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  • You gotta post more of those videos! This used to be my faveroute program when I was growing up, and it's so hard to find any footage from it. If he is really your dad I hope he knows theres a whole lot of people who remember it fondly!

  • Mr squiggle, Puddle Lane, Sooty, Lift Off, Curiosity, Blinky Bill and other ABC shows from the same era on on the tubes. This one should be here too.

  • Dude.... Thank you for putting this up here. Awesome tune. I can make digital copies of the tapes if you ever want it done. Props to your dad.  would love to see more of the show!

  • Mate you never posted another. Still got the tapes?  id LOVE too see an epp again

  • I loved this show! I can distinctly remember astounding my teachers at times with tidbits of information that I had learned from this show. All these years later I can still hear the intro in my head :)

  • I used to love this show! But whenever I mention it to anyone they have no idea what i'm talking about...

  • This seems to be the only footage on the net of this show that practically every kid in Australia in the 80s watched at school

  • I loved this show!!!

  • Thanks for posting this here! I used to love this show. I think it's the reason I love mice and cats.

  • Kenji, get the eps mate n dump em on here i used to be fascinated by the damn show when i was a kid

  • I'd love to re-watch episodes of Hunter. But I imagine that rebroadcasting is unlikely because much of the show's content might be out of date to modern viewers. For example, Computer Cat doesn't exactly have an iPad.

    YouTube (or torrents) might be the only chance we get of seeing Hunter again.

  • I've been thinking of this show/song for years and no one has a clue what I'm talking about. Thanks for uploading!

  • cool, I was on an episode of this!

  • synth drums. mmm yeah

  • I still remember the theme song to this show, after 22 years...Had to watch it in grade 2 in Perth in 1988. I enjoyed it! It was one of my favourite mandatory shows. Still can't believe the teachers made us watch tv, man they had it easy.

  • I grew up with this series in the 80's. I lived in Launceston then. Now 30 and living in Hobart... I'd love to see the old filming locations around the city.

  • This was a wicked show.

    the theme has also been remixed into a dance song recently.

  • copyright? lol.. i doubt hunter is in the sights of the lawyers.. post an episode dude, we are all hanging to see hunter do his stuff :D

  • I'd love to use this theme as a sample in a track.

  • cc the cat, oh man

  • On Wikipedia, it comes up under: /Hunter_Australian_TV_series

  • @Shezzy316

    AHhaha (this is me KusoGaki1986).. my dad wrote the last few sentences of that wiki!!

  • I've had the theme song to this show in my head for the last week. THANK GOD! Now I can sleep. 

  • God damn this show was brilliant!

  • I LOVED this show as a kid...would love to see some of the eps you have on VHS!!

  • i always loved this opening theme.

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  • PS: Why did it get axed? Is it on wikipedia?

  • LOL wow. What's Hunter been doing with himself since? I remember watching dodgy VHS recordings of this show at school when it was raining at lunch time.

  • Hunter!

    

  • holy shit I finally found this! I still remember it, even if I just see the word hunter I hear that corny theme song ;)

  • This brings back memories. I used to love watching this show as a kid, loved CC! Thanks for posting.

  • ROFL I used to watch this in school. CC was the name of the cat, right? :3

  • someone please invent a time machine so we can relive moments like this again aussie 80s tv shows rocked

    (oh and say hi to you dad for me and we miss him on ausse tv as hunter)

  • @mylocee: bahahahahahahahaha!! Great show though :)

  • Great to see this, would love to see some episodes one day... thanks :)

  • I remember this show. It was legendary! One of my favourites as a child.

  • u should record a little 3-5 mins video interview with your camera of your dad and ask him stuff like do people still stop him in the street as hunter?how did he feel about the mow?was the mouse albert very easy to work with?any cool behind the scenes stories?thanks buddy n post it if u can,cheers

  • Hunter was the best thing on tv please post more !!! are they available on DVD??

  • more australian that australia day

  • Respect to your mum for getting boned by Hunter

  • @mylocee I loled :D

  • @mylocee OMG WHO AHAHHAHA what...p.s. I am a result of one of those "bonings"

  • my nan was the shop keeper. does anyone know where i can get the series?

  • @wingtipvortex I am sure they may be available at the ABC here in Hobart, but we have some on VHS at home?

  • I. Loved. This. Show.

    I remember watching it in Year 2 on the TV, as it came on in the morning, in 1984. The music was so cool that I can sing it even now. I've never forgotten the episode when Hunter and his mouse went to the rubbish dump to find out what was being dumped, and how many years it would take for the materials to break down!

    Please post more episodes!!!!

  • Now that ABC have launched the new digital channel ABC3 which is dedicated to children's television, lets ask the ABC to show the great australian children's television shows from the 80's like Hunter and Secret Valley.

  • @pettee1979 , 'television shows from the 80's like Hunter and Secret Valley.'

    And Grimm Tales.And the old Dr Whos.

    Thanks ABC.DO IT!

  • oh man i watched that at school, just liked the theme song and how hunter just cruised around in his bike, good show. good to see the classics on youtube, makes quite a nice change from viewing galfights, fighting neighbours, angry teachers, dubbed noddy and home and away etc :D

    oh and i have to agree the shows on abc in the 80s was da bomb. i really dug into the afternoon show where james valentine would occasionally blow his sax away,

  • Oh god, I remember him!

  • i used to watch this as kid and i had weird dream the other night and for some bizzare reason i thought of this show???

    anyways it would be good to see if yourself or someone could try to upload some episodes if they can be found??? cheers...

  • giovanni you suck!! hunter rules

  • I loved how Hunter used to pull his bed out of the wall like a drawer!

  • Oh my god your dad's Hunter?! That's awesome!!!

    Meoooow Huunnnterrr!

  • Blast from the past with Secret Valley, T-bag etc. Was a good show.

    For people in Oz, does anyone remember a show where two kids do mathematic equations and follow logical tasks? Their uncle went missing (and talked about through the show) and they eventually found him inside a puzzle. It was on in the last 80s. I just cannot think what the show was called and it has annoyed me. It was slightly frightening if I can remember it- but clever.

  • Read all about it?

  • @Tikka79 read all about it

  • same here! we had a special tv room which was always a treat as it meant no work, just watching TV.

  • oh wow, I've been looking for this for ages, thanks! It's a real flashback!

  • I have this vague memory there used to be a pet dog who appeared on an episode or two? I remember so many snippets from various episodes though and would love to see them in full!

  • Its an interesting combination "cc" the cat and "Albert" the mouse. Generally you would think cats and mice don't mix but Obviously the producers did and it seemed to work!

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  • awesome upload dude! haven't heard this theme for 20 years. the show was fucking A!

  • WOW! What a flashback! I had forgotten all about this...It's so friggin cool!!

  • Awesome

  • Yay!!!!  Finally I have found proof this show existed. I remember watching it when I was in Kindy. Please post some episodes !!!!

  • haha i thought the same..i would tell people and they never heard of it!

  • Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Computer Cat have a Commodore 64?

    Of course, his monitor never showed a real C64 display, but rather a set of premade video clips.

  • oops those were meant to be replies...my internet's gone loco: the weird sand show...

    and wow i'd forgotten about the puppet blinky bill 'til someone mentioned it here... i remember being slightly freaked out by it, the puppets were a bit mangy-looking or something? (props to the ABC props department!)

  • I LOVED Hunter, and no one else i know remembers it! So glad i didn't imagine it!

    P.S. Hunter is your dad? That is so freakin' cool!

  • Wow, thanks for uploading this... I used to watch this when I was little. So... the guy who played Hunter is your father??

  • wow oh my god! takes me back

  • Dude, just posting this snippet is a tease!! Can you please upload some episodes, you have a fan club!!

  • hey thanks for the trip down memory lane KusoGaki1986. brings back fond memories of childhood tv watching. keep up the good work

  • I remember it in Victoria too cityrooster, from back when I was a little tacker. It used to be on roughly 10am I think. Btw if anyone has any episodes of this show, Mulligrubs or The Ferals (not Feral TV) could you please upload them! I've been going crazy trying to find episodes of these shows. Thanks!!

  • I second that, any Hunter or The Ferals episodes PLEEEEEASE!!!

  • thanks for this,Im wondering if this show was broadcast Australia wide on ABC or just Tasmania,I liked this show and that scarey looking cat called CC lol.

  • Whilst I saw Hunter regularly as a kid growing up in Tassie in the late 80s, I do recall when moving to Jervis Bay NSW in 1990 Hunter was on the ABC station local to the area so I guess it would of been broadcasted around Australia.

  • I was living in North Queensland when this was on TV.

  • I too loved "Hunter" as a young kid.

    I was inspired by this show to get a pet mouse and I carried it everywhere with me just like Hunter. Thank you so much for bringing back such fond memories for me : )

  • Also want to say, I'm amazed the show was shot in Tassie as I happen to grew up as a kid in Tassie back in the 80s which is why I had maximum exposure to the show. Anyways tell your dad I think he is a legend n I really dig the show n it was one of my top favourite programs of all time growing up as a Tasmanian kid! This show along with many other programs of the 80s should be released on DVD, 80s Aussie television is fantastic!!!

  • Man I haven't seen this show since 1991, thanks for posting this!!! Reading your description, as your dad starred as Hunter in the show, wouldn't he have some rights to the show n be able to be granted the rights from ABC to have the episodes on YouTube? Anyways I use to love watching the show as a child in the late 80s n early 90s n it would be fantastic to see these episodes again

  • yay! nice one. Brings back memories of Kindi

  • PWOOOOOR I didnt think I would ever see this again thanks buddy! lol

  • How cool was this show? The ABC had the best afternoon shows including Danger Mouse the Original Inspector Gadget which was aired on the James Valentine Afternoon Show! Hunter was on around 11:00am of a morning and then Behind the news(Which I watched at school!!) Bring back these child memory stricken shows!

  • Boy does that bring back memories.

    I was about six years old when I first saw this show.

    And those box carriers on his bike. I tries making them for my BMX, but they (with my father's help) weren't too well made and they fell apart within a few days.

  • hunter had a wicked bed.  it was like a drawer in the wall.

  • i mentioned this show at work today and was asked if i was on acid at the time

  • I have so many fond memories of this.... it was on after 'Behind the News'.... man I miss the ABC!

  • OMG, I have been telling my friends about this show for about 10 years and no one can remember it.

    This was my favourite show of all time when I was at school. I couldn't wait to see it.

    I they replay it again sometime, would love to get some eps on tape.

  • Man, I used to watch this show all the time.

    Please upload some more episodes, I'm sure the ABC would give you permission if you contacted them.

  • try up load some epps, or use other video sites and post a link here. please tell me you still have the totally sick bike?

  • hahahahh, jez the things we watched as kids.

  • so fantastic I have many of these shows on tape I didn't think anyone still remembered this show...I was just watching a few tonight called "balance" and "Cooking Things" the ABC should bring it back. Hunter was truelly a brilliant australian tv show. As a fan Philip I hope you are healthy and well and are still remembered by fans xxx

  • OMG OMG I am so glad I found this clip> i have forever been trynig to find a clip. I loved the show, though the cat gave me the shits at times lol.

    What else has your dad done?

  • Hunter was awesome, I used to watch it at school, man, it was so interesting :D

  • Can you pretty please post more of HUNTER??

    You are getting very close for me to begging you!!

  • AWESOME FIND!

  • To KusoGaki1986: I know it's probably asking too much but do you think your dad would ever put a video up so fans of the show can see what he looks like now? I'm sure others besides myself would be interested in this. I understand you have your privacy and I'm not trying to invade it or anything. I'm just a huge fan of the show and would love to see what Hunter looks like now and even meet him someday, now that would be awesome!

  • Seeing this brought back memories. I loved the show when I was a kid. I remember the episodes with the shadows, the one about time and Hunter experimenting with different sports and seeing how high different balls could bounce. Also, remember his bed that came out of the wall?

  • Please can I pay you for a copy?! I'd really like a copy...I'll pay you $30+postage to Sydney.

  • Love the video, brought back so many memories, Bring Hunter Back!!!!

  • cool,been 20 odd years since i last watched this,does anyone remember the show after this it was russian or something and it was drawn in sand on black cardboard. the theme at the end had a lot ah ah ah ah ah's and clapping.

  • YES!! another one no one remembers! 'ee ee ee ooh ooh ooh ah ah ah ee ee ee'

  • OMFG I am not going mad either! This show existed. KG, your Dad's show made me want to get up in the morning, and I begged my parents for an orange flag for my bike! Any footage you can upload would be great!!!! Hey, I am Taswegian- no wonder this great show came from Tassie!

  • Hunter was great! C.C. was the name of the puppet cat who had a real attitude problem and used to insult and correct Hunter all the time, from what I remember.

    Did Phillip Hobart at any stage play Ronald McDonald on some of the Australian ads in the mid 80's?

  • Lol u remembered correctly..

    Also, my dads name isnt Hobart, thats the capital of Tasmania, where hunter was filmed and where we still live.. and no he didnt play ronald mcdonald LOL!!!!!!!!!

  • Man, I loved this show so much as a kid, the mouse was just so cool!

  • Cheers for posting this. I only vaguely remembered the gist of the show for a long, long time. Now I have the theme song/intro.

    I'll add support to the post-moar brigade.

  • Yesssssssss!

    This show did exist...i'm not going crazy!

    Awesome theme too!

  • Oh man this is awesome, Hunter was my favourite show when I was a kid, back then I strapped boxes and a flag onto my bike and pretended to go on his adventures lol... hehe the greatest Hunter moment i reckon is him singing the Happy Traveler on his bike!

    Cheers mate, cant wait for more

  • wish i could get this on dvd

  • ty vm for the vidio i used to whatch it with my dad all the time and i hope your dad is ok and in good health m8 that bring back lots of memory i give it 1000,000 out of 1000,000 :)

  • My fave show as a kid! more more more!

  • bloody ell!! i remember watching them when i was a kid, if you are looking for a MORE profess convert to DVD ill do it for NIX!! I use REAL Bdcast Hardware and software conversion second to NONE. don't trust johnny with his TV-Card and freebe software, i have the pro gear and do it for Bdcast orginseations.. THATS How much i wanna see MORE hunter, cricky i had forgot this had even existed.. now if i can only see some "infinity limited" or graham bonds '86 shows again i would be complete

  • 80s ABC was the greatest! I would love to see some DVD of these great old shows. I remember the song for Infinity Ltd but was that the show with Vortex and Plankton?

  • btw you're right, infinity Ltd was the one with plankton

  • If Hunter is your dad, then please tell him he's a legend!

    I watched this show religiously as a kid, do you have any actual episodes you can upload?

    Wow, talk about a trip down memory lane.

  • lol he says "gday and thank you very much"

  • oh and I do have vids on VHS.. not all of them tho...

  • Mate you truly are a legend for uploading this footage...you've made one Generation X'er extremely happy!!!

  • Yep awesome, I loved this show. It was like learning without being bored to tears.

  • Awesome effort, I have been looking on youtube for ages hoping that someone one day posted some video.

    Thanks heaps for posting, It makes me feel that im "not" approching thirty... (at least I can pretend)

  • I was so thrilled to find this.

    Your dad is a legend and so are you for uploading what you could!

    If you cant be arsed doing the VHS/DVD conversion, I can help you out for free if you just send me a VHS copy of the tape.

    I loved Hunter :-D

  • Oh my gosh! I knew this show existed! I've been trying to find it for ages, all I could remember was the whispered "Hunter", the bicycle and white mice...this was great!

  • WHOA!! Thanks for posting this. This had to be one of my favourite shows growing up!

    Now I'm hoping there's some footage of Secret Valley or the puppet version of Blinky Bill on You Tube

  • oh my god blinky bill the puppet version thank god someone remembers that show too!!

    mrs magpie the school teacher and eric the echidna. fantastic!!!!

  • Your dad is a legend! I remember watching this at school years ago was great - loved watching this clip. You must of been and are proud having Hunter as your dad!

  • lol yeah, he doesnt have the moustache anymore.. Im glad u commented.. cos I pass on these comments to him and they make him smile,.. so thanks!

  • This brings back so many memories. Thanks!

  • Awesome... It has a Dr. Who nostalgic feel about it.

  • Is it true that Hunter is now a prominent lawer and a parliamentarian in Tasmania? Is CC his chief of staff?

    Vote 1 Hunter on Youtube!

  • AHAHAH... NO! Someone thought that the parliamentarian was my father, and even went as far as to publish that lie on wikipedia...

    probibly the parliamentarian who did it ;)

  • That's good to know, Tasmanian Parliamentarians are really just glorified Gunns employees; Hunter has integrity:)

    Is the lawer part true?

  • dude, dvd release, make it happen!

  • yet another show i watched as a boy many years ago and havent seen since! thought id never see it again lol

  • Hunter rocked the cajbah! That CC was a real character too :D

  • pure oz gold! love to see more!!!

  • It blew me out. I was in hospital once and I put on the tellie and Hunter was on. And he was at the domain sports ground and on his bike outside the old chimney where Hog's Breath is. I never knew it was Tassie. Didnt he live in a tool shed?

  • hahah yeah that shed could be found at the waterworks... i thinks its gone now.. but he told me that when ever there was a shot of him walking into the "house", it was just filled with rakes and stuff. the tool shed was a bit of a tardis too eh!

  • hunter was a great kids show. I used to watch this show at school

  • YES! Hunter!

    Please post rips! :)

    Your dad was a genius

  • Any more of 'Hunter' show on youtube? I used to love this show! I even named my goldfish after the mouse Albert!

  • Best show ever.

  • Glad to see the credits posted, and share the sentiment of others in wanting to see a full episode which I would show to my cat.

  • Thing I always wondered about this show was what did C.C stand for?

  • Computer Cat

  • That's what I thought that or Clever Cat

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  • Cheers

  • OMG!! This brings back memories! LOL Makes you wanna be that child again.

  • We need rips of the videos :D:D

    Pleeaaaseeeee!!!! Let free my inner child!

  • i told marika in college she should tell everyone , it was a great show @ still brings back good memories, hope your going well philip

  • GDay tall steve ;)

  • HUNTER!!! I've been looking for a video or something of this for ages. I'm so glad you uploaded it! YAY!

  • Like others have said, please post an episode or more if you can! --

    Apart from the song which is forever embedded in my brain, the only vague memory I have of this show is an episode about triangles and how they are the strongest shape which is why cranes are made up of a whole bunch of triangles.

    MAN I LOVE THAT I STILL REMEMBER THAT! -- A testament to how great this show was.

  • Old skool! Now we know where apple got the idea for its ipod ads :P

    more plz - totally never forgot the song.

  • Astonishing! The other night, I was talking about this show, all I could remember were the credits, and someone told me the title. It would be magnificent to see an episode again.

  • your dad?! seriously?!!! haha that is so awesome.

    i really loved this show. PLEASE upload an episode :D

  • hahaha yeah.. and sorry... I just arrived in Nagoya/Japan and will be here for a while.. so i dont know if ill be able to upload anything for a bit

  • well that's ok, just knowing they are out there somewhere is enough :P

  • I totally forgot this show existed till this morning when I couldn't get back to sleep and it just popped into my head. Can't believe I found it on youtube!

    Please post the show. I need more to remember!

  • Man... Man oh man! So many memories! I gotta see CC speak! Please!!

  • Mad!

  • OMG!! LOL.... great post!!

  • Please post episodes. Please. Oh my god

  • Ill look into it.. gotta convert the VHS to digital

  • Great video!! Brings back so many memories. Do you have more of the series on tape? It'd be fantastic if you could upload more... I don't think anyone would be concerned about copyright considering Hunter is no longer shown on TV. And if anyone was concerned, it'd be easy enough to take down. What's your Dad doing these days???

  • I used to love this show in primary school.  Post more please!

  • This program was great - I used to watch it as a kid. Philip could have really made it big in Hollywood I recon. That's one l, not two.

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