Telefilm & Serie TV

Rete: Network Ten

Prisoner (known in the UK and the US as Prisoner: Cell Block H and in Canada as Caged Women) is an Australian television soap opera, which was broadcast on Network Ten (formerly the 0-10 Network) from 27 February 1979 (Melbourne) and 26 February 1979 (Sydney) to 11 December 1986 (Melbourne) and 29 September 1987 (Sydney) running eight series and 692 episodes. Prisoner was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for a woman!" The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, screening in 80 countries, performing particularly well in the United States and Canada.

Protagonisti: Elspeth Ballantyne

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: ITV

Quatermass (also known as Quatermass IV, or The Quatermass Conclusion for its limited international theatrical release) is a 1979 British television science fiction serial. Produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, it was broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979. Like its three predecessors, Quatermass was written by Nigel Kneale.

Protagonisti: John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman, Margaret Tyzack, Ralph Arliss

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: BBC One

Question Time is a topical debate programme, typically broadcast on BBC One at 10:45 pm on Thursdays. It is usually repeated on BBC Two (with British Sign Language) and on BBC Parliament later in the week. Leaders specials are broadcast simultaneously on BBC News.

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: NBC

Real People is an American reality television series that originally aired on NBC from 1979 to 1984, Wednesdays from 8 pm to 9 pm Eastern Time. Its initial episodes aired live in the Eastern and Central time zones. Real People featured "real people" (as opposed to celebrities) with unique occupations or hobbies.

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: BBC One

Shoestring is a British detective fiction drama series, set in an unnamed city in the West of England and filmed in Bristol, featuring the down-at-heel private detective Eddie Shoestring (Trevor Eve), who presents his own show on Radio West, a local radio station. Broadcast on BBC1, the programme lasted for two series, between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, comprising a total of 21 episodes. After the second series was broadcast Eve decided not to return to the role, as he "wanted to diversify into theatre roles".

Protagonisti: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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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.

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Rete: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU

SportsCenter (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN and ABC. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on September 7, 1979. Cristina Alexander, Matt Barrie, Nicole Briscoe, John Buccigross, Madelyn Burke, Linda Cohn, Kevin Connors, Courtney Cronin, Brian Custer, Michael Eaves, Rich Eisen, Jay Harris, Alyssa Lang, Steve Levy, Keiana Martin, Molly McGrath, Kevin Negandhi, Kelsey Riggs Cuff, Treavor Scales, Randy Scott, Amina Smith, Hannah Storm, Gary Striewski, Scott Van Pelt, Sara Walsh, and Christine Williamson currently serve as anchors.

Protagonisti: list of SportsCenter anchors and reporters

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: NBC

Supertrain is an American science-fiction adventure drama television series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a two-hour pilot episode.

Protagonisti: Edward Andrews, Nita Talbot

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: ITV

Tales of the Unexpected (known as Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected for the first two series) is a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Every episode of series one, 12 episodes of series two, two episodes of series three, two episodes of series four, and one episode of series nine were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, and Someone Like You.

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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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.

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Rete: TVB Jade

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Chinese: 網中人) is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 September 1979, starring Chow Yun-fat, Carol Cheng, Simon Yam, Susanna Au-yeung and Liu Wai-hung. The theme song, sharing the same name as the series, was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with lyrics provided by Tang Wai-hung, and was sung by Teresa Cheung.

Protagonisti: Chow Yun-fat

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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Rete: CBC Television

The Kids of Degrassi Street is a Canadian children's television series created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler. The first entry in the Degrassi franchise and the only one to focus on children instead of teenagers, it follows the lives of a group of children living on De Grassi Street in Toronto. It was produced by Hood and Schuyler's independent company Playing With Time.

Curiosità: Titolo verificato tramite Wikipedia e Wikidata. Debutto collocato nel 1979.

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