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A staple of our childhoods! Even watching some of the episodes on youtube now I get that cosy warm glow of settling down in front of the TV and dreaming off into another world where a brilliant performer would capture ...

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A hard-hitting family drama from the 90s, starring TV legends Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters, with Barclay Wright playing Jake. Jake comes into the world just as his dad loses his job, which means his mum goes out to work ...

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James Bond Jr. was a cartoon about a British spy described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's master spy James Bond 007. One of the movie villains returning, with a new look, was Odd Job, from the 1964 film 'Goldfinger'. ...

James The Cat was a cartoon featuring a black and white cat. He was my favourite programme as a child. The stories followed his escapades in his garden. The theme tune went:"My name's James. James the cat I like fame. Money...and ...

‘Jaym-eeeee, Jaym-eee, Jaym-ee and the Magic Torch!’ There can’t be many children of the late 1970s who don’t still feel a flush of nostalgia on hearing the instantly recognisable, guitar-heavy, rocking theme tune of Jamie and the Magic Torch. Migraine-inducing ...

A childrens' adventure series about a female version of Tarzan. Jana even had her own 'call'. ...

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Jangles was a tea-time drama aimed at teenagers circa 1981 and shown on ITV. It was set in a nightclub which was presided over by the ethereal, enigmatic character of Herald. It starred the talented Hazel O'Connor, whose character was ...

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Jayce and the rest of the Lightning League are in search of Jayce's father, who left to fight the Monster Vines lead by Sawboss. These evil vines are spreading across the universe with offshoots transformed into enhanced vehicles who raid ...

Jerrica turned into Jem with magic earings. The good glam rock band (Holograms) vs the bad one (The Misfits). ...

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I remember Jigsaw well. It was made up of short sketches, "Mr Noseybonk" springs to mind! I remember his huge nose, and his bright white face, spooky really! And I must mention Janet Ellis was one of the presenters. Strangely ...

A shell-suited and blinged up Jimmy Savile used to host this classic Saturday tea time show which featured members of the public writing in to ask for Jimmy's help achieving their dreams. A handwritten letter would be shown on the ...

Jimbo And The Jet Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) was a British animated cartoon series in the 80s, featuring the adventures of a talking aeroplane. it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986.The story behind the show ...

Joanie Loves Chachi was one of the spin-off productions from the ultra hip (at the time) Happy Days. The show starred Scott Baio and Erin Morgan in the title roles as they try to move away from the Fonz (his ...

'Joe' is probably my earliest tv memory. I think it was a 'Watch With Mother' programme but I clearly remember it being about a little boy in dungarees who looked like a 'Mini-Me' of Matt Skilbeck from Emmerdale Farm. ...

Joe 90 was a puppet-led children's TV show in the style of Thunderbirds, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and aired in the 70s.Joe 90 was an intelligent nine-year-old boy who used to go into this machine called the B.I.G.R.A.T ...

This was a kids' BBC teatime drama circa 1974 involving a young man who inherits a dodgy racehorse. It was the second program produced by Anna Home who also made Jackanory and Grange Hill.The story was originally based ...

You were back from school. You’d sat through the programmes aimed at the younger kids and were eagerly waiting for Grange Hill to start. But first, Ted Heath and his Music struck up the easily recognisable notes of their cover ...

John's Not Mad was a QED documentary about a boy with Tourettes Syndrome. By the next day everyone at school was shouting "Get the f*****g Nescafe". If a teacher caught you swearing, you'd just say you'd got Tourettes. ...

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot was an american-dubbed Japanese cartoon and was usually on Sunday mornings, I believe. Johnny Sokko a kid who would talk into his watch(?) and say the words "Johnny Sokko, Launch!!" to launch his huge ...

Early 70s joke-telling panel game produced by Yorkshire TV, hosted by Barry Cryer and consisting of two teams each with three comedians. A comic was given a subject about which to tell a gag, and if he was interrupted before ...

Jonny Briggs was a TV series which ran from 1985 to 1987. The most memorable thing about the show was the theme tune (played on trombone I think).Jonny Briggs was a boy who lived with his mum, dad, his sister ...

Josie and the Pussycats was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera; about a fictitious rock band and was from 1970–1972. It was later modified and retitled Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972–1974). ...

Jossy's Giants (1986) was a TV series about a hopeless lads' football team knocked into shape by Jossy Blair, an affable Geordie with a fondness for gambling. Only two series were made containing 5 episodes each. In the second series, ...

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Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde was a sitcom on CBBC in the mid to late 90s about a schoolgirl called 'Julia Jekyll' (who had a best friend at the fictional school called the 'Rocket Academy' by the name of 'Edward'); ...

Juliet Bravo was TV series of the tales of a female police officer based in a fictional Lancashire town. As well as (usually straightforward) crimes to be solved, she had a constant battle to earn respect from her set-in-their-ways male ...

Jumbo Spencer was a short-lived TV series ini the 70s about a young boy who tried to change things in his local village and make life better for people. I remember the village needed a pedestrian crossing so he got ...

The Junglies was a show on TV am about child-like anthropomorphic animals called 'the Junglies' who always spend their time having fun (especially in their classroom when they go to school). Characters include Penny Parrot, Geraldine Giraffe, Zoe Zebra and ...

Hosted by Derek Hobson Junior Showtime was a variety show for kids that launched the career of Bonnie Langford. Enough said, I think! ...

The story of Penny (Jan Francis) and Vince (Paul Nicholas), who once upon a time were supposed to get married, but didn't. Years later, they meet up, and the series followed their on again, off again, relationship. At the time ...

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Just William was the TV series of the books about William, a chunky sickly school boy! He was always into all kinds of mischief.A young girl never let him get away from her and she always got her own way ...

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