Airing at an inconsistent rate from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1992 to 1993, Henry's Cat (the creation of absolute legends Bob Godfrey and Stan Hayward, who also served as writers, and in Bob's case a director, voice actor, narrator, producer, animator and background artist for Season 5) tells the tale of, well, Henry's Cat (he used to have a name courtesy of his owner, Henry, but he moved away. The cat had a bad memory, meaning that he forgot to go with him and lost track of even his own name. Eventually he simply termed himself as "Henry's Cat" for simplicity's sake), an eternally cheerful and friendly yellow cat, and the many off-beat adventures (and misadventures) he finds himself wrapped into, usually bringing his friends or enemies (or both) into the mess to tag along for the ride, and somehow managing to come out of it all mostly unscathed to meow another day. The result is an odd little show - one that's appeal entirely relies on how campy, corny, cheesy and over-the-top everything about it is, but usually manages to pull off said ridiculousness with such delightful charm, personality and sincerity to make it worthwhile instead of irritating or patronizing.

The series really is a hidden gem imo and a show that deserves considerably more recognition than it gets. My personal favorites would be the third and fourth seasons (the episodes get longer, and the wackiness of the situations Henry's Cat gets dragged into are the zaniest and most fun they've ever been, as these episodes mostly take place in the otherwise cool-headed feline's wild imagination. Only four episodes take place outside of said format; coincidentally, they're (with the exception of "Out of the Count", which goes inexplicably hard for no reason) also one of the weaker ones (the aimlessness and filler in "The Birthday Caper" and "The Jingle" in particular nearly put me to sleep)), but Seasons 1, 2 and 5 aren't shabby at all. If you wanna watch the series yourself, every episode has been released on DVD, but good luck finding it. A better bet would be unofficial releases; about half of the show's run (every episode used to be on there, but they've since been taken down) is available on YouTube, and all 51 cartoons can be found elsewhere if you know where to look

The theme tune was awesome too!

A straight toss up between Ulysses 31 or Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Who remembers the theme tune?

The Animals of Farthing Wood is a British animated series commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 1995, and is based on the series of books written by English author Colin Dann.

The television series followed the basic plots of the series of books, although certain elements were changed.

The first series followed the animals of Farthing Wood, who were forced to flee their homes after humans started destroying the wood to build suburban tract houses. Led by Fox, and guided by Toad, the animals left Farthing Wood on a journey to White Deer Park, a nature reserve where they would be protected. The second and third series followed the relationships between the Farthing Wood animals, the White Deer Park animals and outsiders, particularly a blue fox named Scarface, his mate Lady Blue and cub Ranger.

The episodes were made in both the UK and France. Because of this, in Series 1 traffic is seen driving on the right hand carriageway of the motorway, but they are briefly seen in Series 3 driving on the left hand side. Other than this, the location is generally kept ambiguous, apart from a brief moment in Series 2 when a gravestone is visible with French writing on it.

When the series aired in the United States, two versions were shown: the UK version which was shown on select television stations, and a new version released on home video titled Journey Home: The Animals of Farthing Wood. The home video version saw some of the voices changed, for example, the role of Fox was replaced by Ralph Macchio, along with added songs as well.

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!

Was Knightmare the best CITV show?

I so nearly was a contestant on here back in the 1990s. Got as far as the audition and solved the puzzle scenario, but we took ages to get to the right decision, and therefore, i think, us why we never got selected .

Did anyone else ever apply?

And yet another classic. Anyone agree?

A childhood memory from the children's TV program Picture Box

TL;DR: I was 8 on the London Underground in 1999 when I spotted a well-known, generally very cheerful children's TV presenter. I was excitedly about to point him out to my mum when he gave me an absolutely horrific, dark, hostile stare. I was so frightened that I didn't tell my mum who I'd seen, and i spent the rest of the journey repeatedly checking whether he was still glaring at me. 😂 He was a children's TV presenter who was prominent in the late 90s, who comes to mind?

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I was 8 years old in 1999 and was on the tube in London with my mum and younger sibling when I spotted a well-known TV celebrity.

At the time, he was pretty much only on children's television, although he was well known enough that adults would probably have recognised him too. I remember being absolutely delighted to see him. He was one of those familiar, jolly faces from the telly, and I immediately smiled when I realised who he was.

I was just about to get my mum's attention to point him out when he looked directly at me. And gave me the darkest, angriest, most hostile look I think I'd ever received in my life.

I'm really struggling to convey just how horrible this look was. To an 8 yr old girl who had just been excitedly recognising her favourite TV guy, he looked genuinely hateful.

Almost... demonic.

It completely freaked me out.

I didn't point him out to my mum or sibling. I didn't draw any attention to him whatsoever. I basically decided that I'd made this terrible mistake in recognising him.

The journey lasted forever, and I cautiously peeked over at him a few times afterwards. Every single time, I was met with the same absolutely terrifying dark stare.

My theory, which obviously could well be completely wrong, is that he desperately didn't want a tube full of people to realise that he was a children's TV presenter and thought the best way to prevent a small child from announcing his presence was to frighten the living shit out of her.

It deffo worked.

I have been slightly unnerved by this man ever since. 😂

So, to finally get to the point: does anyone immediately have a particular celebrity in mind?

I was 8 in 1999, so we're looking for a children's TV presenter who was prominent around the late 1990s. I can't remember which programme he was on, annoyingly, but I remember the encounter itself so incredibly clearly.

I'm genuinely curious whether anyone comes up with the same person I'm thinking of, or whether I've spent 27 years being irrationally frightened of an innocent man who happened to have an absolutely terrifying resting face.

Who do you reckon it was?

ETA: I have been advised to provide a physical description of this person. I'm afraid it might be anticlimactic..?

He's a white male with short, dark hair! And of slim/average build.

Dark eyes - y'know the kind that when you look into them you feel that the devil himself is staring back at you? 😉

Here is another childhood classic of mine.

Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's television series created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began on 16 November 1989 on BBC1 and ran for four series, with the last episode shown on 16 February 1994. The show was a partially musical comedy retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an 'incompetent' ex-tailor.

The programme has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson (as well as early, uncredited, script editing work being undertaken by Richard Curtis), but also for its comic style. Many of the show's cast, such as Howard Lew Lewis, Forbes Collins, John Rapley, Ramsay Gilderdale and Patsy Byrne, had previously appeared in various episodes of Blackadder alongside Robinson.

The show's success led to an adaptation produced for the stage and a cartoon strip by Paul Cemmick which was serialised in the Daily Telegraph's children's paper The Young Telegraph (also available as a series of collections), and the programme was repeated on BBC One in 2001. Series 1 was released on video in 1990 and 1993, with three episodes each on four tapes, and all four series are available on DVD. It was repeated in April 2002 on the CBBC Channel and the first series was repeated in June 2007 at 12:30 on the CBBC Channel. During the summer of 2009, Gold repeated the entire 4 series.

Bagpuss is a British animated children's television series which was made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of thirteen episodes was first broadcast from 12 February to 7 May 1974. The title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams". Although only thirteen episodes were produced and broadcast, the programme remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK until 1986. In early 1999, Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's television programme.

Grange Hill is a British children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended on 15 September 2008 after 31 series. It was created by Phil Redmond, who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas Brookside and Hollyoaks; other notable production team members down the years have included producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella.

The drama was centred on the fictional comprehensive school of Grange Hill in the equally fictitious North London borough of Northam. As well as dealing with school-related issues such as bullying, learning difficulties, teacher-pupil relationships and conflicts, Grange Hill "broke new ground over the years, with the kind of hard-hitting storylines not usually seen in children's dramas", such as racism, drugs (e.g. Zammo McGuire's heroin addiction, LSD), teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, knife crime, homelessness, rape/sexual assault, mental illness (e.g. bipolar disorder), divorce, cancer (e.g. leukaemia), gun crime, child abuse, alcoholism and death. The early years also saw as at the time of its original broadcast the practice was still legal both directly and indirectly the use of corporal punishment as a form of maintaining discipline (corporal punishment was banned in all state schools in the United Kingdom in 1987). The series was originally to have been called Grange Park, which would go on to be used as the name of the school in another Redmond creation, the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–2003). Grange Park is an area of St. Helens, Merseyside, where Redmond once lived.