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…
Browsing: 1980s Television
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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 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…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 2 (UK) 19 x 30 minute episodes Particularly popular among pensioners, for obvious reasons, Young At Heart depicted the humorous…
1 9 8 9 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This tea-time ITV drama series closely traced the boyhood of Charlie Chaplin – who grew up…
1 9 7 6 – 1 9 8 1 (Australia) 1396 x 30 minute episodes The Australian night-time soapie The Young Doctors debuted at 7.30 pm…
1 9 8 2 – 1 9 8 4 (UK) 12 x 35 minute episodes The Young Ones was one of the very first appearances of ideologically…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 2 (USA) 68 x 60 minute episodes A grizzled old plainsman named Teaspoon Hunter (Anthony Zerbe) emerges from…
1 9 8 2 (UK) 8 x 30 minute episodes Notable for being Granada producer Michael Cox’s first association with the Sherlock Holmes television series (on…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 8 8 (Australia) 800+ x 30 minute episodes “Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you . . .”.…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 4 (UK) 1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) Before 1958, British television had confined its…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 21 x 25 minute episodes An innovative children’s sketch production – winner of a BAFTA Award…
This two-hour feature was one of the last productions of the BBC’s Play for Today and depicted events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust.…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (UK) 26 x 30 minute episodes Produced by Anglia Television and debuting in January 1984, The…
1 9 8 5 (Australia) 26 x 25 minute episodes Doctor David Mitchell (Peter Curtin) and his children Nick (Steven Jacobson) and Susie (Kate Gorman) live…
1 9 8 6 (USA) 65 x 30 minute episodes Seven Zooberrific animals came together for stories, songs and important life lessons on TV’s Zoobilee Zoo. With…
1 9 8 3 (USA) 5 x 30 minute episodes Played for laughs, this short-lived series from Walt Disney Productions aired on CBS on Wednesdays at…