I wonder if anyone else here remembers The Prisoner, a 60's series starring Patrick McGoohan, which I am currently rewatching on DVD. 

@hermit 

I remember that show from decades ago.  Wasn't it made in the 1960's?  I remember people have said that it was quite a good series.   I am glad that you were able to find it on DVD.

@hermit Oh dear, I've got a good friend (older than me) who is utterly obsessed with that series — he watched it on TV when it first came out in the 1960s and of course has rewatched the video and/or DVD recordings many times since, and he can quote every episode extensively and just finds the whole thing an utter delight. I've only watched a little of it, and while it's very intriguing and surreal and I can see why it's a "cult classic", that sort of thing is not really my cup of tea, so to speak. But if you're over here in the UK, you can visit Portmeirion, the private village in Wales where the whole series was filmed. I've been there once and it is very colourful and quirky, just like it appears in the show — and of course there are lots of Prisoner-related souvenirs for sale there, so it's well worth it if you're a fan (and very interesting even for those of us who aren't).  

@courtenay I actually did visit Portmeirion some years ago, which was very interesting. Although I would consider myself a fan of the series I'm not quite on the same obsessive level as your friend.

Most of the series is very quirky and rather surreal, but the last few episodes veer off into total surrealistic fantasy. I gather the final episode caused quite a bit of controversy when it was first aired. It wasn't the sort of ending most people had been expecting.

I have been rewatching the first season of Little House on the Prairie and really enjoy seeing the show again after many years. Today’s television doesn’t offer much of family drama like that series was.  The show was a rather loose adaptation of the books, but it had much fine acting.  I think it is well worth revisiting especially if you haven’t seen it in a long time. 🙂

I ordered the first season of Little House on the Prairie on Blu-ray.  I have some other separate episodes on DVD.  It is worth buying the series on physical media if you really like it, and just one season is not that expensive. It is definitely worth a rewatch when many of today’s shows aren’t worth watching again. I would encourage anyone to at least borrow the series if you do not wish to own it, but I think buying it may be the best option especially for the first season. I love rewatching old shows without commercials. 🙂

Do you like it when they colorize old TV shows? This is a clip from the 1960's series Lost in Space:

https://youtu.be/M7cUNrUY0Ko

The color looks rather tinted and artificial, but the show looked that way even in its original black and white. The series was mostly campy and ridiculous, but I find it rather enjoyable even today. This episode was one of the better stories of Lost in Space. I remember it from my childhood. Some people dislike and criticize the show because of its campiness, and they probably are right, but I don't think it was all bad.  I think it is usually better if they leave old television shows and movies alone, although it is interesting to watch the colorized versions.  🙂

I don’t know if anyone here remembers Mutual of Omaha’s.Wild Kingdom.  It was broadcast from 1963 until the 1980’s.  Marlin Perkins was the host, and he was so lively and entertaining. I have been rewatching the show on DVD.  It was a great show and well worth viewing decades later.

Here are some episodes:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv7MWTL-Arz7h4nlyQB4FqmkkJn4ITKrz&si=KN5JwDdayfKdemwp

This special from 1986 based on the book The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is well worth watching:

https://youtu.be/PX4dhw1fKo4?si=GK93eYjIjyrTD0g1

The video quality is rather poor in places, but it is still worth rewatching after all those years. The acting is especially good and the program is very old fashioned. I remember seeing it many years ago on the PBS' children's series Wonderworks.

Dickens of London is well worth rewatching.  The series was made back in 1976 and shown here in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre.  It may be the only miniseries about Charles Dickens’ life, although there have been other movies made about Dickens and his Christmas stories. The series has parts which are somewhat conjectural, but most of it is accurate to his experiences. We don’t know if some of the events in the Edgar Allan Poe episode actually happened or if Dickens actually met Poe.  At least part of the series is fictional, although it is generally interesting drama.  I recommend watching it for the acting and lively performances of the characters.

I  have been rewatching the BBC Narnia on DVD. This remastered version seems to have a slightly clearer and brighter picture:

https://youtu.be/YxwdwSdnEeU?si=7rA5CAbE7fIc8Anf

The programs can be watched in full screen on YouTube TV.

I think it is well worth rewatching even if you already own the DVD’s. It would be nice if the remastered programs were released on Blu-ray.  The difference and improvements are noticeable.

@narnian78

Re:  Dickens of London: I think this is the series that I saw in black and white. I wonder if it is available online anywhere.

I have never forgotten the scene where Charles is trying to work out what to do with his novel; his brother (who he nicknamed Sancho Panza) arrives, and in talking with him Charles realises he needs a character like Sancho Panza (in Don Quixote). 
Thus Sam Weller was created, and made a huge difference to the novel.

(I cannot help linking him to Sam Gamgee!) 

[I also rewatched Dickensian last December - a clever prequel to many of the novels, which links them in unexpected ways]

And re The Little Princess special - thank you for the link; it's a much better production than some others I've seen. I noticed two famous English actors playing the school mistresses, Miriam Margolyes and Maureen Lipman, both of whom are still working, although aged 84 and 79 respectively! 

@coracle 

This is part of the series on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjVRVyRgpZFIRLFfMCNUuuCSIGMb2VOsy&si=pCRdo629PHOF_kwR

For the complete series it may be necessary to purchase the DVD set, and now it is quite expensive at around $50 here in the US since it is apparently out of print. I don’t know what the price is in other countries.

I am glad that you enjoyed The Little Princess.  Hopefully PBS will continue to exist and offer more of that kind of programming. 

It is clear to me that the people who made A Little Princess were the same as made The Secret Garden (1975)(even the music style, and a spring blossoming in the last scene!).

This is the very best adaptation of The Secret Garden, and I have it on DVD, but all the episodes are on here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACHkRRzNow

I do recommend it! 

Thanks @narnian78 for recommending that version of A Little Princess, my family and I watched it a few weeks ago after you mentioned it here, and my kids (some of whom have read the book, the others have listened to it on audiobook) really appreciated a more accurate according to the book version than the cute Shirley Temple version and the 1995 film.

Looks like I might have to show them the version of The Secret Garden you mentioned too @coracle!