1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 1 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This series of twelve unconnected sitcoms placed the spotlight on the…
Browsing: 1980s Television
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1 9 8 3 (USA) 5 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived (five episodes) CBS sitcom introduced Ace Crawford – probably the world’s worst Private Detective.…
1 9 8 1 (UK) 10 x 30 minute episodes Debuting in March 1981, this no-budget ITV kids’ show was produced by Yorkshire Television in an…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 9 (Canada) 43 x 60 minute episodes This CBS action-adventure series was produced in Toronto and featured Winston…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) Three people are stranded on a planet on the far side of the galaxy. In order…
1 9 8 7 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This Thames TV series continued the exploits of Jack Vincent (Oliver Tobias), first seen in…
1 9 8 3 (UK) Portland Bill works as the keeper of the Trinity House lighthouse at Guillemot Rock, alongside his two assistants Ross and Cromarty…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (UK) 13 x 60 minute episodes Modelled closely on the mood and style of the original Victorian Strand…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 9 (USA) 65 x 30 minute episodes “In 2086, two peaceful aliens journeyed to Earth, seeking our help.…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 9 1 (USA) 67 x 30 minute episodes For the first time in its 60-plus-year history, Disney Studios, long…
1 9 8 2 – 2 0 0 5 (Australia) The continued allegiance of Australian TV aerobicists to hi-energy disco music is a wonderful thing. Long…
1 9 8 3 (UK) 1 x 90 minute episode In a futuristic alternative England, the fascist leaders build a mysterious aerodrome near a quiet Cotswold…
1 9 8 8 – 1 9 9 2 (UK) 38 x 30 minute episodes Sarah France (Prunella Scales) is 42 and a widow of two…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 4 (USA) 30 x 30 minute episodes The Korean War was over and the men and women of…
1 9 8 9 (UK) 10 x 60 minute episodes Thirteen years after the success of The Glittering Prizes (1976), Frederic Raphael revisited many of its…
1 9 8 2 (UK) 10 x 60 minute episodes This series from Thames did not feature the mighty Hercule Poirot, nor did Miss Marple steal…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 20 x 30 minute episodes Maureen Lipman starred as Jane Lucas – a cosmopolitan Jewish wife…
1 9 8 2 (UK) 9 x 50 minute episodes In 1946, Jack Ruskin (Roy Marsden), demobbed after World War II but with flying still in…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 7 (USA) 60 x 30 minute episodes Airwolf is a combat helicopter – but it’s no ordinary combat…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 43 x 30 minute episodes 1 x 60 minute special Debuting on 31 January 1984, this…
