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A series about the history of Africa with Basil Davidson. It was produced in a collaboration between Channel 4, the Nigerian Television Authority and RM Arts in 1984 and consisted of eight parts in four episodes. The film received the Gold Award from the 1984 International Film and Television Festival of New York. Each part is around an hour long.

It's time to discover, beyond the old naive clichés that the life of Joan of Arc has perpetuated through the centuries and the world, a strong, laughing girl, a courageous peasant, and a great and resilient fighter.

Tells stories about several insects, that are, the caterpillar, the grasshopper, the mosquito, the ant, the worm, the cricket, the snail, the flea, the dragonfly, the ladybird, the termite, the bee and the spider.

A group of thirteen years old boys and girls is investigating an event from WWII.

Brigadier Rushdi Ibrahim is chasing the head of the largest gold smuggling gangs, a very intelligent criminal known as ElBaradei, who has the skill in beating the police and Brigadier General Rushdie with the most intelligence and even contacts Brigadier General Rushdia by phone to challenge him, and the pursuit between them continues amid unusual dramatic events.

Sweet and Sour was an Australian television series that screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1984. It was created by Tim Gooding and Johanna Pigott and was produced internally for the ABC by Jan Chapman. The main storyline of the series followed the efforts of a fictional band, The Takeaways, to break into the Sydney music scene. "The Takeaways have so far eluded commercial success. However, negotiations are presently underway for the band to sell their story to a prominent TV station, and really clean up."

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

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.

That's Showbusiness is a television quiz show with celebrity teams answering questions about the entertainment industry. It aired on Monday nights on BBC1 between 1989 and 1996. It was presented by Mike Smith. The subtitle "with Mike Smith" was added during the later years of broadcast.

A one-off series of sixty minute shows where a band were given total control over the programme's content with no input from the production company or Channel 4.

Leo Sayer brings us new songs and old hits, with added glamour from his dancers Total Eclipse, in this series of six episodes, featuring guest stars.

Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.

A remake of the original show updated for the 80s, comically dealing with the problems of love and relationships in a series of vignettes.

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.

Comedy series about a family and their grandmother, who lives with them - much to the annoyance of her son-in-law, Sidney.

Tom, Dick and Harriet is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1982 to 1983. It was created by the sitcom writing team of Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, and it starred veteran actor Lionel Jeffries in one of his very few television roles, only seven months after his previous TV sitcom role in Father Charlie, Ian Ogilvy, and Brigit Forsyth. It was made by Thames Television for the ITV network.

The viewer will be transported to the distant thirteenth century. At that time, the Swedes lived on the Estonian islands and, thanks to the royal charter, were not serfs. However, after the Twenty Years' War ended, the question of the living Swedes rose again, or rather their freedom. People were afraid to fall into serfdom. But by the will of fate, the letters written by the king fell into the hands of a Swede named Klemet. From that moment on, he had a goal - to get to the Russian Tsar, whom he would beg to confirm their privileges. Klemet and his friends set out on a dangerous, incredibly difficult and completely unpredictable journey...

Animated adaptions of Little Miss stories by Roger Hargreaves.

Flop Show is an Indian television sitcom that first aired on Doordarshan in 1989. The show was written and directed by satirical humourist Jaspal Bhatti, who also played himself as the main character. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and also acted in all the episodes as his wife. The sitcom was a satire on the socio-cultural problems faced by the common man in India at the time. Although only 10 episodes of the show were ever produced, the show has had a long and powerful legacy.

A three-paneled look at the Severinsviertel (Vringsveedel) district in Cologne.

Birger and Eivor's daughter is buried after having died from a heroin overdose. Birger reacts violently. Soon known drug profiles are being found crucified on the doors to the institutions of society

young girl named Hany who excels in running and overcomes life challenges with strength and hope. The show explores friendship, sports, and family bonds.

Fancy is an unemployed tramp and, together with his mate, Alastair they try to imagine how the world would be if they were running it.

Time Travel Tondekeman is an anime series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Akira Sugino. It was written by Junki Takegami and produced by Animax network president Masao Takiyama. It was originally broadcast by Fuji Television in Japan between 19 October 1989 and 26 August 1990. Time Quest, as it was called outside Japan, was first aired in the Philippines in 1994 by IBC-13. It was rerun in ABC-5 in 1999. It also was aired in Indosiar, Indonesia during 1995, and it was rerun in Space Toon Indonesia since the year 2008.

Kiezgeschichten is a German television series.

Through interviews, the film reconstructs the life stories of eight former NATO generals from the FRG, France, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.

Flickan vid stenbänken is a Swedish 1989 TV series in nine episodes directed by Marianne Ahrne starring Anna Edlund, Anna Björk and Lena T. Hansson. The series was based on Maria Gripe's books Skuggan över stenbänken, ...och de vita skuggorna i skogen and Skuggornas barn.

The stories of a large white bear, Victor, and his friend Maria, a little girl.

Life on an aboriginal reserve as seen through the eyes of young teens.