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XCHANGE
UK / BBC1 / 30x25m-e
/ 2000
Music: Dum Dums /
Executive Producer: Annette Williams / Producers: Jen Chatham, Gilly Longton
Summer holidays
activity style show presented by Angelica Bell, Marsali Stewart, Jez Edwards,
Joe Challands, Ade Adepitan and Erica Harvey. As well as activities the team
also checked out notable tourist spots, London Eye, theme parks etc.
XERXES
Sweden / Sveriges TV
/ 6x30m-e / 1988
Director: Peter
Schidt
Teen sitcom. The
exploits of three young men making their way in the world.
With:- BENNY HAAG as
Xerxes / JOAKIM BORJLIND as Tony / KALLE WESTERDAHL as Pekka
XMAS
FILES
UK / Channel Five /
1x30m-e / 1999 26 December Sunday 11.30am
Animated fantasy. A
cyberspace story with a traditional Christmas theme. Narrated by Noddy Holder.
THE
X-MEN
USA / Fox-Graz-Saban
/ x30m-e / 1992-
Executive Producers:
Stan Lee, Joe Calamari / Music: Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahci
Animated scifi drama
series. A group of mutants with extra special powers fight evil and crime. The
team were led by Professor Charles Xavier. Based on a Marvel comic that first
appeared in the 1960's. Two very big budget movies have since been released
(with Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
et al) in the ealrty 2000's.
Voices:- CEDRIC
SMITH / NORM SPENCER / CATHERINE DISHER / ALISON SEALY-SMITH / LENORE ZANN /
CHRIS POTTER / CAL DODD / ALYSON COURT / GEORGE BUZA
X-PERIMENTAL
UK / BBC1 / 13x15m / started 8 January 2003
A science game show in which two teams of schoolchildren have to calculate the expected results of experiments (e.g. how high will a rocket
go) and gain a score equivalent to the percentage of accuracy they achieved. Presented by
Ortis.
XUXA
USA / Syndicated /
1993-95
Xuxa
- Sexy Brazilian model-turned-kiddie-show hosted this show based on her successful South of the border
program that was popular with millions of children in Latin and South
America. The program featured games, songs, and educational film
shorts. Xuxa's message to her younger viewers was "Be
happy...forget about bad things...and all children have rights."
Her real name is Maria da Graca Meneghel. Xuxa (Pronounced SHOO-sha)
is her childhood nickname.
Y.E.S
UK / Central
/ x30m-e / 1986-87
Writers: Roger Parkes, Nick McCarty,
Simon Masters / Executive Producers: Lewis Rudd / Directors: David Foster, John Cooper
Adventure series. The exploits of a group of kids solving problems
on behalf of Y.E.S - the Youth Enquiry Service.
With:-
AMANDA LOY-ELLIS as Frankie /
GARY PATRICK as Terry /
MELANIE REID as Zoe /
RICHARD DE SOUSA as Dave /
TAMARA WILLIAMS as Dee
YO!
DIARY
BBC1 / 12x20m / started 20
August 2003
Writer: Jonathan
Meres
The lives and video diary
entries of a group of teenage friends.
With: ADAM CLIFFORD as Seb
/ HELEN ARMES as Clare / PAUL KARACAOGLU as Craig / PUJA PANCHKOTY as
Meera / THOREN FERGUSON as Steven / ROSALIND MCKENZIE as Mandy
YOGI
BEAR
USA / Syndicated-Hanna Barbera /
123x25m-e / 1958-62
Creators/Producers: William
Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animated sitcom. Yogi the not too
grizzly bear and his small best friend Boo Boo reside in Jellystone National
Park where they spend their trying to get their hands on holiday makers picnic
baskets whilst trying to steer clear of Ranger Smith. Yogi first appeared as a
short segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show.
Voices:- DAWS BUTLER as Yogi Bear/Snagglepuss / DON MESSICK as Boo Boo/Ranger Smith / JULIE BENNETT as Cindy
Bear / JIMMY WELDON as Yanky Doodle / VANCE COLVIG as Chopper
YOGI'S
GANG
USA / Hanna Barbera / 19x20m-e /
1973
Animated sitcom. Yogi Bear turns
environmentally aware.
Voices:- DAWS BUTLER / DON MESSICK / JOHN
STEPHENSON / MEL BLANC / ALAN MELVIN / HENRY CORDEN
YOGI'S
TREASURE HUNT
USA / Hanna Barbera-Turner /
x20m-e / 1985
Executive Producers: William
Hanna, Joseph Barbera / Music: Hoyt Curtin / Producer: Bill Hitchcock
Animated sitcom. Yogi Bear and a
whole host of Hanna Barbera characters (including Dastardly and Muttley and Top
Cat) embark on a madcap world traversing treasure hunt.
Voices: DAWS BUTLER / DICK ERDMAN
/ DICK GAUTIER / ARLENE GOLONKA / BOB HOLT / STACY KEACH SR / DON MESSICK /
JANET WALDO
YOHO
AHOY
UK / BBC1 (Worldwide) - Corgi
Prod. / x5m-e / 2000
Producer: Julian Roberts /
Stories: Stan Cullimore / Puppets: Maggie Haden, Richard Blakey / Design: Mole
Hill
Puppetry. The adventures of
Captain Bilge and his crew on the ship The Rubber Duck; Bilge's crew included
Cutlass, Mr Jones, Crow, Booty and Poop. The only dialogue the puppets spoke
were Yoho and Ahoy.
Voices:_ JOSS COPE / SHELLEY WAIN
/ MOLE HILL / MAPU SLATER / SIMI MOUGHNE / JULIAN ROBERTS
YOU
CAN'T BE SERIOUS
UK / Thames / 6x30m-e /
1978 1 August -5 September Tuesdays 4.45pm
Producer/Director: Roger Price
Comedy. Sketch series featuring
kids from The Anna Scher Children's Theatre. See also You Can't Be Serious
(directly below). The young cast featured Tommy Pender, Debbie Padbury, Nigel
Rhodes, Mandy Nunn, Debbie Flynn and Andre Francois
YOU
MUST BE JOKING
UK / Thames / 15x30m-e/ 1975-76
Producer: Roger Price
Comedy. Sketch series starring
young kids from The Anna Scher Children's Theatre. Kids who later went on to
better things included Paline Quirke and Linda Robson as well as Ray Burdis.
Pop band Flintlock ( a pet project at the time of Roger Price's) and comedian
Jim Bowen also featured each week.
YOU
CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION
USA / Nickelodeon
Popular children's sketch show
generating plenty of catchphrases. Les Lye was responsible for playing the parts
of all the adults on the show. Other roles were taken by Vanessa Ludores, Adam
Reid, Doug Ptolemy, Lisa Ruddy, Alasdair Gillis, Kevin Kubusheskie and Christine
'Moose' McGlade
YOUNG, GIFTED AND BROKE
UK / Central / 7x30m-e / 1989 3 June - 15 July
Saturdays 6.15pm
Creators: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
/ Executive Producers: Ray Butt / Producer: Margaret Bottomley
Sitcom. Exploits of five YTS teenagers working at an
electronics firm.
With:- JAMES HAZLEDINE as Frank /
SIMON O'BRIEN as Paul /
MARY HEALEY as Linda /
KATE EMMA DAVIES as Lucy /
MARK MONERO as Adrian /
ELENA FERRARI as Tamsin /
CHERYL MILLER as Aysha /
JASON RUSH as Greg /
STEVEN O'DONNELL as Bolton /
BOBBY BRAGG as Alan
YOUNG
KRYPTON
UK / Granada / x20m-e / 1988
Creator:Jeremy Fox
Quiz. A junior version of The
Krypton Factor featuring the same mixture of mental and physical challenges.
Presented by Ross King.
THE YOUNG LADY FROM LONDON
UK / BBC /
6x30m-e /
1959
22 November - 27 December
Sundays 5.00pm
Writer/Producer: Rex Tucker
Sitcom.
The adventures of 16 year old Jane Holland
who wins a newspaper competition and ends
up meeting her exact double (who just happens
to be a top class concert pianist in love with the
Prince of Soldania.)
With:- ANNE CASTALDINI as
Jane Holland and
Anna Kotzeroth / SANDOR ELES as
Prince Laszlo / HUGH DAVID as
Aristide Klipfel / STEVE PLYTAS as Otto / OLIVER BURT as
Kanstantin Jesky / KWILLIAM MERVYN as ing Klaus / HANNAH WATT as
Vera Dean / PAULINE LETTS as
Miss De Marchmont
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE MYSTERY
OF THE MANOR HOUSE
UK / Granada / 1x60m-e 7x30m-e
/ 1982 (31 October - 19 December)
Writer: Gerald Frow / Producer:
Pieter Rogers / Executive Producer: Michael Cox
Period drama serial. Whilst still a schoolboy Sherlock Holmes gets
involved in a bizarre mystery.
With:- GUY HENRY as Sherlock
Holmes
YOUNG
TALENT TIME
Australia / 0-10 Network /
1971-89
Long running and successful
variety/talent show for kids.
YOUNG YUNG
UK / BBC2 'Scene' / 1x30m-e / 1993
Writer: Howard Schuman /
Producer: Cas Lester / Director: Juliet May
Comedy drama. Teenager Rosa Rosenband,
successful at solving the problems of her classmates, decides to turn professional as a psychoanalyst.
With:- ROSIE MARCEL as Rosa
Rosenband / JULIA HILLS as Erica Rosenband / PHYLLIDA LAW as Sophie Rosenband / SAMANTHA
EDMONDS as Emma Harper / GINA BELLMAN as Trainer/Athene / Nike / SIMON
CHANDLER as Stephen Harper / JANINE DUVITSKI as Lotte C / HOWARD
SCHUMANN as Voice of the Rabbi
YOUR
MOTHER WOULDN'T LIKE IT
UK / Central / 21x25m-e / 1985-88
3 Seasons
Script Editors: Trevor McCallum
(season 1-2), Peter Corey (season 3) / Executive Producer: Lewis Rudd
Comedy. Sketch series starring
kids from the Central Junior Television Workshop. One of the regular sketches, Palace
Hill, later became a fully fledged series. Adrian Mole creator Sue
Townsend was a writer on season one.
THE ZACK FILES
USA
/ Fox - Decode / x30m-e / 2000
Based on the books by Dan Greenburg
Teen comedy drama series. Young Zack Greenburg can go nowhere or do nothing without
strange events happening to him.
With:- Robert Clark (IX) as Zack Greenburg / Katie Boland as Gwendolyn Killerby /
Jeff Clarke as Dan Greenburg / Jake Epstein as Cam Dunleavey / Noah Giffin as Vernon
/ Marvin Karon as Headmaster Killerby / Michael Seater as Spencer Sharpe / Paulette
Sinclair as Mrs. Coleman-Levin
THE
ZETA PROJECT
x30m-e / 2001
Spin off from the animated series
Batman of the Future this also animated scifi series tells stories of renegade
robot Zeta and the 15 year old runaway Ro, Zeta was designed as a super
weapon by the government but is now on the run and looking for his creator, Ro
teams up with him to also search for her family. Set in the year 2040.
Voices:- DEIDRICH BADER as Zeta /
JULIE NATHANSON as Ro
Z-SHED
UK / BBC / 1975
Children's general entertainment show, a clear forerunner of The Multi Coloured Swap Shop
but shown Wednesdays during the holidays and also hosted by Noel Edmonds. Each edition of
the show looked at a different topic.
ZIG
AND ZAGS DIRTY DEEDS
UK / Channel 4-Planet 24-Working Title-Zig and Zag / 8x30m-e / 1994 and 1996/ Special: 25 December 1994 / Season:
(7 episodes) 5 May -16 June 1996
Writers: Zig and Zag / Producer:
Simon Wright / Director: Angelo Abela
Comedy. Sketch series starring a
pair of puppets who were apparently aliens from the planet Zog. The pair had
come to prominence on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast (from 1992).
ZIG-A-ZIG-AH:THE
SPICE OF LIFE
UK / 1x30m-e / 1997 27 November
Documentary. Andi Peters takes a
behind the scenes look at the making of the Spice Girls An Audience With...
show.
ZOE,
DUNCAN, JACK AND JANE
USA / Touchstone-Beuna
Vista-Michael Jacobs / x30m-e / 1999-continuing
Creators: Sue Paige, Daniel Paige
/ Theme Music: My Friend Steve / Executive Producer: Michael Jacobs
Teen sitcom. Four high school
friends hang out in a coffee house in New York. The cafe was Cafe N in Greenwich
Village and their school was Fielding Mellish Prep. From season two the show was
renamed simply Zoe (probably to take into account Selma Blairs rising
popularity) but the format remained the same.
With:- SELMA BLAIR as Zoe Bean /
DAVID MOSCOW as Duncan Milch / MICHAEL ROSENBAUM as Jack Cooper / AZURA SKYE as
Jane Cooper / MARY PAGE KELLER as Iris
ZORRO
USA /
Warner-Carrington-Harvest-Calico-Fred Wolf / x20m-e / 1997
Producers: Eamon Lawless, John
Gertz / Theme Music: Dennis C. Brown, Maxine Sellers
Animated drama series. Aristocrat
Diego de la Vega leads a double life as the masked Zorro, defender of the poor.
Voices:_ MICHAEL GOUGH as
Zorro/Diego / JEANNIE ELIAS as Isabela / EARL BOEN as CaptMontecero / TONY POPE
as Sgt Garcia / PATRICK FRALEY as Don Alejandro
ZZZAP!
UK / Meridian-Media Merchants/
x20m-e / 1993-
Executive Producer: Richard Moss/
Producer: Tim Edmunds, Neil Buchanan
Comedy series, a mixture of silly
recurring sketches and art tips ala Tony Hart. With Neil Buchanan doing the art
stuff and also with Richard Waite, Deborah McCallum and Sarah Pickthall.
ZOO
TIME
UK / Granada / 331x25m-e /
1956-68
Natural History. Dr Desmond
Morris introduces variious animals to viewers, the shows were broadcast from
London Zoo and later Chester Zoo. Harry Watt (in 1966) and Chris Kelly (1967)
also presented.
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