About this season
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.
Episodes (16)
1. Forever Young
Aired 8 May 1988
2. The Macramé Man
Aired 16 May 1988
3. The Wrong Button
Aired 23 May 1988
A school art class visits a noble country estate, with a disused fairground next door. At the same time, a devil-in-training causes chaos among the visitors. But a rascal student can see him and brings his two best friends for a ride.
4. Bubbles
Aired 6 June 1988
5. Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night
Aired 13 June 1988
Kim, a girl rendered deaf by an accident, has to return to the children's ward for a second time when the first operation fails. Whilst there, she befriends a boy who is immature on the outside, but has a good hear
6. Big T for Trouble
Aired 20 June 1988
Jackie's outrageous lies always get her into trouble, but she can't escape her job as a bridesmaid in pink.
7. Room for One More
Aired 27 June 1988
8. Making Waves
Aired 4 July 1988
9. Just a Normal Girl
Aired 11 July 1988
Sandy is left paraplegic as a result of a car accident, but finds courage through meeting other disabled children.
10. Now You See Them
Aired 18 July 1988
11. Bogeymen
Aired 25 July 1988
New neighbours in the street - a scary thing for four children, because the newcomers are from the West Indies. Their wild imagination brings them to break into the neighbours court.
12. The Alien
Aired 1 August 1988
13. The Secret of Croftmore
Aired 8 August 1988
A teenage Scottish boy named Calum Gillies, who does not want to leave his beloved Croftmore in the Highlands to move to Edinburgh, receives assistance from the ghosts of his distant relatives.
14. The Bubblegum Brigade
Aired 15 August 1988
15. Playing for Wales
Aired 22 August 1988
16. Snap Decision
Aired 4 January 1989
Tennis playing schoolboy Peter is anxious over an upcoming tournament. When his wheelchair-bound and photo-obsessed younger brother begins to attract more attention from his girlfriend, Peter's bitter resentments come to the surface.