595 Matches Found
Salamatik (Your Saftey) is an awareness program that comes in cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council Joint Program Production Foundation and the Local House for Public Relations for Media, produced in 1980 by a decision of the Ministries of Health. Four parts of it were produced during that period and had a significant impact on the health awareness of every household in the community.
In this social comedy set in a lively neighborhood, a principled legal assistant named Ateej becomes entangled in community struggles and political intrigue when he helps a young woman escape the control of her domineering uncle. As Ateej gains public attention, he finds himself drawn into a local election campaign, challenging corruption and standing up for ordinary people.
The Phoenix Team was a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television in 1980. Starring Don Francks and Elizabeth Shepherd, the show featured eight one-hour adventure dramas centered on former spies drawn back into action by circumstance. Shepherd portrayed Valerie Koester, a British secret service agent who enlists the unofficial help of her ex-lover, David Brook, played by Francks. Once a top Canadian agent during the Cold War, Brook became disillusioned with high-tech espionage and was relegated to a desk job. Both Brook and Koester, known for their nonconformist attitudes, opposed the overly bureaucratic Graydon, played by Brian Linehan, and partnered with the sympathetic General, portrayed by Mavor Moore, head of the Canadian secret service.
Seven kids form a theatre troupe, staging plays for family and friends. Seeking recognition and the coveted Seymore Trophy, they utilize their talents while overcoming parental doubts.
Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres is a 1980 French television series. It premiered on May 15, 1980 on TF1 and 6 episodes lasting 52 minutes each were broadcast. It was filmed in villages of the Ardèche including Alba-la-Romaine, Saint Pons, Saint Jean Le Centenier etc.The series was directed by Marc Simenon and script written by Louis Rognoni and Daniel Goldenberg.
The lives of married couple Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert, a pottery worker for 50 years, is forced into retirement aged 65.
The story of flying boats is one of ingenuity and enterprise; of style during the dying days of Britain's imperial grandeur; of Coastal Command's war against the U-boats and of post-war skepticism that hastened their end. For all those who flew in them the flying boats were unique and unforgettable.
The original 1975 feature film about the mischievous young Trompie and the misadventures he and his gang of friends embark upon, based on the books by Topsy Smith.
The Amazing Adventures of Morph was a stop animation television showcreated by Aardman Animations which ran from 1980 to 1981. It featured the character Morph
Free to Choose is a ten-part television series broadcast on public television by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman that advocates free market principles. It was primarily a response to an earlier landmark book and television series: The Age of Uncertainty, by the noted economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Milton Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976.
Tv special that follows the life of Genghis Khan. Adapted from a novel by Yasushi Inoue.
A five part mini-series based on the novel by the same name.
SInging contest featuring twenty people from selected towns. Hosted by Song Hae.
The amazing adventures of the Little Bear, The Hedgehog and The Hare
Follow interviews with national and international personalities, heads of state, political leaders, and prominent figures from the fields of economy, business, culture, sports, and science. A moment for analysis and reflection."
In the spirit of Frigyes Karinthy, an amusing pixilation burlesque about the everyday life of a graduating class, starring pantomime actors.
Three generations of the Grant family live and work on the Severn Valley branch of the Great Western Railway, from the Victorian era to the Second World War.
Trapped between two warring parties, Edwin is a man in a muddle.
Ralph grows up in pre-war Dresden as the eldest son of a principled and orderly streetcar conductor. With the rise to power of the Nazis, the war, the collapse and the hesitant new beginning, his firmly established middle-class world is also thrown off course. His father is one of the first to be called up to the front. His mother is left alone with the responsibility for Ralph and his younger brother Achim. In the air-raid shelter, during the nights of bombing and later in the daily struggle against misery and hunger, the mother quickly abandons all moral baggage and develops a pragmatic will to survive, for which she admires Ralph. At the same time, the boy is frightened by his mother's desperate claim to happiness because he perceives her affairs as a betrayal of his father, who has gradually faded into a symbol of a happy, carefree childhood.
Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way is a British television series presented by Barbara Woodhouse first shown by the BBC in 1980. It was taped in 10 episodes at Woodhouse's home in Hertfordshire, England. The show was also internationally syndicated. In the show she often used two commands: "walkies" and "sit"; the latter of which was parodied in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy where James Bond does a Woodhouse impersonation, puts his hand up in a command posture, repeats Woodhouse's catch-phrase to a tiger and the animal responds to it by obeying. Her ten-part series had been shown at over one hundred stations in the United States and in Britain it proved so popular it was run twice. In 1982, singer-songwriter Randy Edelman wrote a song about her and her show, "Barbara", which he released in a single 45 rpm record.
Groundbreaking BBC series that follows transgender activist Julia Grant from her first year living as a woman to her experience of gender reassignment surgery and beyond.
After several complicated relationships, Anni has come to the conclusion that love is “silly.” She shares this realization with her friend Elfi, who hasn’t exactly had much luck in love either. No wonder the two get along so well. One day, Anni learns that her late uncle Erwin has left her something in his will.
Climb aboard an amazing journey and discover the excitement and joy of flying. Featuring both extraordinary archive photography and modern footage, this Australian series looks at the aeronautical advancements of both military and civilian aircraft over 26 episodes. Each adventure highlights the most remarkable aircraft ever to fly including historic airships, war planes, luxury jetliners and many more.
Brian Reeves (Christopher Biggins) is the head of an advertising agency. His creative staff comprises Claire (Liza Goddard) & Bob (Peter Blake). Other regular characters are Jonathan (Leo Dolan) & Brenda (Gillian Taylforth). In spite of an excellent cast and two very successful writers, the program failed to catch on with viewers and only a single series was made.
Gay Life was a groundbreaking documentary series on London Weekend Television, produced by its London Minorities Unit. Broadcast in 1980, it may have then been the first series devoted to LGBT people and issues on a major television network.
Aladdin achieves some of his goals with the power of the genie and the lamp, and when he lost them and was forced to use the abilities God gave him, such as intelligence, patience, and willpower, he was able to achieve his goals, and it is a call to man not to rely on anything except his abilities that God has given him, which are a blessing that he must appreciate.
A drama series about young people on the threshold of maturity. The heroes are young people who have recently graduated from high school. Before them, the first life decisions await, the first "adult" love, as well as the first disappointments and dramas.
The Flipside of Dominick Hide is a British television play first transmitted by the BBC on 9 December 1980 as part of the Play for Today series. Peter Firth stars in the title role as a time traveller from Earth's future who illegally visits the London of 1980 to search for an 'ancestor' and finds a world very different from the one he left behind.
Fred Astaire is a two-part documentary on the career of Fred Astaire.
A lighthearted series about an unlikely pair.
Early version of the TV show Strawberry Shortcake from the 1980s
American writer and reader Connie Martinson interviews authors on their latest publications.