The Coal Princess

Alister Hallum

Look At Me

Easy

Neil is a good footballer, but his father wants him to only develop his talent for the violin. But the concert of a great virtuoso changes everything.

Two children, one deaf and one hearing, are brought together by an accident involving the deaf boy's beloved dog.

The Audition

Vincent and his parents move into an old house. When they hear noises coming from the cellar he goes down to investigate and finds a whole new world, Cosmos, with its own unique people.

The Universe Downstairs

A Proper Little Nooryeff

A satirical, political play as an enclosed garden represents the whole western world. Inhabiting the garden are various animals who speak directly to the viewers in rhyme and song, including a frog who has stolen all the water.

Frog

Private Eye

Emily

Silver

The Golden Conch

Purple Passion Video

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.

The Coal Princess

Seasons7

Season 3 Episodes12

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