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Seven-part series about steeplejack Fred Dibnah

A three-part Austrian television film about the life of composer Franz Schubert. The title of the film is a quote from Erstarung (Immobilization), the fourth song in Schubert's song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey).

British sketch show with parodies, impressions, satire, songs and plenty of recurring characters and motifs.

Fantadroms is a Latvian children's sci-fi cartoon by production company Studio Dauka. The episodes were released sporadically between 1985 and 1995, and all thirteen of them were released as a collection on DVD in 2006. The hero of the show is a yellow shape-shifting robot called Indrikis XIII, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through space, mediating various disputes between the other characters. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis XIII and Receklite - the flying purple cat-octopus with whom he is in love with, and the rat – who is in love with Indrikis. Other recurring characters include a cow, a (human) woman, and an amorphous pink blob. The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter, which allows the show to cross language barriers.

Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service during the 1980-1981 season.

This classic saga spans the early days of British settlement in Australia from 1788-1811, depicting the lives of a group of people, convicts and settlers, against the background of the events of the period - Governor Phillip's attempts to understand the Aborigines and his conflicts with the military, the tragic story of Bennelong, Governors King and Bligh, the Rum Rebellion, Macquarie and the crossing of the Blue Mountains.

Casa Cecilia is an Italian television series.

History of a Jewish family, the Oppermanns, in Berlin at the end of 1932, after Hitler has become the leader of Germany's strongest political party.

A children's TV series about the village, its customs and life in the countryside.

A documentary in which surviving witnesses are recalled to determine the guilt or innocence of the man believed to have murdered President John F. Kennedy.

A satirical comedy about corruption and intrigues in an export-import company.

Dead Ernest was a 1982 UK TV supernatural sitcom set in heaven starring Andrew Sachs in the role of Ernest Springer. It was broadcast on ITV from 15th February 1982 and was the first sitcom made by the newly formed Central Television. Ernest wins half a million pounds on the football pools. Unfortunately he is killed by a blow to the head from a stray champagne bottle cork. He subsequently ascends to heaven. Although the authorities in heaven admit that his death was an administrative error, as his kidneys have already been donated he cannot go back down to earth. The notion of a sitcom set in the afterlife was an intriguing one, but despite the original idea, some promising comic setpieces, Sachs' undoubted comedic abilities, and support from other seasoned comic actors such as Ken Jones, it was regarded as a disappointing effort, and only lasted for one series of seven episodes.

Towser is about an intelligent dog called Towser, and his friends The King, Dr. Smelly, and Sadie; and a variety of adversaries such as the Terrible Thing, the Water Rats, and Goblin Gobble.

Series based on Ann Pilling's children's novel. Henry brings home an innocent looking leg from a fashion dummy to add to his junk collection. A gang of thugs is very interested in the leg and seems to be prepared to stop at nothing to get it back.

The attractive boxer and his pretty girlfriend cautivatec colombia during the 80ties

Major Les Hiddins of the Australian Army was born in Queensland and was always interested in Aboriginal customs and practices and how those practices helped a people survive in a hostile environment for thousands of years. When he joined the Army he developed this interest into a skill and put it to good use. Learning how to survive in the Australian bush and then to teach others the same skills. He wrote various survival manuals for the Australian Armed forces and added survival notes to the back of maps used by pilots flying over the Australian bush. In this series of programmes Les shares that knowledge with us, teaching us some of his survival skills and his great respect for the Aboriginal people that taught him.

Lola is a mature lawyer who decides to resume her professional career after a few years away from the practice to take care of her children Sonia, Dani and Pepa. For this, she associates with Ramón, a friend of her husband Enrique, and they specialize in matrimonial causes.

(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.

The series consists of separate episodes, each episode tells the story of a person who makes negative social mistakes that occur in society, and at the end of the story, the artist shows him the effects of the sage, such as the conscience that reprimands him for the mistakes he committed, so soon he returns to his mistake, so she returns again and discovers his action, and he is surprised.

The popular impressions show returns with its new home at ITV, this time including the talents of Suzanne Danielle and Kate Robbins.

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.

A music miniseries, filmed largely on location in Vienna and Germany, not only featuring Bernstein but also, noted actor Maximilian Schell, who not only provided commentary on Beethoven, but read from his letters. The miniseries contains performances of all of Beethoven's symphonies as well as several overtures, a string quartet that Bernstein re-orchestrated for the entire string section of the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Missa Solemnis, all conducted by Bernstein. It also contains commentary about the music by Leonard Bernstein.

This 1981 folk comedy play from Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg returns to Skolgatan in Haga, where Herbert still hasn’t managed to move out despite countless attempts. When Albert stumbles upon his son’s diary and begins reading the embarrassing entries aloud, tensions rise—only to grow worse when a tax inspector arrives. For thirty years Albert has failed to report Herbert’s mother’s death, and the family has continued to receive a spousal deduction. Now father and son must resort to desperate and comical tricks to avoid being found out.

The series revolves around a simple family where the housewife Marzouq and Marzouqa (um Hilal and Abu Hilal) (Salwa Bakheet, and Mohammed Awad) work in the Bahraini sweets trade and live with their sons Hilal (Jassim Al-Sayegh), Latifa (Najla Butti) and Salwa (Shafiqa Yousef), whom Al-Baz (Jassim Sharida) marries, and um Hilal always gets involved in many problems because of her ideas and then pays for her ideas at the end

A late-night chance to relax into the weekend with music to suit every mood.

Television special about the origins of Doctor Who, featuring interviews with directors, creators, and actors.

A modern fairy tale about George who as a child had been told a story about "The Man from Mormugao". "The Man from Mormugao" though is not a man, but a magic talisman which can fulfill three wishes. George sets out to find the talisman and get his wishes.

How did man take over leadership both in heaven and on earth? Based on the book by Else Michelet.

The adventures of the green-haired extraterrestrial Bibi ZZ99944X and his friend Geneviève.

A Current Affair is an American television newsmagazine that aired in syndication from July 1986 to 1996 before reappearing briefly in March 2005. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox, and long based at Fox's New York flagship WNYW.

Familie Meier is a German television series.

Did You See...? was a long-running British television documentary series which began on the BBC in 1980. The programme took a look back at the week's television with a discussion between the presenter and three guests. In the first run there was also an item on related issues. The presenters of Did You See...? were the journalist and broadcaster Sir Ludovic Kennedy, who fronted the programme from 1980 to 1988, and from 1991 to 1993 Jeremy Paxman. Sarah Dunant hosted the show while Kennedy was absent due to ill health. The format was to review the week's TV highlights, followed by an in depth review and critique of three selected shows with a panel of three notable public figures. The last segment of the show was a commissioned review of an aspect of TV by an independent reporter.

Pictionary is a children's game show based on the board game of the same name, in which two teams of three children competed in a drawing game for prizes. This version was hosted by Brian Robbins, and aired in between June and September of 1989 with 65 episodes. The show was distributed by MCA TV and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions. The score was kept by "Felicity", who turned a knob to pour plastic beads into a container until they reached the amount of the team's score. Felicity inexplicably left the show for several weeks during the middle of the run, during which time the score was kept by Robbins. Rules explanations and close calls were handled by a bald, mustachioed judge nicknamed "Judge Mental" who sat in a mock-up judge's bench atop the scoring device, and would always be booed by the audience upon his introduction.