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An absolute classic comedy still very popular today. Dad's Army was a comedy about the antics of the British Home Guard who are led by Capt. Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe) and his long suffering second in command, Sgnt Wilson (John Le ...

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Daktari was a show set in the jungle/desert with a veterinarian taking care of animals in the wild. Daktari was a live action show around in the mid 60's. It starred Marshall Thomson and Clarence the cross-eyed lion. ...

Dallas was the glamourous 80s and 90s soap opera set in... um... can't remember where it was actually. The show was famous for its cliffhanger storylines (who shot JR?), it's glamourous hairdos, costumes and the bizarre return of Bobby (Patrick Duffy) ...

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If I remember this one rightly it had Adrien Zimmed as the host of a dance competition between couples. This was similar to 'Dances with the Stars', but just with everyday people.  ...

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Patrick McGoohan played John Drake, some sort of government agent. It was James Bondish but edgier as I recall. McGoohan went on to do the Prisoner,  which I think was loosely based on what might happen to an agent like ...

There was only one super spy that children of the 1980s needed, and he didn’t drink Martinis. DangerMouse (voiced by David Jason) - who wore an eye patch and a figure-hugging outfit in exactly the same shade of white as ...

I was only a young boy at the time, but if memory serves, Danger UXB was about about a unit of bomb disposal experts during the second world war. The UXB meant 'Unexploded Bomb'. As the name suggests, it was ...

A gothic soap opera which featured vampires, werewolves, witches, worlocks and other supernatural beings.The soap lasted 5 years, starting in 1966 and running until 1971 and was aired during the daytime. It became massively popular in it's time. ...

Darkroom was hosted by James Coburn. This anthology was an 80's version of Twilight Zone, as if the New Twilight Zone, was not enough. It was a little darker than The Twilight Zone however. It hosted many "has been"stars such ...

This is quite often, and quite incorrectly, called Stop The Pigeon, and I'm pleased that a site other than mine has got it's facts spot on again.This featured Dick Dastardly, Zilly and Klunk as 3 people whose sole job it ...

Dave Allen was a top comedian who sat on a stool, sometimes smoking and sometimes drinking what he had us believe was whiskey. The jokes (many of which would now be considered extremely politically incorrect) were interspersed with sketches - ...

David the Gnome was a cartoon that was on Nickelodeon in the 80s or 90s. It was about David the Gnome and the whole gnome community. I'm pretty sure they solved little problems like things about friendship and ...

Seem to remember this being on quite late and it being a very adult comedy for me to be watching in my very early teens.Centred around a group of no-hopers who meet up for counselling after all being dumped by ...

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DEF II was a mid 80's/early 90's "Yoof" culture magazine program on BBC 2. It was the brainchild of Janet Street Porter and furthered careers of MC Normski and Simon O'Brien et al. The logo was a bar code of ...

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This Canadian high school drama series was first shown in 1987 and followed the lives of a group of teenage students including Bryant Lister 'BLT' Thomas, Archie 'Snake' Simpson, Claude Tanner, Scooter Webster and a whole load of others.It was ...

Dempsey and Makepeace launched on London Weekend Television in 1985 bringing some sizzling sexual tension to cold Friday evenings. It starred Michael Brandon as tough US cop Lieutenant Jim Dempsey and Glynis Barber as aristocratic Detective Sergeant Harriet “Harry” Makepeace. ...

Denver was a friendly dinosaur that together with the gang of the children who originally discovered him go through different adventures. They all help thwart the schemes of the unscrupulous concert promoter Morton Fizzback who is always looking to cash ...

Department S was a British spy/crime fighter programme starring Peter Wyngard as Jason King, a crime writer who used his fictional character, Mark Caine, to solve the crimes in each episode. Department S later spawned the spin off Jason ...

Or should I say "Deputy Dawg"- godam varmits !! Tv cartoon of 60's / 70's - about a dog who was a sheriff deputy with a ten gallon hat who got up to all sorts of antics with his two ...

French dubbed TV programmed shown in the UK around the late 60's - early 70's aired on Saturday mornings along with Casey Jones & Champion the Wonder Horse, The Flashing Blade and Belle, Sebastian and the Horses! It chronicled the ...

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The British TV series Diana had nothing to do with Princess Diana. It was broadcast in 1984 and featured Patsy Kensit in the lead role as a teenage Diana, who grew up during the series until a new actress took ...

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Richard O'Sullivan as Dick Turpin terrorising the rich with his sidekick Swiftnick. As dashing highwaymen they win the hearts of many women and used to have me rushing in from playtime as a young girl! ...

Certain things can make or break a TV show, and a memorable catchphrase is one thing that guarantees success. There was One Foot In The Grave's "I don't beleeeeeeeve it!", Only Fools And Horses' "Lovely jubbly", The Generation Game's "Nice ...

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I saw Dixon Of Dock Green from the very first programme to the last. It started in the late fifties, and was in black and white. My favourite actor, Peter Byrne played the role of Andy Crawford, who later became ...

Dizzy Heights was a BBC children's programme based in a hotel with humans and puppets. I think there were mice living in the stairs as well. The show was about Mr Heap and Mr Wall's who ran the ...

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"Friend of the animal world" I seem to remember. Garish sub- Hanna Barbera reminiscent of the Care Bears cartoon where the sickly sweet and kind Dr Snuggles evaded the clutches of some evil fiend. It was shown on Sunday mornings ...

Doctor Who is a series that originally ran from 1963 to 1989. It came back in 1996 for a one off TV movie with paul McCan as the Doctor. It returned next year for another run. The lead character is The ...

One of several memorably unfunny sitcoms to be inflicted on the nation by ITV in the very early '80s (along with 'Astronauts' and 'Dead Ernest').Doctor's Daughters focused upon a health centre in the fictional cathedral town of Mitrebury, where the ...

Little-remembered mid-80s childrens' home-based drama featuring the exploits of brother and sister Dodger (played by Lee Ross, who's now in The Catherine Tate Show) and Bonzo. The rest were an assorted cast of fellow residents, who all teamed up to ...

Dogtanian was a toon that had one of those theme tunes you just couldn't stop singing. A bit like Willy Fog, but even MORE annoying. One for all and all for ONE. GRRRRRRR!!!!!! It featured Athos, ...

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