A Kick Up the Eighties own career as an actor. The first series won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 1982. A compilation episode was broadcast on 31 December 1987, entitled "A Kick Up The Bells". 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
Hype (TV series) Kilgariff, Lori Nasso, Andy Bobrow, Steve Holland, Warren Lieberstein, Robert Sherman and John Unholz. On February 8, 2001 the series was canceled after one season, although two of its cast members, Frank Caliendo and Daniele Gaither, subsequently joined "MADtv", while Gavin Crawford has had success as a television comedian in Canada, including on "The Gavin Crawford Show" and "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Shout! Factory announced the complete series on DVD. Hype (TV series) Hype is an American sketch comedy television series on The WB, which ran for 17 episodes from October 8, 2000 to February 18, 2001. Created by