Kids now a days don't know what a proper kids tv show is, we had so many classics that we are still talking about them years later, what have these youngsters got that they will be talking about years later,
@scottishwildcat Жыл бұрын
Nonsense. Every generation of kids remembers the things they did and watched just as vividly as we remember the things we did and watched. There was also a huge amount of dross on TV when we were kids that we've long forgotten.
@SteveRes5 жыл бұрын
man, I loved this when I was a kid. happy days
@lennylaa16863 жыл бұрын
Starting in 1975, this series passed me by but what great fun and enjoyment we see. So incredible all these slim children. I should think they would empty the bath today if they jumped in! lol.
@jasmineblack97782 жыл бұрын
Ron Pickering was a brilliant athletics coach & TV presenter
@mjstefansson7466 Жыл бұрын
He touched me in many ways
@gilesrush1703 Жыл бұрын
Not the triple jump he said its like a rubber ball.. Jonathan corrected him it's like skimming a pebble on the sea
@benmiller269626 күн бұрын
"Do you know who I am? Ronnie Pickering!" "Who??!"
@edwardwest59533 жыл бұрын
We are the champions was the programme from my childhood specially the end bit were ron pickering saying a way you go the best bit
@scottishwildcat Жыл бұрын
The fact that most people think that was the best bit says it all, really. The rest of it was tripe.
@johnny5805 Жыл бұрын
Every school kid dreamed of being in We Are The Champions ! But noone ever knew how the heck you got to go on the programme !
@scottishwildcat Жыл бұрын
I didn't, couldn't stand it.
@BB49. Жыл бұрын
@@scottishwildcatobviously useless at sport
@kingporter672 жыл бұрын
This is just awesome, a super 1985 British children's classic!!
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
I would have been fifteen and remember the programme very well, especially the theme. Ron Pickering, one of the voices of my adolescence. I bet some of the competitors were the same age as me!
@RargoFC193 жыл бұрын
Martin O’Neil “That lovely soccer player from Northern Ireland and notts county” top manager , pundit and player.
@fitfinlay9996 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, very few episodes survived
@El_Smeghead Жыл бұрын
"I'm Ronnie Pickering!!" 😂
@gurneyslade12904 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an old 1970s football team LP record for the theme tune.
@markjenner7199 Жыл бұрын
Bring back so many happy memory's
@mcgraphics506 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, good memories.
@gavinburnett88183 жыл бұрын
Away you go!
@adamthorntonillustration928129 күн бұрын
Loved it when he said that!
@cdwattie Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite shows was a must watch. Ah good old Ron Pickering. Everyone going bananas in the pool at the end great stuff
@TheFusedplug5 жыл бұрын
Wow good to see some familiar Rayleigh faces. Time has gone depressingly fast since I went to school with them :/ RIP Jason Bennet
@nigelkthomas95013 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell! Is one of the blue team dead? That’s awful 😢, so young!
@nigelkthomas95013 жыл бұрын
@@TheFusedplug I used to love watching We are the Champions when I was young. I never went on it nor did anyone else from my school; as far as I’m aware we were never invited to participate. There was a “finals” episode from 1984 on KZbin with Duncan Goodhew as guest, but it appears to have been taken off for whatever reason. It was filmed at Wilmslow leisure centre. This is very close to the train station (you can see it as you pass from the train) so about three years ago I went there and had a swim. It hasn’t changed in 35 years! One member of staff I got talking to actually remembered the program being filmed and they spoke to Ron Pickering! Amazing eh?
@angelacooper26614 ай бұрын
What happened to Jason Bennett, that he suffered such a premature demise?
@bruce57994 жыл бұрын
School sportsday on tv. I always enjoyed the swimming pool games the most.
@crispincattermole3 жыл бұрын
Pool games were my favourite as well.
@scottishwildcat Жыл бұрын
Hated school sports day, and hated this programme.
@johnmoretti9936 Жыл бұрын
remem ber watching it when i was kid
@nigelkthomas95013 жыл бұрын
How many after watching this have tried to find former contestants on social media? Or, on the other hand, how many former contestants have suddenly seen themselves from 30-40 years ago and made themselves known?
@fibrown4444 жыл бұрын
I loved this as a kid. Spooky the mention of Shepshed as lived there during my PhD!
@lennylaa16863 жыл бұрын
Crikey, Ron looking much slimmer than the year before! Sadly, he died six years later from a heart attack.
@lieutenantdan839 Жыл бұрын
My brother was on this !! 1982 I think.
@charleyfarley50657 жыл бұрын
Loved the pool at the end!
@JustBens Жыл бұрын
Came here to prove to a friend the Pool parts of this show sounds identical to a crowd at women's football match😂
@matelot9526 күн бұрын
And you're right 😂
@pp379034 жыл бұрын
Televised sports days - euurgh!
@mackemcabbie Жыл бұрын
This was the Friday feeling program. Brilliant yes the weekend was here
@scottishwildcat Жыл бұрын
It wasn't on on Fridays. It was originally on Wednesdays, and the latter series were on Tuesdays.
@mackemcabbie Жыл бұрын
@@scottishwildcat it was in the sunderland region
@nigelkthomas95015 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when this was recorded. Looking back I wish I could’ve been a competitor, but I’d have been terrified of getting something wrong!
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
I must be a year older than you, then. Takes me back to adolescent adventure!
@nigelkthomas95012 жыл бұрын
@@angelacooper2661 You must’ve been born in 1970 then, or late 1969. I was Feb 1971. 51 now. How time flies! I used to work at Sports Direct until recently. Talk to any of the staff there and they haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about with things like this and even more recent comedies like Only Fools & Horses, Hyacinth Bucket, The Brittas Empire etc.
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
@@nigelkthomas9501 Nigel I was born in June 1970 (52 last month) and so just eight months older than you. Sports Direct is an ideal place to buy sports clothing as the merchandise is cheaper to get. I am a cricket person and over the years have bought flannels, jumpers and shirts from my local Sports Direct. I once bought a pair of cricket boots for 20 quid!
@nigelkthomas95012 жыл бұрын
@@angelacooper2661 You’d have been in the year above me at school; leaving in 1986. My year, 1987, was the last year for the old “O” Level, CSE exams. Be great to get as many for contestants from this show together again. What do you think?
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
@@nigelkthomas9501 Yes, Nigel. Bring back the programme, complete with old competitors. The one snag is that I think Ron Pickering is dead.
@neilhenderson181 Жыл бұрын
Childhood memories
@Mancavery3 жыл бұрын
And we call it..........!!!
@plinthman4 жыл бұрын
That’s me at 2:31
@TheFusedplug3 жыл бұрын
Thought so ! How's it going Ian all good I hope. You were one of the first to get a calculator watch (1981) That was a pretty big deal at the time and melody alarms etc, Master Maze and Rubiks cubes
@nigelkthomas95012 жыл бұрын
51, 52 now?
@paulfincham57422 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !! Did you have a chat with Ron?
@mjstefansson7466 Жыл бұрын
My favourite contestant was David Jissom on Team Yellow
@davidgrosvenor52722 жыл бұрын
Take me back this 😉
@angelacooper2661 Жыл бұрын
By Jove, a blast from the past! I was fifteen and remember watching the programme. Don't know if any cricketer was invited on, as cricket is my game!
@paulinejhill6942 Жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this for literally YEARS! PLEASE tell me there are seasons of this uploaded??
@Z00Maddict Жыл бұрын
Who didn't want a go on those inflatables!
@AM14657 ай бұрын
P.E. on the telly.
@stevenhibbert6947 жыл бұрын
Martin O'Neil played for nots forest
@KAF1286 жыл бұрын
Yes, Nottingham Forest - schoolboy error from the great Mr.Pickering !
@jaradoref5 жыл бұрын
And Notts County at the time of recording!
@KAF1284 жыл бұрын
@@neilfitzgerald1410 ????
@jamescrompton5414 жыл бұрын
Oh no...you can’t possibly play for more than one club in a career...can you...??🤦🏻♂️