Chocky S1E1 -- part one

[JJTakeItAway]

I was always fascinated with the music of this series as a kid. When I found this on youtube 25 years later, I seem to recognize it... It sounds very much like "Sparrowfall" by Brian Eno, doesn't it?

Anyway, I am amazed about how great this series actually was, and ofcourse ended up seeing the whole series in one night now. Thank you so much for uploading!

[septopia]

@JJTakeItAway

it does def.

it is the track coral from Astral Sounds - Red Kyte produced by John Hyde

[Agui007]

I loved Chocky I thought was an amazing series. One thing looking back to those school years, all that mumbo jumbo in maths of, algebra and long division and common factors, what blimming good are they when you are an adult, they serve no use to everyday life. Typical left brain prison.

[chipshill]

I have a 8 week old baby who is now very interested in colours and moving things so I thought I'd see if he likes cartoons. After 10 mins of flicking through the kids section I was shocked, hardly any of them even speak a language! Nevermind English! How are children meant to learn anything when programs aimed at them don't use real words, just noises? Also, why are they all CGI now? Bring back the old style!!!

[polinisebbo]

OMG thanks the love of youtube - this was so long ago!

[DCSIGNR]

Remember having John Wyndham overload when Chocky and Day of the Triffids were on the telly and we were reading the Chrysalids at school. Combined, they were a better laxative than Salem's Lot.

[ryanisbuzz]

I thought i was dreaming when I saw this - nobody I spoke to seems to remember this. I do remember that this scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

[guztoe]

terrified of this

[33TinaF]

Thank you, thank you. I am not mad, it WAS all real............. Brilliant to see it again

[Iamthe80sguy]

This used to scare the hell outa me as a kid.

[SainsburyMcManus]

@ zombieAndy1979

Me too. It left a mark. I've been searching for how they created the sound of chocky's voice. It's like they put the actress' voice through an effects processor. You can hear the same effect briefly in Queen's "A Kind of Magic" at the start of the song. Does anyone know how Chocky's voice was made?

[zombieAndy1979]

This freak me out when I was a kid. Loved this & love the title music !!! Sounds like a Yamaha CS80 ? Possibly made by the BBC radiophonic workshop at the time ?

[glaatraa]

@zombieAndy1979 It's an ITV program (Thames TV). Stephen Spielberg has acquired the rights to this. I hope he does it justice.

[magsli26]

this program used to give me the serious willies....amazing to see it again. man, kids TV has really dumbed-down since these days!

[pitto]

I loved this show, I think I was about 6years old. It used to be on Belgian TV as well...

[2Steppa2]

The late James Hazeldine, 'Bayleaf' from London's Burning - great actor..

[scott1978xxx]

I was 6 or 7 when i first watched this, it used to freak me right out lol. For some reason today, i remembered the name of it, weird.

[checkoutgirl]

Judging by the comments, this show was popular in Spain.

[leosbeljimenez]

buenisimo

[bweeeda]

i loved this :)

[Kondesa]

Dónde encuentro esta serie con subtitulos? Es mi más esotérico recuerdo de la infancia.

[Grimnian]

Programmes like this made me the individual I am today. Thank you Havesomespecks it is a sublime feeling to be able to see this again. Thank you so very much!

[mflashman]

Memories!!!!

[HELLO2YOU3]

were have i listened to the music at the beginning be four any help anyone please

[wreden1]

if you thad that whas scarry look at one missed call realy creepy

[beltzaran]

Qué grandes recuerdos me trae esta serie. Debía tener yo unos 9 años cuando la vi. Es genial poder ver aunque sea un extracto en inglés.

[SUGARPOP73]

@beltzaran iuujuuuu,yo tambien,yo tambien!

[TheSkerray]

Is that a young peter shilton or the josses giants coach at 2.30..

[lanks1978]

Does anyone know who composed the theme music?

[dsmall1975]

This is simply, Tales of the unexpected kiddy style!! sick people, aiming material like that at a generation that was'nt able to put it into perspective!!! i use to go out & play when that shit was on!!

[Rhysesmum]

Pure Chocky goodness. Great playlist havesomespecks, wish I'd thought of this. Chocky had all the right aspects of its time, of Doctor Who and Saphire and Steel and even The Tomorrow People. I loved this as a child.

[fliperpan]

El destino siempre nos trae de vuelta lo que nos ha hecho vibrar..esta serie me dejó un inexplicable recuerdo...era un niño de 6años...

Aunque voy pillando a ver si alguien se atreve a poner subtitulos.

Por cierto la pelicula está en marcha según tengo entendido pero no creo que tenga ni la mitad de magia visual...

Es una Obra maestra de serie con justos recursos.

[gerpegerpe]

This used to scare me to shit, but couldnt stop watching it though!!!!

[LimeyIce]

me too, I was terrified of it!

[davejc1]

carol drinkwater and sicknote off of londons burning......proper actors...lol

[mistofoles]

Is that Alan Rothwell narrating the planeterium sequence?

[bapa8002]

Wow, que recuerdos... me parece fantastico.. creí que habia imaginado que alguna vez vi esta serie!!

[burrows1978]

Really good actor`s in this,you don`t seem to get many that that anymore just trash!

[shakeyphil]

this shit me up as a kid

[alyncurtis]

me too dude

[v5dan]

scared the crap out of me when i was a sprog! along with dr who! LOL!

[whincupsucksCOCK]

God england is a shit hole! cold dark wet muddy old place.

[asdasdasdasdasd23456]

i cannot argue with that at all....

[amnesiac1999]

fuck off somwhere else then twat

[sweavo]

oh DAD!

[cujocujocujocujocujo]

Hard math aaaaaaaa.

[wrightylaaad]

i loved this and was terrified at the same time! oh chockster you scary voiced blue swirly thing you

[KrisBuckleMusic]

Or was it a mullet.

[KrisBuckleMusic]

I loved this big time! Back when I had a rats tail...

[Tobycek]

Loved it loved it loved it! And Chocky's Children and Chocky's Challenge as well. My absolute favourite programme of the time :-)

[djbethell]

Oh these were the days, (when kids weren't killing each other with knives and there was no back-chat)

[djbethell]

Oh Chocky you're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind, oh Chocky, Oh Chocky...

[vivienne1971]

I had forgotton all about this creepy programme until now. I had also forgotton bayleaf was in it.

[wignpen]

briliant stufff remenber ths as a kid. have got chocky's children on video and let my son watch stuff like this oh and jamie and the magic torch.

[madhobbit]

I would have been 10 when this was on the TV and i dont remember this at all, the theme tune sounds familiar though,

[JamesG777]

Used to love this, a long time ago now.

[leewiz72]

cant belive it!!! brings back memories.does anybody remember watching boy from space at school ?

[Boardy1976]

Yea!

He wrote everything backwards, after discovering an inside out plastic bag, when he first landed.

[HotRosin]

Omg, how terrifying was The Boy From Space? The man in the raincoat... course, these days kids can see one of those at the school gates.

[wrightylaaad]

lol.officer columbo peeling an orange in his pocket, all sweaty forehead+ box of puppies!

[cte]

i will always come back to chocky. an absolute landmark in my childhood. ive thanked you before, and ill thank you again... THANK YOU lol!

[enochpowellnickgriff]

My god, its not until you watch a relic of the past like this that one can appreciate the decline that we as a country have undergone in a mere 25 year period. Mathew's parents had a garden larger than a postage stamp, London wasn't an Indian sub-Continent, the kids were going to school without stab proof vests...Hell they were even teaching maths in the school classroom, not social engineering and political correctness. Imagine things in another 25 years. I hope Im not around to see it.

[baileysan75]

I hope you're not around to see it too. People in a reasonable income bracket have always had gardens larger than postage stamps. 25 years ago people like you were complaining about the black people in London. And, speaking as a teacher, we need to teach kids about social engineering so that they can examine all of the propaganda and bile that certain groups spout and analyse it in a clear and critical manner.

[angie4777]

childrens series back then were so imaginative and not afraid to push boundaries now its to pc and kids are smothered in cotton wool god forbid they should watch anything that might actually be interesting

[humberkid]

Yes, so 'Diverse'. They 'Enrich' us don't you know.

School children are prisoners of their teachers prejudices.

[mandiapple]

I totally agree - half the stuff on kids' TV shows in the 70s would never be allowed nowadays, and I think it's a real shame - programming treats kids like morons nowadays and does nothing to engage or challenge their intelligence :(

[Stakker]

@angie4777 Absolutely, i mean think about it...a kids programme based on John Wyndham? That's immense.

[loveupskirts]

so coool man i alasy anted to atch this thanks.

[robbyrne22]

Chocky ar Lá!

[loveablemoggy]

Wow, such a classic. I loved this series more than anything.

Thankyou for putting it up on youtube.

[guffley]

ANNOYING LITTLE BRAT

[bogoff91]

kennedyskop your an annoying as well

[raw79man]

kennedyskop your pain in the butt

[kennedyskop]

yeah but your all a bunch of cunts dont watch something if it annoys you theres plenty on youtube to watch.

[djbethell]

kennedyskop, I bet you were a squeal at school.

[bADbOYbLACK22]

Yeah man... Annoying little shit!

[Rowan175]

If noone has said this already, jesus christ it is bayleaf (i think i have the right character) from london's burning!. I loved this programme as a kid. It blended into mr majeka in my head but it was great.

[chopperbana]

Steven Spielberg is acually doing a feature film of this!

[hypothesis2]

I don't think many kids would have the attention span to watch this now.

[triassicranger]

That bit with the face in the titles reminds me of Doctor Who.

[2206411411]

A lot of kid's television back then was intellectually far beyond anything today. It depresses me to think now of how I yearned for better. Looking back, this was better than I thought at the time, and far superior to modern fare.

[palo75sk]

At least!My friend,who has been working in the UK,has brought me the DVD with all ´3 series:Chocky,Chocky´s children,Chocky´s challenge.I spent all the night watching that.I was surprised,I culd understand it quite well in English original.(As a child I saw it with Slovak dubbing).

[Max2608W]

Oh wow Chocky...series of a lifetime...

[dmcc1212]

ahhhhhh crap i forgot about that feckn scream scared me when i was a kid lol

[lysis28]

Ah, memories!

[timhansmusic]

Forgot to mention I just love that clipped middle class accent the mother has, wow it really was a different era back then!

[timhansmusic]

Wow, thanks for uploading this! I used to love this programme!!

But it's freaky thinking that 20 years ago I was a little kid watching this, and now after all those years I'm sitting and watching it again. More freaky still is the fact that I'm in the uni of westminster's library and that is opposite the planitarium!

Chocky take me with you, or at least help me with my essay on the post soviet state!

[pyramidofdoom]

this is my other account, and whats more freaky is that Im personally studying into Communism and how it was financed by Europe. This is a bit like Chockys children actually :S

[timhansmusic]

Quick lets see if we can communicate telepathically! ;)

[pyramidofdoom]

Your imagining the Jack of Clubs. Hm was I close?

[Eugenie404]

OMG

I am 29 years old and i used to live near the planetarium when i was about 6.... that is so freaky!

[balsingh1]

this programme freaked me out when it first came on .... but i always came back for more!!

[kil7erdeath7]

god i remember this, was the voice of chocky by cally the woman from blakes 7?

[palo75sk]

TV serie of my childhood.I was 10 when it was broadcasted for the first time on Channel-1/Czecho-Slovak state television/Saturday at 5.00.p.m in Children´s cinema .And Slovak dubbing is also good made.

[bbhoodmel]

Update more please!! I luv u!!!!