Wow, so much nostalgia! We had Chorlton in NZ too, and you won't believe this, but Dangermouse is currently running (I saw part of an episode a couple of weeks back when flicking channels). Love that JB spoof! Good old NZ TV. Don't make any decent local content, but recycle the british classics long after the rest of the world has forgotten them. I didn't know there were Moomin TV series. I had about 6 books and read them over and over. I think I still have them somewhere. Any chance someone has a vid of Moomins? If you are going to have a site for classic kids tv, you have to include Thunderbirds, Joe 90 and all the other puppet series (actually, that's probably a site all by itself).

Hey NZ Angel, I'm from NZ too and can kinda remember Chorlton... I love DangerMouse but my fav English cartoon was Jamie and the Magic Torch...anyone reember that??

Hey NZ Angel, I'm from NZ too and can kinda remember Chorlton... I love DangerMouse but my fav English cartoon was Jamie and the Magic Torch...anyone reember that??

MoonUnit if you get up early on Saturdays, TV2 have DM on at about 6am. I checked the TV Guide last night!

ahhh 6am!!

Sorry. Still you can always tape it and watch at a more civilised hour :)

amazing fact i discovered the other day - there were only six episodes of Mr Benn ever made - it just seemed like there were more.

I'm also looking for a video of Chorlton, I've contacted Thames telly but they said they wouldn't been able to get a copy anymore. If anyone can help contact me at wheelyworld@hotmail.com

Hi folks! Me again, after a quick search I found some pictures of Chorlton, only drawings though which I thought people might like to go see.. www.bonhams.com/auct/a960905/I104-100.jpeg There are also pictures from camberwick green and basil brush if anyone wants to have a jolly fun time looking through. Sadly, this auction was from 1996.. poo By 4 now... Chris wheelyworld@hotmail.com

Hi, been reading this and Oh! what memories!! By the way there were actually 13 episodes of Mr Benn made and also 13 of Bagpuss..Here is a site I have found that has an A-Z of childrens programmes new and old..including:- Bagpuss, Clangers, The Magic Roundabout, Mr Benn, Rainbow, Rentaghost (remember that?) and The Wombles..unfortunately no J&hmt or Chorlton and co. but I'm still searching... http://www.csgtv.com/mnchild.htm If I find anything else I'll let you know..oh and I remember mosschops too!

Ooop..so sorry url should be:- http://www.cgstv.com/mnchild.htm there you go, should work now!

Greetings one and all, and a big hello to the people down under (well it is if you live in the UK) A very cool site has just been updated and is now even cooler in my honest opinion, its called watched it and has all the classics http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1011/index.html take care Ian

For those of you who adore Bagpuss and Mr Benn as much as Chorlton and the wheelies, you can now buy the videos for £3.99 at HMV and most likely other places aswell, but unfortunately no sign of them re-releasing Chorlton or Jamie. Thanks Ian, particularly chuffed with the adventure game! Thought his Highness was something I imagined during a very nasty case of tonsilitus!!

I Know Of Were A Copy Of The Charlton And The Weelies Video Is Avalible,Along with Jamie And His Magic Torch. If Anybody is Intrested Please Contact Me>

Fred, we can't get in touch if you don't leave your email address, oh and for anyone thats interested hmv also do BOD videos and a compilation called seventied kid or something (by the same people who do magic round about and the herbs).

Fred, we can't get in touch if you don't leave your email address, oh and for anyone thats interested hmv also do BOD videos and a compilation called seventied kid or something (by the same people who do magic round about and the herbs).

Hi Peeps, Cracking piece of nostalga turned up at work the other day (Beatties Toy Shop) An original Rainbow and an original Count Duckula video. Sensing there may be other gems lurking in video archives somewhere I got onto the suppliers a London based company called Prism Leisure. The receptionist was very pleasant, howver she said she would have to put me through to sales. Anyway to cut a long story short apparently they buy in the videos from a seperate supplier and just sell them on to companies like the one I work for!. She was however not willing to send me a catologue as she claimed it was huge, she was also not willing to photocopy the relevant pages on childrens tv (which annoyed me because I work for Beatties and we have a very large account with them shall I say) but she did let slip that there supplier can get hold of and does have a massive collection of videos, including ones that have been deleated ALLEDGEDLY. I therefore think it is time to launch a campaign to find out who this supplier is, maybe if we badger Prism enough they will relent and tell us (The Chorlton adoring public) where all the videos are!!. The battle starts here, please let me know if anyone is interested in joining the crusade! P.S. Does anyone remember (have any info on) a programme called Heads and Tales with a bloke called Derrick Griffiths who owned a red setter.

Hi Its Me Fred again. The video of charlton means a lot to me so could you all say how much youd pay.I also think there should be a sight on Cosgrove Halls Wind In the willows>

FRED....YES...HELP!!!! I WANT THOSE VIDEOS...TELL ME WHERE I CAN GET THEM PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!! IT SEEMS ME AND MY MATE MARTIN (TOWL..FOR COMICAL EFFECT) ARE NOT THE ONLY JAMIE AND HIS MAGIC TORCH FANS IN THE WORLD AFTER ALL...I AM SO SO RELIEVED! I NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP

The Charlton Videos could be done as an exchange.i collect thomas the tank videos(im not sad)and i am missing a few.if anybody has any they would be intrested in exchanging please leave full details of whats on them.by the way could peaple who are intrested in the charlton video say a rough price.oh and fineally in some B Wise stores they have a duckulu and a rainbow videos for £2.99!If anyone knows of any more bargains lease leave word.

A good sight this is.I am a huge fan of kids Tv from all decades.Charlton was shown onuk Gold in 1993 at 615am.Also shown on gold that year was rainbow and button moon.If anybody has any questions about other kids tv stuff leave a message here and ill repley.By the way wind in the willows was on channel 5 recently which was made by Thames and cosgrove hall.Has anyone thought of asking them if theyd show anything?I also want to find another wind in the willows fan like me.identefy yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"For Gods SAKE SOMEONE LEAVE A MESSAGE!!!!

There was a video called bedtime stories avalible in the 80s featuring jamie and his magic torch,wind in the willows and cockleshell bay.If any one has a copy please leave word.

The video company that would have the rights to all this great stuff is VCI.I am going to wright of to them suggesting they releise a video including epesodes of the following,wind in the willows ,charlton and the weelies,jamie and his magic torch,cockleshell bay,button moonETC.Also to the person who wanted info on button moon up the page vids are still avalible.AND DONT BE AFRAID TO LEAVE WORD OR ASK ME QUESTIONS.

Fred Cheers for your last message. As a 'Chorlton' fan, at last it looks like there might be light at the end of the tunnel. If you post the details for VCI we could all write to strengthen your campaign. Bye for now Jen

I've had a look on the VCI website (www.vci.co.uk), and although there is no mention of C&TW or J&TMT, they do have a few old Kids TV titles (such as Thomas the tank engine, Wind in the Willow and the Wombles). I'm going to write to them on their site (webmaster@vci.co.uk)and see if they do own rights to C&TW and if so do they have any plans on releasing it. I'll also point them at this site, just to give them added incentive!!! Cheers for the info, Fred

I am the footballer Neil Ruddok.I have been brousing through your sight and I think its good.Keep up the good work Fred and gang.

Any luck yet Mitch? I aint!

I am Gloria Steinem-the feminine activist-and I think your site is thoroughly deranged........ Keep away from this site, Neil Ruddok !!! (just kidding)

I am thinking of buying the Bod video from HMV.Can someone leave a brief review of it hear please?Id be grateful!!

Its Fred again!!You can now e mail me at chrisdoyle33@hotmail.com

I waited three full minutes for this page to load so I could learn Fred's new e-mail address. Great. ps...what's with the gibberish at the bottom of the page??

I take it no one has anymore news on C&TW vid.s/repeats then? :)

now this takes me back i loved the broad lancashire accent of chorlton "hello little old lady " yeah mega cool sadly long gone and replaced by those sad multi coloured teletubbie things come back chorlton all is forgiven !!!!!

Sorry if this is too late. I got the bod video. HMV - can't remember the price. After the initial Fuck-me-I-remember-this-one type shock value it sort of wanes. But the Theme music makes it worth the price. It does contain EVERY Bod episode made though. Haven't watched it with chemical enhancement yet, so it might be different when I can fully tap into my repressed childhood memories. You can get a "seventies favourites" video from HMV with most of the shows mentioned above. The teletubbies are the only tv program of the past decade with the same subversive vibe as the old seventies shows. Don't diss them man. Anyway, can anyone remember Ludwig the violin playing egg thing. What the fuck was that all about???????

can someone PLEASE give me a website for "Stop it and tidy up"- you know it, Bee- have and bee quiet? Any good rainbow or Inspector gadget as well, would be much appreciated. Thanks my lovelies.

Sorry Weasel!!!!!!!!!!

I remember Ludwig!!!! V trippy indeed! The theme tune was something by Beethoven (obviously!) and didn't he play the trombone or something? I remember Bod - does anyone recall the little skits with Ferdinand the frog and having to guess which flavour milkshake he was going to choose? It was usually lime. I also remember Hector's House (was Humphrey cushion in that?), the Flumps and possibly something called Itsy and Bitsy who were red and yellow fluffy spider hand puppets. Pipkins was another one but this totally freaked me out as the puppets were all messed up and raggedy and lived in a really scruffy house - there was a monkey and Octavia the ostrich. Also the Moomins but they weren't so good - a bit depressing and Scandinavian. On a slightly different note, does anyone remember an American cartoon called Speedy Gonzalez? His catchphrase was andalay-andalay and I haven't seen him on TV for years. Does anyone remember any of these, or are these all products of my warped imagination?

I remember the old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. I guess she'll die.

Hi everyone.I am a collecter of Rainbow,Sooty and Wind in The Willows videos.If anyone has any to sell then please could you e mail me at chrisdoyle33@hotmail.com Cheers

I'm in my element here! Please i need a bod site. What i don't understand though is why no one has mentioned Trumpton, Chiggley and Camberwick Green? I loved the episode where Windy Miller got drunk on his home-made cider! And the guy who was the butler in the big house!!

Amazing to actually find Chorlton fans at last! I remember Fennella the bad tempered welsh witch who lived in her bizarre lair called "Kettle Hill". She also had a son who was a giant and would make an occasional appearance in the form of a huge boot and stripey sock coming out of the sky! When Fenella used to disapear in the ground and reappear in the distance Chorlton used to say "How'd you do that little old lady?" in a hilarious northern accent!

Mosschops!!!!!, My favorite cartoon of all time, It's hard to find anyone who has even heard of it!!, the bit at the end when he walks towards you over the hills, anyone know of any video's etc?

I just thought I would say.Clangers series 1 is coming out on video and so is a video of The Flumps.

Out of interest if Ian Hallam still hangs around here.. you say you're from leicester, are you by any chance related to Montague Horatio Percy Hallam (who is buried in welford cemetry around the end of 19th century??) Just intrigued..

I cant find anyone or anything else that knows Mosschops, please let me know. This is the only hit I can get for him. He did speak, he lived on sand as well. He had a funny voice and said mmmmm a lot. I used ot have an anual, but have lost it.

I can picture Mosschops in my head and vaguely have remember him having a thing for flowers but other that that nothing.

To all those people out there who remember MOSSCHOPS - what was the name of the aquatic dinosaur type character that lived in the water ? Someone must remember the name !! Please Email me at nicolasuzanne@hotmail.com.

someone must have listened. you can buy chorlton on video. amazing.

I bought both Videos last year and they are even better than I remember!

I can barely believe it's been three years since I posted this. For Christmas a kind soul bought me a Chorlton DVD .. and then I remembered this post, so I'm glad to see that it's still here. Bizarre, indeed.

Blackstar.co.uk will have all your English cartoon/kid shows on video or dvd no doubt. I should see if they have Jamie and the Magic Torch.

Anyone know where I can buy "Stop it and tidy up" videos for my boyfriend?It was an excelent cartoon narrated by none other than Terry wogan, none of the chracters talked but made weird noises and were all named after things your parents sed like ' go and play' and 'comb your hair'... bit of class.

Fucking clown shoes

Mr Benn, Does anyone know where i can download the theme tune to this childrens 70's program. We have a lad at work who has done more jobs than Mr Benn !!!!

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i have original starwars toys for sale but dont know where to start to get a buyer for them..and H-man figures and A-team figures and Corgi cars and trucks still in boxes..if you can help please contact me on.. eve.smith@homecall.co.uk thanks....