Dramarama - 1983 - Opening - UK TV

[FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0]

yes i remember this show growing up in the 80's

it was the golden age of tv with classic dramas

game shows and comedy what a great show dramarama it

was and they should bring it back for the newer generation

like they did with dr who the 80's what a great period it was

and it's still with me today .

[couleddie]

I thought I imagined that. I remember his face being green and not too different from Fenella out of Chorlton & The Wheelies. Scared the crap out of me. Haven't seen that image since it was on (I think 1981/82) but it still scares me when I think of it. All it needed was the Open University fanfare after it to make it a guaranteed nightmare.

[MegaWayneD]

Ah! The old Tyne Tees Television ident on dusty, scratched and off-centre film! Happy days.

[mmaconachie]

The opening to Dramarama used to scare the crap out of me.

[DaveyC95]

Jesus, the amount of programmes that were made to scare kids back in the 80s, who ran the tv networks back then, witches and goblins? lol. I've seen a few things that used to creep me out as a very young child on You Tube. Although repeats and not the original broadcasts.

[charliefarley1000]

Blimey! I remember that dramarama theme. Haven't heard it for about 25 years though! Getting to the point where I thought I must have imagined it!

[Dristarg]

This was like the 70s series 'Shadows'. My favourite was the one about the drummer boy, when two crooks try to scare people away by disguising a kid as a ghost known to haunt a place. They put luminous paint on him, which almost kills him. It ends with them meeting the real ghost - a boy who died long ago from having luminous paint put on him when he pretended to be a ghost.

[Whirlygig7]

Remember one about a masked wrestler which creeped me out His face was covered for more scarey reasons

[GibbletsMcGinty]

@Whirlygig7 That was the 'Death Angel' The guy pulled his mask off in the dressing room after a fight and his face was all rotted away...anyone who saw it died. Which was bad news for the little black kid who saw him take off the mask and was later seen trying to balance on a blank between the roofs of two tall buildings

[ollie705]

@GibbletsMcGinty funny how everyone remembers this one. My memory was that after he took his mask off, his face was visible for a moment, the boy screamed and the credits came down..don't remember the plank balancing bit..but it was a long time ago

[TheCrackerbarrell]

@Whirlygig7 That was Theatre Box I think not Dramarama

[TheCrackerbarrell]

This programme used to scare the crap out of me. I'm certain there was an episode with a bloke in a plastic sort of mask that covered his eyes and everything and I had nightmares for weeks about it !

[enemoj]

anyone remember the mirror episode

[MrSteveo80]

I remember this from when I was a kid back in the 80's, I only saw a few episodes and I remember them being scary.

I wonder if it will be released on dvd sometime, cos I'd like to see it again.

[steerpike66]

There was a scary Dramarama episode that I saw called 'Mr Stabs' with David Jason and Patrick Malahide. There was black magic, gloves and a rotten corpse.

Ring any bells out there?

[whatmakesjoey]

this was 1 of the very few programmes i knew of produced by Tyne Tees; the only other 1 i heard produced by TT was supergran. Away the lads

[jo979]

This used to scare the hell out of me. I remember the episode with the ghost girl Amelia at another girl's party and the other girl had to spell Amerlia's name to get rid of her or something....freaked me out!

[Foebane72]

Oh MAN I had such a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia just looking at this!

[vinwoo84]

j4wn - I've had exactly the same experience. Thank you for posting this, fantastic NinaOPerez!

[j4wn]

Been looking for this for ages. Even typing Dramarama into the search box didn't come up with anything except a rock band called Dramarama. Only came across this by accident.