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    1980s Television Comedy Shows A UK TV USA TV 1 Min Read

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    1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (UK/USA)
    13 x 30 minute episodes

    This quick-fire late-night Anglo-American comedy series was produced by Channel 4 in cooperation with HBO.

    The 13 episodes starred Cleo Rocos – the raven-haired beauty who helped to provide the ‘naughty bits’ for Kenny Everett – with a cast including American performers Elaine Hausman, Wayne Knight and Bill Sadler, alongside British comedians Daniel Peacock, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer (who also wrote much of the comedy).

    Emma Thompson and Gail Matthius replaced Tim Brooke-Taylor and Elaine Hausman in episodes 8 to 13.

    13 episodes of the series aired on cable in the US, but only seven episodes aired in the UK.

    Cleo Rocos
    Daniel Peacock
    Tim Brooke-Taylor
    Elaine Hausman
    Wayne Knight
    Bill Sadler
    Barry Cryer
    Marcell Rosenblatt
    Gail Matthius
    Emma Thompson

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