters: Enid Blyton / Producer: Jackie Cockle / Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer Andrews, Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall / Music: Paul K. Joyce / Director: Brian Little

Animated adventure series. Stories of little Noddy and his friends in Toyland, especially best friend Big Ears. This was a distinctly PC version of Blyton's  often controversial (in today's over precious world anyway) stories.

Voices:- SUSAN SHERIDAN / JIMMY HIBBERT

UK-Canada-USA / BBC Worldwide America-Catalyst-Enid Blyton-TV Ontario-CBC / x25m-e / 199?

Creator/Executive Producer: Rick Siggelkow / Producer: Jim Corston / Music: Stacey Hersh 

Adventure. The original Noddy series (see above entry) book ended by live action tales of two children helping out in a magical toyshop. 

With:- SEAN McCANN / KATIE BOLAND / MAX MORROW / JAYNE EASTWOOD

UK / BBC / 40x10m-e / 1965

Writer: Oliver Postgate / Music: Vernon Elliott / Producer/Ditrectors: Oliver Postgate, Peter Firmin

Animated fantasy series. Stories of Nogging, Prince of the Nogs, his Eskimo bride Nooka and his son Knut as they tried to defeat the evil Nogbad the bad.

Narrators: OLIVER POSTGATE / RONNIE STEVENS   

USA-Japan / Saban-Fuji 8 / 65x20m-e / 1987

Music: Haim Saban, Shuki Levy

Animated fantasy adventure series. A young girl, Sandy Brown, gets a stuffed Koala Bear in the post, this then comes to life and helps Sandy look for her long lost father in Koala-Wala Land.

Voices:- CHERYL CHASE 

UK / BBC1 / 16x25m-e / 1997-98

Writer: Roy Apps 

Sitcom. A group of teenage schoolkids start their own band, become successfullish but end up having trouble with their dodgy manager. The group actually managed to generate a couple of real life pop hits.

With:- JAMES HURST as Jimmy Osman  / LEE OTTER as Greg Fuggle / GEMMA McCLUSKIE as Janis / TOM COWE as Miles Smith-Jones / GEORGIA NEVILLE as Romey 

Australia / 9 Network-Becker Ent.- All American Fremantle

A word puzzle game based on the old word search routine but utilising modern technology. Hosted by Scott McRae.

UK / TVS 'Dramarama'  / 1x25m-e / 1988

Writer: Nick McCarty / Producer/Director:Alistair Clarke 

Fantasy drama. Two badly behaved children are made tiny by magician The Great Callisto.

With:- DON HENDERSON as The Great Callisto / DEBORAH GRANT as Evenlyn / LEWIS TURNER as Ben / JOANNA CLARKE as May / ROSS BOATMAN as Solider / HOWARD LEW LEWIS as Man in Audience  

UK / ITV / 1980's

Early eighties Saturday morning entertainment ala TISWAS but supposedly set in a terraced house (the number 73 of the title). It had all the usual ingredients, bands, cartoons etc and was fronted by Neil Buchanan, Kim Goody and Sandi Toksvig.