Christian Slater, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, Kevin Smith, Grey Griffin, John DiMaggio, Chris Diamantopoulos, Randall Duk Kim, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, Fred Tatasciore, Aisha Tyler, Youn Yuh-jung, Antony Starr, Nasim Pedrad, Jermaine Fowler, Chace Crawford, Ben Schwartz, Ursula Taherian, Parker Simmons, Asjha Cooper, Emily V. Gordon, Caleb McLaughlin, Awkwafina, Jenny Yokobori, and Somali Rose in The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

and have to finish. Live action only. Excluding miniseries.

Katy Carmichael, Julia Deakin, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, and Simon Pegg in Spaced (1999)

Ongoing comics and comic books based on film and TV licenses , beyond just adapting the movie . See my other lists for cartoons , movie adaptations , and comics based on actors / celebrities .

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)

James Coburn and Rod Steiger in Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

FROM THE UNFORGETTABLE to the pretty much forgotten; this was the golden age of kids TV - creative, warm, natural, intelligent, playful.  

   All hail to the lovely worlds of Oliver Postgate, Tony Hart, Derek Griffiths, Johnny Morris, Floella Benjamin, Brian Cant, Johnny Ball etc etc

  This list also includes some older programs that were broadcast during the 1980s - plus a few 1990s shows that had 1980s spirit. I also include a selection of more adult-orientated programs that were memorable and/or beloved by us kids at that time. 

Some notable shows not featured on IMDb: 

Let's Pretend (1982-89) Orm and Cheep (1983-85)  Mop and Smiff (1985)  Data Run (1983-84) Watch (1967-2009) = How can this legend of edu-tainment not be on here? : Louise Hall-Taylor, James Earl Adair and Raewyn Blade were its classic 80s-era presenters. They released an LP of songs which included the memorable 'Moses Suite'. 'Watch' later evolved into 'ZigZag'  (author's trivia: the 'ancient Greece Olympic games' episode of ZigZag was filmed at my north London primary school in the mid 1980s) 

*p.s. The list is best read chronologically: 



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UK KIDS TV : What we watched in the 1980s

Shows I remember seeing while growing up.

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