What should they repeat?

[dothawkes]

I have a week off work in two weeks and will be spending it relaxing at home, as I am near exhausted working full time.  What should I ask ITV to repeat from my teenage years to keep me occupied?  There are 3 progs. from about 1968 that come to mind, one is Flashing Blade, though the Beeb used to repeat that every summer for years, another is Freewheelers, Tom Owen (Last of Summer Wine) was a teenager! Whatever happened to Gregory Smith?  The other prog is something oriental and starred Christopher Chittell (Pollard in Emmerdale) as a teenager, what was that guys?

[tonymclark]

"The Flashing Blade" is available to buy on DVD

www.networkdvd.co.uk

Not too many of the "Freewheelers" episodes survive.

As for Chris Chittell's work, try the Internet Movie Data Base

www.imdb.com

[Mortartube]

You could ask them to repeat the following, although some may be a bit young for you if you were a teenager in 1968:

Robinson Crusoe - I know it was on every summer but what the heck. Casey Jones. Ali Bongo's magic circus. The desert crusader. Twizzle. Torchy the battery boy. Mission impossible. Mystery theatre (Mcloud, Columbo, Heck Ramsay etc in rotation),  The Virginian, to name but a few.

[tonymclark]

Not sure ITV would repeat a black and white series. Apart from a few films, I don't think they have shown any black and white programmes for some years now.

As for Twizzle, I think only the first episode is known to exist, which is on the Space Patrol DVD.

Torcy the Battery Boy series two is due later this year on DVD.

[dothawkes]

hey mortartube

I remember Brian Inglis doing Robinson Crusoe as a weekly instalment on Granada, and as for McCloud, my fave episode was with Rick Nelson playing a rock star, I bought the Garden Party album and Rudy the Fifth and Windsong after that.

The Virginian I watched from the first episodes on BBC2 from about 1967, when Gary Clarke was still in it.

Casey Jones I well remember, but it was a comedy and no fanciable stars, I do remember Petticoat Junction and the one with Eva Gabor living in hillbilly country, forgot it's name. That was good. something something was 'the place to be' was the theme tune, oh yes, Green Acres.

I was 13 in 1968 and so managed to catch quite alot of good stuff.  When I was about 14 I stayed up late to watch Rowan and Martin, which was alien compared to where I was from!  North West England!  I also loved the Ray Stevens Show and Flip Wilson. 

By 15 I think I was into James Brolin on Marcus Welby.  They don't show that now but Columbo is always on, I know I liked James Fransiscus and James Farentino too.