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A mixture of stand-up and sketch comedy, fronted by Jasper Carrott.

(Karima w Halima W Fatima) The series tells in a fun way the stories of One Thousand and One Nights, where in every episode Sherazade tells a new story or continues a story and the beginning of a new story until the king always listens to it and postpones the decision to get rid of it.

Creepy Crawlies was a stop motion animation series created by Cosgrove Hall. The series consisted of 52 ten-minute episodes, which were broadcast on Children's ITV between 1987 and 1989. All episodes were written by Peter Reeves and directed by Franc Vose and Brian Little; narration and character voices were provided by Paul Nicholas. The series was based upon the daily goings-on of a group of common invertebrate creatures that lived at the bottom of a garden around an old sundial. And so another bright new day dawns upon the home of the Creepy Crawlies, Mr Harrison the snooty snail, Suppose the lowly red-nosed worm, Ariadne the spider, the irksome woodlouse-come-pill-bug called Anorak, meek Ladybird, Lambeth the brawny-but-brainless beetle and Ancient the aged caterpillar dwell right down at the bottom of the garden, near the shed, on and around an old broken sundial. Classic Cosgrove Hall stop-motion animation.

Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails is a character property created by American Greetings Corporation in the mid-1980s. The characters were licensed for a toyline by Mattel, and for a syndicated animated television series by DiC in 1987. However, only 20 episodes were produced in all.

Philip, a lovely mouse, is indomitable, intelligent, and very imaginative. Together with his toy cat, he embarks from adventure to adventure, mastering the small quirks of everyday life.

"Bains de minuit" (Midnight Baths) was a late-night talk show hosted by Thierry Ardisson on La Cinq in the late 1980s, filmed in the famous Parisian nightclub Les Bains Douches. Ardisson interviewed personalities from the worlds of music, film, fashion, literature, sports, and politics, seated among the audience in the club's authentic atmosphere. The concept was to immerse these personalities in the world of nightlife and festivities, far removed from traditional television studios. The interviews were often irreverent and direct, with a provocative tone that would become Ardisson's trademark. He considers this show one of his freest and most audacious creations. It helped solidify his image as a cosmopolitan, transgressive, and highly scripted late-night talk show host.

Jurema, of humble origins, was raised on a large farm together with Vítor Correia and Carlos Valadares, whose father was the farmer. The three of them were very close and spent their childhood together. Only in adolescence began the rivalry between Carlos and Vítor, because of Jurema.

Live comedy show staring Helen Lederer, Clive Mantle, Nick Wilton and Arnold Brown.

Willing and Abel is an Australian television comedy series which was made in 1987, about two handymen. The main cast were Grant Dodwell as "Charles Willing", Shane Withington as "Abel Moore", and Rebecca Rigg as "Angela Reddy". Their names were a pun on the saying: "Ready, Willing and Able". It had problems in attaining an audience. The show was produced as a "comedy drama" however some at the Nine Network wanted to steer it to be a heavier drama. There was much discussion between production executives and the Network and not much agreement. One episode scripted by Ted Roberts dealt with a hostage situation at a bank, the pathos being reinforced by series characters caught up in the action. The series dealt with contemporary issues in a subtle way, sometimes making observations through humour.

Spencer Savage, newly released from his Malaysian duties, takes a position with the American embassy in London. He runs into several unusual diplomatic situations both within the embassy (and the "spooks" on the third floor and the Coach), and outside (with beautiful women, Honorables, tourists, spies, defectors, a tomb-desecrater, and co-worker dinners).

It's 1946, and when Ron Archer discovers that the pier at the nearby seaside town of Midbourne is up for sale, he sets out with his son Trevor to find the money to buy it.

On a hot August day, Harry Friberg gets an urgent assignment: to photograph United Air's shining new floatplane at the Lindarängen air harbor in Stockholm. The evening's crayfish party to celebrate the acquisition turns out uniquely unpleasant - and when the manger totals his car, and the chief pilot crashes into the sea after take-off, Harry realizes that a horrible crime has been committed, and it's time to call police commissioner Vesper Johnson.

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Palibhasa Lalake was a Philippine TV sitcom series on ABS-CBN which ran fron 1987 to 1998 and directed by Johnny Manahan.

A politically charged mini-series researched and written by Duncan Campbell which saw dramatic Special Branch raids on BBC Scotland. An entire production office was loaded into transit vans and confiscated by the police. + One: 'The Secret Constitution' about secret Cabinet committees that amount to a secret decision making system at the highest levels of power in the United Kingdom. + Two: 'In Time of Crisis' about secret preparations for war that began in 1982 within every NATO country. This programme revealed what Britain would do. + Three: 'A Gap In Our Defences' about bungling defence manufacturers and incompetent military planners who have botched every new radar system that Britain has installed since World War II. + Four: 'We're All Data Now' about the Data Protection Act. + Five: 'Association of Chief Police Officers' and how Government policy and actions are determined in the fields of law and order. + Six: 'Communications' with particular reference to Zircon spy satellites ...

The Harp in the South (1948), a classic Australian novel by Ruth Park, follows the Darcy family, a poor group of Irish immigrants who live in Shanty Town, or Surry Hills, a slum for Irish Catholic families living in Australia during the middle of the twentieth century.

Prussia is on the brink of national bankruptcy. King Frederick William III unexpectedly appoints the tax official Christian Rother as President of the Royal Prussian Maritime Trade.

An anthology series featuring stories suggested by true events occurring during the war in Vietnam, often written by Vietnam veterans.

Globetrotting gastronaut and bon vivant Keith Floyd nips over the channel to savour the best of French cuisine.

A twin brother and sister separated at birth. Two halves forming the Yin and Yang. Two telepathic minds. An ancient clock tower. A mystery to keep the mind alert.

It covers unsolved crime cases and still open mysteries which happened in Italy since the aftermath of WWII. The episodes include reconstructions made by professional actors, interviews with the real protagonists of the cases, in-depth reports by journalists, investigators, experts and/or magistrates who dealt with the facts under examination, and from any phone calls from viewers who can provide new stimuli for the investigation.

Gnostics was a 1987 four-part drama-documentary series made by Border TV for Channel 4 (UK).

Famous writer Semih Serifoglu has a brain transplant. Then, his body and brain begin get to work separate from each other.

This wonderful series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in Berkshire, where Harry Dodson carefully recreates a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. Using traditional tools Harry painstakingly transformed the weed-choked ground into a gardener's and cook's delight solving many horticultural mysteries along the way and showing how gardeners dealt with pests and how they grew exotic fruits and vegetables for the household all year round.