MissInformed
12-28-2006, 10:19 PM
Does anyone remember this programme?
I think it was a Saturday morning kids show...
ON THE WATERFRONT (BBC1 1988-89)
We all remember the great Saturday morning shows Swap Shop, Saturday Superstore, Going Live! and Live and Kicking - but many of the summer versions have been less memorable. Some don't deserve to be remembered (FBi, Parallel 9, It's Wicked!); on the other hand there are others that weren't half bad - like On the Waterfront.
Coming from the BBC's short-lived studios in a converted warehouse at Liverpool's South Docks (hence the title), On the Waterfront was a sort of hybrid - on one hand it was a comedy sketch show, Fast Forward- style; on the other it was the usual mix of cartoons, games and pop videos.
Presenters were Kate 'Play School' Copstick, Andrew 'game show host' O'Connor, Bernadette 'The Nolans' Nolan and Terry 'who?' Randall; recurring characters included Terry's Mr Cautious, and Andrew and Terry's 'Lard' brothers. However, the show is probably best known for the dubbed, and actually quite funny, version of the serial The Flashing Blade, which had a habit of making references to cotton buds and earwax.
On the Waterfront was the only Saturday morning series on BBC1 to be entirely pre-recorded, and only filled the first half of the summer season; in both years it was succeeded by UP2U, which was only significant for one thing - starting off Anthea Turner's career.
Nostalgia rating:
Will we see it again? Another showing of The Flashing Blade wouldn't go amiss...
Taken From http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/eightieszone/eighties5.htm
I think it was a Saturday morning kids show...
ON THE WATERFRONT (BBC1 1988-89)
We all remember the great Saturday morning shows Swap Shop, Saturday Superstore, Going Live! and Live and Kicking - but many of the summer versions have been less memorable. Some don't deserve to be remembered (FBi, Parallel 9, It's Wicked!); on the other hand there are others that weren't half bad - like On the Waterfront.
Coming from the BBC's short-lived studios in a converted warehouse at Liverpool's South Docks (hence the title), On the Waterfront was a sort of hybrid - on one hand it was a comedy sketch show, Fast Forward- style; on the other it was the usual mix of cartoons, games and pop videos.
Presenters were Kate 'Play School' Copstick, Andrew 'game show host' O'Connor, Bernadette 'The Nolans' Nolan and Terry 'who?' Randall; recurring characters included Terry's Mr Cautious, and Andrew and Terry's 'Lard' brothers. However, the show is probably best known for the dubbed, and actually quite funny, version of the serial The Flashing Blade, which had a habit of making references to cotton buds and earwax.
On the Waterfront was the only Saturday morning series on BBC1 to be entirely pre-recorded, and only filled the first half of the summer season; in both years it was succeeded by UP2U, which was only significant for one thing - starting off Anthea Turner's career.
Nostalgia rating:
Will we see it again? Another showing of The Flashing Blade wouldn't go amiss...
Taken From http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/eightieszone/eighties5.htm