On The Waterfront (TV Series)
Encyclopedia
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 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 children's drama series The Flashing Blade
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Saturday morning children's programme, filmed at Brunswick Dock
Brunswick Dock
Brunswick Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Coburg Dock to the north, Toxteth Dock to the south. The dock was opened in 1832, designed by Jesse Hartley, specifically as a timber dock...
, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. It was hosted by Andrew O'Connor, Kate Copstick
Kate Copstick
Kate Copstick is a Glasgow-born Scottish actress, television presenter, writer, critic, director and producer.-Career:She is best known for her roles on the children's TV shows No. 73 and ChuckleVision. She also played Marlene Marlowe in Marlene Marlowe Investigates and performed as part of the...
, Bernadette Nolan
Bernadette Nolan
Bernadette Therese "Bernie" Nolan is an Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of The Nolans. Her siblings are Anne, Brian, Denise, Maureen, Tommy, Linda and Coleen Nolan. She is the second youngest...
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 writer Russell T Davies, later a BAFTA Award-winner for his work on programmes such as Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk (UK TV series)
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies...
and Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, worked on the series, writing the script for a comedy dubbed version of the children's drama series The Flashing Blade
The Flashing Blade
The Flashing Blade is a French television serial made in the late 1960s, which was broadcast in the UK on BBC children's television during the 1960s, with several re-runs in the 1970s....
.