On the Waterfront (TV series)

On the Waterfront
Country of origin UK
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Release
Original network BBC

On the Waterfront was a BBC Saturday morning children's programme, filmed at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. It was hosted by Andrew O'Connor, Kate Copstick, Bernadette Nolan and Terry Randall. The programme ran for two seasons in 1988 and 1989, and consisted of comedy sketches interspersed with cartoons, competitions and music.

The Executive Producer was; Martin Hughes, the Producer; Stephen Rider Haggard

The writer Russell T Davies, later a BAFTA Award-winner for his work on programmes such as Queer as Folk and Doctor Who, worked on the series, writing the script for a comedy dubbed version of the French children's drama series The Flashing Blade.

The series is notable in giving the human and puppet double-act Bodger and Badger their first TV exposure. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Hayward, Anthony. "Andy Cunningham obituary", The Guardian, London, 12 June 2017. Retrieved on 27 June 2017.


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