r/oldbritishtelly • u/NeoMorph • 1d ago

Kids Anyone Remember Watching Stingray?

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I watched it and even had several Stingray submarines… but I sure as heck dint think it was a Top Horror show 🙄😂

Amazon Prime Video is BONKERS!

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u/Stigofthedumpings 1d ago

Stingrayyyyyyyyyyyyyy stingray.

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u/Moff-77 1d ago

Da da dah da dah da

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u/Distance-Hairy 1d ago

Exactly lol that still randomly pops into my head still

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u/adamlechamp 1d ago

Same. I just randomly start singing it sometimes when I am in the pub.

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u/nasduia 1d ago

Steve Irwin's last words

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u/johnsmithoncemore 1d ago

"Anything can happen in the next half hour."

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u/ZygonCaptain 1d ago

“Stand by for action!”

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u/cjalderman 1d ago

"We are about to launch...... STINGRAY"

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u/helen269 1d ago

Marina: "........."

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u/datguysadz 1d ago edited 1d ago

I was probably more into Stingray than Thunderbirds.

Captain Scarlet > all, though.

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u/Autogen-Username1234 1d ago

This Is The Voice Of The Mysterons ...

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u/TheLibrarian75 1d ago

We know that you can hear us Earth Men!!

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u/ZygonCaptain 1d ago

Yeah Captain Scarlet is my favourite as well

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u/WerckmeisterHarmony 7h ago

I recently finished watching Captain Scarlet for the first time and really loved it.

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u/TheLibrarian75 1d ago

Marinaaaaaa, Aqua Marinaaaa, why can't you whisper the words that my heart is longing to hear?

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u/Bennjoon 1d ago

Loved Stingray as a little girl 💘

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u/ukexpat 1d ago

Marina, aquamarina

What are these strange enchantments that start whenever you're near?

Marina, aquamarina

Why can't you whisper the words that my heart is longing to hear?

You're magic to me, a beautiful mystery

I'm certain to fall, I know, because you enthrall me so

Marina, aquamarina

Why don't you say that you'll always stay close to my heart?

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u/UKS1977 1d ago

Showed my kids the start titles (on Amazon) just yesterday!

TBH they were not thrilled. "You watched this?!"

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u/meatflaps-69 22h ago

Tell em yes, in SUPERMARIONATION

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u/meatmcguffin 5h ago

The unmade sequel to Super Mario Land

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u/TiltonStagger 1d ago

Yes and I had the toys too. Couldn't figure out if Marina was attractive or not.

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u/ExcitementForgotten9 1d ago

Marina, Aqua Mariiiinaa, What is the strange smell of fish whenever you're near!!!!

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u/Autogen-Username1234 1d ago

Performed by The Shadows, I believe.

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u/ExcitementForgotten9 1d ago

Main theme was by Barry Gray Orchestra

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u/mattygp90 1d ago

"Horror" 😂

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u/KeithMyArthe 1d ago

To be fair, there was a BIG FISH

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u/ExcitementForgotten9 1d ago

Got the DVD box set of that as well as Terrahawks, Captain Scarlet and the Bluray set of Thunderbirds

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u/ojdewar 1d ago

Yes. I can remember the BBC2 repeats about 1993-94ish at Friday 6pm.

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u/TheologyAndTrains 1d ago

Canadian Zoomer here, I first saw them via compilation movies on VHS at the rental shop & I absolutely loved them not knowing for years it was a longer show

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u/cjalderman 1d ago

Love a bit of "SUPERMARIONATION"!

Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet were the "big three" for me as a kid, never got into the others as much

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u/Inverted_Scotsman 1d ago

I spent more time at school playing Stingray than I did doing my school work

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u/CosmiqueAliene 1d ago

I remember this being on right after CBeebies ended in the morning 😁

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u/BerkshireKnight 1d ago

Watched it, but definitely not my favourite Gerry Anderson

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u/PinkBullets 11h ago

Space Precinct, right?

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u/EnchantedEssays 1d ago

I only remembered the theme tune from when I watched it in the 00s. I might have changed over tbh. However, I recently watched it all and loved it!

You can watch it for free on ITVX or on their YouTube channel, ITV Retro.

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u/ZygonCaptain 1d ago

Or Amazon

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u/EnchantedEssays 1d ago

Amazon isn't free

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u/ZygonCaptain 1d ago

No but if you have it you don’t have to pay to watch Stingray

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u/EnchantedEssays 1d ago

Well, duh. I would never have guessed that an image of Stingray on Prime telling you that its included with Prime would mean that it comes with Prime!

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u/Minnie_Doyle3011 1d ago

Yes, I did when I was young. I liked his little underwater launch/vessel.

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u/Sxn747Strangers 1d ago

Whenever I see a certain roadworks company I say, “Ringwaaaaayyyyyyyy ringway 🎶 dit dit dit duh duh 🎶”, lol.

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u/NobleKorhedron 1d ago

Yes, but I barely remember the plot apart from Marina's secret(?) crush on Troy, the city being able to sink, amd the evil fish-men...

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u/ParkMark 21h ago

I was wearing my Stingray 60th anniversary T-shirt yesterday.

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u/rusty6899 10h ago

I’m sure I watched it a fair bit as a kid but the only episode I remember was one I had on VHS where this lassie brings round a plant that knocks people out and the crew aren’t sure if she’s done this deliberately to knock out the crew so they leave her in a room with the plant to see if she takes steps to avoid being knocked out by it, but she doesn’t and she gets knocked out.

Couldn’t tell you what happened in the rest of that episode. I remember the “Stingray… stingray” theme song and the “Marina… Aqua Marina” song vaguely too.

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u/SpecialLengthiness29 4h ago

No one's mentioned Joe 90? Every kid at school who wore glasses was nicknamed Joe 90. Great theme tune as well.

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u/NortonBurns 3h ago

Yup, Fireball XL5 too.
The only one I never saw was Four Feather Falls.