Geordie Racer
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Some of the greatest programs you ever watched as a kid were those educational productions on BBC 2 that were broken up with spelling lessons about “the magic E” drawn by a magic pen. One such program was Geordie Racer.
The actors on Geordie Racer hammed up their Geordie accents to the max, as the “gan doon toon” and all that.
Listen to the great theme tune here:
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Yet again, old TV appears to have been much more innocent than it is today – I can’t imagine this generation of children, with their mobile phones and Ipods would stand for a budget production about homing pigeons, but we did, and we loved it. It was also a valid excuse to get out of doing lessons at primary school, as they wheeled in the archaic video for us to watch Geordie Racer.
Days off school ill were always improved by viewing an episode, too.
Have a look at this classic example of Geordie Racer – the picture is poor, but that just adds to the authenticity as it reminds me of the quality of our old school video player…
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i used to love this program in school, but no geordie i know has ever heard of it!!! please let me know how to get hold of some copies, just to show them it does exist!!! haway man!!! xxx
I’ve found some Geordie Racer books , but your best bet is to e-mail this link or related youtube links to your mates.
Born in 1994, I can remember watching this in primary school!
Watched this at school in the late 80s and I know they still use it in schools now as my 7 year old son has watched it! Brings back memories. Just shows the oldies are still the best.