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    Home»Television»Shows by Decade»1980s Television
    1980s Television Drama Shows S 2 Mins Read

    Small World

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    1 9 8 8 (UK)
    6 x 60 minute episodes

    Barry (later Finbar) Lynch starred as Persse McGarrigle, a naive young postgraduate student who embarks on a globetrotting romantic pursuit of his elusive contemporary Angela, set against a background of eccentric academics and farcical conferences, not to mention identical twins starring in “adult” films.

    Though it was ostensibly a drama, Granada astutely lobbied for Small World to go out in the Sunday night slot more normally associated with unconventional comedy shows like Hot Metal and Spitting Image.

    In fact, it ended up being aired alongside episodes of peculiar American Spitting Image rip-off DC Follies.

    The move paid off and word-of-mouth recommendations resulted in dramatically climbing viewing figures by the end of the run.

    Small World boasted extensive location filming and a heavyweight cast that included Sheila Gish, Stephen Moore, Rachel Kempson, Charles Gray, Frederick Jaeger, Peter Cellier and most impressively John Ratzenberger, better known as Cliff Clavin in Cheers.

    Persse McGarrigle
    Barry (Finbar) Lynch
    Morris Zapp
    John Ratzenberger
    Philip Swallow
    Stephen Moore
    Miss Maiden
    Rachel Kempson
    Hilary Swallow
    Sarah Badel
    Lily 
    Leonie Mellinger
    Fulvia Morgana
    Sheila Gish
    Jacques Textel
    Anthony Newlands
    Michel Tardieu
    Marc de Jonge
    Rudyard Parkinson
    Charles Gray
    Professor McCreedy
    John Rogan
    Albert 
    David Milton-Jones
    Cheryl Summerbee
    Julie Peasgood
    Seigfried von Turpitz
    Frederick Jaeger
    Ronald Frobisher
    Malcolm Storry
    Felix Skinner
    Peter Cellier

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