Vicky Parkinson <uczcvap@ucl.ac.uk> plaintivly wailed:

Am I the only person who's mother deprived them of ITV and Grange Hill, as they were not 'quality' tv?

oh yes, me too, and now as we see programmes celebrating such quality shows that "really pushed the boundaries of TV" i feel like i must be socially inept as a result of my mother's iron censorship broomstick. she wouldn't let me watch rentaghost either, despite the fact that christopher biggins starred in it and is friends with my uncle.

PS All BBC cartoons pale in comparison to Dogtanian

he had a mouth made of jello. BBC children's

TV while it was still resident in *The Broom Cupboard* and was helmed by Philip Schofield (pre-Coat of Many Colours), Simon Parkin (pre-working in McDonald's, probably) and the like.

simon parkin; did anyone ever fancy him? kate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------