Space boy

[gear668]

Iv been looking for this ever since i watched it at primary school. and yer that tall guy still a bit freaky. just could not remember the title, good up load.

[otstuff78]

hahahha likewise luciecapaldi

[willpurry]

I wonder if John Woodnutt spoke to Richard Widmark about his part as the Thin Spaceman when they were filming "Who Dares Wins".

[borgduck]

@willpurry Well, at least he played a Zygon.

[pufferfishish]

INTERESTING PIECE OF T.V. TRIVIA FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED:

The girl who played 'Helen' in this, Sylvestra Le Touzel, is none other than the 'My Fair Lady' character in the famous Heineken 'water in Majorca' TV ads.

[Baz321974]

I thought I was the only one who shat it when this was on at my school. I am not alone now. Scary dude looks a bit like Andy Warhol though. Wasn't their spaceship under the lake and it caused the kids compass to go crazy??

[britskin88]

its little mo from eastenders

[ahalestoned]

This was scary shit man and still funny but freaky today... Sinister!!!!!!!

[andyrile58]

used to scare me to heck when I was a kid 5-7 , bloody ell im yes 36 almost,and well it really is still very freaky,I can see how it would have scared someone like it did me  !!!

[JeVoudrais12]

it the awesome, perv sandy mac clad manequin man from space

[cronauer1985]

i got it on dvd, from ebay

[BulletBaxter]

I used to have nightmares about this! Nice to know a new generation of 6 year olds are still watching this judging by 'suckyamomma30's comment.

[imperialpod]

LOL.

I'd love to see the whole thing again. I'd play it to my 8 year old son, see if iths the same effect on him as it did me, ie....shit ya pants scarey.

[suckyamomma30]

The scary man got his cock out and turned the kids trousers down then inserted his worm into his sweet young ass,lol.What do you think happened its a Look and read show.

[thecelestialtoymaker]

Remember this as a kid. Excellent stuff! The clip ended on a great cliff hanger too. I wonder what happend next!

[dazzyboy74]

this gave me the fantods when i were a lad. The thin geezer in the blue MG midget was dead scary. I remember the bit where the scientist takes the space boy for a ride in his Morris 1100!!

[lillabethsmum]

He must have been the inspiration for the number taker from Numberjacks on CBeebies!

[Laytonia1977]

Used to love this as a child, dark ! lol

[luciecapaldi]

This was ther scariest thing ever when I was about 5 or 6, still actually scaring me a bit now and 32!!!

[2100Rose]

Saw this first back in the early 70s before I started school .

[huvander]

I would love to see more of this i watched this at school in 1982 and it frightened the living daylights out of me!!!!

[pufferfishish]

The music is so similar to the soundtrack of the Doctor Who story 'Full Circle' (1980); both BBC programmes

[allyplumb]

@pufferfishish Well spotted Paddy Kingsland done the music for both programmes.

[pufferfishish]

@allyplumb cheers for letting me know; as soon as I heard the music it instantly made me think of that Dr Who story :)

[NicholasMetcalfe]

thanks so much for posting this .. it is this moment from 'boy from space' that i remember more than any other , i even remember it was at the end of the second episode.

god i'm 34 now and it's even a little scary today

[pufferfishish]

I remember watching this when I was in Primary 3 in the spring of 1984. It has the same kind of quality as one of those public information films about 'what-happens-if-you-play-with­-frisbees-near-power-stations' and still gives me the creeps even now!

[Gunsl1nger76]

So true, Its amazing looking back now, I wonder how we didn't have nightmares every night. Great days

[ginganinjasw2]

i love cocks

[courtypow]

YUP THATS RITE OH DEAR !

[courtypow]

we watched this film in year two n the teachers sed it wasnt that scary its well scary n i still find it wierd but yeah i love this film ha

did anyone watch fariground or i think its called geordie runner or sumfink like that its in newcastle i loved those

[asthmaticmonkey1]

Judging by the wonderful spelling, I'd say your teachers taught you well....

[courtypow]

yup thats rite im actually reely gud at spelling just cba writing in full like su m assholes ehem keep in your own buisness mateee go bum ya mum WOOP WOOP :D

[asthmaticmonkey1]

Oh dear...

[cabincrewlass]

Doesnt helen get a mirrow out and blind him!this use to scare me anyone wants to jump in my bed and save me from that evil man. Jayne

[mistofoles]

What happened next?? Does anybody remember?

[mistofoles]

Ha! This was the point all the the kids in the "televison room" covered their eyes or cowered behind the teachers' legs!

[stevepjk]

like the way he stops over the child at the end like he know the scene is ending

[taznhelen]

this use to scare the living day lights out of me lol does ne 1 know where i can see the whole programme for free on the web please? thank you

[AdamTheMadOne]

I'm so glad it wasn't just me who that guy still scares- saw it like 6 years ago- primary school- (but never saw whole thing, can just remember magic e, and this)

[tdavet]

Utterly terrifying.! I too am 34, and have only just got over this. I can still vividly remember the nightmares this gave me as a child. I think they are going to start again.

Mummy!

[shazjimjake]

thank god.been trying to remember what this was called for ages.was sooooooo scary,stuck in my mind for 30yrs. want to see more!

[Scotsman876]

Fucking Hell!!!!! The Thin Man scare the shit out of me as a child!!!! I, along with the rest of my classmates, had nightmares about this dude for ages!!!

[cottonwhiskersuk]

It's DAVID BOWIE!!!!!!!!!!

:-D

[mbgames73]

Yeah they spoke backwards - how did they let us watch this, its darker than X files for five year olds

[gregles007]

i remember watching this in primary school and having nightmares because of it!

[gregles007]

i remember watching this in primary school and having nightmares because of it!

[girlfriendisbetter]

he looked very pale and strange....and quite like Wilco Johnson

[DonnsyDingbat]

I used to LOVE this programme! Soooooo scary at the time!

[zillionairemark]

Jeeeeez..that scared the shit outta me at school..still does.

[sromag]

Where did you get this???? have got anymore???

I remember they spoke backwards or something...

Hell... i remember writing a 4 page story about this when i was about 8 and the teacher being really impressed.

The way they shook hands was weird i remember and ooh... oh so much more...

[civitbang]

fuckin hell im 18 got shown it when i was about 6-7 and im still having nightmares about this fucking programe

[thermaldog]

my god! i can remember watching this at primary school about 24 years ago, and i never in a million years thought i would see it again..thank fuck for YOUTUBE!!!!

[emzibule]

we used to have to watch this at school, i was so scared of the thin man that i had to sleep in my parents' bed for weeks!

[donkeylasher1980]

How the hell was this allowed to be shown to children!

I used to have nightmares about this!!

[Woodman1977]

This scared the sh*t out of me as a kid. I still find it odd now!

[rodneydangermouse]

This takes me back.I remember watching this in school along with Dark Towers.

[NeilsShoe]

He was junky loads of guys like that in my town

[kirstyarohanui]

That scared the b`jesus out of me...childhood trauma

[spancalotti]

I'm shitting it now watching it and I'm 33....I think I was about 5 when i was made to watch it...I used to look forward to wordy appearing so it would be all over

[spancalotti]

Oh....another one...who remembers the Book Tower?....the music at the beginning used to scare me.

[MsipmsonW]

Like a Doctor Who cliffhanger. lol.

[fantastiked]

She may not be able to remember where she saw the thin man before, but I sure as hell do... On children's telly at school BEFORE the watershed! Still scares me silly now! xD

[Wolverhampton1]

I think he was a Peadatrician myself!

[Beattie77]

i was ten years old when i first saw this. im now 31 & the thin man still freaks me out!!

[callumw85]

I remember this scene frightened the life out of me. I was only in year 3 at the most, scary stuff haha

[advent45143]

is this the episode when that freaky looking kiddie snatcher says in a robotic voice ''wanna see some intergalactic puppies'' or was i on a magic e

[Edam3000]

Lol ! :D

[kabukigirl87]

i remember being really freaked out at that dude when i saw this at school...

Has anyone ever heard of Badger Girl? it was something pretty similar to the look and read shows, but noone else seems to know what it is... i'm starting to think i've imagined it!

[steve2727]

someone is selling the Badger Girl book on ebay!

[snooze53]

This is a later version, but the original version from the early/mid 70's is the one i saw at school. It was different as it wasn't narrated by the girl, but by a guy with a really deep, slow, frightening voice. Scared me half to death!

[gladiator3543]

This program terrified me as a kid, we watched it in school, i think I am sacred for life. I now love horror films.

[abhard6]

I agree with one of the comments earlier, the programme was made in the 1970's. I first watched it at school when I was in the last year of infance school (1979/80). The thin man freaked me out back then and I remember having trouble getting to sleep, scared he would come and get me late at night! Another scary episode was when peep-peep and Mr Buntings car broke down on 'Rabbit Hill', the thin man was hiding in a narrow lane between the trees on 'Rabitt Hill', the tension was unbearable!

[nattlesaft]

SO 80s.

[hitchinyid]

I remember that lanky pale fiend !! Used to scare the crap ot of me too, still does and I'm 34 !!!

[kungfudave]

@hitchinyid I was just the same with this guy. I had nightmares for months after watching this. Even now it scares me. Being 31 hasn't helped the level of fear either!

[feckingbillgates]

@kungfudave You're the same age as me, and you're not alone in your reaction to the Thin Man. The first entrance of Peep Peep at the end of episode 3 was even scarier, even though he turned out to be the good guy.

[RaulBloodworth]

I can't believe they showed this to kids in the eighties, but they did. I know cos I'm one of them and I agree, it scared the absolute living crap out of me for years too. Looking back at it now its kind of got that terminator feel to it, something coming at you that just will not stop crossed with a hammer horror with those extreme close ups and eerie music

They would never get away with showing anything as fucked up as this these days! LOL imagine watching the full series on magic mushrooms!

[gandhilovesflipflops]

oh shit, feels like im on a bad trip with this one!!! they showed this at my school 1984 and i havent seen it until today! that thin pale man with the freeky voice needs some strepsils quicktime!

[SAUBERITE]

i remember seeing this at school when i was about 6 years old. it was pretty scary back then. I even remember being off "sick" one friday so i missed a particular episode, because it freaked me out so much!!! This programme was originally made in 1971, and was one of the first childrens tv programmes specifically made to be shown in colour. but many schools at the time didn't have the means to show it as it should have been seen, so it was released many years later, mid 80s i think

[DELBOY16900]

This scared the shit out of me when i saw it at school in the very early 80s,i couldnt sleep at night,why did they do that to us lol lol,bastards,are there anymore clips,cant seem to find any apart from this one and the opening theme tune,would love to see the whole series again......

[huvander]

This programme frightened the living bejesus out of me ! i was about four years old !!

It still scares me now!

[cpmisalive]

Whoa, that is freaky. Its always the fat kid who stumbles to their doom.

[djayjarvis]

this was called the boy from outer space

[spacebadger26]

This scared the absolute crap out of me when I saw this at school. I forgot what it was called years ago, but thankfully a friend recently reminded me. and now I can feel like a shit up 9 year old again!!! haha!

[leebrogden]

This used to shit me up at school,could'nt wait for the next episode,was the kids grandad called mr Bunting?

[glowscoob]

i agree with all comments, this scared me shitless, now in my 30's and still scared watching the clip, thin pale man!!!! nightmare again for years!!!!!

[specialbeat]

Wicked.....and shit yourself scary, I remember that, although I don't think I was as scared then as I am right now! Superb. Thanks

[RUBBERMASK]

No, No, Noooooo............not the pale thin man. Make him go away, damn him and his mack and hat........I too am 35 but he still makes me run crying.

[alachamberlain]

shit i'm 35 and i've just got over this with years of counselling noooooooo!the nightmares of the freaky thin man are on they're way back fuck!

[Birnside]

This scared the crap out of me at school!

The space boys name was Peep Peep!

[donsfan7]

The thin man used to totally freak me out when I was a wee lad. But i was totally caking myself just watching this clip 25 years later.

How did they ever let kids watch this stuff??

Tremendous!

[gpmanning7]

oh my god - where did you find this? i remember this and was trying to remember what it was called etc. It used to really frighten me too. ahhh memories!