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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    Jangles

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    7 x 30 minute episodes

    Hazel O’Connor starred in this short-lived teen soapie set in a nightclub called Jangles, managed by Les (Brian Croucher), who looked like a reject from Mud.

    O’Connor played a headstrong schoolgirl called Joanne who dreamed of being a pop star. She would perform a song or two each episode, usually accompanied by a Casio.Β  Jesse Birdsall played her unemployed boyfriend, Steve.

    A character called Herald (David Delve) would turn up in a ringmaster jacket, funny hat and clown makeup from time to time – amidst some fancy (for the time) visual effects – to explain (through a vocoder) what was happening in the story.

    There wasn’t much plot to speak of – just brief vignettes of (mostly angst-ridden) dialogue interspersed with lots of dancing to music from The Stranglers, Spandau Ballet, Madness, Altered Images, Fun Boy Three, Bananarama, MotΓΆrhead and Black Sabbath (!).

    The show was produced by HTV.

    Joanne
    Hazel O’Connor
    Steve
    Jesse Birdsall
    Herald
    David Delve
    Les
    Brian Croucher
    Mary
    Julia Gale
    Lydia Oaten
    Sue Nicholls
    Robin Oaten
    Conrad Phillips
    Gary
    Tony Britts
    Dave
    Marcus Francis
    Jenny
    Lowri Ann Richards
    Michelle
    Saiward Green
    Lil
    Yvonne D’Alpra
    Arthur
    Ivor Salter

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