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70's Children's TV

Rainbow

In this episode Zippy knocks Bungles Tower Over!

Rainbow has gained cult status here in the UK. This kid's TV show ran twice weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on ITV from 16th October 1972 until 6th March 1992. 

The series ended pretty abruptly when, after more than 1000 episodes, Thames Television lost its ITV franchise.

Kids TV Shows from the 70s and 80s

Here Come The Double Deckers

Blimey! I Remember watching Here Come The The Double Deckers on a saturday morning back in the 70's! This video clip made me feel like a kid again!

The characters were Spring (He was black, but I'm not sure why he was called Spring), Billie (The cowgirl), Brains (he wore specs), Doughnut (he was fat), Sticks (he played the drums), Tiger (she had a cuddly tiger who was also called, erm, tiger!) and Scooper - no idea why he was called Scooper?

I'm not sure whether calling someone Doughnut would be allowed today!

Play Away

Play Away was a sort of longer version of Playschool, but I didn't enjoy it half as much as Playschool! The video clip features the legendary Brian Can't, Tony Arthur, Jeremy Irons, Anne-Marie Hackett and Julie Stevens. Tony Robinson was also in this episode, although, unfortunately, he's not on this clip!

The Vision On Clock Sequence from 1974