📺 Telefilm
In Italia “telefilm” è il nome diventato popolare soprattutto tra gli anni ’60 e ’90 per indicare produzioni televisive di finzione a episodi, spesso autoconclusivi o con una continuità narrativa leggera.
Storie, personaggi e appuntamenti televisivi di Anni 70.
In Italia “telefilm” è il nome diventato popolare soprattutto tra gli anni ’60 e ’90 per indicare produzioni televisive di finzione a episodi, spesso autoconclusivi o con una continuità narrativa leggera.
“Serie TV” è il termine moderno e generale: comprende sia episodi autonomi sia storie serializzate che continuano da una puntata all’altra. Molti classici chiamati telefilm sono quindi, tecnicamente, serie TV.
Rete: ITV
Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 11 March 1979 to 1 March 1981. Made by London Weekend Television, it stars Maureen Lipman as Jane Lucas who has a successful career as an agony aunt but whose own personal life is a shambles. It was created by Len Richmond and real-life agony aunt Anna Raeburn, both of whom wrote all of the first series.
Protagonisti: Maureen Lipman, Simon Williams, Maria Charles, Peter Blake
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: ABC
Angie is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from February 8, 1979, to September 4, 1980. The series was created by Garry Marshall and Dale McRaven, and produced by Miller-Milkis Productions (Miller-Milkis-Boyett in Season 2) in association with Paramount Television. The series stars Donna Pescow in the lead role, Robert Hays as her love interest and eventual husband, Doris Roberts as her mother, and Debralee Scott as her sister.
Protagonisti: Donna Pescow
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: NBC
Hello, Larry is an American sitcom television series created by Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant, starring McLean Stevenson. It aired on NBC from January 26, 1979, to April 30, 1980. Its broadcast run consisted of 38 episodes over two seasons.
Protagonisti: McLean Stevenson, Donna Wilkes, Krista Errickson, Kim Richards, Joanna Gleason
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: CBS
House Calls is an American sitcom that lasted three seasons and 57 episodes, from December 17, 1979, to September 6, 1982, on CBS television, produced by Universal Television and based upon the 1978 feature film of the same title. The series starred Wayne Rogers, Lynn Redgrave and Candice Azzara.
Protagonisti: Wayne Rogers, Lynn Redgrave, Sharon Gless, David Wayne, Ray Buktenica
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: ITV
In Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora Hird and Christopher Beeny. A pilot with Marjorie Rhodes in the Thora Hird role was transmitted on 4 November 1969 by Thames Television, who rejected the idea before it was finally accepted by Yorkshire Television nearly 10 years later, where it ran for a further five series between 21 May 1979 and 27 March 1986.
Protagonisti: Thora Hird
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: ABC
Makin' It is an American sitcom starring David Naughton that aired for nine episodes on Fridays at 8:00PM on ABC from February 1 to March 23, 1979. It also aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from March 21, 1979. In 2002, TV Guide ranked Makin' It at number 40 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list.
Protagonisti: David Naughton, Greg Antonacci, Denise Miller, Ellen Travolta, Lou Antonio
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: ABC
Out of the Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC from September 9 to December 16, 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the debate surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days.
Protagonisti: Jimmy Brogan, Dixie Carter, Clark Brandon, Olivia Barash, Tammy Lauren
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Smith & Smith is a Canadian sketch comedy series, which aired from 1979 to 1986 on Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH-TV, and through syndication on other Canadian television stations. The show starred the husband and wife comedy duo of Steve Smith and Morag Smith. Recurring sketches included a judge, played by Morag, while Steve's characters included William Shakespeare and a preacher.
Protagonisti: Steve Smith, Morag Smith
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: NBC
The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon that originally aired on NBC for nine seasons from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, the series follows Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother and later dietitian at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
Protagonisti: Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Molly Ringwald
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: BBC One
To the Manor Born is a BBC television sitcom that first aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1981. A special one-off episode was produced in 2007. Starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, the first 20 episodes and the 2007 special were written by Peter Spence, the creator, while the final episode in 1981 was written by script associate Christopher Bond.
Protagonisti: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling, Daphne Heard
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.
Rete: BBC One
Going Straight is a British television sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. The series serves as a direct sequel to the sitcom Porridge, in which all four were involved, with its premise surrounding the exploits of Barker's character Norman Stanley Fletcher following his release from prison on parole and his attempts to not commit another crime for the sake of his family, despite the allure that lawbreaking brings. The programme also featured the appearance of Patricia Brake, reprising her role as Fletcher's daughter Ingrid in Porridge, and Nicholas Lyndhurst as Fletcher's son Raymond.
Protagonisti: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Patricia Brake, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1978.
Rete: ABC
Mork & Mindy is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of Happy Days, "My Favorite Orkan", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extraterrestrial who comes to Earth from the planet Ork, and Pam Dawber as Mindy McConnell, his human friend, roommate, and eventual love interest.
Protagonisti: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Conrad Janis, Tom Poston, Jay Thomas
Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1978.