The Nostalgic World of 90's British Cartoons

Let's go back in time to revisit a bunch of 90's UK animated series!
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[@Jambareeqi]

I stated at the beginning of the video that I'd only be covering a small fraction of the British cartoons that aired in the 90's. I then said at the end of the video that if any cartoons weren't included then it was due to time, and not because I carelessly forgot any. Yet people are still asking why some cartoons aren't featured or accusing me of forgetting some. I'm sorry, but PLEASE pay attention to what I say in a video before commenting, or I end up feeling like I'm being ignored. Thanks.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

Great video!

[@JettPyreYTP]

It was nice to see a handful of British shows on American TV in the early 2000s.

[@dillonohlemiller9027]

Jett Pyre YTP I agree. I remember Seeing NODDY as a kid

[@AmberTheFangirl]

Agreed

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

As a child, my favorite cartoons were definately Oswald, Bob the Builder, Arthur and Blues Clues

[@92JazzQueen]

I actually recognized a lot of these cartoons. I didn't watch all of them, but I really do love how many of these cartoons showed up on Nick Jr. It's interesting that we Americans had a revolution from England but we still can help but consume a lot of media from it. Also I think the best British media came from the 90's.

[@tristanmaldonado6099]

Kipper was one of my favorite shows when I was little.

[@catvoncrimson666]

Same here!!

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Mine too!

[@Peanuts_Railfan_1225]

It’s one of my favorite shows ever!

[@ryanwilkins2233]

And how 😊 I love kipper so much. Also, kipper was based on a book series?

[@Peanuts_Railfan_1225]

Kipper is one of my favorite shows ever! It was one of the rare kids show that didn’t talk down to the audience and had an emotional impact. Seriously that first episode when he looked after a gosling still makes me cry to this day. And yes it is a very funny show too!

[@Thomperfan]

As the series went on, Spud became less of an antagonist and more of a goofy sidekick who was always willing to tag along and help the team with whatever situation they were facing.

[@thecaledoniansleeper2648]

Noddy, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Bob The Builder and Kipper were my shows growing up.

[@sophiebyers5496]

Okay, Spot is the cutest cartoon dog

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Wow! I was totally that kid growing up in the 2000's who watched Kipper, Bob the Builder, & Noddy (or more accurately, its CGI re-vamp) on PBS Kids or Nick Jr., but had no idea that they were British, OR that they were originally from the 90's! Really cool man, it's sure been a long time since I thought about any of these shows, so thanks for the nostalgia. 🥰 And happy 30th birthday Jambareeqi! I myself turn 21 next Monday the 28th, so it's cool to know that our birthdays are only 10 days apart! (Since yours is the 18th). 🎉✨

[@DantheMan2605]

As a British 24 year old. they bring me and my sister back when we were kids of so many memories again 😊👍🏻

[@akshit318]

I sometimes find my way to Re-watch Bob the builder, noddy, kipper and specially Oswald, whenever in feeling down

[@silveryote1]

Ok I'm from the USA and I never heard of Percy the Parkeeper. Brb gonna watch this right now, it seems so lovely and precious!

[@petrenicolae3282]

I remember whatcing Postman Pat when I was a kid.What wonderful times there where.

[@BugsyFoga]

Kipper was definitely a classic.

[@123emilymason]

I grew up with most of these cartoons! See America the UK has its charms too

[@thisisasupersayin376]

That "women in charge" joke in Sherlock in the 22nd Century was actually a brilliant setup and payoff.

[@wiibrockster]

The Adventures of Spot and Kipper were my absolute favourites as a kid! They probably subtley influenced my love of anthropomorphic animals and basically made me a furry.

[@bevanborges4047]

Happy 30th Birthday for Yesterday, Jambareeqi! Even though we are in lockdown, I hope you enjoyed that day in your own way.

[@gerawallstar3487]

I used to love Kipper as a child.

[@DafyddBrooks]

awwwww nice collection man. and i do love how you put different backgrounds that match the shows atmosphere to the clips :)

[@nuclearglory0363]

When I was younger my family didn’t have cable for around a month, so we rented a bunch of movies and things, one of which, being kipper, according to my mom I began speaking with a slight accent cause I loved it so much and I watched it like 50 times in a week

[@BazTheStoryteller]

Have you ever seen Scottish Postman Pat? It is HILARIOUS! It's Postman Pat dubbed with Scottish accents and Pat's a drug dealer.

[@nanomasa929]

Count Duckula is one of my favourite cartoons from the UK. It also has a rocking opening tune and credits.

[@JavedKhan-lu6po]

I used to watch Kipper as well and Happy Birthday Jambareeqi.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Noddy! That brings me way back, to my early childhood! Happy Birthday Jambareeqi.

[@jacobbelow4136]

First of, I'm glad to see that your video seems to be doing pretty well in the first hour since it's gone up! Second, my first impressions of some of these shows... The art style of Percy the Parkkeeper seems very reminiscent to me of Raymond Briggs' style of drawing! William's Wish Wellington's sound like a super interesting premise, that kids would not only enjoy, but also would greatly benefit from! And once again, I'm super looking forward to seeing your take on the concpet of Sherlock Holmes dropped into the 20th/21st century (even maybe doing a new kind of take on the story 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', which I read all the way back in my early teen years)! And I applaud 'Action Man' for including a wheelchair character into its cast too. Some of the best shows of the 90s made the effort to be inclusive of disabled kids, the most noteable example I can think of being Arthur, of course! But even one of my childhood favorites, 'The Magic Schoolbus', had a kid in a wheelchair appear in a couple of episodes to help save the day and inspire kids watching at home! And boy does Britain love its stop-motion animation! That's something I'm very happy to see! If only OUR country could include it some more in the landscape of cartoons on television (although I can see some possible reasons as to why it might be as popular). I remember seeing 'The Adventures of Spot' on the channel Playhouse Disney, when I was young (as well as some friends of mine having picture books of it). I'm sure the voices were redubbed, of course, but I'm pretty sure everything else about it was kept very much in tact without losing what made it so valuable! 'Noddy's Toyland Adventures' was changed to 'The Noddy Shop' when it came over to the states, and the stories of Noddy were retained and placed in between these live-action segments where real human children would start to tell the Noddy stories in a quaint little toyshop where toys would come to life, and they would segway into the animated portions. And Bob the Builder is certainly nothing short of a commercial phenomenon among toddlers even over here, even including his theme song! Even Danger Mouse is pretty well known here, even though I myself haven't gotten around to seeing it.

[@Acidonia150reborn]

Britain loves its Puppets to they was at least 50+ Puppet chracters in tv shows not all aimed at kids in the 80's alone and thats not counting ones made for tv comericials. They less for the past 10 years but there still around mostly on kids tv TV but a new version of the UK adult comedy show Spiting image that was all Puppets is back next year. Meanwhile US just almost gave up with Puppet chracters for people in Suits thanks to Barney the Dinosaur.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

Dude, I didn't know you're 30 years old. Happy Early Birthday!

[@zack6283]

Hi dexter

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@zack6283 Hey

[@zack6283]

Dexter The Nostalgia Toonster I wonder what Ashton (our Scooby doo man)is doing for he’s next video

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@zack6283 I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see.

[@zack6283]

Dexter The Nostalgia Toonster yes we do

[@zeinana2751]

Omg Noddy! I’ve been trying to remember the name of the show for yeeaarss 😂

[@1hugegooboy]

Some of these I had heard of off of videos like this, & yet it still taught me about some I didn't know of. I did used to watch the Sherlock Holmes one though, as my really early days of Cartoons was in the 80s. I was born in 83, so I watched a lot of cartoons when I was really little, but I also watched a pretty extensive amount of 90s cartoons

[@cofagrigusfan24]

the starter pack for the average British cartoon -an average everyday job -charming main character -stop motion

[@darkninjafirefox]

Kipper and spot the dog have huge spots in my nostalgic heart and it's really fun seeing just how many shows I recognize and used to watch

[@catvoncrimson666]

Yeeeeeeeesssss!!!!!! Thank u for mentioning kipper!! That was my favorite cartoon out of every one I watched

[@nathantew946]

Happy late birthday. Can’t believe there’s so many StopMotion cartoons in the 90s.

[@BazTheStoryteller]

You should do a video about 90s British live action shows such as Zzzap, SMTV, Live and Kicking, My Parents Are Aliens, Fun House, Get Your Own Back, Mr Blobby, Chucklevision (RIP Barry), etc. The Nostalgia is strong with this one.

[@scarfacenate9548]

Hey Jambereeqi, have you ever seen the Animals of Farthing Wood? It's one of my favorite shows

[@jordanhowell7798]

I used to watch Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Bob The Builder, Kipper, Spot, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and Dennis The Menace And Gnasher as a kid.

[@BazTheStoryteller]

"I have Paul Rudd syndrome." Did you know that Paul Rudd is a huge Beano fan? Wonder if he saw Dennis and Gnasher.

[@joshproductions07]

Yeah

[@TheMultiFandomFangirl44]

As I look back on the shows I watched as a little kid, the more I realize a lot of them were from another country, the UK especially. I'm American, so I find that really cool. I watched shows like Bob the Builder, Kipper, Thomas the Tank Engine, RubbaDubbers, and future iterations of Noddy and Fireman Sam without even realizing they're from the UK.

[@fzcbh4698]

To compared some of these cartoons feud to North American cartoons. Action Man = G.I.Joe. Bob the Builder = Lego. Percy the Park Keeper = The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. William's Wish Wellingtons = Wish Kid. Rex the Runt = Heatcliff and The Gang. The Adventures of Spot = Clifford the Big Red Dog. Kipper = 2 Stupid Dogs. Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century = Phantom 2040. GOGS = Flintstones. Fireman Sam = Rescue Heroes. Dennis and Gnasher = Dennis the Menace. Danger Mouse = Secret Squirrel. Count Duckula = Bunnicula. Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop = Steven Spielberg presents Toonsylvania.

[@joshproductions07]

Dennis in Dennis and Gnasher is actually known as Dennis the Menace.

[@yamitay9258]

Ayyy Jam! Happy Birthday and really awesome video!

[@drutt09]

What do you think of the shows listed on here?

[@yamitay9258]

I’m not familiar with some. Only Noddy, Bob the Builder, Kipper, Postman Pat (even though I’ve not watched a lot of it), Spot, and Fireman Sam (again, not seen very much of it).

[@drutt09]

@@yamitay9258 oh ok

[@drutt09]

@@yamitay9258 oh okay

[@maverickbna]

Happy birthday Jambareeqi! :)

[@albertoandroidain]

I remember Spot and Postman Pat fondly, my English teacher had old VHS tapes of those shows, and would even put them on once in a while (and she even showed a Grand Day Out and The Wrong Trousers once). As for Noddy and Bob the Builder, I wasn't super into them, but I do remember coming accross the former's books and even a CG tv show, as well as the latter's show being advertised in Playhouse Disney (although here in Spain it was named "Bob y sus amigos", literally translated to "Bob and his friends") Fun fact: I actually was frightened when I saw Curse of the Were Rabbit in the theatre when I was very very little (it was 2005, I was 6 or 7 and a bit of a scaredy cat); but now Wallace and Gromit has grown on me a lot, especially due to my growing interest in animation

[@percycolburn6607]

Dangermouse and Count Duckula are LEGENDARY

[@animationnerd2748]

Happy Birthday Jambareeqi

[@Mustiismybestfwend]

Cool no dislikes! Also this should get more likes! The only shows i grew up with are Bob the Builder, Kipper, and Noddy. They're all on sprout.

[@ianwebster3489]

Spot is one of the first cartoons I can remember. I still find it super adorable.

[@jamescoppock4448]

I grew up watching the majority of those cartoons too. Here are my memories of them: I once tried quoting an Okey Doke joke at a party with grownups, only to find out it only works in the show I never saw the Action Man cartoon but I saw tons of toy commercials, owned some action figures and a computer game I sadly didn't want to watch Noddy because I thought I wouldn't like The goblins. Definitely ashamed of that decision The main thing I like about Bob The Builder is that it introduced me to certain tools, supports and construction words that I still remember to this day I enjoyed Percy The Park Keeper and the episode that made me think the most was Treasure Island I kept watching Postman Pat as a preteen I saw Rex The Runt advertised but I didn't memorise the name until I started researching Aardman I preferred the William's Wish Wellingtons episodes where he helped others over the ones where he primarily thinks about himself, and I definitely memorised the theme tune I watched 1 episode of Spot but I read more than one book, had a computer game, saw a theatre play and had a Christmas special on VHS Kipper is my favourite of the ones on this list because it's the one that made me the most happy Never heard of Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century until today Never heard of Gogs until today My mum loves Fireman Sam and I love it even more as an adult I didn't want to watch Dennis & Gnasher because as a kid, I always copied actions and quotes from what I watched and I knew it was a bad idea to copy what Dennis did. It's great to finally know who the target audience is, thank you I watched Danger Mouse a lot but I don't remember what my overall thoughts of it as a kid were Never saw or heard of Count Duckula when I was a kid Never heard of Dr Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop until today I read the Funnybones picture books but had no idea there was a cartoon about them 😍

[@Acidonia150reborn]

The 2d Action man cartoon was VHS only but a just as shorted lived CG one by Mainframe who did reboot was made after.

[@philippinevlogsandgamingpl7671]

Here in the Philippines, I watched Kipper, Art Attack, Mr. Bean and Transylvanian Petshop.

[@Tombola1993]

My lecturer at uni, Graham Griffiths, worked on Funny Bones for a bit. But he mostly worked on SuperTed.

[@maikejahn9130]

I still love Kipper, it's so cute.❤

[@hadesdogs4366]

Honestly its just nice to remember your childhood shows and compare them to what kids today watch

[@victordavis9002]

Happy birthday dude

[@sollunadonis1995]

I had no idea Bob The Builder was a British show! 🤯

[@cosmiquealiene6168]

I really enjoyed watching this! I watched a lot of these series growing up in the 2000s. The only one I hadn't heard of was Dr Zitbag, but that's because it's likely pretty obscure. Oakie Doke? William's Wish Wellingtons? Percy The Park Keeper? Kipper? Gosh, I hardly hear anybody talk about them now! They were charming shows that I remember watching as a kid. I never saw any Action Man until this video, but my sister did have one of the toys. She was also a big fan of Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Bob The Builder - all great shows! Anybody remember when Bob the Builder did a cover of Mambo No 5? That song always used to make me think of the series! XD My favourite shows growing up included Clifford The Big Red Dog, 64 Zoo Lane, Wide Eye, Charlie and Lola and Space Pirates. :)

[@Acidonia150reborn]

I think thats because the 2D Action man show was only sold on VHS.

[@cosmiquealiene6168]

@@Acidonia150reborn Aah, I thought as much! I remember seeing them at car boot sales and stuff.

[@mariabruce699]

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[@BazTheStoryteller]

When I turned 30, I had a 90's party. It was awesome, dude! We had movie posters, 90s music, and even 90s music videos, trailers and commercials on the TV. That was two years ago, when life was easier....

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

Hi Jambareeqi. Remember Albert The 5th Musketeer? It's the best show ever. The best cartoon of all time.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

Bob The Builder is HUGELY nostalgic for me, as it was one of my favorite shows when I was little! Chuck E Cheese even had a Bob The Builder ride themed to Scoop that I would always go on! I had tons of the DVDs as well. The machines were all super cute and each had different personalities, I liked Dizzy and Scoop the most. And Bob and Wendy had a really cute relationship [watch the episodes Buffalo Bob, Bob's Ballroom, Wendy's Night Out, and Wendy's Busy Day for some examples]! Too bad Mattel had to give the show an awful CGI reboot with really creepy redesigns and dumbed down characters.

[@brandonm9132]

I used to love sherlock holmes and the 22nd century when i was a kid.

[@ldarm]

Thanks for that mate 👌

[@Nonjola]

What is your opinion of The Dreamstone and The Animals of Farthing Wood?

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsa7575]

Oh shoot, I remember The Dreamstone. I'd completely forgotten about it.

[@theintrovertoddball7463]

Happy 30th bday. Jambareeqi.

[@amanthy]

As a British citizen I knew a majority of these. I don't remember Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century as much though.

[@edenanimates1465]

British tv is like comfort food, like fish and chips While American tv is good, it is basically like sugar, very hyper and wacky

[@gojirafan0577]

I think my favourite animated British show would be a stop motion show called the trap door it's about this blue creature named berk who is a servant to his mysterious boss the thing upstairs and works in a castle with a trap door with weird creatures inside basically every episode was what creature berk and his friends would encounter that would come out of the door sort of like a monster of the week sort of thing what did you think of that show and also Happy bday jambareeqi

[@Jambareeqi]

I've not seen "The Trap Door", but I know of it ^_^

[@gojirafan0577]

Coolio

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsa7575]

I loved Trap Door, my mum used to watch it with me until I got nightmares about "The Thing Upstairs".

[@averagelittlelulufan]

@@Jambareeqi have you heard of the mr men books? after all, they ARE british. they also got TV adaptations

[@drutt09]

@@Jambareeqi did you know about lavender castle which was created by Gerry Anderson & Rodney Matthews?

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

Danger Mouse and Duckula are also British cartoons?? I learn something new everyday!

[@King-ph8cw]

No you dont UNDERSTAND The teeth brushing scene from In the night garden was VERY symbolic /j

[@maldon3659]

My childhood cartoons were Kipper The Dog, Action Man 2000 series, Postman Pat, Percy The Park Keeper, Superted, Bob The Builder, Dennis and Gnasher, Danger Mouse, Fireman Sam, Noddy's Toyland adventure's, Bob The Builder, Little Robots, Bill and Ben: The Flowerpot Men and Andy Pandy

[@kimisnoob9098]

As an american fan of fireman sam, this show is not very popular here and the only channel it aired on was Sprout (now known as universal kids and formerly known as PBS Kids sprout) in 2007 which i was not there for as i was born a year later, but im thankful that i had a thomas dvd that had one or two episodes of fireman sam on it, also norman is my favorite character, I'm happy to have loved this show since i was 2 years old and hope that it becomes more popular here in the states!

[@Fairyqueen2857]

I watched many of these shows as a kid. 😊

[@hadesdogs4366]

The beauty of children’s cartoons and animations is that they can immortalize people where it stays with you even as you get older and becomes a part of your life and you as a person although I do regret watching animals of farthing wood that show is dark,

[@thesnesgeek]

I didn't know Pat's last name is Clifton. That's an intersting fact.

[@codymanthey5694]

I'm from America and the two shows I remember seeing are Bob the builder and post man pat

[@DavidD-KingWolf65]

I have Bob the Builder, and Kipper on my nostalgia list.

[@LooneyCartoonMan]

Happy Birthday Man.

[@matturban9103]

I love Dangermouse! I saw it years ago on Nickalodeon. Now I own the entire series. I live in the states by the way.

[@crcoghill]

it's so odd to hear most of these shows came from across the pond as the Englishmen say. i've always lived in the South of the US and grew up on alot of 70's-80's series while growing up in the 90's. some things were shown on TV, others you saw in VHS ads or even in stores or rentals. i guess my world was very small when i younger.

[@BriceGum138]

Have you heard of the 90's Mr. Men and Little Misses series? Check it out if you haven't.

[@Pooky1991]

I used to love Kipper. Still do.

[@georgerobertson7010]

What’s your opinion on the noddy shop?

[@dillonohlemiller9027]

I REMEMBER THAT SHOW!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!

[@c.w.r.794]

In the American dub of Adventures of Spot. Spot is voiced by Johnathon Taylor Thomas.

[@currentlyevaporating2918]

Noddy's was a right banger

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

Noddy's Toyland Adventures was a British cartoon show?? I didn't know that. I think there was like a CGI cartoon starring Noddy here in North America or something.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Yes, there was, and that was the one I was most familiar with. The episode that most sticks with me is the one where the goblins had a stopwatch that they used to freeze everyone in Toyland save for Noddy. Idk why, but I think the concept of it might've freaked me out a little. 😆

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose How?

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 How they got the stopwatch? Lol I don't remember. 😆

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose Me neither

[@silveryote1]

It was called The Noddy Shop in North America, starting airings in 1998 "GREAT NEPTUNES GHOST!"

[@averagelittlelulufan]

is nobody gonna talk about the mr men

[@k1zm3t]

happy 30th for yesterday 🥳🎂🎁🎉

[@sophiebyers5496]

I see Spud more as an anti hero

[@reinaldo7636]

Happy birthday

[@MCMDoffical666]

Bob the builder with the Canada goose drip for the music video

[@kaitlinlayla]

Happy late B-Day.

[@leeobrien2004]

Good Video.

[@IMEEntertainment]

It’s kinda odd how less-British Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is, as an American animation studio (DIC) produced it and the voice acting is mostly Canadian. It hasn’t even aired in the UK since like 2000 outside of Scotland.

[@hadesdogs4366]

As a construction worker i kid you not on how unappreciated we builders are and whilst it’s not flashy or glorious like the police, fire and police and yet without us society would collapse, buildings would fall and health let alone safety won’t be a thing

[@FakeAiring2012_Backup]

12:39 - This Video Contains Content From BBC Studios, Who Has Blocked It On Copyright Grounds.

[@PlaystationFreak719]

I had a Kipper VHS I used to watch all the time as a kid

[@jennyknopps1291]

I had the same show on DVD

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Postman Pat, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula were mainly 80s shows. Started in the 80s anyway.

[@Jambareeqi]

They originated in the 80's, but new episodes were still coming out in the 90's. A show can be associated with more than one decade, and it would be misrepresentative to disclude these shows from the 90's.

[@kwproductions6737]

​@@Jambareeqiso why didn't you include Thomas and Friends it's probably the most famous British series of all time just behind Doctor Who probably

[@johnnykershaw6617]

The 90s Is Just Favourite and Fantastic from @JohnnyKershaw

[@islesofforeignrails7917]

What i missed about the original British Children's shows is the memorable and structured life lesson and moral driven stories they bring out to certain viewers. I should note that Thomas & Friends wasn't on here, because it's a classic ongoing franchise up to roots and a toxic sided fandom. Pingu has got memes and controversial censorship in the United States. Sooty isn't on here yet, for unknown reasons. as for shows like Bob The Builder and Postman Pat, they are the ones that i watched as a young boy in a foreign country until UK. a reminder for your Postman Pat Movie review, the film maybe bad but Pat himself, wasn't intentionally trying to tear away from his wife, son, and pet cat. all Pat wanted to do what's best for his loved ones, noting that being famous does take away your life and this was a nice subversion to that trope (I gotta disagree on you for TV film, and more on Straight to DVD) *fixed*

[@mikecraftbro]

Mum mentioned the wombles

[@harrytheredbagnall]

Even though it wasn't on here, my favourite show growing up was Thomas the Tank Engine

[@FanboyScottland344]

I really Love Rex the Runt I got the Wendy & Vince plushies and the book but one of my KZbin friends The Adventures Of Kevin The Carrot has got all 4 of the plushies along with the Vince bag and the book

[@Allanbuzzy]

Are you going to cover 2000's shows later?

[@Jambareeqi]

I might do