What was the best British Saturday morning kids magazine show?

TISWAS

Hen Fap's Half Hour

^^^^^ second dis

It was hosted by Anthony H Wilson and a small latex squirrel puppet called "Ashley".

Some rubbish kids morning magazine shows: Scratchy and Co, Fully Booked with Morag the Cow and Les Vegas

TISWAS is the only correct answer.

I vote for whatever Trevor & Simon were on.

(answer: possibly acid)

Fuck me, Parallell 9 - I remember the Shamen playing on that.

"8:15 from Manchester" being fairly well clued up, with the Inspiral Carpets, Beats International and St Etienne getting played quite a lot.

to be fair, the inspiral carpets were played every episode, as the theme tune

I remember the awkardly titled "8:15 from Manchester" being fairly well clued up, with the Inspiral Carpets, Beats International and St Etienne getting played quite a lot.

The Inspiral Carpets did the theme tune for it. Where is the nu-rave Sat morn show eh?

xpost

yeah. i remember a segment where clint boon showed you how he worked his two-tier hammond organ thingy. and an interview with the black guy out of beats international, norman cook preferring to sulk around behind lindy layton back then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiral_Carpets it was "find out why"

I'll only base my answer on what cartoons each programme would show.

So whoever showed Dungeons and Dragons=winner.
Also WACADAY gets a mention for Transformers
Get Fresh classic for The Centurions.

actually fuck that,
Going Live, just for Gordon the Gopher.

N.73 was rubbish

two not mentioned (for good reason really):

UP2U (ft. TOTP presenters Anthea Turner and iirc Tony Dortie)
Get Fresh (ft. Gilbert the ali-hen)

On The Waterfront = under-rated (Flashing Blade, Lantern Jaw, taking the piss out Bernie Nolan, that one time Vic & Bob were on and Ross Thingy inviting viewers to win whatever was on the end of The Man With The Stick's helmet...)

Saturday Superstore is also missing from the list, but it too was pretty rubbish.

gilbert the alien sang a song about hitchin apparently, although i don't remember it.

ah SS, yes with Mike Read. I actually enjoyed that one.

xp, "how far to Hitchin, it's Hitchin I'm missin"
I remember it well.

Gilbert the Alien >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gordon the Gopher

anyone remember Charles Golding's 'What's News?' on mid-80s Sunday morning ITV?

i liked No73 a lot

Did Roots Manuva nick "swing your pants!" from Trevor and Simon?

Trevor and Simon = CLASSIC before they realised adults were watching. DUD thereafter. In fact, careers over.

"Where is the nu-rave Sat morn show eh?"

where is ANY sat morn show? nu-rave cookery, more like

Regional disaster The Untied Shoelaces Show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/decades/clip_display.shtml?decade=80s&clip_name=untied_shoelaces&size=v&media_type=video

This 58 second clip manages to illustrate exactly how bad it was.

It's fondly remembered by millions of grown-ups who want to reclaim their summer childhood mornings!

LIES

TISWAS - "This is what they want!!!"
Swap Shop was your boring uncle by comparison.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_AzT5pruwnbg/Rn5YaDqdzTI/AAAAAAAABec/6Vn0fMyFndY/s400/selling+bob+1988.BMP
Indupitably the greatest moment in kids' tv ever: Gilbert meets Dieter Meier. (More than even I remembered here: http://80sactual.blogspot.com/2005/05/gilberts-fridge.html)

Oh man, oh wow, I wish I'd seen that!

I hated TISWAS (and all other ITV). I vote Saturday Superstore because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdhMN1ZCO8 (winner of Saturday Superstore Search for a Superstar).

ITV ruled Sat'day mornings. Always did.

Some old bloke (possibly John Gorman) smashing himself over the head with a tin tray whilst singing "Mule Train" + clips from Kentucky Fried Movie and various Kung Fu flicks = every other kids programme ever can F right off.

We always watched the BBC shows in my house. Never saw Tiswas, only Swap Shop. The only thing I watched on ITV Saturday mornings was The Chart Show.

That's tantamount to child abuse.... hey "tantamount", what a great word!

Regional disaster The Untied Shoelaces Show

ha, i was an audience member for that once, all i can remember is that peter powell was the special guest. big woo.

Swap Shop = Noel Edmonds & John Craven = LOL

Although The Mersey Pirate with Cap'n Duggie Brown was pretty unbelievable.

BBC = Grandstand, Frank Bough, David Coleman, Bob Wilson, fucking Showjumping from Hickstead

ITV = World of Sport, Dickie Davies, WRESTLING

Testify brotha

but ITV also = Saint & Greavsies terrible football shows

BBC = athletics and skiing and rugby special ergo winner!

Dickie Davies = underrated pimp

Though that is pm (x-post)

Where is the love for Shirley Crabtree?

Athletics + Skiing + Rugby Union = I am on the other side with Big Daddy giving it Ee-zeh! Ee-zeh! Ee-zeh!

Also, speedway amirite?

If I remember right then World of Sport was where I saw my first American Football too.

BBC = athletics and skiing and rugby special ergo SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! Except for Eddie Waring.

But Seb and Steve and Fatima and Franz and Pirmin!

OK OK I AM A SQUARE

Not 'alf

Waring is hated in Hull, the biased git.

xpost I only like Ovett out of them guys. Cheering for Seb Coe felt like cheering for Thatcher, even back then.

I don't think playing the Seb card is going to win Tom over somehow. x-post

Graeme Garden doing Eddie Waring is awesome forever tho.

I forgot to mention Brendan Foster, what a wanker!

Ovett vs Coe always felt like real life Alf Tupper vs Randolph Twistleton-Featherstonehaugh.

(ahem, David Icke, ahem)

What was wrong with Saint and Crosby?

Final Score more authoritative on BBC tho.

More fun on ITV tho. More reports. Gerald Sinstadt reporting from Carrow Road. John Helm reporting from Vicarage Road etc etc

every saint & drunky episode
drunky : wassat allabout eh pal?
st : HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ha ha ha ha ha ha (five minutes later) ha ha ha .... you kill me greavsie

Final Score more authoritative on BBC tho.

Definately - the Vidiprinter made it feel like you were right there in the studio. I didn't follow football but I'd still watch Final Score.

Teleprinter when I first remember it. Still ought to be on, making that type-y noise.

I remember it as the miniprinter. Did anyone else race the man to the bottom of the scores? I must have driven Dad nuts.

Also: shut your eyes and predict the second score by his tone of voice.

I still get sick listening to Wolves lose on the radio like that.

More fun on ITV tho. More reports. Gerald Sinstadt reporting from Carrow Road. John Helm reporting from Vicarage Road etc etc

Stuart Hall's reports were good fun too though!

Hehe, I just realised Ovett is also a Steve - I had the handsome Cram in mind when I typed that.

Also: shut your eyes and predict the second score by his tone of voice.

Forfar five... Fife...

Cram, ugh, Brendan Foster's mini-me, can't abide him either

Forfar five... Fife...

Listening to the Scottish team names and wondering where all these places were... Motherwell, Queen of the South, etc., etc..

Stuart Hall's reports were good fun too though!

Stuart Halls insanity reports are still fun on Five Live

He's a bit of a self-parody these days tho. Still has his moments.

Yeah, I figure he's overdoing it a bit lately.

He was always so understated in the past......................