Dramarama

1. S01E01Mighty Mum and the PetnappersSeptember 12, 1983—
2. S01E02Rip It UpSeptember 19, 1983—
3. S01E03The VenchieSeptember 26, 1983—Matt begins a new job as a play worker for an adventure playground - a "venchie". Despite being warned that the kids there are hooligans, Ma
4. S01E04Jack and the ComputerOctober 3, 1983—
5. S01E05Because I Say SoOctober 10, 1983—When a boy is injured in a classroom fight, his teacher and headmaster try to get at the truth of what happened.
6. S01E06Bully for CosmoOctober 17, 1983—Cosmo is being bullied in class by Sylvia after he refuses to take a note from her in the middle of a lesson. After a fight almost breaks ou
7. S01E07MessagesOctober 24, 1983—
8. S01E08The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball BackOctober 31, 1983—
9. S01E09Sweet RevengeNovember 7, 1983—

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Night of the Narrow BoatsMay 14, 1984—
2. S02E02Fowl PestMay 21, 1984—Chaos results when Amy gives her mother a birthday present of four chickens.
3. S02E03Dodger, Bonzo and the RestMay 28, 1984—When they overhear that their children's home may be closed, the youngsters hatch a series of plans, not all totally above board, to raise m
4. S02E04Que SeraJune 4, 1984—Fortune teller Rose is trying to teach young Stella the tricks of her trade when the new owner of the Pleasure Palace threatens her professi
5. S02E05StalemateJune 11, 1984—
6. S02E06Snoop!June 25, 1984—Colin Egan, a cub reporter, is sent on an apparently boring assignment. Events, however, soon take a dramatic turn.
7. S02E07Mr. StabsJuly 2, 1984—Mr Stabs is summoned to the City of Shadows, where he must perform various heroic deeds in order to defeat the evil Polandi, and ultimately
8. S02E08Josephine-Jo—
9. S02E09The Purple People EaterJuly 16, 1984—
10. S02E10On Your TodJuly 23, 1984—18-year-old Ben seems to have all the luck. In reality, he is bored and lonely - and it takes a gate-crasher at his party to force him to ac
11. S02E11The Old Firm: Two for StartersJuly 30, 1984—
12. S02E12Rachel and RosieAugust 6, 1984—Wheelchair-bound Rosie is waiting in hospital for an operation. When she has to share her hospital room with Rachel, a very different girl w

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01EasyApril 1, 1985—Neil is a good footballer, but his father wants him to only develop his talent for the violin. But the concert of a great virtuoso changes e
2. S03E02The Coal PrincessApril 15, 1985—
3. S03E03Look At MeApril 22, 1985—Two children, one deaf and one hearing, are brought together by an accident involving the deaf boy's beloved dog.
4. S03E04A Young Person's Guide to Going Backwards In The World—Charlie is facing his exam and is suffering greatly under the pressure of expectations. Then the mysterious Mentora makes him a tempting off
5. S03E05The AuditionMay 13, 1985—
6. S03E06The Universe DownstairsMay 20, 1985—Vincent and his parents move into an old house. When they hear noises coming from the cellar he goes down to investigate and finds a whole n
7. S03E07A Proper Little NooryeffJune 3, 1985—
8. S03E08FrogJune 10, 1985—A satirical, political play as an enclosed garden represents the whole western world. Inhabiting the garden are various animals who speak di
9. S03E09Private EyeJune 17, 1985—
10. S03E10EmilyJune 24, 1985—
11. S03E11SilverJuly 1, 1985—
12. S03E12The Golden ConchJuly 8, 1985—
13. S03E13Purple Passion VideoJuly 15, 1985—

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01The Come-Uppance of Captain KattJune 30, 1986—Ludo French stars in a sci-fi series, but working with the arrogant, conceited, always dissatisfied man pushes the production to its limits.
2. S04E02A Couple of CharliesJuly 7, 1986—A play about a neglected boy on a school pet day, this edition was awarded the Special UNICEF Prize at Prix Jeunesse, Munich.
3. S04E03WayfarersJuly 14, 1986—
4. S04E04Play ActingJuly 21, 1986—
5. S04E05Last Days at Black Bert'sJuly 28, 1986—Things aren't looking good at the run-down hikers' hostel "Black Bert's." A health inspector has been announced, ordering a committee to clo
6. S04E06Maureen Reid, Where Are You?August 4, 1986—
7. S04E07FlashbackAugust 11, 1986—Film material from the Second World War is leaked to two young people. The film stars a schoolboy who obviously doesn't belong there. Who is
8. S04E08Direct ActionAugust 18, 1986—Young Dawn seems to lack perseverance in her jobs. Things seem to be going better at Helliwell's toy store until the boss orders the same Ch
9. S04E09Waiting for ElvisSeptember 1, 1986—In 1960, Elvis Presley returns to the USA from Germany by plane, and there will be a stopover in Scotland. That evening, the paths of six pe
10. S04E10Just a GameSeptember 8, 1986—A school quiz broadcast on the radio is a huge success until two students from a losing team realize that their teacher is helping the compe
11. S04E11Flyaway FriendSeptember 15, 1986—Jennie is new at school, misses her father and has no friends. But there is her imaginary friend Tom, who has similar concerns. But is he re
12. S04E12Pig IgnoranceSeptember 22, 1986—Little crook Darryl has to do community service on an inner-city farm. Most of the time he doesn't care about the work, but when the owners
13. S04E13Jessie's PlaceSeptember 25, 1986—A girl from a snobbish middle class family is desperate to break free, and ends up forging an unlikely friendship with a younger working cla
14. S04E14Frankie's HatDecember 30, 1986—Sonia travels from London to Oxford to make a Birthday visit to her sister Frankie who has moved away and started a family. But Frankie take

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01CannondrumMarch 30, 1987—
2. S05E02SnapApril 6, 1987—Peter's dad reluctantly gives him a lift to some marshlands for a school photography project. Yet why is Peter able to see a mysterious hood
3. S05E03The Horrible StoryApril 13, 1987—Bobby is given a tent from his uncle, and plans to sleep in it overnight with his friend Allan. Yet their plans are disrupted by Bobby's you
4. S05E04My Friend JulieApril 27, 1987—A story told entirely in song of the difficult friendship between two teenage girls who both love the same boy.
5. S05E05The Creature Beyond Torches' EndMay 11, 1987—Because his parents are constantly arguing, Henry takes his desire for adventure and dinosaurs into his own hands. He follows the path under
6. S05E06My Mum's a CourgetteMay 18, 1987—
7. S05E07BrainwavesJune 8, 1987—Karen has enrolled on a communications course in a college for school underachievers. She spends her nights fantasising about a rebellious c
8. S05E08Undertow of the ArmadaJune 15, 1987—
9. S05E09Stan's First NightJune 22, 1987—In 1906, Stan Jefferson is given the chance to perform on stage for the first time ever at a theatre in Glasgow. The events of this night se
10. S05E10Living DollJune 29, 1987—When Dawn's mother wants to work full-time, it leads to arguments between her parents. So, in her imagination, she creates the perfect coupl
11. S05E11PeterJuly 3, 1987—Since the death of his father in the Falklands War, Paul has become increasingly withdrawn. One day, while fishing, he meets a strange boy n
12. S05E12The HaltJuly 6, 1987—Football hooligans get their comeuppance when they find themselves abandoned on a deserted railway station where strange things happen and v
13. S05E13Mr Magus is Waiting for You—A repeat screening of a three-part "Middle English" story from 1986, repackaged as a single episode and presented under the Dramarama banner
14. S05E14A Spirited PerformanceAugust 10, 1987—Two boys stumble into a chaotic medieval film production and help out. But then they should look for a mystical sword.
15. S05E15Badger on the BargeAugust 24, 1987—
16. S05E16Badger on the Barge—

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Forever YoungMay 8, 1988—
2. S06E02The Macramé ManMay 16, 1988—
3. S06E03The Wrong ButtonMay 23, 1988—A school art class visits a noble country estate, with a disused fairground next door. At the same time, a devil-in-training causes chaos am
4. S06E04BubblesJune 6, 1988—
5. S06E05Blackbird Singing in the Dead of NightJune 13, 1988—Kim, a girl rendered deaf by an accident, has to return to the children's ward for a second time when the first operation fails. Whilst ther
6. S06E06Big T for TroubleJune 20, 1988—Jackie's outrageous lies always get her into trouble, but she can't escape her job as a bridesmaid in pink.
7. S06E07Room for One MoreJune 27, 1988—
8. S06E08Making WavesJuly 4, 1988—
9. S06E09Just a Normal GirlJuly 11, 1988—Sandy is left paraplegic as a result of a car accident, but finds courage through meeting other disabled children.
10. S06E10Now You See ThemJuly 18, 1988—
11. S06E11BogeymenJuly 25, 1988—New neighbours in the street - a scary thing for four children, because the newcomers are from the West Indies. Their wild imagination bring
12. S06E12The AlienAugust 1, 1988—
13. S06E13The Secret of CroftmoreAugust 8, 1988—A teenage Scottish boy named Calum Gillies, who does not want to leave his beloved Croftmore in the Highlands to move to Edinburgh, receives
14. S06E14The Bubblegum BrigadeAugust 15, 1988—
15. S06E15Playing for WalesAugust 22, 1988—
16. S06E16Snap DecisionJanuary 4, 1989—Tennis playing schoolboy Peter is anxious over an upcoming tournament. When his wheelchair-bound and photo-obsessed younger brother begins t

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01CodzmorfJune 12, 1989—A father spends a Saturday turning household objects into live animals, things go wrong when he transforms himself and his son has to retrie
2. S07E02Ghost StoryJune 19, 1989—
3. S07E03BadgerJune 26, 1989—
4. S07E04Back to FrontJuly 3, 1989—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 glas
5. S07E05MonstrousJuly 10, 1989—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,
6. S07E06The Pisces ConnectionJuly 17, 1989—
7. S07E07Rosie the GreatJuly 24, 1989—Once learned their island is free from British rule, the leader sought ways of getting the island on the map, until a researcher informed th
8. S07E08Snakes and LoofahsJuly 31, 1989—Three girls set up a neighbourhood watch, but their "cases" soon annoy the police. But the discovery of a constrictor and a strange burglar
9. S07E09Just Wild About HarryAugust 7, 1989—
10. S07E10MitchinAugust 14, 1989—Two boys skip school aka "mitchin" one boy is hiding from something curious
11. S07E11In the PinkAugust 21, 1989—

Season 7 ranked & reviewed