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I remember renting The Secret Garden from Amazon about fifteen years ago and watching it on my computer.  Now I am watching the miniseries on YouTube, and I think it is quite enjoyable.  In 1975 most TV adaptations were much closer to the original books.  I think it is good for being accurate to the time period of the book. It is about as enjoyable as the Focus on the Family audio drama. Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂

I've been re-watching Hogan's Heroes lately. There was a channel that used to play old TV shows (like Hawaii 5-0, etc.) that I watched when I was a kid/preteen, and we loved HH. So much that I bought the whole show on DVD with my own money*! And our family still quotes a lot of the catchphrases ("I know nothing!" "What is this man doing here?!" "Diiiiismissed!").
*I may have gotten one or two of the seasons as a gift. I can't remember for sure.

This is the first time I've really re-watched through it since then, but I think a lot of the humor still holds up. Some of the jokes are kind of dated, but there are still plenty of moments that make me laugh out loud. Plus, the characters are still as great as ever. I can't never decide if Carter or Kinch is my favorite.

If you like Gerry Anderson’s puppet shows here is a fine documentary Filmed in Supermarionation, which shows how they were made:

https://youtu.be/bTgpK9Oeghc?si=IH90Zqrtn1pbi7C6

Thunderbirds and Fireball XL 5 are perhaps the best known here in the U. S. I think the Supermarionation shows were probably the best puppet shows ever created. This is excellent vintage television!  🙂

Peri and Ace from classic Dr. Who discuss Thunderbirds:

https://youtu.be/xL0BqRozAFU?si=iQW3fljejBS606Ag

Very interesting!  

I have been watching Christy, which was broadcast 1994-1995.  It was at least twenty years ago when I last watched this series. It is about a schoolteacher who goes to help children who are impoverished in the Great Smoky Mountains. There were some episodes that I had largely forgotten, and it was a very pleasant experience to watch them again.  The show had some wonderful acting and interesting stories.  If you have never seen this series it is well worth watching.  Sadly enough, it was cancelled after only twenty episodes.  It was a lot like The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie.

Here is more information:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108725/?ref_=fn_i_3

Remember the Mission: Impossible series from the 1960’s?  I have been watching it again and I find it very enjoyable. I think it became better in its second season when Peter Graves joined the cast, although Stephen Hill was quite good. They made stories set in different countries, although the countries were not named in many of the episodes.  The episodes were often set in exotic locations, which was quite convincing even though the shows were made in the U. S.  A lot of today’s series do not look so good on the screen as this one does even watching it so many years later. The acting is also top notch as well as the realism of the stories. I think this series may be the best of the spy thrillers of the 1960’s. 🙂

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060009/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk