1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 31 x 30 minute episodes Children’s novelist Barbara Euphan Todd created the character of Worzel Gummidge…
Browsing: 1980s Television
Please note: The majority of television posts contain spoilers.
This early 1980s TV advertising campaign for the British Meat Marketing Board (who were clearly worried about the encroaching trend towards vegetarianism) presented cheeky cockney…
1 9 8 5 (USA) 13 x 25 minutes episodes Disney Studios, long the king of animation in motion pictures and TV specials, entered the Saturday…
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…
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 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 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 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…