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) 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 its title. Two series were produced with the same title. The first premiered as Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada on Televisión Independiente de México in October 1968, adopted the "Chespirito" title in 1971, and aired until February 1973. The second, which aired on TIM's successor Televisa, premiered on 4 February 1980 and aired until 25 September 1995. Alongside Bolaños, other famous Mexican actors starred in the sketches. In the