Pigeon Street Intro

[OBQuattro]

OMG!!! I grew up on this show! Where's the love button when you need one?

[dooronron69]

Classic :-)

[PhilGrimwade]

Is it me or does this look very heavily influenced bby Terry Gilliam?

[Moledmc]

I don't know where my life is going, so I am watching clips of cartoons from my wonderful childhood. Oh dear.

[tvandmoviefanatic]

they all have really baggy clothes. lol

[anxresi]

I hope they have some good cleaners in that area to clean up all the bird sh*t..

[MoFoHo72]

They all wear flares

Should be re-named flare street.

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

Ah nostalgia!=3

[gogosimonadebisi]

Why is Pigeon Street uploaded, yet no sign of Rub a Dub Dub

[ThePrestonChannel]

They Cancel the show because people were pissed off wiping the shit of their cars windows in Pigeon Street !

[OperationAnime262]

Written by Michael Cole! (not that jerk from WWE XD)

[angieofkent]

this is an amazing tune. i love it. im not kidding. those horns!



[gearsofart]

portuguese version /watch?v=yMTj1SFEgyI = the best

[supahdupahguy81]

LOL at really living in pigeon street tho...

must be a dump.....

[TheLizardmonkey]

'South park' reminds me of this a great deal!

[misterlaufeyson]

the colouring in this is so strange

[SmileyCat152]

Brings back memories of my youth!!

[indiana1977]

My infancy encapsulated. :D

[robthemetalhead30]

If you lived in pigeon street , you'd be covered in shit!

[LABCall]

@robthemetalhead30 "Show me a home where the buffalo roam, and I'll show you a house full of cowshit," - Jasper Carrott. I suppose technically it would be buffalo dung, but cowshit sings better!

[UFOInMyPants]

how mother of crap.. I'm glad a want born when this was around..

[TheThotPran]

And those of us that were are glad you weren't either.

Tosser.

[liamthfc1]

cartoon for cunts

[MenCap7]

Aw it kinda makes me sad I don't know why...

[SimonB198207]

@MenCap7 i think it's realising you'll never have that time again. innocence, simple pleasures in watching stuff like this, days that seem to last forever as opposed to waking up one morning and finding out that your childhood ended nearly 20 years ago

[harryhillstvfart]

I remember this from the early 80's, and watching it during lunch times when I was off school with a cold or something. Nostalgic times!

[SimonB198207]

@CYMRUTUBE2 yeah - Mum'd walk me home from nursery, we'd sit and have dinner. watch either this on Childrens BBC or Rainbow on Childrens ITV and then i'd just play for the rest of the afternoon... : )

peace

[SimonB198207]

@CYMRUTUBE2 you never appreciate just how special things are when you're that young...

[junipergrove1]

Did Paul Mcartney write this LOL

[SimonB198207]

going through some of the clips of old childrens tv here on youtube from the early to mid eighties when i was very little - i'll be 29 in march - just makes me feel like crying...

[reds005]

LONG DISTANCE CLARA!!!

[agghtee]

ITS JUST A BBC PLOT TO MAKE YOU A SOCIALIST!!!!!!!

[DrChalkwithering]

Broadcast first in the year I was born. I just about remember this show. I distinctly remember an episode with a flood and they're all stranded on the top floor of a block of flats. Used to watch this and Cockleshell Bay. Good times.

[Orblingz]

@DrChalkwithering Cockleshell Bay used to be one of my favourites, that and Portland Bill; we were spoilt. I remember the episode up on the roofs too, good stuff.

[thengoto20]

@DrChalkwithering Haha, I remember that episode.

[sidkings]

Classic! ..LOL.. I like that "DEEEOW DEEEOW" sound in the credits.. :-)

[gemcheshire]

I Loved this but noone else ever remembers it :d TY for this :D

[thehoff1982]

why is it that this show made complete sense when i was 6, but now that i'm 30 it seems random and pointless? i loved this show!!!

[Orblingz]

@thehoff1982 Presumably something has died inside, or been lost worst luck. Reimmersion may cure this.

[davidgrahamscott]

@Orblingz in a sensory deprivation tank after taking 1000 mushrooms

[drodga]

I could have sung every word years later! Immense!

[eclectica1]

Used to love this when I was younger (they sometimes used to let us kids watch it at my old primary school).

Of course, if it was to be a little more authentic, the pigeons would no doubt be crapping all over the people's heads in the intro, but enough controversy.

[JimBillBumblefuck]

Written by... OH MY! VINTAGE kid's TV! lol

[JellySkulls]

@JimBillBumblefuck LOL

[ashleelmb]

Wow, pigeon street! I forgot this existed!

[am9224]

Words and Pictures

penguin

painting penguin

parrot

purple parrot

pink painting

pink parrot

[covchaser]

remember this brill

[CyberhippyUK]

OMG!!! BBC Choice!! That was the original name for BBC 3!!

[kattakethat]

@CyberhippyUK i was wondering what it was now ha

[MenCap7]

-._.- so beautiful, next is brian cant with bric-a-brac

[towake]

Each episode seemed to involve the chef's singular speghetti dish.

[mibbi597]

I loved this cartoon, it was one of my faves, it used to come on just after sesame street I think, just after I'd had my ravioli. After Pidgeon street I would have my nap and then it would be time to pick up my sister from school- and of course we walked!

[stoneinmyshoe1]

ha ha tuuuuune....Hello, goodbye.......Hello, goodbye...

[jaynshaz2009]

oh wow awesome stuff,i used to try and get off school to see this

[tadge72]

this was quite crap really. even for its time.

[CelticPowerRanger]

Mash the lyrics up towards the end and you get where pidgeons beat their meat in pidgeon street!

[jamesjonesrocket]

bo bo bo bo

[bjorky79]

How come I remember the song off by heart but I don't remember actually watching a single episode?

[mrandy]

@bjorky79 Same here!

[ScreenFlavour]

same illustrations as words and pictures :D

[landrew679]

Another classic series...

[annieliz1965]

This was the beginning of the end for children's programmes - this and King Rollo. Ugh.

[Welshman2008]

loved it in the 90's

had an ep on VHS

[costellodan]

So many memories of the 1980s.

[Random22222y]

I loved Pigeon Street!!!! Brings back so many memories!

[Pulsar205]

@Random22222y My little brother used to love it!

[hognoxious]

We used to sing:

#If you live

In pigeon street

pigeon shit gets on your feet #

And the cast obviously agree. A 0:37 they're clearly thinking "OMG, it's going to crap on me!"

[Hexogenik]

lol

[DippShits]

LOL!

Brilliant - I am going to start singing it that way too!

[GazAnders69]

I remember watching this as a kid lol

Dirty flying rats pigeons are !

[gaz10101]

only city pigeons

[danielezy]

long distance clara rules!!!!!!!!!

[molly6971]

cant remember what time..whats lockets and lucozade .LOL.. whos put that ?? is that E.T or somebody else on another planet..

[molly6971]

pigeon street was on at a weird time,you had to pretend you were ill and skive the day off skool to watch it,trouble was you had to watch pebble mill earlier on which was shite.. but still it beat making plastercene models at skoo....long live 80s cartoons

[peteq1972]

lol yeah, wasn`t it on at something 12 or 1 lunchtime -ish?

[AbsintheGirl27]

@molly6971 oh god yeah it came on at about 1:30 or 2 pm whatever but still it was a crap time cos unless you were ill or skiving, school would not be out so you could watch it......and I sadly remember Pebble Mill oh my god I feel old lol

[kattakethat]

@molly6971 the plascticine was always a muddy brown or dirty purple colour in our school cos the naughty kids mixed it all toether!!!

random i know but haha

[herrloop]

@molly6971 That is so so spot on! I agree with every word!

[stenwald]

@molly6971 Damn right! Same with You and Me, I think? I loved taking a cheeky 'sicky' and loading up on this stuff :)

[TheToddy30]

@molly6971 Hahah too true!

[funkky1]

I rmember gowing up in Nigeria and loving pigeon street. Long distance Clara, Molly with an M and Polly with a P. lol

[gemmaljohn]

i was born this year!

[darkmarkrammstein]

where is lomg dist clara. i cant find it

[mistofoles]

She's busy offloading a consignment of frozen turkeys in Solihull !

[JOCKATEO]

i bet now it,s full of paki,s and niggers @lol

[funkky1]

Yep, we've taken over everythin! I Love watchin ur looser faces

[Flinklehurst]

Pigeon Street is a nice place to live but just don't leave your car outside when you've just washed it, you know?

[Stompgal]

OMG! I remember this! My parent s are trying to find Pigeon Street video tapes at the moment but they're very rare.

[cloud9backpacker]

Always reminds me of being off school and the taste of lockets and lucozade.

[AkumaUchitoru]

lockets and lucozade? What's that?

[EveHenleySpread]

Lockets are hard boiled sweets with a soft centre - usually eaten when you're suffering with a sore throat ie. common cold! And Lucozade is probably the most famous energy drink of all time - originally made by a Chemist in Newcastle to provide a boost to those people suffering with any illness. Hence why she might of been eating lockets and drinking Lucozade whilst watching Pigeon Street ie. off School! I remember it well myself.. can't believe there were only 13 episodes though! Incredible!

[jemmabond]

Here's why there were only 13 episodes: it was one of the first UK cartoons with multi racial characters, and the BBC didn't know how to commercialize the series. Bear in mind it was the 80's - all cartoons had merchandise, & the Beeb felt the public were not ready for black action figures...their loss.

[angelmouse432]

@cloud9backpacker Oh yeah, me too! And Tunes and Heinz Cream Of Chicken Soup!

[yakattack320]

i still find this song floating about and sometimes find my self singing it in the shower for no reason.

p.s. long distance clara fucking rules.

[deangarman]

I have every episode on dvd if ur interested PM me!

[CARLBARTER1]

aww takes me back i loved this when i was a kid.

[Emmamoo]

I'm going to be singing this for days on end now. What a legendary theme song. I miss my youth!

[AddictedToLost]

I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!

[kellie2377]

Oh my goodness this brings back some memories!, lol. I LOVED this when i was little :D

x

[ElectronicaSlug]

All about the female lorry driver.A great role model for girls wanting to follow careers in the male dominated sectors :) Loved this theme tune.

[queerpete2000]

Loved this! Who needs Coro Street when you have Pigeon Street!

[drapesy84]

I had a varied memory of this show, to start with I was terrified of it, i think the way the eyes of the character were really big and dark, and so i'm told (like the cliche) I literally hid behinfd the sofa!

Somewhere down the line i completely changed and this became my fave ever prog.

when i was at uni i got it from someone on eBay all episodes on dvd!

[mistofoles]

Who sings the theme song?

[pufferfishish]

I suspect it's Derek Griffiths from Heads and Tails; Look and Read, etc. He seemed to do the lot

[sondinium]

Damn, halcyon days!

[andymxxxx]

I loved Pigeon Street. Used to watch it all the time 26 years ago as a 4 year old! I'm 30 now, I can still remember this intro and the Long Distance Clara song. Brilliant!

[macalauresmuse]

I burst out laughing at work reading this, I remember that song too!

[BUSNUT1]

I loved this show when I was younger, especially the "Long distance Clara" song.

[KatieWozza]

I remeber this! I loved the hot cross bun episode! x

[afuzzyduck]

i regularly try to converse with the local pigeons by doing synth-tom sounds like that. rude set of bastards by the way, never bother with me half the time :(

[14dollars]

you need a korg M1 synthesizer

[macalauresmuse]

hahahaha youre probably insulting their parentage or something.

[rosiejosie777superst]

I used to love this tune

[missdizzee]

Pigeon Street must fucking stink.

[thestonesrock]

lie the token pc black people, what a brainwashed childhood.

[djwedgewood]

"coming over here, appearing in our cartoons".

Are you a daily mail reader?

[thestonesrock]

No. I sometimes read the New Zealand herald but generally stay away from mainstream media.

[ITW84]

@djwedgewood

LO fucking L

[misterlaufeyson]

@thestonesrock yeah, because it's not like black people actually existed in the early 1980s...

[julianbarry]

Brings back so many memories!

[essexgirl29]

Yes is definitely does!! Pure nostalgia joy, here's to the good old days!!

[gogosimonadebisi]

Any one remember that show 'Rub A Dub Dub' Made by the same people that made this?

[whatsyourstyle99]

Pidgkov

[SSSmeat]

was that on a sunday morn about 6am?

with loads of things to do

like a top view of a table with a pair of hands. cutting and glueing paper into stuff?!?

yer i remember it

[MrMushroom123]

i love pigeons

i kick them all the time when i see one walking in front of my feet.

it gives me you know... this satisfying feeling

[xxsha77xx]

this is makin me feel old lol the good old days

[ITW84]

funkiest theme tune ever

[am9224]

Alan Rogers and Peter Lang

Words and Pictures

Numbertime

Rosie and Jim

Hotch Potch House

[freddygotme]

i used to watch this after play school 83/84 along with Rainbow, Let's Pretend, Chock a block, Pob, BagPuss et al. Good times.

[TheMasterNo6]

Ahhh the memories! BBC2, lunchtimes, weekdays....!!!

[MissStranded]

Yay! Loved this as a kid

[Fredthebloop]

I loved this cartoon when I was younger!

[marknpeyton]

Long distance Clara bucked the gender stereotype, a woman truck driver? Must have been a lesbian!

[optimus57]

Now thats a stereotype.

[Hexogenik]

or a post op.

[vragamuffin]

The memories come flooding back.

Ahh the good old days.

[Rocksteady786]

Indeed. As soon as I saw the female character come into the shot I immediately said 'Long Distance Clara' out loud.

[SpacedTime]

I dont remember this, only the name.

[jozhassV2]

i loved this show when i was a kid i miss memories i wanna go back to the day as a kid i used to watch this pokemon etc

[an1m4l]

oh my god!! i had totally forgotten this! And did anyone else recognise long distance clara in the intro there?! Shes the only character i can remember

[adambatham]

First broadcast on the BBC in 1981, not 90's.

[xdannibabesx]

i luvved this =] putting all these 90's programmes into my art work xD anyone remember more so i can add them too?? from 90's era only tho xD..

[deangarman]

I have all 13 episodes on dvd if anyone is interested?

[squigian]

It's amazing how as a child you never realise how few episodes there actually were of any given series.

[hank3rox]

know what you mean - to me this seemed to go on for years - bit like Bagpuss really

[21shergar]

I want those days back sitting watching Pigeon Street with my son at three years old.

[hosslar79]

Classic! This & King Rollo, definately a sick day program haha :)

[sugarskull82]

memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[d4n2k8]

ha ha you are soo right!! as soon as it started it reminded me of when i used to be off school sick!

[ncheetham]

gassa3 I know exactly what you mean. off school sick while your mum and dad are at work!

[gassa3]

I don't know why but this reminds me of being off school sick

[daveslastsummer]

Mental!!!

[early1900s]

I used to love that show! And I still whistle the tune at work sometimes too!

[NameNotaNumber]

You can't really go wrong with that theme tune. What a great arrangement! Fantastic chords, melody and horns.

[81MJT]

@NameNotaNumber Totally and utterly agree, is way more advanced than the electronic overproduced theme tunes we get nowadays on kids programmes. This was real quality music throughout. A lot of the band were jazzers, became the group known as the "Guest Stars"

[ryboy101]

0.35 = 3 Tokens! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[wokaworld2001]

remember my brother fancied long distance clara

[Paulious78]

I saw a woman the other day who looked like the woman in the red and white stripes - Freaky!!!

[Focusakker]

Those who think Pigeon Street is "gay" are total wankers.

[CharlieSmigz]

Classic kids TV! Pigeon Street was so woolly liberal and right on.

[KatyFiddler]

This was ace! Pigeon Street is worth a fortune on Ebay

[sarah3008]

This is proper kids TV, one of my favourites! Thank you for bringing back the memory.

[Markisagoodboy]

It was always a real treat to catch this. Those were the days..

[VIKINGODIN]

fuckin quality,i feel old now lol,the music is like 70s porn haha

[ekhornbeck127]

long distance lara... first time i knew about lesbians !

[OGDonJuan]

Long distance clara used to go both ways like hazard lights man

[penfolduk78]

oh god! this brings back so many memories

[southofchaos]

there bring this back

[lostinbass4]

class in a glass

[DaveDaRave1980]

Another classic from back in the day! Real kids telly, not like today's dross!

[keukpa]

Oh the nostalga

[kabogga]

What was it about Long Distance Clara?

She was obviously a lesbian who found her sexual encounters in the Greasy Spoon Cafes

around the country. OMG! Don't touch that cucumber! Lol!

[keukpa]

LOL

[miraoister]

she never replies to my emails!!

[fulcilover]

Those two pigeons were bullying that poor pigeon on the left at 0:05