children's tv exhibition [or take me back 40 years...]

[zenrat]

article on the bbc breakfast news a few month back 
they were making a thing of the fact that one of the new muppets is british 

I always sort of assumed Dr Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker were Poms.

[Howard of Effingham]

There was a French childrens program with the lyrics "white horses" in the theme tune. I think it was in black and white, what was it about?

I think it was set in the Carmargue,  and the title song included the line "On my horses, snowy white horses, let me ride away....."    Any one know anything more??

Well I vaguely remember it, it was targeted at the female of the species. Now my memory says it was about Lipihanzers (or however they are spelt) in then Yugoslavia, but that my be another memory entirely 

I recall something similar too, chris. wasn't it dubbed from Austrian state TV? and wasn't anything like related to Heidi but you thought it was? as I recall a lot of shots with the average late 1800's town buildings in the background.

hmm, one fave programme of mine was ivor the engine, but another was champion the wonder horse [anyone recall that one?]

[zenrat]

This show?

The story follows the adventures of a teenage girl Julia (played by Helga Anders) who leaves Belgrade to spend a holiday on a stud farm run by her Uncle Dimitri (played by Helmuth Schneider), where with the help of head groom Hugo (Franz Muxeneder), white Lipizzaner horses are raised.

In the first episode, stallion Boris is stolen by gypsies who dye his white coat brown so that no one will recognise him. Julia and Hugo set off to find Boris and upon his recovery an affinity is formed between girl and horse.

Opening sequence here

[zenrat]

This takes me right back.  I NEED an Argocat...

[Rheged]

There was a French childrens program with the lyrics "white horses" in the theme tune. I think it was in black and white, what was it about?

I think it was set in the Carmargue,  and the title song included the line "On my horses, snowy white horses, let me ride away....."    Any one know anything more??

Well I vaguely remember it, it was targeted at the female of the species. Now my memory says it was about Lipihanzers (or however they are spelt) in then Yugoslavia, but that my be another memory entirely 

Later research shows you ARE correct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Horses.

[rickshaw]

This takes me right back.  I NEED an Argocat...

I remember them!  I last heard their theme played in Canberra in the late 1980s by a pop band which suddenly, in the middle of one of their songs, burst into the Banana Splits theme!   The crowd loved it and when they'd finished it, they just went back to playing their own song!   

[NARSES2]

hmm, one fave programme of mine was ivor the engine,

Yup Ivor was a favourite, lovely and gentle with a nice sense of humour. Also liked Noggin the Nog. Is that still legal ? 

In my view these shows were timeless and worked for all ages

[Mossie]

My bedroom had Ivor the Engine wallpaper.

[Howard of Effingham]

My bedroom had Ivor the Engine wallpaper.

mossie! really! I'd've loved a roll or two of that on the walls of my room.

and while we are at it, does anyone recall Ludwig?

[Gondor]

My bedroom had Ivor the Engine wallpaper.

mossie! really! I'd've loved a roll or two of that on the walls of my room.

and while we are at it, does anyone recall Ludwig?

Not until you mentioned it!

Gondor

P.S. Is "Muffin The Mule" a criminal offence?

[Rheged]

My bedroom had Ivor the Engine wallpaper.

mossie! really! I'd've loved a roll or two of that on the walls of my room.

and while we are at it, does anyone recall Ludwig?

Not until you mentioned it!

Gondor

P.S. Is "Muffin The Mule" a criminal offence?

It's been legal for years, but look what it did to the Woodentops


I rated the Clangers very highly

[McColm]

The herb garden, Captain Pugwash, The magic roundabout.

[perttime]

There was a French childrens program with the lyrics "white horses" in the theme tune. I think it was in black and white, what was it about?

I think it was set in the Carmargue, ...

Now my memory says it was about Lipihanzers ...

So maybe either Camargue horses or Lipizzans (Lipizzaners)?

(Not sure if either one has much to do with Yugoslavia)

[Gondor]

There was a French childrens program with the lyrics "white horses" in the theme tune. I think it was in black and white, what was it about?

I think it was set in the Carmargue, ...

Now my memory says it was about Lipihanzers ...

So maybe either Camargue horses or Lipizzans (Lipizzaners)?

(Not sure if either one has much to do with Yugoslavia)

There was also Belle and Sebastian in black and white, Robinson Crusoe too.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

There was a French childrens program with the lyrics "white horses" in the theme tune. I think it was in black and white, what was it about?

I think it was set in the Carmargue, ...

Now my memory says it was about Lipihanzers ...

So maybe either Camargue horses or Lipizzans (Lipizzaners)?

(Not sure if either one has much to do with Yugoslavia)

Lippizana's were original bred in the Slovenian province of the AH Empire that then became part of Yugoslavia post WWI and then Slovenia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipizzan