
Dramarama
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.
Released:
1983-09-12
Casts:
Robert Carlyle
, Oyanka Cabezas
, Scott Glenn
, Louise Goodall
, Salvador Espinoza
, Margaret McAdam
, Gary Lewis
, Subash Singh Pall
, Stewart Preston
, Richard Loza
, Greg Friel
, Anne Marie Timoney
, Andy Townsley
, Alicia Devine
, John Paul Leach
, Norma Rivera
, José Meneses
, Rosa Amelia López
, Keila Rodriguez
, Josefa Calderon De Calero
, Azucena Figueroa
, Tomasa García
, Alcides González
, Manuela Guevara
, Karla Obando
, Santos Olivas
, Alison Paula Rizo
, Elba Aurora Talavera
, Luis Talavera
, Jimmy Jose Arguello
, José Alberto Avendaño
, Ana Victoria Borge
, Junior Escobar
, Alma Bianco Medina
, Tatiana Miranda
, Ramón Monterrey
, Santiago Neira
, Belkis Ramirez
, María José Silva
, Amy Bank
, Belinda Forbes
, Mark Forget
, Tom Lee
, Micky Mckay
, Ruth Pacheco
, Richard Senghas
, Anita Setright
, Laura Tredway
, Marcelino Cruz
, Alberto Flores
, Roberto Flores
, Narciso González
, Claire Hemphill
, Felipe Hernandez
, Ramón Lozano
, Thomas McTaggart
, Ford Kiernan
Director:
Ken Loach