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Capstick's Law is a British television drama series that originally aired in 1989. Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, it centered around a firm of solicitors in the 1950s.

Bluebirds was a CBBC drama broadcast on 5 October to 9 November 1989, for six episodes. Set in London, youth group the Bluebirds try to protect their housing project from vandalism by local criminal Robbins.

'Countdown Revolution' was an attempt to update the long running ABC television-music program 'Countdown' for the late 1980's. Filmed at Melbourne's Metro nightclub, the nightly show had a modest cult following until it was axed the following year.

A black single father of two begins a relationship with his white secretary, who has a daughter of her own.

Grim Tales is an animated British television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991,The series is rated TV-14 the released on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales.

Parasol Henbe is a Japanese anime series produced and directed by Fujiko Fujio in 1989 which ran for 200 episodes and was translated into many languages - Chinese, English, Hebrew and Spanish amongs them. Abiko also adapted the series into a manga.

Robin et Stella was a youth TV show aired on Radio-Québec from 1988 to 1992 featuring France Chevrette as Robin and Lorraine Auger as Stella. The main plot was split into stories which lasted 3 episodes. Robin et Stella was aired 3 times a week.

Kenichi Kokuho became lost in the mountains as a small child. A foster father raised Kenichi; when Kenichi was 15 the foster father told Kenichi about his background and the teenager returned to the civilized world at age 15.

Criminal lawyer Dominic Rossi returns Glasgow and an unprovoked murder that leads to an investigation in to corruption at the hands of a Mr Big called Tim Forsythe.

Much of the world first became aware of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the tragedy of Tiananmen Square in June 1989. However, only weeks before, filming had been completed on an extraordinary examination of China’s military machine. Boasting unprecedented access to all areas of the People’s Liberation Army, this five-hour documentary reveals with unerring insight and exceptional clarity the enigma which is the modern Chinese army.

Bharat ki Chhap chronicles the history of science in India, from the Stone Age to independent India and the present.

USA Up All Night is an American cable television series that aired weekly on Friday and Saturday nights on the USA Network. The show aired from 1989 to 1998.

Adventures on Kythera is an Australian children's television series starring actress Amelia Frid about children who have adventures on the Greek island of Kythera.) It premiered on 13 August 1991 and aired until 1992. The series was produced and directed by John Tatoulis.

This action comedy drama stars Kyouhei Shibata and Toru Nakamura, who played the senior and junior relationship between Yuji and Toru in "Abunai Deka", and Chuujou Shizuo, who played Chief Kondo of the Minato Police Department, as their father. The "Abunai Deka" material and parodies by the actors themselves are also appealing. Kishida Hogen, a freelance writer, meets Norinori Kitamura, an aspiring lawyer, while tailing him for a dangerous interview. By chance, it turns out that Hogen and Noriki are actually half-brothers... Total 22 episodes.

Bangers and Mash was a children's cartoon series broadcast on CITV in 1989, and repeated until around 1993. The series consisted of 24 five minute episodes.

Black and white is an Egyptian television series, first shown in 1989, starring Salah Dhul-Faqar, by Faisal Nada, and directed by Hamdi Al-Ibrashi.

Biographical dramatization of the tempestuous marriage of actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

Janna is a German-Polish collaboration television series.

Vera is Secretary at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. During a business trip to the USA, she learns that US nuclear missiles are to be stationed in Western Europe.

We zijn weer thuis is the last of the television series that Wim T. Schippers made for the VPRO. Written by Schippers and directed by him and Ellen Jens, the dramady series ran from 1989 to 1995.

A young boy becomes involved in fighting environmental pollution by a chemical company.

Szindbád embarks on his eighth journey to eliminate the evil genie's domination of the earth.

The programme that tries to make the impossible possible. Each week Anneka Rice is set a challenge by a member of the public and, using only her giant Challenger truck, has to beg, borrow and otherwise persuade people to help her complete the task on time. All challenges aim to achieve something of lasting benefit, and Anneka has no idea what lies in store until the fateful moment when the challenge arrives.

Los Trotamúsicos was a Spanish animated series broadcast from 1989 and spent nearly a decade on TVE's schedule. Based on the Brothers Grimm story, Town Musicians of Bremen, the series follows the story of four animal friends who form a band in the playing respectively guitar, drums, trumpet and saxophone.

Impossibly tough and hairsprayed biker boys and girls fight turf wars in the streets, with much revving of motors and "you killed my buddy, prepare to die" dialogue. Based on the Shonen Magazine manga by Masahide Hashimoto, whose hero was so tough that he transferred schools 20 times. Only a Japanese tough guy would continue to go at all!

1989 2-part miniseries

Magic and stunts for all the family, hosted by Jeremy Beadle.

(Ahmed) returns from abroad after obtaining a doctorate in philosophy, disappointing his father, who wanted him to study business administration to take over the management of the institution he owns, and marries Noura and his cousin Najwa, and is accused of killing the latter, so he escapes to Egypt and falls prey to a drug gang.

A retired journalist finds that his life is in danger when he uncovers details of a secret NATO project.

Interceptor is a British game show created by Jacques Antoine, Jean Jacques Pasquier and Malcolm Heyworth. It was produced by Chatsworth in association with Thames and shown on the ITV network during the summer of 1989, with one last episode held back and shown on 1 January 1990 for a New Year special. It was made in between Treasure Hunt and The Crystal Maze, game shows from the same production company. The show was hosted by former tennis player and Treasure Hunt sky-runner Annabel Croft. The eponymous Interceptor was played by actor Sean O'Kane. Interceptor was received well by critics and viewers, yet only eight episodes were made. Nonetheless, the show has something of a cult following, which influenced re-runs on digital TV channel Challenge from 2001 onwards. A public vote by UKGameshows.com in 2002 saw the series voted the UK's 13th best game show.