On the Waterfront (TV series)
On the Waterfront was a BBC television Saturday morning children's programme, filmed at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. The programme ran for two seasons in 1988 and 1989, and consisted of comedy sketches interspersed with cartoons, competitions and music.
On the Waterfront | |
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Genre | Children's entertainment |
Presented by | Andrew O'Connor Bernadette Nolan Kate Copstick Terry Randall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Running time | 115 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | BBC1 |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 23 April 1988 – 8 July 1989 |
The Executive Producer was Martin Hughes, the Producer was Stephen Rider Haggard
The writer Russell T Davies, later a BAFTA Award-winner for his work on programmes such as Queer as Folk and Doctor Who, worked on the series, writing the script for a comedy dubbed version of the French children's drama series The Flashing Blade.
The series is notable in giving the human and puppet double-act Bodger and Badger their first TV exposure.[1]
Transmissions
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 23 April 1988[2] | 9 July 1988[3] | 12 |
2 | 22 April 1989[4] | 8 July 1989[5] | 12 |
gollark: This is ridiculous.
gollark: They have *multiple* nitroi?
gollark: .. I *guess* so, but why?
gollark: Krist is basically all the things you don't want.
gollark: Headcanon: Google took over the North Pole in 2013 after finding it on Google Maps. They've been using Santa's vast surveillance apparatus to spy on everyone, and "machine learning" is just trained elves.
References
- Hayward, Anthony. "Andy Cunningham obituary", The Guardian, London, 12 June 2017. Retrieved on 27 June 2017.
- "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 23 April 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 9 July 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 22 April 1989". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 8 July 1989". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
External links
- Summer Replacements at Saturday Mornings
- On the Waterfront on Paul Morris' SatKids
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