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Overview

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.

Series Cast

  1. Gary Oldman as Ben

    Gary Oldman

    Ben

    91 Episodes

  2. Nicholas Bond-Owen

    91 Episodes

  3. Christopher Biggins as

    Christopher Biggins

    4 Episodes

  4. Roger Sloman as

    Roger Sloman

    2 Episodes

  5. Judy Cornwell as

    Judy Cornwell

    1 Episode

  6. Anthony Daniels as

    Anthony Daniels

    1 Episode

  7. Alfred Marks as

    Alfred Marks

    1 Episode

  8. Jim Broadbent as

    Jim Broadbent

    1 Episode

  9. David Tennant as

    David Tennant

    1 Episode

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Last Season

Season 7

1989 • 11 Episodes

Season 7 of Dramarama premiered on June 12, 1989.

In the Pink

(7x11, August 21, 1989) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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