A real underrated gem from the 90s is Bob and Margaret, an Anglo-Canadian production. Its a prime time animated show about a bumbling dentist and his reserved chiropodist wife as they battle middle age. Halfway through its run they move from London to Canada and have to additionally contend with the culture shock. It did well enough but I can't help thinking it would do better today.
Growing up in 80s Scotland I loved Naked Video and Scotch & Wry (a hogmanay staple). Rikki Fulton was hilarious, especially with the "last call" sketch xx
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors? Nice. I see that and raise you Ulysses 31, also from DIC I believe. An underrated fun little show, the theme tune was the highlight. If you were a kid in the 80's I guarantee you're singing it right now.
I definitely watched Head Over Heels as a kid (or rather my big sister did, and because we shared a bedroom and a telly I had no choice) but I don’t recall anything about it other than the theme tune. The mention of it did make me think of two other 90s shows set around the same time period: The Hello Girls starring Leticia Dean (AKA Sharon from Eastenders) as a telephone exchange worker, and Lipstick on Your Collar, a Dennis Potter musical drama starring Ewan McGregor in his first major role.
Love your videos always fun to see old series, couple of greats are spender, midnight caller and home james, all very underrated and a few stinkers such as the royal bodyguard and poltergeist the legacy and teen wolf cartoon series
Good Lord I was listening to the Head Over Heels soundtrack on a car trip with my Mum two days ago. I’ve never watched it and Mum couldn’t remember what it was about. I looked it up and it seems to be unavailable commercially. Maybe ITV don’t want to re -licence all that music.
Cheers for picking my suggestion! I was rather hoping of that big list I sent in that either Jeeves and Wooster, What We Do in the Shadows or Blake's 7 would be picked (couldn't remember if B7 had already been done), so that makes me happy.
I've owned the box set of Jeeves & Wooster DVD's for many years. But just can't get past an episode or two of it whenever I try and watch it. I do recall watching it all on TV with my mum when it was broadcast. Just not one I can rewatch it seems.
Some shows I think were very good are the kids shows Jamie and the Magic Torch, probably has one of the best theme songs ever, Johnny Briggs, Super Gran, though you might have already mentioned that one.
If we're talking forgotten or underrated shows. I offer two of my favourite forgotten shows from my childhood. 1: StarFleet. Exciting, fun adventures with the crew of the X-Bomber, a ship that could transform into a giant battle robot. Featuring Dr Benn, Shiro Hagen, Barry Hercules and John Lee. Fighting against the mighty Commander Makara. This is a great show, with great practical effects, with quite complex themes for a children's show. It also has one of the best theme songs ever. 2: Space Sentinels. Three people are kidnapped by an all powerful A.I. called Sentinel One. Altered at a molecular level, giving them all 'astounding powers and eternal youth'. This features one of the most annoying side kicks in the form of the Sentinel One's little robot 'Mo' Both are thankfully still available on RU-vid. Peace All
STAR FLEET, STAR FLEET, BAH BAAAM, BAH BAH!!! YES... Bloody Loved that show... So much so I bought it on DVD so I could finally watch teh final episode as while it was for me a Religion to sit in front of the TV on a Saturday Morning and watch the adventures of Shiro Hagen... The week teh final episode aired, My Mother made me visit my Grandparents!!! She said "You can catch it when they show it again!" - That was 45 years ago... They have NEVER rerun it!!! And having watched that final episode... WHAT THE FRAG!? I joke of course as being older and enjoying Anime and Manga... I know that this is teh Japanese Style of storytelling... I know as a child I would have loved it - As an Adult, if you are not into Anime and Manga, Its a shock to the system... Bat S**T Bonkers! There was going to be a second season... I found this out from teh DVD Commentary - But a fire broke out in the warehouse they used for filming and all the major props were destroyed. Despite the shows worldwide success, it was a very expensive production to make and sadly they simply could not afford to rebuild.
Very much enjoying the videos. If we are talking forgotten 'classics', I can think of a couple, one was a favourite kids TV show from my youth, that being Captain Zep, Space Detective. It featured the titular Captain Zep who would investigate all sorts of intergalactic nefariousness as I recall, accompanied by some sidekicks including one lady who wore what seemed to be a precursor of Madonna's conical bra. I loved it back in the day, you got to play along, try and decipher the clues and see if you worked it out. It was something different at the time. Another was Automan, an American urban sci-fi crime drama type thing. It had a computer wizard who, as I recall, managed to programme an avatar which was solid. There was a cool car which had lots of electric blue light type things. Don't remember if it was any good or not, but don't hold out many hopes. Ooh, and who can forget Street Hawk. Other than everyone. Someone somewhere clearly thought "Well, Knight Rider is pulling in the audiences, let's nick the idea, but make it a bike." From what little I can remember, it was pretty terrible.
You know what I thought was a bit underrated? The Peter Serafinowicz Show. It was by no means perfect and the sketches were pretty daft but it put a smirk on my face regardless. It was a pretty good showcase for Peter to do his impressions as well. Shame it never got a second series as I thought it had potential for one. I still watch clips of it online
Wheeled Warriors - what a great programme! I rented it so often as a kid, I must have worn the tape out. Other frequent rentals were “Mighty Orbots” and “Starchaser: the Legend of Orin”. The latter is so indebted to Star Wars, I think Lucas went crazy with litigation…it’s extremely good.
I was the person who suggested Mine All Mine, and to be honest, had I known ‘forgotten’ was an option, I would have put it in that category instead of underrated. I remembered really enjoying it 20 years ago, but on a rewatch it’s hit and miss.
It was nice to see someone suggest Mine All Mine. It had all but skipped my mind, but you reminded me of it. It was hit and miss as you said, but I am also slightly biased as I have a little soft spot for it because my mum was an extra in it.
@@TheKiwiDragon Aww that's awesome! Have you watched it recently and spotted your mum? The whole series is on RU-vid. I think I liked it so much when it first aired because I watched it with my family, and I have aunties, uncles, and cousins from Swansea, and the humour was very relatable. When I posted my suggestion, I'd only just remembered the show and was halfway through rewatching the first episode, and I wish I'd held off. A lot of it hasn't aged well. The storyline with the grandad and the teenage girl is disgusting, and there are a few racist jokes too.
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors was another of those animations that had absolutely amazing theme songs. Some of my other favourites were Ulysses 31, XMen, and the much underrated song 'Where The Truth Lies' by Exchange - the theme to The Legend of Prince Valiant.
Loving this series....it's jogged my memory a lot! By far one of the best comedies of recent times is 'Benidorm'. I absolutely love it. Excellent writing, brilliant acting and very clever cameos from well known actors. A forgotten tv series is an American show called 'Marblehead Manor'. It was on BBC2 or channel 4 when I was a kid in the 90s. I liked it at the time but as an adult I can't remember much about it. There are plenty of not great shows out there but I can't think of any so far that you haven't covered. Keep up the good work.
Forgotten cartoon: Fantastic Max, a baby who is a superhero with a Mohican, he has a little green alien sidekick voiced by Nancy Cartwright aka voice of Bart Simpson. She uses the same voice which is really weird to hear. It was on circa 1989/90 when the simpsons was just starting out.
Airline, by Yorkshire television, is another forgotten 1980s series. Set after W.W.II Roy Marsden plays an ex R.A.F. pilot who, along with two friends, starts his own airfraight company after the posh national airline rejects him due to his working class roots. The pals club together to buy a clapped out airforce surplus transport aeroplane and take on, sometimes very shady, jobs to keep thier heads above water. Of course, the real star of the show was the aircraft a Douglass DC-3 Dakota, which, as a young lad I got very excited about seeing perform at a Duxford airshow.
Yonderland, 2013 to 2016, Sky I think. The folks who did Horrible Histories have a go at a fantasy sitcom based around a lass called Debbie who has a secret portal in her cupboard. Teams up with a grumpy stick and an elf who gets some plastic surgery after series one. Some great gags but never seemed to really hit the radar for most people.
Yeah it never hit home with me either. I appreciate the writing team but Yonderland just didn't do it for me. Same people who wrote "Ghosts" for the BBC.
A couple of others along similar themes: 1st, 'Blandings' featuring Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Jack Farthing. If you liked 'Jeeves and Wooster' you should like this one. Definitely underrated; 2nd, 'Ulysses 31'. Another cartoon from the 80s with the most catchy theme tune ever!; 3rd, 'After Henry' featuring Prunela Scales, Joan Sanderson, Janine Wood and Jonathan Newth. A very underrated britcom. I'll leave it at that for now. Thanks for the hit of nostalgia!
Another excellent classic was NYPD Blue. The natural successor to the equally good Hill Street Blues. Very gritty where most of the cast looked like they needed a shower and a shave. Received plenty of accolades but some criticism for the rapid camera panning. Starred Jimmy Smitts and made Denis Franz and David Carruso household names.
Back when I lived in Swansea, my mum used to work as a police officer, and a colleague of hers pulled over CZJ for speeding around Mumbles, only to be hit with the "Do you know who I am?" spiel. 😂
@@TheKiwiDragon It's brilliant that you actually refer to Cathy as 'CZJ' in your post. That is literally what me and friends used to refer to her as back when she was first famous. Much easier than saying her full name. In the same vein we always referred to Denise Van Outen as 'DVO'
Loved jayce and the whelled warriors much like the more remembered Ulysses 31 or The Mysterious Cities of Gold the art style is very japan/french. ( even the video for Daft punks "One more time" from Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem has the same ethetic)
@@TBMartin I was PISSED at the time because I missed the ending. I was still at school so those few days I was away ir was shown. And the next time it was repeated I missed it :( Thankfuly I was able to " download" it and see the ending. I mean there was Omecs and flying lawnmowers n shit but it did have an end)
@@deadbydayinblack I can't remember the ending, looks like I need to remind myself. I'm so glad you or anyone else hasn't mentioned "Dungeons & Dragons" yet because even after 35+ years it saddeneds me knowing they never made it out and got back home. It's one of them shows that completely changes your perception of it once you know they never get home
@@TBMartin Not so! TB Not so. The script was writen just not animated. "Requiem" was it name. it is on the dvds and you can find is on youtube. Not gonna spoil it. And anyway you know they got home sure "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow" showed it. ( yeah I am a fucking geek had time to think of this)
@@deadbydayinblack Didn't they show (as in Easter Egg) in the latest film that they were sill in the Dungeon? I'm sure I say that? I consider it to be an unfinished story and that they never got home. Adding something to a dvd box set to suggest they did without actually showing us they did is poor. They didn't care when they cancelled it so I don't see the point of them caring now
I just watched something really bizarre last night so I'll suggest it here: The Adventure Game (BBC1 1980, BBC2 1981 - 1986). A bizarre premise about time travel to a far off planet called Arg. The show was seemingly a televised escape room that, in the first series, saw two celebrities paired with a member of the public. Watched one last night that saw Paul Darrow of Blake's 7 and Lesley Judd of Blue Peter be somewhat dominated by a bloke called Robert who seemed to struggle working as part of a team. Essentially kind of a forerunner to The Crystal Maze but sorely lacking a Richard O'Brien or Edward Tudor-Pole to fill the dead air. Verdict: Forgotten.
I'm a big wrestling fan but never watched Thunder in Paradise Was glad Hulk Hogan returned to wrestling Never was good at anything other being Hulk Hogan
Jeeves and Wooster reminds me of Partners In Crime (not the American series of the same name) a comedy/drama series based on the Agatha Christie books and starring the lovely Francesca Annis as one half of the married couple detective team Tommy and Tuppence.
Since underrated means, "something that is better than it's given credit for", doesn't that make this comment a self defeating statement? 😄 I agree though, it's great.
There was a short lived series in the 70s called "The Legends Of The Superheroes". It was a show which had Batman, Robin, Shazam, Hawkman, Flash, Siren and Black Canary.. Batman and Robin are played by Adam West and Burt Ward respectively, and it last only two episodes. It was terrible. The production values were poor and the acting wasn't great. Wondering if you could cover this on your channel?
I'll have another go with the seemingly forgotten gem, BBC series Mongrels 2010 to 2011. Puppet based pub beer garden fun, with some relatively famous faces cameoing (Terry Nutkins, Paul Ross... ) and very funny. Sadly got dumped and BBC3 went for a 9th series of the way past it Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps instead, the fools.
Retro TV Round Up - The Foot of Our Stairs I have a few suggestions... EXCELLENT: "V" The Original Mini Series (Yes that was it full title... Despite the bold claim, it wasn't - there were Mini Series before! Though it did make the phrase popular and in effect created the genre) - 1983 Starring Marc Singer, V was a Sci Fi Series about Earth being visited by aliens who appear friendly but are secretly up to no good... Sure, it was the 1980's and the effects are very dated but DAMN this was such a good show!!! Bloody scary for its time as well... They did try a continuation as a Proper Series but the lower Budget hit it hard... And there was a Reboot / Sequel Series produced by the SyFy Channel that also did not fair well lasting only one Season I believe... I dont care how dated it is... I loved it so much, I bought the entire set on DVD - And anything Guest Starring Michael Ironside being his usual Typecast self is always going to be awesome! RUBBISH: I am going to go controversial as this series had many fans, but I HATED IT!!! I still hate it!!! UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS - A Period Drama about the lives of the wealthy and the Servants... It had an amazing cast I wont lie, maybe it was my age.. I was just too young to care about it and it drove me barmy! My Grandmother loved it though and I had to suffer it! FORGOTTEN: The Val Doonican Show - Another my Gran had me suffer through... Val Doonican was I believe an Irish Singer who did a small variety show for the BBC where he regularly sang, I cant say I enjoyed it - But something about Doonican did make him the UK Mister Rogers... He was always so "Gentle" you could not help but like him! UNDERRATED: The Adventure Game - Another BBC Show from WAY, WAY BACK... A precursor to shows such as The Crystal Maze and very experimental... Oh and it shows!!! But Cheesey fun al the same!
there's an episode of Thunder in Paradise where Hulk's character meets a US civl war re-enactor who always plays a Confederate and is sick and tired of losing. So Hulk takes it on himself to help the south win this time around. Not sure how that would go down nowadays. The re-enactor was played by Jeff Altman, who was in several episodes of Baywatch as different supposedly comedic characters. And is more annoyingly unfunny than the likes of David Baddiel and a few other British 'comedians' we've touched on. Totally forgotten. Probably. Let's make a musical. BBC1 children's show had one season of six episodes in 1977. Airing right after Newsround. Various bbc stars and occasional guest actors, such as Kenneth Williams, would perform some of the songs from a musical. One specific musical each edition. On a very minimalist set with a handful of props. They would then give the history of the musical in question at the end. Didn't like this at all at time, but I was ten going on eleven. And what kid likes musicals? I would possibly appreciate the music more now. And reading one review on imdb it says the minimalist set was some specific theatrical type of doing things. I wonder if they explained that at the time. Just perhaps a bit too grown up for me back then.
Underrated - Fisk; a wonderful Aussie show with the spectacular apathy and sarcasm of Kitty Flanagan. Forgotten - The Middleman; a comic book adaptation that ran for one series before just disappearing despite being a thoroughly entertaining romp where good battled evil scientists and other 'exotic problems. Bad - The Idol; an awful, awful show on HBO that tried to pretend that The Weeknd could act and that he was charismatic enough to make everyone do his bidding. He wasn't, and the whole exploitative aspects that were brought over from Euphoria made the whole thing very, very icky.
Speaking of theme tunes better than the cartoon there was: Mighty Max(boys equivalent of polly pocket) still have some of the sets. Foxes Peter Pan & the Pirates(has a theme like a movie score), Tin Tin(wonderful theme), The Racoons(both the title theme and the songs in the show)
Is the mid 50's too old for this video series? If not I would love to nominate "A Show Called Fred" as a forgotten (for good reason) but a very unfunny show. An early television work by Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan (I was born in the same city as Peter and he has a rep for being a spoiled little mummy's boy) and the comedy in this show just shows that. The show is very odd, the comedy is very immature (feels like the only people who find it funny are the same people who wrote/performed it) and it honestly puzzles me as to why Spike & Peter are seen as comedy geniuses. I fully understand if the show is too old or too hard to watch but I thought I would mention it anyway
I don't think there's such a thing as a show that's too old. I think older shows aren't suggested more often simply because fewer people are familiar with them. Anything with Peter Sellers is definitely worth checking out.
A long forgotten show but brilliant series called TWO from 1996 which was basically a knock off of the 60s tv series The Fugitive centred on twin brothers who where separated as kids named Gus McClain and Booth Hubbard one good the other bad who kills good twins wife and has murdered lots of other people and is now in the frame for it and course no one believes him about his evil brother who he didn't know existed then goes on the run to track him down but is perused by a female equivalent of lieutenant Philip Gerrard an FBI agent.
I have to disagree with the person about ren and stimpy. The creator of ren and stimpy is a complete creep which is par for the course at Nickelodeon but the show itself is very strange and a good cure for Disney blandness and wokism. Is it really for kids? I bet that they love it.
