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A Kick Up the Eighties
1981 - 1984 6.5 (4 votes) 2 Seasons
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BBC Two

A Kick Up the Eighties

Overview

Comedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe, plus Rik Mayall as Kevin Turvey.

Top Cast

Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall

Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman

Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes

Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane

Richard Stilgoe
Richard Stilgoe

Roger Sloman
Roger Sloman

Seasons

Season 0 ()

No overview available.

4 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Kevin Turvey Investigates

If one man this decade can be hailed as the jewel among journalists, it must surely be the great 'Kick up the eighties' correspondent - charismatic Kevin Turvey, ace investigative reporter with percepttive powers so limited he backs, quite unwittingly, into genius! Sporting an anorak that has left a subtle synthetic stain stamped permanently on 80s fashion and combing the back of his mind to bring us exclusives on such soul-searching subjects as death, sex, and the supernatural, Kevin Turvey makes contact with an indolent armchair Britain. However, if all you couch potatoes really want to know the answers to these compelling mysteries you'd better look elsewhere, for Kevin is a dab-hand at digression and has more important issues to discuss... like why Mrs Thatcher wears barbed-wire underwear and why 'taking it easy' involves downing a pint of Pernod.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

A week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: A Kick up the Bells
1987-12-31

A compilation of bits of A Kick Up The Eighties & Laugh I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee. Features a spoof of "Breakfast Time" with Coltrane as Russell Grant & Miriam Margolyes as Claire Rayner, the "Deck of Cards" sketch in the style of Ian Paisley and of course, Kevin Turvey.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: A Kick up the Archive
1988-12-31

A comedy compilation from A Kick Up the Eighties, Laugh? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee! and Naked Video.

Runtime: 50 min

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