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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.

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Episodes

Specials

9 episodes

S0 E1 · Spooky: War Games with Caroline

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S0 E2 · Spooky: The Exorcism of Amy

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S0 E3 · Spooky: The Danny Roberts Show

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S0 E4 · Spooky: The Ghostly Earl

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S0 E5 · Spooky: In A Dark, Dark Box...

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S0 E6 · Spooky: The Restless Ghost

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S0 E7 · Spooky: The Keeper

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S0 E8 · School For Clowns (Episode 1)

Orignal shown as part of the series "Theatre Box" but later added to the "Dramarama" series.

S0 E9 · School For Clowns (Episode 2)

Orignal shown as part of the series "Theatre Box" but later added to the "Dramarama" series.

Season 1

9 episodes

S1 E1 · Mighty Mum and the Petnappers

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S1 E2 · Rip It Up

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S1 E3 · The Venchie

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S1 E4 · Jack and the Computer

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S1 E5 · Because I Say So

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S1 E6 · Bully for Cosmo

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S1 E7 · Messages

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S1 E8 · The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball Back

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S1 E9 · Sweet Revenge

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Season 2

12 episodes

S2 E1 · Night of the Narrow Boats

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S2 E2 · Fowl Pest

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S2 E3 · Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest

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S2 E4 · Que Sera

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S2 E5 · Stalemate

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S2 E6 · Snoop!

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S2 E7 · Mr. Stabs

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S2 E8 · Josephine-Jo

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S2 E9 · The Purple People Eater

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S2 E10 · On Your Tod

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S2 E11 · The Old Firm: Two for Starters

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S2 E12 · Rachel and Rosie

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Season 3

13 episodes

S3 E1 · Easy

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S3 E2 · The Coal Princess

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S3 E3 · Look At Me

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S3 E4 · A Young Person's Guide to Going Backwards In The World

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S3 E5 · The Audition

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S3 E6 · The Universe Downstairs

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S3 E7 · A Proper Little Nooryeff

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S3 E8 · Frog

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S3 E9 · Private Eye

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S3 E10 · Emily

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S3 E11 · Silver

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S3 E12 · The Golden Conch

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S3 E13 · Purple Passion Video

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Season 4

14 episodes

S4 E1 · The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt

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S4 E2 · A Couple of Charlies

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S4 E3 · Wayfarers

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S4 E4 · Play Acting

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S4 E5 · Last Days at Black Bert's

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S4 E6 · Maureen Reid, Where Are You?

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S4 E7 · Flashback

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S4 E8 · Direct Action

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S4 E9 · Waiting for Elvis

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S4 E10 · Just a Game

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S4 E11 · Flyaway Friend

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S4 E12 · Pig Ignorance

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S4 E13 · Jessie's Place

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S4 E14 · Frankie's Hat

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Season 5

16 episodes

S5 E1 · Cannondrum

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S5 E2 · Snap

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S5 E3 · The Horrible Story

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S5 E4 · My Friend Julie

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S5 E5 · The Creature Beyond Torches' End

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S5 E6 · My Mum's a Courgette

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S5 E7 · Brainwaves

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S5 E8 · Undertow of the Armada

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S5 E9 · Stan's First Night

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S5 E10 · Living Doll

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S5 E11 · Peter

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S5 E12 · The Halt

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S5 E13 · Mr Magus is Waiting for You

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S5 E14 · A Spirited Performance

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S5 E15 · Badger on the Barge

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S5 E16 · Badger on the Barge

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Season 6

16 episodes

S6 E1 · Forever Young

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S6 E2 · The Macramé Man

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S6 E3 · The Wrong Button

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S6 E4 · Bubbles

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S6 E5 · Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night

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S6 E6 · Big T for Trouble

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S6 E7 · Room for One More

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S6 E8 · Making Waves

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S6 E9 · Just a Normal Girl

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S6 E10 · Now You See Them

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S6 E11 · Bogeymen

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S6 E12 · The Alien

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S6 E13 · The Secret of Croftmore

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S6 E14 · The Bubblegum Brigade

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S6 E15 · Playing for Wales

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S6 E16 · Snap Decision

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Season 7

11 episodes

S7 E1 · Codzmorf

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S7 E2 · Ghost Story

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S7 E3 · Badger

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S7 E4 · Back to Front

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S7 E5 · Monstrous

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S7 E6 · The Pisces Connection

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S7 E7 · Rosie the Great

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S7 E8 · Snakes and Loofahs

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S7 E9 · Just Wild About Harry

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S7 E10 · Mitchin

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S7 E11 · In the Pink

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