1 9 8 5 (UK) 6 x 55 minute episodes Alan Pinter’s delightfully idiosyncratic mini-series The Beiderbecke Affair – set in Leeds in 1985 – introduced two schoolteachers…
Browsing: TV – 1980s
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1 9 8 8 (UK) 4 x 50 minute episodes Alan Plater’s final chapter of his Beiderbecke trilogy (which was, in turn, based on his 1981…
1 9 8 7 (UK) 4 x 55 minute episodes This four-part series followed on from The Beiderbecke Affair (1985) and was followed in turn…
1 9 8 1 (Australia) 26 x 60 minute episodes A hard-hitting Australian police action series from the Grundy Organisation, starring John Stanton in the…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 84 x 10 minute episodes Premiering on Thursday 9 January 1986, this Yorkshire Television series presented…
1 9 8 0 (UK) 1 x 50 minute episodes Broadcast on 23 December 1980, this BBC adaptation of a novel by Penelope Lively revolved around…
1 9 8 3 (USA) 13 x 20 minute episodes Taped in Dallas, this live-action series from Hanna-Barbera aired on Saturday mornings on CBS in 1983,…
1 9 8 4 (UK) 13 x 10 minute episodes This 13-part children’s series from Yorkshire Television starred a loveable black mongrel dog called Benny, who…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 1 9 6 1 – 1 9 8 9 (UK) British TV’s saucy comedian with a flair…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 6 (USA) 158 x 30 minute episodes In this spin-off from Soap, Benson the butler was sent by Jessica…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 7 (USA) 52 x 11 minute episodes “This way to Bear Country, you’ll know when you’re there,…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 9 1 (UK) 87 x 50 minute episodes Considering the island of Jersey is only four miles across there…
1 9 8 5 (USA) 12 x 60 minute episodes This short-lived night-time drama series from NBC was set in a fancy New York department store…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) 13 x 15 minute episodes Bertha is the best machine at the factory of Spottiswood &…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 2 (USA) 22 x 25 minute episodes A spoof cowboy series from ABC that plundered film and TV…
1 9 8 5 (USA) 6 x 60 minute episodes This short NBC Friday night series starred Joanne Braithwaite (Janet Eilber), a first-year English teacher at…
1 9 8 6 (USA) 11 x 30 minute episodes This CBS sitcom revolved around California teenager Brian McGuire (Raphael Sbarge) who loved life in Beverly…
1 9 8 0 (USA) 3 x 120 minute episodes Beulah Land was a three-night drama series adapted from the Deep South novels by Lonnie Coleman,…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 8 (USA) This NBC show was a spin-off from the much-honoured Hill Street Blues. Lieutenant Norman Buntz (Dennis Franz)…
1 9 8 0 (USA) 3 (5) x 60 minute episodes Debuting on 5 March 1980, this Sci-Fi drama series from CBS was a spin-off from…