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resolved (SOLVED) 2 children's shows of similar format + story in a different world Live Action TV
Sometime back in grade school (maybe late 2000's or early 2010's), my class sometimes watched an episode of this series a day. I can only guess the show was British since I was attending a British school. Sometime after we finished that show, I recall watching another similar one, just with a different theme. I may not remember too much but here's what I got:
Show #1: Some kids went to a store (like a book/antique/some traditional looking store) and get sucked into a fantasy world. The obstacles they encounter on their quest to return home come off as puzzles, critical thinking or otherwise. The final episode has them return to the real world and back at the store, and (I'm unsure if this was always there since the start of the show, but) closer to the end, a piece of (wall?) decor that looked like one of the fantastical companions the friends made in the other world moved (its face, maybe a smile or a wink), perplexing an adult/older person who happened to see it.
Show #2: Likely a different cast of kids, but trapped Inside a Computer System somehow, and I distinctly remember this show having a villain for the kids to defeat (the first show probably had a Big Bad too, but I don't recall). He was a virus of sorts that looked like a man, and what definitely stuck with me is that he could trick allies of the kid protagonists, namely a teacher in the real world, to help him in obstructing the kids' escape, like by asking her to do something on the computer to help him recover. Puzzle quests were probably in motion here too. The series concludes after the virus man disintegrates upon being defeated, and the kids probably return home.
Thank you all in advance for the help! 🙏
Edited by BlackFaithStarresolved Hoarder cleaning TV Show Live Action TV
I remember that around 2010 (probably more like before 2010), there was this maybe British Reality TV Show about two professional cleaners (a woman with blond hair in a top knot, and another woman with boyish hair and glasses) who were cleaning the houses of hoarders. I specifically remember that the short-haired woman was a microbiologist and she would take samples from the surfaces to analyze in the lab, while explaining what microbes she found, what caused their presence and what they do to the human body. This is where I learned what Salmonella is. The two were ALWAYS wearing white labcoats (or cleaning uniforms that look a lot like labcoats).
Ring any bells?
Edited by Lermisresolved Baby-Focused Game Show Live Action TV
A gameshow where the contestants were mommies and their babies, and I think they competed in baby games, and the grand prize was a cash prize that goes to the baby's college savings.
resolved Fighting Animals Live Action TV
Anyone remember a semi-educational show?
It was shown on Discovery Channel, about some guys analyzing two different animals each episode, then building mechanical versions to and at the end there was a CGI scene showing which one would win.
Edited by ElBuenCuateresolved Netflix - Two Families “Share” a House Live Action TV
Hi everyone!! So to preface I saw about an episode of this back in like 2019-2020 and it was in Spanish (but I can’t remember if I put on Spanish dub or thats what it’s originally in). It was comedy-drama about a wealthy family going broke and having to live in a house connected to another family, but they have this feud. The other family works in a sea-side market and I think the kid of one family likes the kid of the other? I believe they were also both single parents, one of all girls and one of all boys. It is not “The War Next-Door” fyi. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
resolved Romeo and Juliet sitcom episode by way of superheroes. [Solved.] Live Action TV
There was a high-school sitcom with a laugh track, and an episode built around a production of Romeo and Juliet. The initial plan is minimalist as all get out (a confused actor doesn't have a sword, and when the director insists, starts to whap another actor with his script), and then... somehow, one of the main characters echoes his little brother's idea of doing it with superheroes, the director is actually intrigued by the idea, and... last I knew, it had gotten as far as colorful "superhero" costuming.
EDIT: On a note that probably won't help anything, right, it was one person in charge who was doing the play with nothing, and another somehow coming in who said, you're not doing that, are you?
Edited by Caswinresolved Suite Life of Zach and Cody Episode (solved) Live Action TV
I remember watching an episode of Zach and Cody where their mom makes them Mac and cheese, but she does it wrong and it is uncooked and the cheese powder wasn’t mixed in right. Was this an episode? Or just something I misremembered?
Edited by Gamergirl101resolved Noodle and Doodle episode (solved) Live Action TV
I remember this Noodle and Doodle episode with and episode of Doggity’s diner where some singers come in, and their voices are hoarse so they can’t sing. Does anyone know this episode? Edit: never mind I found it it’s Teddy Bear Picnic
Edited by Gamergirl101resolved British tv show about cops, two families and a pedophile Live Action TV
Hello One day when I was on You Tube I remember watching a tv show about two modern families, one was poor and trashy while the other one was sophisticated and I wouldn’t say you’re rich more like well off. They are well known in town for having a rivalry with each other and one night a son from the poor family is found murdered and the cops think that it was someone from the rich family. Now by the end of the first episode, you find out that the girl from the poor family and a boy from the rich family are dating in secret.
I also remember a female cop finds out that one of her male coworkers is a pedophile and he’s dating a teenager, Now her partner also knows but he tells her not to tell anyone because of some kind of coworker mentality I guess. The female cop does not take her male partners advice and keeps on looking into the male cops' activities with the teenage and he finds and jump her with two other, putting her in the hospital. In future episodes, the teen is missing and every cop in town is looking for her and it turns out that the pedophile cop is keeping her in a trailer or something.
And that is all I remember about this TV show can someone here please tell me the name of this TV show because I want to watch it again and again
Thank you and have a good day
Edited by Bl8keresolved [Solved] Movie about a dog turning into human and by the end turns back into a dog Live Action TV
I remember watching this movie on Disney channel Philippines, where a dog turns into a human boy after drinking some strange chemicals from some scientists, I think, the owner helps the dog act like a person, later with his friends helping him and befriending the dog-turned-human. Eventually, the scientists find the dog-boy and try to get him to show the world. but the boy and his friends get him back and gives him a vial that's supposed to turn him back to a dog, at first it doesn't work but they think that he has to forget his time as a human and think more about being a dog, which they succeeded. One of the things that stood out to me was that at the start one of the scientist's experiments were lab rats, one of which had a human ear on its back, and another was that the dog-turned-boy was fond of hot dogs.
Edited by Animaltamerresolved SOLVED - Children's serial with fugitive Native American teenage boy Live Action TV
This was an American or Canadian serial aimed at older children that I watched in the afternoon children's programming slot on BBC 1 in the UK in the late '70s or early '80s. It may have been repeated in the mornings during the school holidays.
The main character was a Native American or First Nations teenager who wrongly thought he had accidentally killed his bully in a fight and went on the run. The main memory I have is of the fight, as that was part of the recap at the beginning of each episode. The fight took place in a shallow stream and the teenager repeatedly said "Apologise!" as he was hitting the bully (I seem to recall the bully hitting the boy's Beserk Button was the reason for the fight).
I've done some searches through the archived listings on the BBC Genome Project and haven't come up with anything. Any help is appreciated.
Edited by Aspectiferresolved Stop motion dinosaurs from the 70s or earlier Live Action TV
The Fantasy Island episode "One Million BC" features Stock Footage of stop motion dinosaurs that look like plastic toys. One shot has a T-Rex biting a triceratops around the waist, leaving dabs of blood on it. The triceratops responds by goring the T-Rex with its horn, putting a small hole in its stomach. There are also shots of an erupting volcano over a jungly landscape, which may or may not be from the same show as the dinosaurs. Anyone know where this footage comes from? I mostly just want to know if the triceratops defeats the T-Rex or not.
resolved timetravel Live Action TV
I don't know when it aired but what was the name of the time travel show where the main characters refused to let someone fix the malfunctioning timemache and instead go after the criminals immediately despite the whole time travel thing?
resolved Superman spoof from the 70's Live Action TV
Hello tropers !
I am currently looking for a TV show (it might actually have been an film, but I'm not sure) I watched (on rerun) when I was young.
It might have been from the 70's, and I think the whole point of the show was a superman spoof.
I remember a scene from an episode where the backstory is about a pet bird that somehow acquired a super strenght.
The dialog goes like this :
Policeman [pointing to the sky] : It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No...
Spoof Superman [handing a birdcage with the bars damaged] : No, it's a bird!
Does any of this ring a bell? Thank you!
Edited by Fauvelusresolved Mockumentary about pretentious photographer Live Action TV
I saw a british mockumentary, a comedy centered on a pretentious photographer and his younger, somewhat goth girlfriend. He's portrayed as a ridiculous loser who assumes his random pictures of trees in black and white are high art, and she's obviously dating her to piss off her parents. I remember two scenes in particular:
- The girlfriend is going on a nihilistic rant about how people are sheep, and she lights a cigarette to look cooler, but she misses the tip with the lighter and "smokes" the unlit cigarette, until the cameraman says the cigarette is unlit, she gets mad and tries to light it again - burning half the cigarette off.
- The photographer shows some of his pictures to a critic (or gallery owner) and the critic, while very polite, trashes him - he says "I think you're using words you don't understand" and "this pictures have absolutely no meaning".
resolved Old Kids' Show featuring living animal dolls Live Action TV
This was back in the early 2000s. 5 animal dolls (one was a bear, another a monkey if I remember correctly) lived around a family home. At the end of the day, they'd sit on a shelf and go to sleep as the owner (a kid whose face is never shown, only his shadow) ended each episode by counting each doll and saying something like "5 special animals."
I remember one episode involving the kid wanting to watch a rare comet in the sky but unknowingly misses it, so the animals get together and shine a flashlight outside to make him think he saw it.
resolved TV show and episode name Live Action TV
There's this TV show and an episode that I'd like to know, it was in the '90s. I only remember a teen boy and a teen girl (blonde hair) at school. They both agreed that the boy will take a picture of the girl naked in the boy's shower room. After taking the picture, they heard someone coming and ran. The girl hid a boy's locker. The gym coach (black guy) entered the scene and the teen boy tried to play innocent. The coach didn't notice the girl inside the locker. Afterward, the coach scold the teen boy for not locking his locker and closed it for him. After the coach left, the panicked boy say he'll try to find a way to open it and ran. The teen girl was obviously not pleased.
That's all I remembered. Any ideas? Thank you all!
resolved Man gets hands cutt off in farming equipment? Live Action TV
All I vaguely remember is this was a live-action television show...maybe an anthology of some kind? There was a an older man who I believe was a farmer. He gets his hands cut off in an accident with some kind of farming equipment and struggles back into his house and uses his face I think? to call his sister and have her call an ambulance. That's all I remember!
EDIT: now that I think about it, I'm actually pretty sure this wasn't an anthology... I think it was a true story/documentary with re-creations and an interview with the guy it actually happened to.
Edited by donatello-is-the-fellow

This show was about how people with powers who were working for the police, and all i remember was about how it ended on a cliffhanger with a few details.
I remember that some old dude was looking for the bad guy who was planning on mentally shutting down all the people in the world/city for some reason, and then it happens that his plan succeeds and the final shot is how we see everyone passed out around the city, but a guy with the power of technology (i think) is the only one who was unaffected by the blast for some reason, and then the show ends.