For when you child is very young, look for “Mighty Machines.”
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Angry Beavers
Hey Arnold
Rocko’s Modern Life
Rugrats
Gullah Gullah Island
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Basically mid 90s Nickelodeon defined my childhood, and the media’s only gotten worse from there on out! :p
The Wild Thornberries
Patch Adams
Half of the Ghibly movies. The other half i was too old already.
Anything Mr. Bean.
Once Upon A Forest (1993) [idmb:tt0107745]
In the wake of an environmental disaster, the children have to work together to solve problems, and save their friend.
Look up the original Tik-Tak from the BRTN. it's non spoken animation with shapes, sounds and music. Great for toddlers. All the music is ingrained in me :D
Other good show from the BRTN was "Er was eens". They are split up in 4 main "seasons: de mens, de aarde, de ruimte and het leven.
History, how earth was formed and evolved, space and human biology.
Dutch and French, I'm not sure if it was ever dubbed English, but my kids watched this on repeat.

Winnie the Pooh! The episode where they fall down the wishing well instilled in me a lifelong fascination with wishing wells.
I also used to watch a lot of the old Thomas the Tank Engine
Zorro (1957 but I was born later 😂) was certainly the most important show I seen in my youth. He made me choose fencing as sport for more than 10 years and he taught me to be honest and Fair when I was younger
Doctor Who was the big one, but I didn't get into that until I was a bit older
I'm a dad, so a lot of these arewhat I've found for mine, which was of course influenced by my childhood.
Get The Owl House now for when they're a bit older, before Disney buries it in the ground.
Danger Mouse both old and new ones, the new ones are amazing.
Duck Tales both old and new, again the new ones are amazing.
Frozen and Moana are IMHO the best of Disney's movies, all of Pixar's catalogue.
I really like the pokemon show/anime. At least the original seasons (I kinda followed it until the sinnoh region
Other than that:
Ducktales (1987)
Avatar the last Airbender
Nils Holgersson
Weihnachtsmann und Co KG (original title: Le Monde Secret du Père Noël)
These are the shows I keep dearly in my heart
As for movies, I don't really have any recommendation besides "Wall-E" :(
But that's a phenomenal movie!
For a slightly different take, I was mesmerized watching New Yankee Workshop and the old This Old House seasons as a kid and often wonder how much they contributed to practical skills and hobbies I have as an adult.
- 3-2-1 Contact
- Cosmos (original)
- The Secret Life of Machines
- Connections with James Burke
David the Gnome and Flight of Dragons
Full Metal Jacket.
The original and prequel Star Wars films and shows: The Clone Wars in particular.
The 90s X-men
X-Men Evolution
The 90s Spider-Man
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-2012)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (OG and 2002)
Avatar the Last Airbender
The Dark Crystal
Fern Gully
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1990s)
Phineas and Ferb
George Shrinks
Anything and everything on pbs
Kiteretsu (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0305051/) This TV Show was responsible to ignite the fire of engineering and making things during my childhood.
Kochikame (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/56426-kochira-katsushika-ku-kameari-k-en-mae-hashutsujo) I was a procrastinator and a lazy ass when I was a kid. So related to Ryotsu (main character) so much.
Connections by James Burke
Hit em with that "My Friend Martin"
Flukten fra dyreskogen , loved it as a child, but beware it is emotional carnage - animals dying left and right.
Pingu
La linea
Fantorangen and probably a lot of other nrk stuff
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