Everything has to adhere to "Core Values"
give the little sods "Tom & Jerry", "Tex Avery" and "Bagpuss". The best childrens programs were all slightly dark and/or subversive. Not "The Moomins" though, that went too far!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

^ All of this
Although even the Moomins makes me feel warm now.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:46, Reply)

I dunno, The Moomins was some disturbing shit

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Beautifully so.
I'd like to personally thank ITV for inflicting it upon us and not shitting themselves about it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:50, Reply)

I wasn't allowed to watch ITV when I was little

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:51, Reply)

My tiny childhood viewing was ITV
Moomins, Danger Mouse, Rainbow, Jamie & the Magic Torch, Cockleshell Bay etc.
But then as I got older it was all about the BBC. I fell in love with it. There was no restriction though. I just thought Childrens Ward was wank. I am one of those people who is more than happy to pay my license fee though.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Children's drama is shit, fact

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Grange Hill was not shit.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Yes it was, it was full of poisonous little oiks

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Go shove it up yer jizzle

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:02, Reply)

The Box of Delights was good.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)

That ruled

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:01, Reply)

I used to wank to Children's Ward too!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Hmmm Lukemegasm

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Dirt. Tim Vincent?
In defence of ITV, Behind the Bikesheds was ace.
It was shit like, looking back.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)

So which Moomin do you identify with?
or were you the snork maiden?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:53, Reply)

As if you had to ask.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I was NOT that snipe-nosed little cunt!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:57, Reply)

You do have issues about this, don't you?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Shuttup!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Calm down dear
SNORKY...

Haha.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Watchit

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I didn't say you were!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)

I felt you implied it :(

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)

I could just as easily have been implying
that you are fair and Moominmaidenesque. Don't blame your insecurities on me, toots!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:03, Reply)

hahah, oh good lord
*used spoon to tunnel out*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:04, Reply)

S
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:02, Reply)

'I like this'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I expect that back in the day, childrens TV wasnt taken seriously
so they bought up any old thing going cheap without checking it out (including some wacky forign stuff). Did you know that "The Magic Roundabout" was made in France? The BBC (or whoever) bought it and made up new dialogue to match what was going on.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)

and did YOU know
that the person who did this for the BBC was grating luvvie Emma Thompson's father?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I did not
bravo sir, you have out-trivia'd me
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:05, Reply)

If an item of information
is of absolutely no use to anyone whatsoever, chances are I know it, and it's taking up the space in my brain that might otherwise have been used to hold, say, 'how to drive', or 'money management'....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:17, Reply)

I am still using this excuse to this day
Four, possibly five failed driving tests and counting, but I've probably got all the lyrics to Tommy floating around in some part of my brain that would have been really useful when I was trying to pull out into that roundabout...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 10:27, Reply)