A Kick Up the Eighties A Kick Up the Eighties A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman. The series was created by Tom Gutteridge (producer/director) and Sean Hardie (executive producer). Colin Gilbert was script editor. The show was the first break into television for Rik Mayall, who played the anorak-wearing investigative reporter Kevin Turvey; it was also the start of Tracey Ullman's television comedy career. Peter Capaldi, a trained graphic artist from Scotland, contributed to designing the show's opening sequence prior to launching his
Chespirito (TV series) and Monday to Friday (2011–present). In 2008, the channel "Clásico TV" returned with "Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada", the first period of the "Chespirito" show, which was transmitted on Wednesdays. The series finale was broadcast in 2009. On November 28, 2014, Roberto Gómez Bolaños passed away at age 85. In 2015, an animated series featuring El Chapulin Colorado premiered. The cast of the show in both periods. Unofficial websites: Chespirito (TV series) Chespirito is a sketch comedy show that aired in Mexico and was created by and starred comedian and actor Roberto Gomez Bolaños, whose nickname gave the show