1 9 8 4 (USA) 5 x 30 minute episodes Short-lived ABC comedy from Norman Lear about a struggling young Hispanic comedian and his large, noisy…
Browsing: TV – 1980s
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1 9 8 8 (USA) 13 x episodes Aaron Miller was a strict, bearded Amish father who uprooted his tight-knit family from Pennsylvania and moved to…
1 9 7 2 – 1 9 9 7 (USA) 60 minute episodes Premiering on 4 October 1972, ABC After School Specials were sixty-minute specials for young people,…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 6 (USA) 5 minute episodes This five-minute series, broadcast twice a day during ABC’s Saturday morning cartoon…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (USA) One year after the debut of NBC’s Friday Night Videos (network television’s first attempt to respond to the…
1 9 7 7 – 1 9 9 5 (USA) 85 x 30 minute episodes Starting as a monthly item in August 1977, ABC Weekend…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 1 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This series of twelve unconnected sitcoms spotlighted the many talents of…
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. To return…
1 9 8 7 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes This Thames Television 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 aerobics instructors to hi-energy disco music is a wonderful thing.…
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 5 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Actor Paul Daneman bizarrely suffered a heart attack in 1979 during a West End play…
1 9 8 2 – 1 9 8 5 (Australia) 144 x 90 minute/60 minute episodes Sounds host Donnie Sutherland presented this late-night mix of music…