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.
Dramarama (Season 7)
Codzmorf (Episode 1)
Air date: 1989-06-12
Overview: A father spends a Saturday turning household objects into live animals, things go wrong when he transforms himself and his son has to retrieve the spell book for the reverse spell
Ghost Story (Episode 2)
Writer: Harry Duffin
Air date: 1989-06-19
Badger (Episode 3)
Air date: 1989-06-26
Back to Front (Episode 4)
Writer: Anthony Horowitz
Air date: 1989-07-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: We all know that mirrors take real life and reflect it back to us the other way. But what if the mirror's world goes beyond the pane of glass?
Monstrous (Episode 5)
Writer: Nigel Crowle
Air date: 1989-07-10
Overview: A friendly and familiar group of monsters, witches and ghostly figures live and work in a "Tunnel of Horror" at the fairground. On this day, an envious authority wants to close the fairground and sends its employees out.
The Pisces Connection (Episode 6)
Writer: Peter Corey
Air date: 1989-07-17
Rosie the Great (Episode 7)
Air date: 1989-07-24
Overview: Once learned their island is free from British rule, the leader sought ways of getting the island on the map, until a researcher informed them the island is really a monarchy under the control of their local girl Rosie.
Snakes and Loofahs (Episode 8)
Writer: Valerie Georgeson
Air date: 1989-07-31
Overview: Three girls set up a neighbourhood watch, but their "cases" soon annoy the police. But the discovery of a constrictor and a strange burglar soon change that.
Just Wild About Harry (Episode 9)
Writer: Jenny McDade
Air date: 1989-08-07
Mitchin (Episode 10)
Air date: 1989-08-14
Overview: Two boys skip school aka "mitchin" one boy is hiding from something curious
In the Pink (Episode 11)
Air date: 1989-08-21
