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
The Edge (Fox TV series) premiere episode's closing skit noting the series "does save the best for last". Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" was more positive in his review of the series, calling it "edgy" and giving the show a B− grade. Early ratings for the show were described as "respectable" by "Variety". The Edge (Fox TV series) The Edge is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Mirkin that aired on the Fox Network from a single season from September 19, 1992 to May 2, 1993. The series features an ensemble cast headed by comedian Julie Brown. The other cast members were