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- Jimbo and the Jet Set by Child of the 1980s on Oct 26, 2009
When I think back to childrens television of the mid 1980s I often end up reminiscing about Childrens BBC and the Broom Cupboard, with Phillip Schofield, Andy Crane or Andi Peters (OK, maybe not Andi Peters quite so much) introducing all those great...
- Battle of the Planets by Child of the 1980s on Aug 31, 2009
Depending on where you come from you might know the subject of today’s post under a different name. In Japan it was called Gatchaman (or Science Ninja Team Gatchaman if you prefer!), whilst in the rest of the world it has been known as both G...
- Rainbow Brite by Child of the 1980s on Aug 17, 2009
I am constantly surprised my how many toys and cartoons from the eighties that were aimed primarily at little girls actually started off life as a series of Hallmark greetings cards. The Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake are both good examples, a...
- Crystal Tipps and Alistair by Child of the 1980s on Aug 5, 2009
Made in the early 1970’s, Crystal Tipps and Alistair was still being shown whenever the childrens TV schedule had a five minute gap well into the 1980’s. The cartoon was about a girl called Crystal Tipps who wore a tiny yellow and green...
- She-Ra Princess of Power by Child of the 1980s on Jun 19, 2009
In 1981 toy manufacturer Mattel released He-Man on an unsuspecting world and quickly convinced millions of young boys that a blonde haired muscle bound hero in furry pants was the business. The cartoon series was also popular but what annoyed the b...
- Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon by Child of the 1980s on May 29, 2009
During the 1980’s there was a craze for role playing games, probably the most famous of which has to be TSR’s Dungeons and Dragons. The game was so successful it spawned a cartoon series, which at the time I thought was just a cool TV se...
- Alias The Jester by Child of the 1980s on May 1, 2009
Over the years the good people at animation house Cosgrove Hall have produced some of my favourite childhood TV series. From Chorlton and the Wheelies to DangerMouse they produced some of the shows that people my age look back on with immense fondn...
