School Telly Years Ago
Discussion
JAM35F said:
It was called The boy From Space. Very scarey when watched as an 8 year old in a darkened school canteen on a wooden cased TV. Worst bit was when the dad got his red austin stick in mud and the aliens were walking towards him. Episode ended on that cliff hanger, can't remember what happened next.
There are clips on youtube.Oh, I remember the TV in the wooden case up high with the doors that folded back into the sides and the minute countdown to the programme.
Eric Mc said:
I don't think so.
There's no room in the schedules. They'd have to take of superior programming such as Jeremy Kyle or Trishia.
In reality, the advent of the VHS recorder signalled the beginning of the end for broadast educational programming - coupled with the growth of daytime TV.
Up until 1972, TV was not allowed to start broadcasting "normal" TV until about 4.00 pm. The 9.00 am to 3.00 pm slots were available for schools TV and Open University. When afternoon TV began, schools broadcasting began to be squeezed out. By the end of the 1980s, there was hardly any space left for it in the schedules.
Now, educational programmes can be shown on DVDs or downloaded.
Actually Eric, I went to school after the advent of the VHS recorder and we still had loads of "programes for schools" for us to watch, the only exception was that they used to screen them at two or three in the morning and the schools would tape them.There's no room in the schedules. They'd have to take of superior programming such as Jeremy Kyle or Trishia.
In reality, the advent of the VHS recorder signalled the beginning of the end for broadast educational programming - coupled with the growth of daytime TV.
Up until 1972, TV was not allowed to start broadcasting "normal" TV until about 4.00 pm. The 9.00 am to 3.00 pm slots were available for schools TV and Open University. When afternoon TV began, schools broadcasting began to be squeezed out. By the end of the 1980s, there was hardly any space left for it in the schedules.
Now, educational programmes can be shown on DVDs or downloaded.
Which of course meant that the beginning of each show was a blur of distorted sound and vision while the inept teacher tried to get the "tracking" fixed!
This also meant that enterprising young souls could exchange the tape while the teacher was out of the room for something a little emore entertaining!
I remember in 1970(ish) watching a schools' program that showed the remarkable conveyor belt that 'miraculously' sorted all our household rubbish into recyclables - different metals, glass, paper, fabrics, bio-digestable etc. 40 years later we all have to fanny around doing it all for them! Funny thing progress.
freecar said:
Eric Mc said:
I don't think so.
There's no room in the schedules. They'd have to take of superior programming such as Jeremy Kyle or Trishia.
In reality, the advent of the VHS recorder signalled the beginning of the end for broadast educational programming - coupled with the growth of daytime TV.
Up until 1972, TV was not allowed to start broadcasting "normal" TV until about 4.00 pm. The 9.00 am to 3.00 pm slots were available for schools TV and Open University. When afternoon TV began, schools broadcasting began to be squeezed out. By the end of the 1980s, there was hardly any space left for it in the schedules.
Now, educational programmes can be shown on DVDs or downloaded.
Actually Eric, I went to school after the advent of the VHS recorder and we still had loads of "programes for schools" for us to watch, the only exception was that they used to screen them at two or three in the morning and the schools would tape them.There's no room in the schedules. They'd have to take of superior programming such as Jeremy Kyle or Trishia.
In reality, the advent of the VHS recorder signalled the beginning of the end for broadast educational programming - coupled with the growth of daytime TV.
Up until 1972, TV was not allowed to start broadcasting "normal" TV until about 4.00 pm. The 9.00 am to 3.00 pm slots were available for schools TV and Open University. When afternoon TV began, schools broadcasting began to be squeezed out. By the end of the 1980s, there was hardly any space left for it in the schedules.
Now, educational programmes can be shown on DVDs or downloaded.
Which of course meant that the beginning of each show was a blur of distorted sound and vision while the inept teacher tried to get the "tracking" fixed!
This also meant that enterprising young souls could exchange the tape while the teacher was out of the room for something a little emore entertaining!
I remember the Picture Box, one of those programmes I didn't actually like, but still watched cas there was bugger all else on. Back in the days when Sunday telly was Church stuff, Walden? And the open university...thank frak for videos.
Who was that mad professor type in the early 80s?
Who was that mad professor type in the early 80s?
Anyone remember how we used to live. It followed a Northern family through the ages as far as I remember, same family members and how they did different things in different ages. There was the Edwardians and a WW1 series, each lasting a term I think.
In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
JAM35F said:
Anyone remember how we used to live. It followed a Northern family through the ages as far as I remember, same family members and how they did different things in different ages. There was the Edwardians and a WW1 series, each lasting a term I think.
In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
Thats Uncanny..I was just googling this series..remember this from school days,when the Big telly was wheeled out.In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
Deanno1dad said:
JAM35F said:
Anyone remember how we used to live. It followed a Northern family through the ages as far as I remember, same family members and how they did different things in different ages. There was the Edwardians and a WW1 series, each lasting a term I think.
In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
Thats Uncanny..I was just googling this series..remember this from school days,when the Big telly was wheeled out.In the world war 1 series the 'simple' son was at the army drafting office and his mum didnt want him to go to war, the army officers weren't going to take him as he was of low intelligence but then he made the mistake of saying he enjoyed digging ditches on his farm. Woops, off he went to dig trenches. Even at 8 years old I was gutted for him.
Halb said:
StevieBee said:
Remember a programme that featured a typewriter golf ball wheel character bobbing about the screen. Wordy I think he was called.
Either that or they were feeding us crack at break time.
I think that was what I sort of remembered, with my cubeface description Either that or they were feeding us crack at break time.
Definitely. I was going to post the same thing.
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