Dramarama (1983)

Dramarama

Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The series was created by Anna Home, then head of children's and youth programming at TVS, however production responsibilities were divided amongst most of the regional ITV franchise holders. Thus, each episode was in practice a one-off production with its own cast and crew, up to and including the executive producer. Dramarama was largely a place for new talent to prove themselves and was a launching pad for the likes of Anthony Horowitz, Paul Abbott, Kay Mellor, Janice Hally, Tony Kearney, David Tennant and Ann Marie Di Mambro. It was one of Dennis Spooner's last credits. One of Dramarama's episodes, "Dodger, Bonzo And The Rest", gained so much popularity that it was turned in to its own series the following year. It starred Lee Ross and was based around a large foster home. The episode "Blackbird Singing In The Dead of Night" was developed by Granada into the TV series Children's Ward. It was also repeated for the first time since its original broadcast on 5 January 2013, during CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend. The Series 7 episode "Back To Front" – notable for featuring a mirror image of the Yorkshire Television logo card at the end – was repeated on 6 January 2013, again as part of CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Season 7

Season 7

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Spooky: war games with caroline

  • 0x2

    Spooky: the exorcism of amy

  • 0x3

    Spooky: the danny roberts show

  • 0x4

    Spooky: the ghostly earl

  • 0x5

    Spooky: in a dark, dark box...

  • 0x6

    Spooky: the restless ghost

  • 0x7

    Spooky: the keeper

  • 0x8

    School for clowns (episode 1)

  • 0x9

    School for clowns (episode 2)

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Mighty mum and the petnappers

  • 1x2

    Rip it up

  • 1x3

    The venchie

  • 1x4

    Jack and the computer

  • 1x5

    Because i say so

  • 1x6

    Bully for cosmo

  • 1x7

    Messages

  • 1x8

    The young person's guide to getting their ball back

  • 1x9

    Sweet revenge

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Night of the narrow boats

  • 2x2

    Fowl pest

  • 2x3

    Dodger, bonzo and the rest

  • 2x4

    Que sera

  • 2x5

    Stalemate

  • 2x6

    Snoop!

  • 2x7

    Mr. stabs

  • 2x8

    Josephine-jo

  • 2x9

    The purple people eater

  • 2x10

    On your tod

  • 2x11

    The old firm: two for starters

  • 2x12

    Rachel and rosie

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Easy

  • 3x2

    The coal princess

  • 3x3

    Look at me

  • 3x4

    A young person's guide to going backwards in the world

  • 3x5

    The audition

  • 3x6

    The universe downstairs

  • 3x7

    A proper little nooryeff

  • 3x8

    Frog

  • 3x9

    Private eye

  • 3x10

    Emily

  • 3x11

    Silver

  • 3x12

    The golden conch

  • 3x13

    Purple passion video

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    The come-uppance of captain katt

  • 4x2

    A couple of charlies

  • 4x3

    Wayfarers

  • 4x4

    Play acting

  • 4x5

    Last days at black bert's

  • 4x6

    Maureen reid, where are you?

  • 4x7

    Flashback

  • 4x8

    Direct action

  • 4x9

    Waiting for elvis

  • 4x10

    Just a game

  • 4x11

    Flyaway friend

  • 4x12

    Pig ignorance

  • 4x13

    Jessie's place

  • 4x14

    Frankie's hat

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Cannondrum

  • 5x2

    Snap

  • 5x3

    The horrible story

  • 5x4

    My friend julie

  • 5x5

    The creature beyond torches' end

  • 5x6

    My mum's a courgette

  • 5x7

    Brainwaves

  • 5x8

    Undertow of the armada

  • 5x9

    Stan's first night

  • 5x10

    Living doll

  • 5x11

    Peter

  • 5x12

    The halt

  • 5x13

    Mr magus is waiting for you

  • 5x14

    A spirited performance

  • 5x15

    Badger on the barge

  • 5x16

    Badger on the barge

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Forever young

  • 6x2

    The macramé man

  • 6x3

    The wrong button

  • 6x4

    Bubbles

  • 6x5

    Blackbird singing in the dead of night

  • 6x6

    Big t for trouble

  • 6x7

    Room for one more

  • 6x8

    Making waves

  • 6x9

    Just a normal girl

  • 6x10

    Now you see them

  • 6x11

    Bogeymen

  • 6x12

    The alien

  • 6x13

    The secret of croftmore

  • 6x14

    The bubblegum brigade

  • 6x15

    Playing for wales

  • 6x16

    Snap decision

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    Codzmorf

  • 7x2

    Ghost story

  • 7x3

    Badger

  • 7x4

    Back to front

  • 7x5

    Monstrous

  • 7x6

    The pisces connection

  • 7x7

    Rosie the great

  • 7x8

    Snakes and loofahs

  • 7x9

    Just wild about harry

  • 7x10

    Mitchin

  • 7x11

    In the pink

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