Also Picture Book and Rag, Tag and Bobtail. The Grove Family and The Appleyards were kind of the first soaps.
1 Like
Possibly look at a freely box for future proofing or the lowest cost option a netgem 4k box, lots around
Plus the Oliver Postgate animations - Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, and especially⌠Clangers!!
When I were a lad, only one house in our street had a TV. We would knock on the door at 5 pm to see if the boy who lived there was coming out to play, knowing that we would be invited in to watch Childrenâs Hour.
2 Likes
Thatâs still on now only itâs now called PMQâs 
4 Likes
Different cast though - itâs a remakeâŚ
The Clangers are indeed still on. If you watch it you will see no resemblance at all to PMQs. It is gentle, funny and very relaxing. 
1 Like
And how are the clangers 
Enjoying life on CBeebies. Tonight from 1900 to 1910.
âThe show is about a close-knit family of characters that live on a little planet away from us, and it emphasizes the family unit, kindness and empathy.â
I was never sure the soup dragon wasnât going scare children from that food source.
Is that the original series or the 2015 remake?
ETA: Just checked on iPlayer, itâs the remake. Pity.
Thereâs only one Freely box at the moment and itâs a vehicle to promote PLEIO and doesnât support NOW or Netflix AFAIK. There are some TVs that support Freely bit not many.
Yes thatâs the new box from the same stable as the Netgem. It doesnât use Netgems internal OS so you can download apps as required. I thought but havenât checked that it does have now TV etc but that is probably the+ service which is a payable top up, that would be expected as Now TV is not free.
My first TV experience was aged around 5 or 6, being unable to sleep and instead sitting up and watching an early episode of thunderbirds (probably The Pit Of Peril - episode 2) on a small B&W TV.
My father was an electrician, and would repair TVs for local people, often keeping hold of the TV for a couple of days and being able to watch (license? what license??). We eventually acquired a TV that I suspect was previously broken and then subsequently repaired, however my mother would only watch BBC, commercial television being sordid back in those days. Sunday lunchtimes were also spent having a proper roast dinner after church, watching TV together and talking about the activities of Mr. Andersons actors.
My British grandfather acquired a TV and, as with many of his generation, then found it impossible not to just watch when he wasnât working.
Weâve not had a TV since marrying in 1981. Couldnât really afford the licence at first and had plenty to keep us otherwise occupied, then became used to it and never really wanted one since.
1 Like
Your posting clearly shows your lack of knowledge. There is no such thing as WiFi TV. I think you mean Internet TV, Wifi is simply the means by which the Internet connection is distributed within the premises, but it can also be distributed by cable ie Ethernet.
I live in France and we have had Fibre Internet for more than a year with speeds of 1000 Mb/s Down and 900 Mb/s Up. If I switch to disribution from the router by WiFi then the speed is only a quarter of that. My partner who lives in Paris for more than 6 years.
Freely Pleio Puck Boxes have only been available in the UK since just before Christmas 2025 and this provides an alternative to scrapping your exisiting TVs and buying new ones.
Yes, it does support NOW and Netflix, I looked this morning. It is an option for my SIL then, but her 28" tv is from the ark and she said that she wouldnât mind a bigger one so weâll probably go the new TV route and there seems to be more choice with Freesat Play than Freely, but tht is changing. We have till the summer for her current Virgin Media package to expire then weâll not renew it and sort out a new provider and TV.
1 Like
Not everyone understands the complexities of how data is routed. Anyway, the TV does support WiFi and that is the preferred connection method for most people, so WiFi does deliver the program to the TV. Itâs just the last connection point in many for the data from the provider to the TV.
1 Like
So far as I am aware, I have just bought one from John Lewis, so I hope there is. 
1 Like
Not sure who that comment is directed at but itâs phrased in a bad way almost rude. There are friendlier ways of putting it.
3 Likes
@scoutdubna, If my new ÂŁ119 Bush TV with integral Freely tv, netflix, catchup, iplayer, itv x plus uncle Tom Cobley et all doesnât work on WIFI then please tell me why I can watch all these channels when my TV is plugged into the mains without an aerial and all I had to do was enter my WIFI code into the TV.
Since arriving back in the UK I have had to quickly adjust and learn all the latest technology, which is not easy for this senior chap but I can assure you that my freely enabled tv is one clever bit of kit.
4 Likes