10 Forgotten British TV Shows of the 70s

It’s time to take another stroll down nostalgia alley and revisit some of the shows from British TV of the 1970s that you may not necessarily remember. I've picked ten series to feature in the video and I'll also let you know where you can watch these hidden or overlooked gems.

This is 10 Forgotten British TV Shows of the 70s

00:23 Ace of Wands with Michael MacKenzie
01:23 Joker's Wild with Barry Cryer
03:48 The Feathered Serpent with Patrick Troughton
05:41 Cooking Price-Wise with Vincent Price
06:40 General Hospital with Lynda Bellingham
07:45 Carry On Laughing with Sid James
08:49 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club with Bernard Manning
09:52 Target with Patrick Mower
10:50 The Duchess of Duke Street with Gemma Jones
11:47 The Protectors with Robert Vaughn
12:45 Video Highlights

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[royals]

Sapphire & Steel was worth a look.

[CarlB_]

I’m so thankful I grew up in the 70s, an amazing decade for tv and music.

[michaelp]

Crystal Tips and Alistair…..who remembers that one!

[Tooriky]

Even a snippet of Avenues and Alleyways, and im whisked off back to the 70s 😊

[garytilford]

I found out about a lot of great 70's programmes in LOOK-IN. Bought it every week with my pocket money.

[mckenzie]

Ha ha, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. Best of order now!

[Cornz]

Bring back Crown Court!!! The theme tune still runs deep in my memory..

[geowynleda]

I remember all these and enjoyed them all. I loved Ace of Wands and The Feathered Serpent, it felt as though children were being treated as grown-ups. Thank you for posting these memories.

[polythenewrappedme]

The Feathered Serpent still gives nightmares ! I was 10 in 1976.

[comicmania]

Brilliant, half of these shows I never heard of, I must have been doing my homework or out playing footie on the park! The Tomorrow people, Blake's 7 and The Freewheelers, comes to mind, I used to love these shows.

[johnklimcke]

Very good again stu I'm 62 and it's great looking back at things on your channel absolutely brilliant well done. 👍

[paulanderson]

That Central TV ident and jingle still takes me right back to the mid eighties.

[amyv]

The Clifton House Mystery, Sapphire and Steel, and Kizzy !! Also movies like The Belstone Fox and Amazing Mr.Blunden - all personal favs of mine! 👍🥰

[michaelcope]

Avenues & Alleyways is one of the great theme songs. I believe Tony Christie lives here in Staffordshire.

[sixandtwothrees]

The Duchess of Duke Street, was Gemma Jones, not Craven.

[stevewilson]

The Phoenix and the Carpet springs to mind though it's mostly the title sequence that I can recall.

[thefrecklepuny]

Another forgotten 70s game show was 'Quick on the draw'. It featured well known cartoonists such as Bill Tidy, Willie Rushton and...errr...Rolf Harris. It was usually hosted by Tidy. The premise of the show was that one of the panel members was given a well known phrase, saying, nursery rhyme, etc which they had to illustrate for the others to guess.

[gwheregwhizz]

It's strange how some comedy dramas that got 15 million viewers are now never shown like Moody and Pegg (released by Network), Beryl's Lot (not released anywhere) and anthology series like Thriller, Orson Welles Great Mysteries (both released by Network) and Love Story (nearly released by Network but cancelled). Hopefully Talking Pictures may be able to show them one day.

[Cornz]

WHen the opening credits for the featered serpent came on, every hair on my body stood up as from some distant 8 year old's memory a bell

[FatNorthernBigot]

I laughed at Sid James' joke... Does that make me old? I was nearly Bernard Manning's piano player, so I guess I am. 😉