Dramarama 40 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gary Oldman He was 25 , now 66 years old | as Ben |
| Anthony Daniels He was 37 , now 78 years old | |
| Jim Broadbent He was 34 , now 74 years old | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff He was 49 , now 89 years old | |
| David Tennant He was 12 , now 53 years old | |
| David Haig He was 27 , now 68 years old | |
| Geoffrey Bayldon He was 59 , 93 years old when he died | |
| Kieran O'Brien He was 9 , now 50 years old | |
| Nicholas Bond-Owen He was 14 , now 55 years old | |
| Clare Clifford | |
| Jenny Howe | |
| Alfred Marks He was 62 , 75 years old when he died | |
| Linda Bassett She was 33 , now 74 years old | |
| Roger Sloman He was 37 , now 77 years old | |
| Simon Rouse He was 32 , now 72 years old | |
| Yolande Palfrey She was 26 , 54 years old when she died | |
| Judy Cornwell She was 43 , now 84 years old | |
| Michael Elwyn He was 41 , now 81 years old | |
| Christopher Biggins He was 34 , now 75 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Michael Winterbottom Directing He was 22 , now 63 years old | Director |
Dramarama (40 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1983-09-12
- Runtime: [30,60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 91
