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Title: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 02:42:45 PM
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 02:42:45 PM
I'm trying to help out a friend here - does anyone remember a British children's (teens) TV series from the 70's where the bad guys (or just weird guys, possibly in full-face crash helmets) would draw a chalk circle on a wall, and then step through it? (nothing to do with The Tomorrow People, we seem to have established :).)
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Devlyn on July 30, 2011, 02:58:42 PM
Post by: Devlyn on July 30, 2011, 02:58:42 PM
We had a similar trick on US television with the roadrunner and the coyote. The results were.......tragic.
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:03:50 PM
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:03:50 PM
Ah, but that was all done with paint :). I'm talking about real "actors" here...
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Pica Pica on July 30, 2011, 03:06:39 PM
Post by: Pica Pica on July 30, 2011, 03:06:39 PM
I can't be at all helpful - but I can be unhelpful - magic crayons remind me of someone I desperately wanted to be...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fa%2Fae%2FPennycrayon-1.jpg&hash=53a51ddba99404528561fc78cec4b0f8dd638c08)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fa%2Fae%2FPennycrayon-1.jpg&hash=53a51ddba99404528561fc78cec4b0f8dd638c08)
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:20:46 PM
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:20:46 PM
Penny Crayon, dressed in rayon...
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Janet_Girl on July 30, 2011, 03:37:15 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on July 30, 2011, 03:37:15 PM
The Mercury Men maybe
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:45:27 PM
Post by: Padma on July 30, 2011, 03:45:27 PM
Well, that's set in the 70's but made this decade :).
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Devlyn on August 01, 2011, 09:30:14 AM
Post by: Devlyn on August 01, 2011, 09:30:14 AM
Land of the lost?
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on August 01, 2011, 10:11:18 AM
Post by: Padma on August 01, 2011, 10:11:18 AM
Quote from: Tracey on August 01, 2011, 09:30:14 AM
Land of the lost?
Um, that was a US TV show :) - this one was a British TV show.
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Lisbeth on August 01, 2011, 03:54:01 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on August 01, 2011, 03:54:01 PM
The Beatles did that in Yellow Submarine in 1968. But that was a cartoon also.
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Devlyn on August 01, 2011, 06:11:08 PM
Post by: Devlyn on August 01, 2011, 06:11:08 PM
Padma, it was such an excellent show I thought we may have shared it! Lisbeth, "I've got a hole in me pocket!"
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on August 01, 2011, 06:45:40 PM
Post by: Padma on August 01, 2011, 06:45:40 PM
Land of the Lost might well have been shown on UK tv, but the show I'm trying to identify was made in the UK with British actors/accents. A bit more detail, apparently the good guys were the ones doing the stepping through chalk arches (not circles) and wore black full face crash helmets.
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Janet_Girl on August 01, 2011, 10:46:06 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on August 01, 2011, 10:46:06 PM
The Banana Splits?
THE BANANA SPLITS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtD4mn9CeH4#)
THE BANANA SPLITS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtD4mn9CeH4#)
Title: Re: 70's British children's TV query
Post by: Padma on August 02, 2011, 02:03:27 AM
Post by: Padma on August 02, 2011, 02:03:27 AM
Hahahaha, I think it would take prolonged and strenuous effort to find a show more American than The Banana Splits ;D - Rosan Kobal!!!