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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

1972–1985CBSAnimation

A North Philadelphia junkyard, with a moral at the end and a live-action introduction at the start.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Star Trek: The Animated Series

1973–1974NBCAnimation

Filmation's Saturday-morning continuation, with most of the original cast back on microphone duty. The theme is Courage's melody rescored for a cartoon orchestra, brighter and quicker than the live-action original.

  • Seasons 1–2
1 sequence

Schoolhouse Rock!

1973–2009ABCAnimation

Three-minute songs about grammar and arithmetic dropped between Saturday morning cartoons, and remembered longer than the cartoons.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Hong Kong Phooey

1974ABCAnimation

A janitor dog who is a secret kung fu detective, with Scatman Crothers singing his own theme.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Battle of the Planets

1978–1980SyndicationAnimation

Gatchaman recut for America with a robot added to explain away the footage that was cut.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Josie and the Pussycats

1970–1971CBSAnimation

An Archie Comics spin-off built around a band, with records released under the characters' names.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Mr Benn

1971–1972BBC OneAnimation

A man in a bowler hat, a costume shop and a changing room door, thirteen times.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Bagpuss

1974BBC OneAnimation

Thirteen episodes, and a sepia photograph opening that colours in when the cat wakes up — Smallfilms doing the whole premise in the titles.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Jabberjaw

1976–1978ABCAnimation

A drumming shark in an underwater band, which is Scooby-Doo restaged in 2076 with Curly Howard's voice.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Roobarb

1974BBC OneAnimation

Felt-tip animation that boils and shimmers because it was drawn one frame at a time and never traced twice.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

The Wombles

1973–1975BBC OneAnimation

Litter-collecting creatures under Wimbledon Common, whose fictional band had six top-twenty singles in one year.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Chorlton and the Wheelies

1976–1979ITVAnimation

A happiness dragon in Wheelie World, from the studio that went on to make Danger Mouse.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Jamie and the Magic Torch

1976–1979ITVAnimation

A torch that opens a hole in the bedroom floor down a helter-skelter into Cuckoo Land.

  • Season 1