Champion the Wonder Horse

[wingully]

There no justice for the donkey of jesuse from time never shed a tear as the donkey got wiped and worked hard as a labor of pain like the merry mother labor of pain to see her child wiped

[wingully]

The poor donkey works so so hard around the world and gets wiped on its arss all day long and no one makes a film champion the wonder donkey of jesuse. happy kiss mass all best for the future

[nufto]

ah yes back before double glazing was even a rumour and the summers better and the winters colder and most shops closed half day wednesday and all day sunday ah yes

[nufto]

takes me back

[MrRhys2003]

we had a collie named rebel

[ickleshouse]

thanks for posting this. I saw it when i was little ,around 1969,but it would have been repeats.

[womba68]

could never understand why this programme wasn't called rebel the wonder dog because at the end it was always rebel who started eating the baddies while champion just stood there dancing like a can can girl and neighing.

[britjmcnab]

Thank you for taking me back - I live in the USA now and nobody here has heard of Champion the Wonder Horse- I was watching it in the late 60's!

[sheena1828]

many thanks for the info

[sheena1828]

miss all these programmes like this one x

[preddo53]

@sheena1828 all these programs you can get on amazon or play.com. they sell all the oldies.

[nashster1]

Thank you !

[readingalan]

this still was on in about 1972 at the local saturday morning pictures ( now cinema) in newbury berkshire followed by a film,cant remember the films but remember the horse x my god that took me back thx

[Whi5t1eR]

man the 70'z rocked

[jayne1969able]

brings back memories of saturday morning tv :)

[spinlizard1]

I remember watching this in England in about 1980. Saturday morning I vaguely remember as Champion the Wonder Horse, Why Don't You, and then Swap Shop. Then it was Grandstand all afternoon (or Dickie Davies and World of Sport on ITV). We only had 3 channels in the UK back then.

[themeekwanderer]

@spinlizard1 Yes and less was more with more imaginative TV. The golden age of television in the UK.

[JohnSelma]

I watched this growing up in England, but when I told my Canadian other half about it I think she almost thought I was making it up, she had never seen or heard of Champion.

Here's proof!!

[1966jazzman]

fookin brilliant....the last time i saw this video i saw it threw the eyes of a 8 year old...memories

[mpoth49]

@1966jazzman me to, do you want to time travel ...;

[577666]

This always seemed like an eerie song to me!

[playgirlc]

is it wrong that i used to make my dog do that shimmy thing champion does? lolol

[MyFamilyGuyLover]

was this filmed with a calculator?

[klisher]

@MyFamilyGuyLover that is my top youtube comment of the week. brilliant ! lol well done

[JFredUK]

I remember watching this on our old B/W TV set.

Not that it would have made any difference if we'd has a colour set, though. LOL

[fipfip38]

Happy days when life was care free

[pitbull466]

Boy i remember i used to watch that.

[Littlealan1959]

do not ajust you set featuring david jason denise coffee crackerjack magic roundabout jackanory

[MyMatt63]

I remember it first time around... anybody older out there? My mother used to turn it up on a Saturday morning to get me out of bed.

[jabbyjabjo]

don't forget banana splits after flashing blade,and robinson crusoe,and doubledeckers

[Kitchiegeorgedotcom]

In case no one has mentioned.... this song from the series was sung by Mike Stewart, and later recorded by Frankie Laine....

[ewaf88]

@Kitchiegeorgedotcom And very melodic it is too. 

[BladeSalvadori]

The dubbed 'Flashing Blade'...sword fencing etc!

[tempo529]

Lemmy's first crush.

[brahmin21]

yes ...this takes me back...way back...

[edinburger61]

this, and Andy Pandy, are among the first kids' TV programmes I remember seeing. Now, can anyone help me with a 70s programme that was basically a televised European exchange (e.g. a kid from Glasgow goes to stay with a family in Lyon for a week)? 'I sleep in your bed, you sleep in my bed' was on of the rather weird lyrics, if memory serves.

[EVERTONIC]

the banana splits also,that was just a show to broadcast the failed hanna barbara cartoons......anyone remember the three musketeers and the other one where one of the characters could change to any size?...size of an elephant! lol

[pintofkimberley]

@EVERTONIC Ahh, the Arabian nights.....Size of a mouse "whumph" cloud of smoke, and then a minute man in turban!

[charliechicpea]

siitin at home, watch tv, turn it off its no good to me, WHY DONT YOU, why dont you ,why dont you just switch off your television set go do something less boring instead ,get your anti doris sock on........im 7 again

[EVERTONIC]

@charliechicpea ..exactly charlie...all the kids seemed to be kids who didnt get into the double deckers but trained at rada, later to be seen in grange hill etc, and skippy!!, that was just lassie replaced with a kangaroo...or flipper the dolphin if you where american, back to wdy, never ever heard a northern accent on the show ever and it was on too long..but sesame street was on itv, also for a hour, thats why marbles was popular,lol

[JFredUK]

Yup, standard fayre for the BBC during school holidays and Saturday mornings in the early 70's. The winnying horse on this used to get on my tits almost as much as the whining dog on Lassie. LOL

[indiadog1]

Rebel rules!. We have had two dogs called rebel named after rebel!

[flammasherman]

Oh the memories !,I had a Champion The Wonder Horse Annual, it was blue and published I think by The Daily Mirror, I reckon in 1958,great stuff !

[custardaghost]

Tarzan (and Cheetah - and Jai)

Casey Jones

Banana Splits

[MrWolverine347]

my dad likes this not me

[Tenerifelynn]

Champion the Wonder horse, think the dogs name was Rebel What wonderful memories. Wish they would reintroduce some of these great shows. Really loved them 

[Mobilecheese]

Champion The Wonder Horse!! I remember all us kids went to a friend's house to watch it on black and white TV. I still remember us all sitting on our hunkers around

the TV. In those days only a few people had television sets!

[dannysteacher]

Brilliant! I also remember my summer holidays in the 70s! The recycled tv of the 50s & 60s was great - and a lot better than what kids watch now! I though the horse was great but I loved that dog!!!

I also loved Flash Gordon!

[mrBMW2800]

Oh Thank You! Did I Watch This Everytime.

[MsFraddy]

We were singing along with Frankie Lane. Thanks for that Champ.

[FBS72]

O'l Uncle Sandy!

Fought like a demon, but the hat never came off!!

Fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FBS72]

O'l Uncle Sandy!

Fought like a demon, but the hat never came off!!

Fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!

[breathbad]

Magnificent, how that made me smile! Brought back so many memories!

[SUEBRDSHW]

those were the days

[TheCheekymonkey63]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa how cute i luv champion horses soooooooooo cute my dream when i was i was a child

[NorsemanUK]

Used to love watching this on a Saturday morning!! Brings back great memories!

[sewingkilla]

oh i used to love this song!! brought back lots of memories....thanks!!

[bigstevie1690]

i loved this when i was a kid, i wanted a German Shepherd pup but my dad came home with a jack russell.

but i liked the name rebel so much i named him that anyway

[dannysteacher]

Remember this well from the repeats in the 70s! Talk about old fashioned - I loved it!

[porshacat]

Rember Champion with fondness, always wanted to have a big German Shepherd dog and call hin Rebel!

[barrach7]

OH ffs! I still remember every damned word of the song!lololol..some thigns nevah leave yah!

[michaelhobson21]

opio

[michaelhobson21]

your all sad tarts i loved it when i was a child but would be a bit corny now. makes me feel nice inside just listening to the music

[p1ngu45]

these were shown in the 70"s cos i used to watch them and have an old annual too

[sljf555]

Aahh! That brings back memories of Saturday mornings as a child, never watched it though, i always switched over toTiswas!

[JFredUK]

I used to hate hearing that horse, 'neighing', practically every opportunity it got during this show. (Very much like Lassie and it's incessant barking/whining.)

Thank God the likes of Swap Shop came along in the latter part of the 70's!

[Spillage66]

I hated the incessant whining and barking of Lassie too! CHampion annoyed me. If you listen carefully, they stll over do the sound effects whenever animals are present, especially in the USA. (Same goes if anyone falls down, it's the cartoon sound effects over there, all the time. Cocks!

[999widgey]

i'm with you. lassie, champion, corny mystery solving for people with an IQ of 3 ive got a noisy dog next door yap yap yap yap yap yap yap soon as the neighbours are out.....BANG BANG for sure. as bill haley would say "see ya later alligator"

[zalagadola]

Intressant att hitta detta klipp från min barndom. Detta var den första TV-serien för barn och ungdom i svensk televisons enda kanal 1956-1957. Den gick på lördagskvällen och växlade snart med två andra serier, Helikopter (någon tidig Rescue-variant) och Röda Fjädern (indianer), så att man kunde se resp serie var tredje lördagkväll. Någon som minns?

[CJOKUSAP]

YEEEEEEEE HAR!

[humongousaldo]

A simpler time when a whole show could be devoted to a horse. I liked FURY

[smithra100]

how could i forget the BANANA SPLITS?.

[smithra100]

what about Flashing Blade and Flash Gordon as saturday morning programmes?

[Coleshill1]

Brilliant

[danosverige]

70's school holidays as i remember them..

9AM - the flashing blade

9.30 - Robinson Crusoe

10.00 - white horses

10.30 - Belle and Sebastian

11.00 - High Chapperall

(Sometimes prog's were changed to include champion the wonder horse,skippy etc etc.)

[Coleshill1]

i agree !!!

so fantastic m45 brummie uk

[baddacoodoo]

yeh casey jones too and laurel and hardy..

[woutch]

No...You're mistaken. Skippy was on ITV!!!

[juliansewell]

@danosverige Spot on there Dan. What a line up that was. The Flashing Blade was fantastic!

Looks like you're living in Sweden too then. Respect!

[IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER]

@danosverige Same here . but i also remember the whirly birds and why dont you. Followed by a norman wisdon movie!

[dalestevens36]

@IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER Norman Wisdom, god thats a name past,  MR. GRIMSDALE!!!....... what a catch phrase. proper actor

[custardaghost]

@danosverige

I assumed you're talking about the early 70s BBC - their block purchases from US networks also included (ad nauseum for the rest of the decade):

Casey Jones

Banana Splits

Tarzan - (and Cheetah - and Jai)

Nayah Zindagi Nayah Jeevan (Sundays, London regions at 8.25).

[micthefish]

@danosverige dan the man spot on!

[Springamatul]

@danosverige you got a good memory. I used to watch Robinson Crusoe as well was so fun then even in B&W.

[424Collection]

@Springamatul

I used to watch this as a young kid, about 1965 (and yes I watched Robinson Crusoe too, which was on at five in the afternoon). From what I now know, "Champion" was already ten years old then.....(!)

[Springamatul]

@424Collection I think I watched Robinsone Crusoe so many times that I can remember it well.

[surfmirrors]

yeh that was my time too, throw banana splits in there as well,, casey jones too..

love it....

[Redcoat66]

@danosverige Damn right!!!! remember them well. Great post!!!!!!

[brahmin21]

@danosverige and saturday mornings ........Zorro...with Proffesor Robinson (Lost in Space) playing zorro

[goldbomb123]

@danosverige I iove all these programs, xx

[boydegg]

Like a streak of lightning flashing 'cross the sky.

Like the swiftest arrow whizzing from a bow.

Like a miiii-iiighty cannonball he seems to fly.

You'll hear about him everywhere you go.

The time will come when everyone will know the name of CHAMPION the WONDER HORSE!!!!!!!!!

[Golfgtiguy]

I remember those good ole days on school holiday and Champion the wonder horse on tv  Saturday mornings ...

[EVERTONIC]

summer holidays 73...uk....then, why dont you........then robinson crusoe, a french production dubbed to english......then the funky phantom...then morph....and pebble mill at one, thats when we would play out......yeah...the good old 70s..mmmmmmm

[poppetcat1]

spot on happy days.... loving it cheers

[ShillBasher]

Are you my brother?? that exactly what we did!!.

I'm off to find the Robinson Crusoe theme tune :) see you there bro.

[26highstreet]

you got it down to a t there buddy.. school summer holidays in the mid 1970s, what about " why dont you" and the monkeys them were the days...today they get up at 2pm watch neighbours or so other lame crap, put the music channel on for a couple of hours and go on the internet...

[custardaghost]

@EVERTONIC

Sorry Everton but Morph didn't show up until 1979 and that was only on Take Hart just before the news at 5.45.

The Funky Phantom - I reckon he got done in by Hong Kong Phooey cos we didn't see much of him after 1976.

[EVERTONIC]

@custardaghost thanks..I must be younger than I thought, goober and the the ghost chasers was good,like a 2nd division scooby doo......now keep on spotting those trains..heres an anorak.

[custardaghost]

@EVERTONIC

Ta but no, my blessed 1960's Canadian gabardineshell/quilted lining/fur-trimmed anorak is still going strong; impregnated with the fumes of a thousand locomotives, of a hundred Northern Soul nights, of dozens of sweet shops and of countless motorways, markets and 2ndhand record shops. My mates have given up trying to burn it

Saturday mornings before Swap Shop are a bit of a nostalgia wilderness especially as each ITV region broadcast their own (somewhat mentalist) schedule.

[charliechicpea]

@EVERTONIC thought I was the only person in the world who remembers WDY

[sergiesmax1]

@EVERTONIC I remember all these great kids tv simply the best but what about black beauty,skippy,Abbot and Castelo and for a Saturday night Dr Who with John Pertwi oh and the tomorrow people magpie and many more fantastic time spent infront of my mums black and white tv.Holes in the slippers lying on the floor drinking hot chocolate and eating jammy bread

[topholewhat0]

@EVERTONIC pebble mill at one!....

[newall7]

i loved this as a kid

well done maxmixer

happy days

[jamich7]

Creo que en México la titularon como FURIA.

[xwsftassell]

Boss tune.

[ruggertigger]

Not that wonderful now hes glue!

[servevolleypower]

Does anyone know whatever happened to boy in the series, child actor Barry Curtis?? Been trying to find out for years.

Thanks!

[aussiness74]

had a quick look see IMD stops all listing after 1960, sorry, did look elsewhere they all seem to have stopped same time, did he die or give up?

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Oh My God. I loved this as a child.

[cookieboy56]

takes me back some happy memories all i need now to be really nostalgic is a banana sandwich & the robinson crusoe theme tune!

[al4omega]

OMG - Rebel the dog - great childhood memories - this is what You Tube is all about

[wolfq]

That was great. What was the name of the cowboy series with the alsation dog in??

[ChunkyStab]

Rin Tin Tin

[sewingkilla]

I loved this when i was a kid, especially the theme tune...Champion the wonder horse.. shivers down the spine LOL

[rgbm1]

I used to run home from school to watch this, it was my favorate programme.

[milburn990]

I remember pretending i was ill when my school went back early before the series finished. I thought it was great.

[GlobalTechWorld]

why do you have to spoil a nice thread with such disgusting language? You give you tube a bad name.

[kvn2358]

fantastic find i loved this programme

[fleetinglance]

Another great childhood moment. Time flies when you get older, but it seems to stand still as a child. :)

[fromthesidelines]

This was Gene Autry's attempt to create a series for his favorite steed, as his own series was winding down its final season- "THE ADVENTURES OF CHAMPION" lasted just one season [1955-'56] on CBS, because another animal got more viewers at 7:30pm(et) on Fridays, opposite "Champion"...Rin-Tin-Tin, the famous German Shepherd, appearing on ABC in "THE ADVENTURES OF RIN-TIN-TIN".

[2doglady]

I loved Rebel too. Always cried at the stories of Champion and Rebel. My husband and I own two German Shepherd dogs thanks to this programme and Rin Tin Tin!

[lydiejayne]

Ha Ive just seen that DVD set in a catalogue that came with the local paper - £25.00 though !! I used to think it said 'jumpin around a horse' when I was a little girl & used to gallop around the room singing just that !! How cute :-)

[a1jude]

you do know that the complete series is now available on DVD!!! 23 episodes that are sure to bring a tear to every 30+ yr old alike! I have just ordered mine... Sat mornings are about to be relived!

[rgbm1]

I used to run home from school to watch this, it was my favorate programme. :)

[Werfen09]

Back in the days before music was sampled we used to hear this in our local amusement arcade.

Brings back lots of memories.

[barrettpj62]

I loved this show when I was a kid, the theme tune was brilliant. It was repeated every summer holiday so I'm surprised there were only 26 episodes.

[realbark]

Brilliant

[jinxer70]

agreed

[nannyogg47]

This was my fave tv show ever as a child and I have loved German Shepherd dogs all my life because of Rebel....does that make me sad?

[alanvking]

Whatever happened to Champion ? Same as Shergar ?

[lukkreung]

next week on champion the wonder horse

[gsmcgilluk]

I used to watch this show back when I was at school (probably 1970s to early 1980s). I am pleased that I saw this old clip because it brings back fond memories.

[BlueSkyAtMidnight]

I agree penry, Champion was smug too

[penry1969]

Hated it!

Rebel did all the hard work; tracked down the bad guys, disarmed them, tied them up.

The the horse runs in after the danger's over, whinnys a couple of times and then gets the kicking theme tune!

Where's the justice, I ask you?

[TuneInTurnonWakeup]

Very true. I remember an episode when Rebel was captured by injuns and tied to a tree. Champion rode in and Rebel whispered in his ear. Champion whinnied and thundered off. Five hours later he returned with a sexy, buxom beautiful woman on his back who dismounted and then sat on Rebel's face for half an hour. After the woman leaves, Rebel calls Champion over and says: "No. I said POSSE! You DEAF BASTARD!

[ballynafeighbluedog]

injuns wouldnt tie rebel too a tree.theyd have just eaten him,lol

[whowes]

*** anyone got an episode that they can post??? ***

[Tenerifelynn]

Wow.......Another great TV show I loved as a youngster! True what they say about the good old 60s & 70s! They where the best! Champion always had me glued to the set! Loved the intelligence of the dog Rebel too He was just ace!

Lynn-Marie (Tenerifelynn)

[pompeymatt66]

Wonderful memories of watching this my younger brother. Golden days.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Jeezzzz.....so long ago. I remember the Frankie-Lane-type title music and the white horse, but nothing else. Wasn't it on every school holiday, or was that the Flashing Blade?

[qpr60]

They both were, in heavy rotation with Robinson Crusoe and The White Horses. Is it Frankie Laine actually singing this theme?(He later performed the Rawhide theme.)

[margaret1967]

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAGIC

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Brlliant.I loved ths programme.Having said that I seemed to have loved a few of these programmes as I am having a brilliant afternoon where I am 10 years old again.I have watched Belle and Sebastian,The White Horses,The Persuaders,Follyfoot,Black Beauty The Flashing Blade,Skippy and The High Chapparal.Fantastic

[urbancyclist1]

I've only just discovered old films on Youtube, I loved Champion, the Wonder Horse (glued to it), White Horses, Black Beauty, Follyfoot, Belle .. they were Great.

[ulsterspireite]

great! were would the world be without you tube so many memories

[greengreengrassofho]

thanks....i remember this with fond memories.maxmixer you`re a star!

[musicisforeva80]

pmsl! thats well good!!!

[snapperxv]

Amazing i'm back 35 years.

[haroldbhoy67]

Magic! Loved this on a Saturday morning in the 70`s. Thanks for the memories.

[menbee99]

havent heard this in years F******** breat

thanx you tube

[steveo1622]

Think i'll stick this on my playlist,classic!!

[roozledoozle]

Oh how I loved this programme...sitting in the living room at our house in Tottenham in the 1960s...just hearing the theme tune sends me to tears!

[lkijju]

Blimey, 50 years since I used to watch this. Loved it.

[betyerdid]

Shit. Thanks for making me feel old. Yo! Rebel! Sort it!

[JulieEastaugh]

This is a great theme tune....once you've heard it you never forget....i used to watch it in the 70's too....thanks for posting it on here

[gillhill92]

what about rebel the dog

[trickhoseroff]

'Rebel' the dog was played by a talented up and coming young canine actor real name 'Brandy'. By the time the series had finished being filmed he answered to both!!

[big69kev]

takes me back to my school holidays in the early 70s every day champion the wonder horse followed by tin tin

[fromthesidelines]

This was Gene Autry's attempt to feature Champion in his own series on CBS...unfortunately, most kids preferred to see that equally talented German Shepard on ABC's "THE ADVENTURES OF RIN-TIN-TIN" at the same time [Fridays, 7:30-8pm(et)], and that's why only 26 episodes of this series were produced (in fact, the show was pulled off in February of '56, before all 26 were shown!).

[JagBetty]

Hells teeth, I forgot all about 'Rebel'

[Renegadeshania]

Loved it as a kid even named my new GSD puppy REBEL :)

[drwalpurgis]

What was so "wonderful" about this glue-pot-in-waiting, anyway? He never won the National or the Derby.

[unklemunklestew]

a big hello to my sister Amanda when she looks this up when I remind her how she used to love this programe. Please some one put an episode on.

cheers maxmixer

[Jlimagine1]

I used to love this show as a kid - love Frankie Laines version of the Theme Song - have it on CD and play it for my grand-daughter - she loves it too but asks me who Champion was ??? My god the kids of today haven't lived - now I can show her LOL

[yot5000]

I loved this show too. I used to walk home(on my own too!)from school. Monday afternoon, my dear mom always made mincemeat and Mash and I was allowed to eat the meal in the front room while watching Champion the Wonder Horse. Whenever I see mincemeat I think Of Champion the Wonder Horse and those lovely days.

[tiggyrainbow]

WOOHOO!  I forgot about this show - yay!!

[yammyrob]

now your talkin!!

[pompom1966]

i loved champion the wonder horse.

[ChunkyStab]

Excellent stuff. Our generation's version of 'Skippy' "What's that Champ? Two boys are stuck down a moin shaaft?" :-) Any chance of the closing titles? Please?

[curnock]

wow ! this was a great series

[Fishhook99]

Wow... I feel ancient now! I remember as a kid having a record of the opening music - a bright yellow hunk of thick plastic, about the size of a 45, but with the normal LP-sized hole in the middle - 78 RPM, baby! Used to play it over and over and over again.

[lighthousecollector]

this was one of my favourites -I still have A Champion the Wonder Horse annual !

[ninelivecat]

LOL Remember This

[rockinbillyboy]

Saturday morning TV 1970's style,...ah, those memories. Champion, The Whirly birds, Flashing blade, F Troop, The banana splits and then finished off with model world.

Wonderful memories.

[sheffieldunited633]

lol yes all six weeks we got this as kids and remember the old flash gordons lol>>no wonder our generration was probaly the last to play outside more kids got 24hour kids tv now and computers

[rockinbillyboy]

YES!!!!..LOL I had forgotten about flash Gordon LOL. We were that little bit luckier over here, we got 8 weeks school holidays.

There are wome wonderful memories flooding back now, thanks for that.

(Northern Ireland)

[rockinbillyboy]

That obviously sould have read, "SOME" and not "WOME" LOL,....the only unfortunate thing about remembering all these wonderful programmmes, i have now reached the age , where the old head is starting to go. LOL