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decade. Of course, a lot of what we watched on television in the eighties was a continuation of existing TV shows that had started back in the seventies.
TV Shows of the 1980s
    A Bit of a Do
    Airwolf
    Alexei Sayle’s Stuff
    All Creatures Great & Small
    ’Allo ’Allo
    Are You Being Served?
    Auf Weidersehen, Pet
    Bananaman
    Battle of the Planets
    Baywatch
    Beadle’s About
    Bergerac
    Blankety Blank
    Blind Date
    Blue Peter
    Blue Thunder
    Brookside
    Brush Strokes
    Button Moon
    Byker Grove
    Cagney & Lacey
    Cannon & Ball
    Catch Phrase
    Challenge Anneka
    Charlie’s Angels
    Cheggers Plays Pop
    Chip ’n Dale Rescue Rangers
    Chish ’n Fips
    Chockablock
    Citizen Smith
    Clive James on Television
    Colin’s Sandwich
    Columbo
    Come Dancing
    Coronation Street
    Countdown
    Crackerjack
    Crimewatch UK
    Crossroads
    Dallas
    Danger Mouse
    Dear John
    Degrassi Junior High
    Des O’Connor Now
    Diff’rent Strokes
    Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds
    Doogie Howser, M.D.
    Dr Who
    DuckTales
    Dynasty
    EastEnders
    Emmerdale Farm
    Eurovision Song Contest
    Family Fortunes
    Finger Mouse
    Fraggle Rock
    French and Saunders
    Friday Night Live
    Give Us a Clue
    Grandstand
    Grange Hill
    Hale & Pace
    Hardcastle & McCormick
    Hawaii Five-O
    He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
    Henry’s Cat
    Hi-de-Hi!
    Howards’ Way
    Inspector Gadget
    It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
    It’s a Knockout
    Jackanory
    James the Cat
    Jamie and the Magic Torch
    Jem and The Holograms
    Jimbo and the Jet-Set
    Jim’ll Fix It
    John Craven’s Newsround
    Jonny Briggs
    Jossy’s Giants
    Juliet Bravo
    The Kenny Everett Television Show
    The Kids of Degrassi Street
    King Rollo
    Knightmare
    Knight Rider
    Knots Landing
    LA Law
    Last of the Summer Wine
    Let’s Pretend
    Little House on the Prairie
    London’s Burning
    Lovejoy
    M.A.S.H.
    M.A.S.K.
    Magnum P.I.
    Manimal
    Married with Children
    Mastermind
    Match of the Day
    Max Headroom
    Mike Yarwood in Persons
    Minder
    Miss World
    Monkey
    Monty Python’s Flying Circus
    Mork & Mindy
    Mr & Mrs
    Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
    Munch Bunch
    Murder She Wrote
    My Little Pony ’n Friends
    My Two Dads
    Naked Video
    Neighbours
    Noggin the Nog
    Not the Nine O’Clock News
    Only Fools and Horses
    Open All Hours
    Opportunity Knocks
    Pebble Mill at One
    Pigeon Street
    Play Away
    Play School
    Play Your Cards Right
    Points of View
    Police Squad!
    Popeye
    Porterhouse Blue
    Prisoner (Cell Block H)
    Puddle Lane
    Punky Brewster
    Quantum Leap
    Quincy M.E.
    Rainbow
    Rainbow Brite
    Record Breakers
    Red Dwarf
    Remington Steele
    Rentaghost
    Roseanne
    Rumpole of the Bailey
    Russ Abbot’s Madhouse
    Sale of the Century
    Sapphire & Steel
    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Superstore
    Saved by the Bell
    Screen Test
    Sesame Street
    She-Ra: Princess of Power
    Simon and the Witch
    Ski Sunday
    Smith & Jones
    Sons and Daughters
    Sorry!
    Spitting Image
    Stig of the Dump
    Stoppit and Tidyup
    Street Hawk
    Super Gran
    SuperTed
    T.J. Hooker
    Taggart
    Take Hart
    Take the High Road
    Tales of the Unexpected
    Tenko
    Terrahawks
    Terry & June
    That’s Life
    The Adventure Game
    The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
    The Amazing Adventures of Morph
    The A-Team
    The Basil Brush Show
    The Benny Hill Show
    The Children of Green Knowe
    The Comic Strip Presents
    The Dick Emery Show
    The Dukes of Hazzard
    The Flumps
    The Flying Doctors
    The Golden Girls
    The Goodies
    The Jetsons
    The Keith Harris Show
    The Krankies Elektronik Komik
    The Krypton Factor
    The Late Late Breakfast Show
    The Laughter Show
    The Les Dawson Show
    The Les Dennis Laughter Show
    The Littlest Hobo
    The Magic Roundabout
    The Moomins
    The Morecambe and Wise Show
    The Muppet Show
    The Mysterious Cities of Gold
    The Onedin Line
    The Paul Hogan Show
    The Price is Right
    The Real Ghostbusters
    The Rockford Files
    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
    The Simpsons
    The Smurfs
    The Snowman
    The Sooty Show
    The Sullivans
    The Thorn Birds
    The Tripods
    The Two Ronnies
    The Val Doonican Music Show
    The Waltons
    The Wide Awake Club
    The Wind in the