Sapphire & Steel was worth a look.

I found out about a lot of great 70's programmes in LOOK-IN. Bought it every week with my pocket money.

Crystal Tips and Alistair…..who remembers that one!

Bring back Crown Court!!! The theme tune still runs deep in my memory..

I’m so thankful I grew up in the 70s, an amazing decade for tv and music.

Ha ha , The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. Best of order now!

The Duchess of Duke Street, was Gemma Jones, not Craven.

The Feathered Serpent still gives nightmares ! I was 10 in 1976.

Even a snippet of Avenues and Alleyways , and im whisked off back to the 70s 😊

I remember all these and enjoyed them all. I loved Ace of Wands and The Feathered Serpent, it felt as though children were being treated as grown-ups. Thank you for posting these memories.

I laughed at Sid James' joke... Does that make me old? I was nearly Bernard Manning's piano player, so I guess I am. 😉

Fun facts... Gerry Anderson said that The cast and crew who made the protectors were secretly relieved when the show was cancelled because it was incredibly stressful to make. They had to make it at breakneck speed and because each 25 minute (excluding adverts) episode was action packed the writers struggled to knock out the scripts fast enough too and the actors and directors were exhausted when the show got cancelled. Another fun fact was that during the first series of Wheeltappers, a real bar serving real alcohol was used. The audience were regularly sloshed once the cameras started filming. I gather that changed for the second series. And I'm not that surprised Vincent Price did a cookery show for a UK television broadcaster. Price was a well known Anglophile who was always looking for excuses to visit the UK. He had many friends in Britain and, asides from British ancestry, he had trod the boards in provincial UK theatres as a youth so he was always looking for reasons to stay there. If he got offered a job, like the Haywards Pickled Onions one he did ("The pickle that bites back") or appearing in that horror film he did with Kenny Everett, then he would race over from the US and hang out with friends like Christopher Lee, Laurence Olivier or Michael Winner. Two great kids mini series rom the era that should be mentioned. The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976 I think) and The Clifton House Mystery (1978?). Both great kids entertainment, the latter having a spooky side to it.

Brilliant, half of these shows I never heard of, I must have been doing my homework or out playing footie on the park! The Tomorrow people, Blake's 7 and The Freewheelers, comes to mind, I used to love these shows.

Cat weasel and also the Tomorrow People. Ooh, and the Double Deckers please.

Another forgotten 70s game show was 'Quick on the draw'. It featured well known cartoonists such as Bill Tidy, Willie Rushton and...errr...Rolf Harris. It was usually hosted by Tidy. The premise of the show was that one of the panel members was given a well known phrase, saying, nursery rhyme, etc which they had to illustrate for the others to guess.

The Phoenix and the Carpet springs to mind though it's mostly the title sequence that I can recall.

The Tomorrow People The Water Margin UFO These are just three I Thught of and hoped you would show when I first saw this Video.

It's strange how some comedy dramas that got 15 million viewers are now never shown like Moody and Pegg (released by Network), Beryl's Lot (not released anywhere) and anthology series like Thriller, Orson Welles Great Mysteries (both released by Network) and Love Story (nearly released by Network but cancelled). Hopefully Talking Pictures may be able to show them one day.

You can add the police drama, 'New Scotland Yard'. Lead actor John Woodvine, as Chief superintendent Kingdom, was stepwise upstaged by his sinister sidekick, Inspector, later Sergeant Alan Ward, chillingly played by 'Emergency-Ward 10' alumnus, John Carlisle. His Gestapo-like character may well have been the inspiration for Peter Miles' portrayal of Nyder in the Dr Who series 'Genesis of the Daleks'.

WHen the opening credits for the featered serpent came on, every hair on my body stood up as from some distant 8 year old's memory a bell rang!!!!!

I remember all of them. l I probably picked up more in the way of language skills from General Hospital and Crown Court than school thanks to long absences through illness as a youngster. .

Funnily enough, Target was produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, who the BBC had removed as producer of Doctor Who for making it too violent (having made probably the best run of stories in the show's history between 1975 and 1977), replacing him with Graham Williams, who actually created Target, with a specific brief to cut out the violence. Also, as a Genesis fan, I find it funny that the main character in Target is called Steve Hackett, especially as Steve Hackett's first solo album opens with a track called Ace of Wands.

Wow, outstanding finds! 'Avenues & Alleyways' is in my permanent MP3 collection.

Avenues & Alleyways is one of the great theme songs. I believe Tony Christie lives here in Staffordshire.

"I''ve had a meeting with the committee" was a catch phrase in our house.

That Central TV ident and jingle still takes me right back to the mid eighties.

Feathered Serpent was epic AF!

Very good again stu I'm 62 and it's great looking back at things on your channel absolutely brilliant well done. 👍

Loved wheel tappers, and the good old days, spent Saturdays with my brother down grans, hated growing up cos always felt always safe in those days, don't anymore and im59

I watched The Feathered Serpent on the ABC in Australia. At the time I was obsessed with it. So weird, so dark. I actually couldn't remember the name of the show, but the second it popped up on your video it all came flooding back.

Good Lord … Diane Keen in the Feathered Serpent. Absolutely lovely.

The Feathered Serpent , I was wracking my memory for this strange series from my youth , Thx .

I loved General Hospital. The rabies episode was the best.

Fun fact: Judy Loe who co-starred in "Ace of Wands" is the mother of Kate Beckinsale.

I remember The Protectors well. It was very big in NZ because of Nyree Dawn Porter. Great theme song from Tony Christie.

Joker's Wild was superb. Watched reruns of that in the 90s. Blew me away the talent on show.

That was spooky 😲 I was just looking at a listing of The Prtectors when you mentioned it. It was in a copy of the TV Times from 1973 and was on Tuesday 13th November at five past seven.

Anyone else remember “Potter’s Picture Palace”?

As a kid i used to be enthralled by the six-a-side medieval battles fought in Arthur Of The Britons.

Remember The Feathered Serpent very well, it was the first programme we watched in colour on our own big 21" tv. Another obscure children's show we used to watch was The Georgian House where kids could transport themselves back in time. Anyone else remember that one?

It's nice to be reminded of those long-lost TV shows, TV shows in those days were much better than the rubbish they put on today.

Thanks to Network, who put so much time and effort restoring a lot of of all those wonderful series. Such a disaster they went bankrupt a few years ago.

I only remember Carry on Laughing as i attended the same school as Bernard Bresslaw

Some great memories there. I'm old, so remember them all. Just a few more... Robert's Robots, Freewheelers, Spring and Autumn, Alexander the Greatest, The Zoo Gang.

The Clifton House Mystery, Sapphire and Steel, and Kizzy !! Also movies like The Belstone Fox and Amazing Mr.Blunden - all personal favs of mine! 👍🥰

This brings back memories of being home with my mum and dad

One almost forgotten series from c 1972, I rediscovered on an old DVD was called Pretenders, set at the time of the Duke Of Monmouth's rebellion. Quite heavy for a children's drama, with fruity language, but I loved it! Children wouldn't have the patience for that kind of slower drama today. HTV did their best in recreating battles and regiments with a few actors. The theme music is outstanding. Now an overlooked period piece. It was an outstanding time. pre-PC woke - when TV didn't have to tick boxes or put trigger warnings about ludicrous things.

I used to 💖 Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club, when I was a kid. It was the epitome of the 1970s, ironic, politically incorrect humour. Many varied acts, ranging from comedians to singers and 'the commitee has decided' was really a pun on the trade unionist commandering of that time. Ah those were the days, the good ol 70s, the only decade I truly miss! 🤗🤩

Loved Ace Of Wands and a kids drama called Sky about this eerie kid from another planet

Thanks for these memories! I loved Ace of Wands, and Duchess of Duke Street.

Patrick Troughton in the feathered serpent...was scary

I was obsessed with finding 'The Feathered Serpent' for a time, a show I remembered from childhood but couldn't recall what it was called. I finally found it and was relieved I hadn't fabricated the memory of it. I fancied one of the actors, as much as a young child can do that. I didn't find the opening sequence creepy, but I remember the openings Armchair Thriller and Picture Box used to weird me out a little.

8/10 utterly forgotten - i.e. no, I never watched them. However, I had no recollection that Wheeltappers was on for such a short time as I remember that very well. Duchess of Duke Street certainly well remembered and not forgotten by me.

I remember seeing the odd episode of Joker's Wild on telly when we were on holiday (we didn't have one at home) and mum and dad loved the series. In fact it must have been on in 1970/71 when we were renting a house - dad was posted elsewhere and we went with him for the year - because I can remember mum and dad discussing it and laughing so they must have been watching it each week. That's something I'd totally forgotten about and I never knew the name, thank you for a very happy memory from my childhood. I'm going to look it up on KZfaq, in fact I've just done that. Quite a few episodes including the first ever episode and the unaired pilot episode. Will be watching them this weekend. Target was great, loved that series - that and the Sweeney being two of the first tv cop shows I remember as we got our tv in 1977 My neighbour loved the Duchess of Duke Street and watched it every week, I've seen some episodes - same with The Brothers which she also enjoyed - but don't really remember much about it. My daughter loves The Protectors, she even has the series on DVD. Thanks for a brilliant episode yet again.

The Feathered Serpent - nightmares when Patrick Troughten as Masca tortured a teenager using knitting neefles in the boy's stomach

The Duchess was brilliant, Watched it again last year

I recall the Feathered Serpent very well, along with Ace of Wands, Jokers Wild, as for The cookery show can't recall seeing an episode, I remember General Hospital being on but can't say I remember seeing an episode . Carry on Laughing I watched avidly and I have a DVD of one that was given away free a few years back with one of the popular daily newspapers. Wheeltappers with its working mans club look I saw regularly. Did watch Target, not particularly memorable, The Protectors I watched and the theme tune was very memorable, I can still recall the lyrics.

Well I remembered 9 out of the 10 Gems you showed here -Ironically as a huge fan of Vincent Price I didn't remember that cookery one at all! but I subscribed as soon as you said "The Feathered Serpent" Great list and thanks for bringing back those memories!

I still love The Feathered Serpent, luckily I've got the DVD's

I have all the Feathered Serpent on DVD - it is _way out there_ in a good way. As a boy just home from school at the time it aired I was quite besotted with the young Diane Keane (still am actually). Must dig that out again 🐧

I completely missed the Feathered Serpent-looks terrifying. Ace of Wands had a lot going for it. ITV sf shows were not too shabby-Timeslip, The Tomorrow People-all great.

Nice one stu! Just for laughs was a must watch for me

Excellent..well done

Another record kept of historic treasures. I'm always impressed by the commentator. The 70's was a time of art and media experimentation. The 60's was a dynamic time after the war for the young to make new roads out of a crazy world 🌍 event. The 70's in Britain was a consolidation of normalising the home 🏡 These shows from 50 years ago had their own warm and fuzzy way of treating the TV 📺 as a consistent and comforting family get together. Sid James and others brought COMEDY after the Music 🎶 revolution of the 60's (the Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie +). It's no surprise that as they evolved the 70's shows there was a lot of experimenting and cast swapping to get the best formulas. Shows got lost in constant reshuffle to get a good result. God bless 💎

Your comment about the TV you watched when being ill and off school reminded me of 'The Amazing World of Kreskin'. I was quite a critical thinker from an early age but I was in awe of these illusions, they really made me think that the possibility that ESP etc could be real. They are probably laughable parlor tricks now, but at the time... Barry Cryer played a small theatre near us. I honestly haven't laughed so much since. What a comic genius. I was so saddened when he left us.

Some great programmes there. 'Ace of Wands' - great to see again, and 'Target', which I preferred to other shows at the time. General Hospital - do you remember the porter called Capper? John Halstead. I met him once. Just as chirpy in real life.

More great memories, thanks stu 😊😊

This was just great, Stu. So many memories spring to mind. Best wishes from Cheltenham. 😊

Great Video. I very much Remember The Feathered Serpent. And the Protectors.

Brilliant what a great step back in time, great memories thank you ❤

The Protectors was syndicated in the United States and was well received by those of us who loved British action series (See The Avengers, The Saint, and Secret Agent Man). I grew up wanting to be Nyree Dawn Porter and getting a boyfriend like Robert Vaughn (who I was too young to remember as the Man from UNCLE). Thank you for stirring our memories.

This made me smile.😁.Cheers.

Hi. Great video, thank you. Made me feel quite melancholy. The 70s was the best decade for being a child. I was born in 62 so it was my era. I remember all the programmes mentioned very well. Anyone for a bit of 'Monkey' or 'Water Margin'?

Wheel tappers was filmed a lot at the legendary Batley variety club ,as they used to say up North you have not made it unless you played there

I thought I'd never heard of the feathered Serpent until you played the opening titles. Blimey.

General Hospital is one of those I remember out of this lot. The theme tune being instantly recognisable. As mentioned, the Carry On Laughing series featured on DVDs of Carry On films. And, was the only time I saw them, with the original broadcasts being long after my bed-time! The Wheel-tappers and Shunters Social Club does invoke some memories, but they're pretty vague. I can't have watched it regularly, and was probably lucky to witness it on tv at all. I equate it with Saturday nights, for some reason. I assume that's when it was shown. The Duchess of Duke Street was very much in the same vein as Upstairs, Downstairs. Another series I somehow remember despite it being in a time slot I would normally not be allowed to stay up to watch. Maybe another Saturday night job? 'Within These Walls', was another series I remember watching at a time not allotted to my usual viewing schedule as a youngster. A series that would be one of the influences for Prisoner: Cell Block H, with Erica Davison looking very much like Googie Withers character, Faye Boswell.

So good to see again, well done. I used to love Hazell, the detective series. I recently watched The First Churchills on KZfaq and I doubt people these days would keep up with the dialogue.

One program I'd love to see is 'The Danedyke Mystery'. All I've been able to find so far is the first episode on the 'Look-Back' volume 3 DVD.

Brilliant. Randomly came across this and,( I’d assume), because it’s perfect for my age , it really has brought some memories from way back in the day. The Protectors is a perfect no.1 I can still remember watching it with my Mom and Dad when a very young child. So nostalgic !!!

Thanks for the reminder of "The Feathered Serpent". I first saw this in the 70s here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was wonderful seeing Patrick Troughton, the favourite Dr Who of our family, playing a sinister role.

Flashing Blades

In Australia the syndication of British TV shows was a good indication of it's quality, no syndication - low quality.

I did not know Ace of Wands or The Feathered Serpent, but I remember the rest. Joker's Wild was great but I had forgotten Barry Cryer once had dark hair! Target was great with Patrick Mower and I loved The Protectors with the 'Avenues and Alleyways theme. Some nice memories there.Thanks. 😊👍

The Feathered Serpent is NOT forgotten. I think many have called for repeats. Perhaps TPTV will give it a re-run. It certainly was available on DVD for a long time and probably still is. As for being forgettable, let's put it this way, teenage boys coming home from school, a half-naked Diane Keen... need I explain further? Only Servalan from Blakes 7 had as big an impact on teenage hormones.

As a kid I remember Time Slip and The Tomorrow People. There was a scifi program about Tripods but I can't remember the name of it. Hadleigh was also a drama that I remember. Would love to see these in a list.

I remeber watching the Feathered Serpent in the late 70s, it was so good.

I loved the Feathered Serpent and the music reminds me of the haunting soundtrack to the Children of the Stones.

Finding the identity of the half remembered show, "Ace of Wands" was one of the first times I used the Internet to find something. I knew it was a TV show about a magician named Tarot and I was able to find it. Other shows that could be on this list are "The Double Deckers", "Follyfoot" and the excellent, "Timeslip".

Great video as always. Just 2/10 remembered for me-The Protectors and Wheeltappers and Shunters

The Feathered Serpent is one of my abiding memories of 70's televison. It seemed so exotic and far removed from everyday life. Diane Keaton had a special attraction for me as a teenager.

The need to bring back The Sweeney, Special Branch, Sandbaggers, and Dempsy and Mackpeace. The Protectors also had Henry McGee!

The children's TV that left the strongest impression on me were The Tomorrow People & Children of the Stones. Great music and bold drama that had faith in it's 70s kid audience.

Its the Post Apoc stuff I liked the most, Doomwatch, Survivors, Day of the Triffids, Tripods and No blade of grass.

Some other forgotten UK TV gems from this era include Magpie, The Changes, Children of The Stones, and there were two shows presented by Alan Taylor - Mr & Mrs (the one with the soundproof booth), and a SF kids' show, "broom cupboard" style, which had a title like "Outer Space." Gods - there are so many quiz shows from this era which you really need to cover, just to let people know how utterly bonkers the late '60s and '70s were. Like The Golden Shot. While I'm at it, you need to bring up David Nixon, who was pulling crap stage magic tricks years before Paul Daniels.

Hello Stu🙋‍♀️ At first, I thought I was not going to know any of the 70s shows as I had never heard of the first four series. Oh yes... I have certainly heard of “Carry on Laughing” as I had the zany theme tune on vinyl!! At the time, I was a huge fan of “Carry On” and loved the TV 📺 comedy 🎭 Series. I also enjoyed “The Duchess of Duke Street.” But I must correct you Stu: The title character was played by GEMMA JONES. Now more famous as the Mother of Bridget Jones. Thanks for the wonderful nostalgic reminder...

I remember Jokers Wild. Great comedy! DVD packages are available but their prices are ridiculously high. I have the full DVD set of The Protectors. Thrilling stuff with my favourite UNCLE - Robert Vaughn.

Cooking with Vincent Price sounds like something Alan Partridge would pitch to the BBC commissioner of programmes.

A bit disappointed that 'Squirrels' was so forgotten it did not make the list. Watching that established working in an anonymous office as my career path. Sad but true. It was another one of those firm favourites for days off sick, along with 'General Hospital' and 'Crown Court'.

I watched The Feathered Serpent when it was first screened and loved it. I finally got around to buying the series on dvd last year.

I remember ‘take another look’ Great programme