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Children's drama
Teasswill Started conversation Mar 7, 2004
I don't remember many of these from my childhood. Perhaps we only had the Sunday serial, which was usually good - mostly Dickens.
There were some excellent dramas I watched with my children though. Does anyone recall 'The Goon' with Roger Lloyd Pack? Other goodies include 'The Box of Delights', the Narnia chronicles, 'The Borrowers', 'The Demon headmaster' & 'the Queen's Nose'.
Children's drama
Ged42 Posted Mar 7, 2004
I remember watching Narnia 
, though strangely the only thing i can vividly recall is an episode of the Young Ones where they crash through a wardrobe into Narnia whilst being chased by an axe wielding Alexi Sayle! 
I also used to watch the Demon Headmaster, mainly because it was filmed round where i lived and i could see my mates wandering around in the background.
Quick question, does anyone remember a BBC (i think) children's drama about an archilogical dig in school playground which turns up an ancient computer/doomsday device called the Behemoth. it was on in the late 80's i think?
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 7, 2004
Oooh, yes, vaguely. Was it Australian, by any chance?
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Zak T Duck Posted Mar 7, 2004
Nope, it was Dark Season by Doctor Who guru Russell T Davies.
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Ged42 Posted Mar 8, 2004
ah ha Dark Season thats what it was called.
does anyone remember the aussie comedy 'Round the Twist' about a family living in a haunted lighthouse. 
or a drama about some kids, a welsh steam railway and a dragon. ithink it was called Eye of the Dragon but i'm not sure.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 8, 2004
I used to love Round the Twist! 
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novadog Posted Mar 8, 2004
Earie Indiana, Earie Indiana, Eerie Indiana. How ever you spelt it it was better than Round The Twist. However, RTT did have a perticularly fine episode where the youngest brother ended up with a water spirit coming out of his wizz. Any one remember that then? Or was that just me?
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 8, 2004
I remember that one. When I was watching that my mum asked what the feck I was watching 
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novadog Posted Mar 9, 2004
That was seriously surreal, I couldn't believe the connotations of it!!! They actually got away with it as well.
I'm also extremely glad someone else saw it. It's not just me 
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Moonstalker Posted Mar 9, 2004
i seem to remember all of round the twist being fairly surreal! i'm not sure why it was allowed to be aired lol 
however the place is real, and people are proud of it. one of my friends from uni has been there - she has a photo of the lighthouse on her wall!
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