TV Shows - We Love the Eighties

Laverne & Shirley

Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other’s spirits up at home.

Wil Cwac Cwac is a Welsh-language cartoon based on a series of children’s books written in the 1920s by Jennie Thomas and J. O. Williams. The cartoon series ran from 1982 to 1987 on ITV. Both book and cartoon series take place in rural Wales. The Welsh-language series was produced by Siriol Animation for S4C. … Read more

Henry’s Cat

Henry’s Cat is an animated children’s television programme, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in… SkylArk. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow cat, known only as Henry’s Cat, and his many friends and enemies. Henry’s Cat was first screened on … Read more

Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10

Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 is an anthology series of ten animated TV movies produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication and ran from 1987 to 1988 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera’s 3rd and 4th season, featuring Hanna-Barbera’s popular animated characters, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Huckleberry Hound and Top Cat, starring in feature-length … Read more

Pink Lady

Pink Lady is an American variety show that aired for five weeks on NBC in 1980, starring the Japanese musical duo of the same name. The show is most commonly referred to by the title Pink Lady and Jeff, which refers to co-star Jeff Altman. The series ranked #35 on TV Guide’s 50 Worst TV … Read more

In Search of…

In Search of… is a TV series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973, In Search of Ancient Mysteries and The Outer Space Connection, both in 1975. … Read more

Television Parts

Michael Nesmith in Television Parts is a summer TV series run by NBC in 1985. It was a 30-minute comedy-variety series created by Michael Nesmith as a continuation of his Grammy Award-winning video production Elephant Parts, and earlier series PopClips. The first episode was a stand-alone television special which aired on March 7, 1985. The … Read more

Wizards and Warriors

A sword-and-sorcery adventure series done tongue-in-cheek. It’s set in a mythical kingdom where good Prince Erik Greystone helps the kindly king fight the forces of evil.

The True Believers

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters “Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who … Read more

Amerika

Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.