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Season 1

  • S01E01 Fundation

    • September 22, 1983
    • Channel 4

    The first programme in this series is a fast moving music and comedy show written and performed by a group of young entertainers known as Fundation who have performed a resident weekend spot for several years now at The Tramshed, a club in Woolwich, London. [source: TV Times]

  • S01E02 Jeff Stevenson

    • September 29, 1983
    • Channel 4

    A comedy half-hour featuring the rising cockney comic Jeff Stevenson and his guests. [source: TV Times]

  • S01E03 French & Saunders

    • October 6, 1983
    • Channel 4

    A television version of one of the best revues seen around London venues this year, and just presented to much acclaim in Edinburgh. Dawn and Jenny are founder members of the Comic Strip. [source: TV Times]

  • S01E04 The Joe Longthorne Show

    • October 13, 1983
    • Channel 4

    Comedy, dance and music featuring the vocal talents of Joe Longthorne, a very popular runner-up on Search for a Star who has gone on to establish a major reputation as a club and concert entertainer. This, his first full show on his own, demonstrates he is much more than the 'man who does the brilliant Shirley Bassey impression'. [source: TV Times]

  • S01E05 Stomping on the Cat

    • October 20, 1983
    • Channel 4

    A brief tasting of six of the top performers from the fringe cabaret circuit, with music of the Dialtones 'doowopera' style

  • S01E06 Inner City Fairy Tales

    • October 27, 1983
    • Channel 4

    From Kim Fuller, the author of A Tale of Two Chauvinists, Snow White and the Seven Social Workers, and 20,000 Leagues Up The M1, comes a modern day fairy tale with an alternative slant. [source: TV Times]

  • S01E07 Stomping on the Cat (2)

    • January 4, 1984
    • Channel 4

    A second line-up of some of the best young performers from London's cabaret venues present a programme of comedy and music with a modern slant. [source: TV Times]