1 9 8 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This six-part BBC comedy series was set in the Happy Families leafy lanes of the…
Browsing: TV – 1980s
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1 9 8 7 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes Debuting on Wednesday 7 January 1987, this 12-part drama for youngsters was produced by Central Television.…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 8 (USA) 22 x 60 minute episodes A sensitive look at the lives of three generations of the…
1 9 8 2 (Ireland/France/UK) 6 x 60 minute episodes Premiering on RTE on 18 November 1982 and on Britain’s Channel 4 on 18 February 1983,…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 4 (USA) 22 x 60 minute episodes The Yellow Rose was a sprawling saga of life, love and…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 3 (Canada) 46 x 30 minute episodes This half-hour children’s show from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation starred singer…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 2 (UK) 21 x 30 minute episodes Yes, Minister ran from 1980 until 1982, with a total of 21…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 16 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special In this sequel to the series Yes,…
1 9 8 7 (UK) 7 x 60 minute episodes ITV aired this seven-part love story from Central Television about a divorced couple whose paths cross…
1 9 8 8 (UK) 1 x 30 minute episode Taking inspiration from The Fly (1986), which featured a hubristic scientist merged with a common house…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 8 (USA) 27 x 30 minute episodes Yogi Bear returned once again to syndication, this time at the…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 7 (USA) 28 x 30 minute episodes This NBC sitcom was created by Eric Chappell and was based…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 9 2 (UK) 15 minute episodes Humans and puppets interacted, told stories and had fun to provide entertainment to…
1 9 8 8 – 1 9 9 6 (UK) A light-hearted panel game (based on a Dutch format) in which celebrities and the studio…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 9 0 (Canada) 144 x 30 minute episodes This sketch show was geared to children and had amateur young…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 8 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes A large Victorian home in the New York borough of Staten…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes A BBC sitcom with an intriguing premise, looking at the pressures…
1 9 8 8 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) 1 x 60 minute episode 25 x 50 minute episodes This Croft and Perry spoof of Upstairs…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 12 x 25 minute episodes This groan-inducing BBC show featured kids from stage schools competing…
1 9 7 3 – Current (USA) 12,500+ x 30/60 minute episodes Lushly produced soap opera featuring a cast of gorgeous, near-naked newcomers who would break…