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I am sure many of you remember the Children's ITV series Dramarama which ran in the mid to late 1980s, and various ITV companies such TVS, Thames and Central contributed. I suppose that it was a bit like a children's version of Tales of the Unexpected, which is ironic considering that Anglia never made any episodes for the series - one would have thought that if the company had the capacity to do TOTU, then why couldn't they do a couple of episodes for a children's television equivalent?
Anyway, I vaguely remember a certain episode that was on so well - I asked this in the comments section on a YT page that has a Dramarama episode on, and it rang one or two bells with some people there. So I have decided to ask on here to see if anyone remembers it.
The episode that I remember is one from perhaps 1985 or 1986, where it featured a young lad, who I think won a rabbit (or a hamster or something) as a prize after visiting a fairground along with two of his friends. He kept it in a shoebox under his bed so that his parents didn't find out as I assume that they didn't want animals in the house. But when they did find out, they had become livid. As soon as friends left the house, his father took the belt off his trousers and repeatedly hit the boy with it with him yelling, and his mother was in hysterics, while his friends were looking on, seeing this through the front room window. I bet that the IBA, Mary Whitehouse (and children's charities) were a bit uneasy at showing something like that in a CITV slot, never mind before the 9.00 pm watershed.
I am certain that this was a Dramarama episode, and was probably made by either Central or TVS, although it could have been another 4.45 pm CITV drama series instead in the mid 1980s. I remember it was a one-off, so it could have fitted into this series. This has stuck in my mind for around 30 years - which episode could it have been?
I am not expecting anyone to have the answer to this, but I will put this on here just in case it rings any bells with anyone.
Anyway, I vaguely remember a certain episode that was on so well - I asked this in the comments section on a YT page that has a Dramarama episode on, and it rang one or two bells with some people there. So I have decided to ask on here to see if anyone remembers it.
The episode that I remember is one from perhaps 1985 or 1986, where it featured a young lad, who I think won a rabbit (or a hamster or something) as a prize after visiting a fairground along with two of his friends. He kept it in a shoebox under his bed so that his parents didn't find out as I assume that they didn't want animals in the house. But when they did find out, they had become livid. As soon as friends left the house, his father took the belt off his trousers and repeatedly hit the boy with it with him yelling, and his mother was in hysterics, while his friends were looking on, seeing this through the front room window. I bet that the IBA, Mary Whitehouse (and children's charities) were a bit uneasy at showing something like that in a CITV slot, never mind before the 9.00 pm watershed.
I am certain that this was a Dramarama episode, and was probably made by either Central or TVS, although it could have been another 4.45 pm CITV drama series instead in the mid 1980s. I remember it was a one-off, so it could have fitted into this series. This has stuck in my mind for around 30 years - which episode could it have been?
I am not expecting anyone to have the answer to this, but I will put this on here just in case it rings any bells with anyone.
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