The Red Dwarf star and BBC Radio 6 Music presenter on his love of zany kids’ show The Banana Splits – and why he never dreamed he would work in TV

The TV presenter and host of Leonardo: The Official Podcast on her love of Bullseye and Dallas – and what happened when Victoria Beckham came to CBBC

The My Family and Shadow and Bone actor recalls the US sitcoms that shaped her comedic tastes and career

The Rising Damp and Death in Paradise actor recounts his love of doggy adventure TV and how his current show seeks to inspire the same sense of wonder

The Capital FM breakfast presenter and son of Martin Kemp recounts his lifelong love of The Simpsons and Friends

The actor and creator of sitcom Intelligence explains how his love of the magician started his career as a performer

The former Ready, Steady, Cook presenter on his love of the children’s classic Animal Magic, and the Galloping Gourmet

The Famalam and Queen’s Gambit star on the shows that shaped him as a child, from the school-set drama to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the Office

The After Life and PRU star and comic recounts her love of anarchic late night live TV, from Friday Night Live to The Word

The Radio 1 DJ and I’m a Celebrity runner up on a childhood spent watching sitcoms with his mum, from the Dawn French classic to The Royle Family and Keeping Up Appearances

The CBBC star discusses her childhood love of US teen sitcoms – and dosing up on nostalgia on the streaming services

The Quadrophenia and Mallorca Files star on his favourite childhood shows, and the limitations of on-screen representation

The historian and presenter recalls how Michael Wood’s revelatory documentaries and Blue Peter made an impression on her despite a television-light upbringing

The actor, comedian and star of Radio 4’s Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar on her favourite childhood shows, from chart-topping stars to the show that represented British Asians

The Blackadder star recounts his memories of Watch With Mother and the zany legacy of British children’s shows

The Chaser and gameshow host on his favourite childhood TV shows and the importance of on-screen representation

The actor and Landscape Artist of the Year presenter on the delights of Roobarb and Custard and Mr Benn – and how they compare with his children’s favourite shows

In the first of a new series about what TV stars watched as children, Jill Halfpenny remembers being cast in Byker Grove