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Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The Frantics, a comedy troupe comprised of Paul Chato, Rick Green, Dan Redican, and Peter Wildman. In the U.K., it aired in Channel 4's traditional Friday night comedy slot, 10 June-2 September 1988. The introduction was voiced by Dan and Rick alternating each line, with video clips and sound effects interspersed in the opening. Although the series was quickly cancelled due to CBC budget constraints, it was an important influence on later Canadian sketch comedy, such as The Kids in the Hall and the Red Green Show.

Western locales lend authenticity to a biopic of explorer-politician John Charles Fremont (1813-90), `The Pathfinder', who commanded an expedition to map the Oregon Trail in 1842. The miniseries centers on his interactions with other historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Hart Benton and Kit Carson. Based on a novel by David Nevin.

Lazer Tag Academy is an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series aired on NBC from September 13 to December 6, 1986. It was later shown in reruns under the new title Lazer Patrol on the Sci Fi Channel as part of Sci Fi Cartoon Quest.

The first German Revolution did not break out in Berlin in 1848, but in the state of Baden. Little is known about the reasons why the Baden Revolution and its seemingly within-reach dream of unity, freedom, and democracy ultimately failed to come to fruition. The desperate struggle of the Baden folk hero and poet of freedom, Andreas Lenz, clearly shows the difficulties of implementing profound changes in a society.

Me and Mrs. C is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from June 21, 1986 to July 4, 1987. The series stars Peg Murray as Mrs. Conklin, a money-strapped widow who, in order to avoid moving in with her son, decides to take a boarder into her picture-postcard suburban home, and Misha McK as Gerri Kilgore, the young black female boarder with a criminal record.

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.

An orphaned girl strives to become a wedding dress maker.

CODCO was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992. Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, CODCO drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "Newfie" humour, frequently focusing on the cod fishing industry. The troupe's name was an abbreviation of "Cod Company". Following the end of CODCO, two of the troupe's core members and an occasional guest collaborator, as well as some of their sketch characters, moved on to the new series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Retirement-home residents share their quarters with displaced kids after their orphanage is destroyed by fire. One of the youngsters was played by Fred Savage, whose next series was `The Wonder Years.'

The Return of the Antelope was a UK TV series aired on ITV between 1986 and 1988. It was a children's fantasy series about two English children, circa 1899, who befriend a group of shipwrecked Lilliputians.

Leo and Liz Green are nouveau riche social climbers who have just moved to posh Beverly Hills from New Jersey. They are desperate to fit in with their new surroundings, which they find to be quite intimidating.

Janoschs Traumstunde is an German animated children's television series that originally ran from 1986 to 1990. It is based on the works of German artist and children's book author Janosch.

This true story is made up of two episodes that show Operation Hydra. After the fall of the Uzice Republic and the success of the first enemy offensive, the British sent their mission and this series shows the events.

The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for two series, between 1986 and 1987. A further four specials were broadcast on the Seven Network between 1988 and 1989.

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry carries a lot of good values for a life that is close to the utopian city. When he retires, he decides to live his life helping his relatives after he adopts the daughter of a friend from work and goes to Cairo.

The story of the 1983 America's Cup challenge, where the Australian team financed by business tycoon Alan Bond, finally wrests the cup from the New York Yacht Club, after an unbroken 132 year winning streak.

A classic series that follows the exploits of Madame Sousou, a poor woman who is obsessed with the high society lifestyle. Even though she's poor, she behaves as if she's aristocracy. Her behaviour makes people laugh at her all the time, and embarrasses her husband who is a normal down-to-earth man. She is an aristocrat inside her heart and one day her dream and fantasy becomes true.

Beadle's About was a British television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras. It was produced by LWT for ITV and ran on Saturday nights from 22 November 1986 to 14 September 1996.

MUSIC STATION (ミュージックステーション) is a popular weekly music variety show that has been on the air since 1986. It airs Fridays at 8pm on TV Asahi and usually has 5-8 J-Pop artists and groups as guests on each show. The two hosts: タモリ (Tamori) and Hironaka Ayaka chat with each artist for a couple minutes before they hit the stage and perform their latest song. The show also runs specials from time to time, along with a yearly 3+ hour (now 4) live performance bonanza around Christmas time called MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE. The show also features Ward E. Sexton as the english announcer voice for introducing the guests and announcing the CD Single Hit Ranking (usually every week) and CD Album Hit Ranking (usually every month). Sexton is known for providing voice over to the Resident Evil (called Bio Hazard in Japan) video game series.

La Dama de Rosa is a successful Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists. It was written by José Ignacio Cabrujas and directed by Luis Manzo and Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 144 episodes and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela. It was distributed internationally by RCTV International. La Dama de Rosa was remade by RCTV in 1997 under the name "Cambio de Piel".

The Chart Show is a music video programme which ran in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals, and was credited as "A Yorkshire Television Presentation" from 1993 and 1998. The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.

The story of the half-Jewish Ida Raimundo and her two sons Antonio and Giuseppe in Rome, during and immediately after the Second World War.

Macken is a Swedish 6-part musical sit-com that ran on SVT in 1986. The local authority wants to close down Roy and Roger's gas station and instead build a motorway where it is positioned. Roy and Roger try to stop it, of course. Will they succeed? Will they find the mysteriously lost white Opel?

Farrington of the F.O. is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Sharples, broadcast on ITV from 1986 to 1987. The two series programme focuses on the chaotic life of a British consulate in a fictional Latin American country, described as 'one of the armpits of Latin America', led by the new Consul-General, Harriet Farrington.

The sixth episode of 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty covers the period of Prince Gwanghae's reign in the early 17th Century, in particular the contention for the throne when Queen Inmok gave birth to Prince Yeongchang, threatening Prince Gwanghae's succession.

The story revolves around a fictional framework about Sultan Kahlan, who was deprived of procreation, along with his wife, Qamar Al-Zaman. Minister Shaalan seeks to persuade the Sultan to marry his daughter until she gives birth to the crown prince, until he meets the old witch king, who gives him and his wife an apple to eat and provide the crown prince, and the events continue.

The story chronicles the first recorded meeting in the late 16th century between British explorers-settlers and Native Americans in what is now North Carolina, and the conflicts that ensued between the two diverse cultures before this early settlement mysteriously vanished.

Lady Slane, the wife of a recently deceased politician, retreats to a cottage in the countryside. In the process, she must attempt to discard her old public profile and find a new way of living.

Joe Bash is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 28 to May 10, 1986. Starring Peter Boyle as a weary and embittered New York City Police Department beat cop, it was created by veteran TV producer Danny Arnold following his successful New York City police detective sitcom Barney Miller. The production company was Tetagram Ltd., with Arnold and Chris Hayward serving as the show's executive producers. All six episodes were written by the team of Arnold, Hayward and Philip Jayson Lasker, with Arnold directing all but the fifth episode, which was directed by John Florea.

The four private episodes connect several people who keep appearing, such as Inspector Danilo and his assistants. The first case begins when the conductor of a night tram at dawn discovers the body of an unknown man under the underpass ...

Khaled and Amina are a simple couple, who cooperate together in raising their children, which puts them in a constant challenge all the time, to solve their problems and obstacles that stand in their way, taking responsibility for Abu Khaled, who marries Naima and brings her problems with him.

Jimbo and the Jet Set is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size. If Jimbo's designer switched the imperial measurements of the Boeing 747 for metric, the result would have been an aircraft with a fuselage length of 91 ft; this would make Jimbo roughly the length of an early-series Boeing 737. The television series features various talking airport-type ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".

Bridges to Cross is an American drama television series that aired from April 24 until June 12, 1986.

Equinox was a long-running Channel 4 popular science and documentary programme. The series ran from 1986 to 2001, originally aired on a weekly basis. The number of films per series fell over the years, from eighteen one-hour films a year originally to twelve by the late 1990s. The last regular series was shown in 2001, with six films. One-off films have occasionally been aired under the title "Equinox Special".

Crimewatch is a television program produced by the National Crime Prevention Council and Singapore Police Force. Currently presented by serving regular police officers, it showcases the work of the Singapore Police Force including solved cases, appeals for unsolved cases, as well as crime prevention advice.

All at No 20 is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1986 to 1987. Starring Maureen Lipman, it was written by Richard Ommanney, Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent and Alex Shearer. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television and ran for two series. After the second series was slated by critics, a planned third series was cancelled.

A love story between Dr. Hind, the wealthy girl, and the poor music teacher, decide to marry despite the rejection of the Hind family, but the family succumbs to the insistence of Hind and Sameh. After the marriage, the two lovers discover that love is not enough to withstand the class difference between them, and in front of the players (Adel) of Hind's partner in the hospital, who was scheduled to marry Hind before Sameh.