Memorable TV

UK / BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1998  Sundays 11.15am

Entertainment/Lifestyle. Blue Presenter Katy Hill takes a look at various days out kids can enjoy during their holidays.

UK / BBC1 / 12x25m-e / 1999-2000

Producer/Director: Simon Parsons

Lifestyle. A magazine style show looking at the latest trends in teenage life.

With:- JEAN ANDERSON / AARON CARPENTER / NIGEL CLARKE / HOLLY RIVERS / GERARD McCABE / TINA KELLY 

USA / 26x25m-e / 1985

Scifi adventure series. The Greek classic adapted into the space age. The series told the story of Ulysses and his crew, on their spaceship Odyssey, as they attempted to return to their Earth home.  

USA / Channel 68 in West Orange and then on WNBC-TV (NYC Channel 4) and national syndication on the NBC-TV / x30m-e / 1974-87

A show generally seen on New Jersey cable channels but with some syndication success during the early 1980's. . Wearing a porkpie hat, wild plaid jacket and a bow tie, Uncle Floyd tinkled the ivory of his upright piano; sang such classics as "Deep in the Heart of Jersey" and told burlesque style jokes with the assistance of his cute hand puppet, Oogie (a Kukla look-alike). Uncle Floyd was really Floyd Vivino. 

UK / BBC1 / 24x25m-e / 1990-93

Writer: Jimmy Eldridge / Producer: Jeremy Swan 

Comedy drama series. Two children have adventures with their archaeologist Uncle Jack. Each of the shows four seasons had individual titles, these were, 1.UNCLE JACK AND OPERATION GREEN, 2.UNCLE JACK AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, 3.UNCLE JACK AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, 4.UNCLE JACK AND CLEOPATRA'S MUMMY.

With:- PAUL JONES as Jack / FENELLA FIELDING as Vixen / MOYRA FRASER as Imogen / ROGER HAMMOND as 'M'  /  TRICIA GEORGE as Dorothy / MICHAEL COCHRANE as Smythe / NATASHA GRAY as Imelda 

USA / CBS / x20m-e / 1964-73

Animated canine capers about superhero Underdog who when he wasn't superheroing was the raher mild Shoeshine Boy. Most of underdog's exploits seemed to consist of him having to save beautiful Polly Purebred from the clutches of the roguish Simon Bar Sinister.  Voice of Underdog was by Wally Cox.

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

New Zealand / 6x25m-e / 1981

Novel: Maurice Gee

Scifi drama serial. A pair of twins with psychic abilities become embroiled in a plot to prevent an alien force destroying the planet.

With:- KIRSTY WILKINSON as Rachel / LANCE WARREN as Theo / BILL JOHNSON as Mr Wilberforce / ROY LEYWOOD as Mr Jones

THE UNIVERSE DOWNSTAIRS

UK / TVS 'Dramarama' / 1x25m-e / 1985

Writer: Tessa Krailing / Producer: John Dale / Director: Michael Kerrigan 

Fantasy. A bored teenager falls down the steps of his cellar and finds himself in another world.

With:- ROSEMARY LEACH as Beryl / BRIAN PECK as Harvey / JAY SIMPSON as Vincent / CASSIE STUART as Doll baby / DAVID COLLINGS as Sky / EILEEN NICHOLAS as Star  

THE UP AND DOWN, IN AND OUT, ROUNDABOUT MAN 

UK / Thames / 13x15m-e / 1973  21 May - 13 August  Mondays 12.25pm

Creator: Rex Bloomstein / Writer: Geoff Rowley, Andy Baker / Producers: Arthur Solomon, Ralf Rafi 

Pre school comedy series. Adventures of the slapstick kind with mime artist Ben Benison.

UP OUR STREET

UK / BBC1 / 13x15m-e / 1985  2 Seasons 

Producer: Greg Childs / Executive Producer: Cynthia Felgate 

Anthology series of comedies. 

SEASON ONE:-1.THE CHEWING GUM RESCUE, 2.JELLY AT THE RITZ, 3.MOLLY AND THE  SEAWEED HYPERMARKET (Writer: Victoria Wood), 4.THE BOY WHO HATED SHOPPING, 5.ROOMS TO LET, 6.FRYING TONIGHT, SEASON TWO:-1.SIMON AND THE WITCH, 2.THE BIRTHDAY BURGLAR, 3.JIMMY'S STORY, 4.THE END OF THE LINE, 5.STRANGE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE DELMONICO FAMILY. 6.STRANGE THINGS AT SEA, 7.ALISTAIR GRITTLE AND THE LIBRARY MONSTERS,

USA HIGH

USA / NBC/Peter Engel/ Rysher / x30m-e / 1997

Creators: Peter Engel, Leslie Eberhard / Executive Producer: Peter Engel 

Comedy drama series. Exploits of a group of teenage high school students. 

With:- JOSH HOLLAND as Jackson Green / ELENA LYONS as  Lauren Fontaine / THOMAS MAGIAR as Christian Mueller / MARQUITA TERRY as Winnie Barnes / JAMES MADIO as Bobby Lazzarini /  KRISTEN MILLER as Ashley Elliot