On the Waterfront (TV Series)
- On the Waterfront (TV Series)
"On the Waterfront" was a BBC Saturday morning children's programme, filmed at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. It was hosted by Andrew O'Connor, Kate Copstick, Bernadette Nolan and Terry Randall.
To fill the gap during the summer months when the usual Saturday morning show (such Going Live!) was on hiatus, the BBC would commission a replacement show for a limited summer run with a different setting but broadly similar content to the "main" show that ran during the rest of the year. "On the Waterfront" filled this slot for two years - in the summers of 1988 and 1989 ["Saturday Mornings timeline, http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/timeline/ Retrieved 9 June 2008] and consisted of comedy sketches interspersed with cartoons, competitions and music videos or performances.] Content
The comedy sketches included:
* Lantern Jaw - A cartoon spoof superhero with a very square jaw
* The Flashing Blade - A edited episode from the French live-action series of the same name, with comedy dialogue recorded over the original lines
* VeryGoodCar - A spoof of Gerry Anderson puppet series, specifically Supercar, using the presenters pretending to be puppets
* The Blockheads - A suburban family who are incredibly stupid
Among the cartoons featured were:
* US import Visionaries, promoting the toys of the same name
Each edition of the show would conclude with the Disco, with the presenters delivering jokes to each other during a disco in the studio.
Trivia
The writer Russell T. Davies, later a BAFTA Award-winner for his work on programmes such as "Queer as Folk" and "Doctor Who", worked on the series, writing the script for a comedy dubbed version of the children's drama series "The Flashing Blade".
References
External links
* [http://tv.cream.org/a-z/o/index.htm TV Cream]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204208/ IMDb]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
On the Waterfront (TV series) — On the Waterfront was a BBC Saturday morning children s programme, filmed at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. It was hosted by Andrew O Connor, Kate Copstick, Bernadette Nolan and Terry Randall. The programme ran for two seasons in 1988 and 1989, and… … Wikipedia
Waterfront (TV series) — Waterfront is a television drama set in Providence, Rhode Island that was originally scheduled to be a midseason replacement on CBS in 2007, but was shelved by the network in 2006 before any of its five completed episodes had aired. The series… … Wikipedia
The Master (TV series) — The Master Genre Action adventure Created by Michael Sloan Written by Tom Sawyer Michael Sloan Susan Woollen Directed by Ray Austin Ray Aystub Michael Caffee Peter Cran … Wikipedia
On the Waterfront (disambiguation) — On the Waterfront is a 1954 film. On the Waterfront may also refer to: On the Waterfront (festival), an annual Illinois music festival On the Waterfront (TV series) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
On the Waterfront — For other uses, see On the Waterfront (disambiguation). On the Waterfront Theatrical release poster Directed by Elia Kazan … Wikipedia
Waterfront — may refer to: *Waterfront (band) a musical band with a hit, Cry in the 1980s. *Waterfront Records, an Australian record label. * Waterfront (song) , a song by Simple Minds * The Waterfront (newspaper) The newspaper of Swansea University.… … Wikipedia
The Mysti Show — was a British children s television programme, produced by Mystical Productions for the BBC in 2004 2005. It initially took the format of an hour long programme combining magazine and narrative elements, but was subsequently reformed into a… … Wikipedia
The Manila Times — front page on August 27, 2007 Type Daily newspaper … Wikipedia
The Tipton Hotel — is a fictional apartment hotel from the television series The Suite Life of Zack Cody . Most of the action occurs inside the hotel and it is the main setting for the series, particularly the lobby, the basement, the Tipton s 4 star restaurant,… … Wikipedia
The Weasels — [http://www.theweasels.com] are a rock band based in Albany, New York. The group has been active in either studio or live incarnations since the mid 1980s and includes three long standing core members: Doctor Fun (vocals, saxophones, keyboards,… … Wikipedia
