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Cleopatra (Coming At Ya)

Cleopatra (Coming At Ya)

For no reason at all, I today remembered this three-piece girl group, Cleopatra, who came at us in the 1990s with not only a theme tune (Cleopatra’s Theme, AKA “Cleopatra Coming At Ya”), but a really lame TV programme which was, from hazy recollection, on childrens ITV. I don’t remember much else about them, but […]

Count Duckula

Count Duckula

Count Duckula was another cartoon that I grew up watching in the late 1980s and early 1990s – enjoy the episode above – I hadn’t remembered the intro was quite so long! This was one of my favourites, probably because it was pretty dark and macabre. Count Duckula was made for four series and there […]

Blockbusters (UK)

Blockbusters (UK)

“I’ll have a ‘P’ please, Bob!” “I’ll have an ‘E’ please, Bob!” Oh, how we laughed. Seriously, though, Blockbusters was great TV. Students would play for weeks, in pairs, or solo, and would always be accompanied by a furry mascot, eventually, they would win a budget prize, like a “Steam Iron” or a trip to […]