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
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 (1988-04-23) – 8 July 1989 (1989-07-08)

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
1	23 April 1988[2]	9 July 1988[3]	12
2	22 April 1989[4]	8 July 1989[5]	12

References

1. Hayward, Anthony. "Andy Cunningham obituary", The Guardian, London, 12 June 2017. Retrieved on 27 June 2017.
2. "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 23 April 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 9 July 1988". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "On the Waterfront - BBC One London - 22 April 1989". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
5. "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