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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • September 13, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Hereford and Derby compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • September 20, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from King's Lynn and Manchester compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • September 27, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Nottinghamshire and York compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • October 4, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Wrexham and Banbury compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • October 11, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Bradford and London compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • October 18, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Shrewsbury and Gloucester compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • October 25, 1982
    • ITV Granada

    Schools from Birmingham and Altrincham compete to come first on the giant Snakes and Ladders board

Season 2

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • July 25, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Ultravox, Lament

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • August 1, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Tracey Ullman, Sunglasses

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • August 8, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Captain Sensible, More Snakes Than Ladders

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • August 15, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Spandau Ballet/Matt Bianco

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • August 22, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Captain Sensible

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • August 29, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    King Kurt

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • September 5, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Tony Hadley

  • S03E08 Episode 8

    • September 12, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Bananarama, Do Not Disturb

  • S03E09 Episode 9

    • September 19, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Chas ‘n’ Dave/Bronski Beat

  • S03E10 Episode 10

    • September 26, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    The Bluebells, Cath/Nick Heyward, Wonderful Day

  • S03E11 Episode 11

    • October 3, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Swan’s Way/Chiefs of Relief

  • S03E12 Episode 12

    • October 10, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Midge Ure/The Adventures

  • S03E13 Episode 13

    • October 17, 1984
    • ITV Granada

    Spandau Ballet/King

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • August 21, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Hipsway/Bananarama

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • August 28, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    King

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    • September 4, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Madness/The Promise

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    • September 11, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy/Tobruk

  • S04E05 Episode 5

    • September 18, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Simply Red/Jaki Graham, Round and Round

  • S04E06 Episode 6

    • October 2, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    The Thompson Twins (interview)/Fine Young Cannibals, Johnny Come Home

  • S04E07 Episode 7

    • October 9, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Shannon/Surfing Dave

  • S04E08 Episode 8

    • October 16, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    The Damned, Is It A Dream?/Graham Fellows

  • S04E09 Episode 9

    • October 23, 1985
    • ITV Granada

    Prefab Sprout, When Love Breaks Down/Total Contrast

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    • September 10, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Hollywood Beyond, What’s The Colour of Money?/Bucks Fizz

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    • September 17, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    The Communards, Don’t Lead Me This Way (?)/Millie Scott, Automatic

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • September 24, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Drum Theatre/Frank Sidebottom

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    • October 1, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It, Love Is The Slug/Two Nations

  • S05E05 Episode 5

    • October 8, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Screaming Blue Messiahs, Wild Blue Yonder/Amazulu

  • S05E06 Episode 6

    • October 15, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Erasure, Sometimes (alternate version)/The Woodentops

  • S05E07 Episode 7

    • October 22, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Talk Talk/Swing Out Sister, Break Out

  • S05E08 Episode 8

    • October 29, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Smiley Culture/The Christians

  • S05E09 Episode 9

    • November 5, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Jaki Graham, Breaking Away/Andrew Caine

  • S05E10 Episode 10

    • November 12, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Lone Justice, Shelter/Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, Boat to Bolivia/Mark Rodgers (50% of Hollywood Beyond)

  • S05E11 Episode 11

    • November 19, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    The Damned, Anything/Owen Paul, One World

  • S05E12 Episode 12

    • November 26, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    Buddy Curtess and the Grasshoppers/The Ward Brothers

  • S05E13 Episode 13

    • December 3, 1986
    • ITV Granada

    The Housemartins, Caravan of Love (and interview)/The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Shirt of Blue

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Special: The Housemartins Live!

    • December 10, 1986

    A special live production at the City Lites night club in Farnworth in December 1986

Season 6

  • S06E01 Episode 1

    • July 1, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Westworld (interview)/Trouble/The Christians, Hooverville (plus interview)/(advertised though not on) Mel and Kim

  • S06E02 Episode 2

    • July 8, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Swing Out Sister, Failed By A Smile (plus interview)/The Weather Prophets/Bananarama, I Heard A Rumour (plus interview)

  • S06E03 Episode 3

    • July 15, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Tendencies, Possessed to Skate/Iggy Pop, Isolation/Black, Sweetest Smile (plus interviews with all three guests);

  • S06E04 Episode 4

    • July 22, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    David Grant/Wet Wet Wet, Sweet Little Mystery/Apple Mosaic;

  • S06E05 Episode 5

    • July 29, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Stephen Remmler, I Don’t Go To USA/That Petrol Emotion, Swim/Danny Wilson, Mary’s Prayer (plus interviews with all three guests)

  • S06E06 Episode 6

    • August 5, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Jessie Rae/The B52s, Wig (plus interview)/52nd Street

  • S06E07 Episode 7

    • August 12, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Salvation Sunday, Come To Your Senses/David Rudder/Climie Fisher

  • S06E08 Episode 8

    • August 19, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Cliff Richard, Some People (plus interview)/Total Contrast/The Man From Del Monte, Water In My Eyes (plus interview)

  • S06E09 Episode 9

    • August 26, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    The Go Betweens, Bye Bye Pride/Hindsight, Lowdown/Deacon Blue, (I Wish You Would) Make My Telephone Ring (plus interviews with all three guests)

  • S06E10 Episode 10

    • September 2, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Johnny Hates Jazz, I Don’t Want To Be A Hero/Thomas Lang, Me and Mrs Jones/Hue and Cry, Strength To Strength (plus interviews with all three guests)

  • S06E11 Episode 11

    • September 9, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    Public Image Limited, Seattle/Black, Wonderful Life/The Descendants, One Body/The Bodines, Slipslide (plus interviews with all four guests)

  • S06E12 Episode 12

    • September 16, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    The Proclaimers/TOT/Broken English

  • S06E13 Episode 13

    • September 23, 1987
    • ITV Granada

    The Christians/Miaow/Pepsi and Shirlie

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Summer: The Hits

    • November 4, 1987

    A collection of clips from the 1987 series, featuring Pepsi and Shirlie, Wet Wet Wet, Bananarama, Cliff Richard, Johnny Hates Jazz, Black, The Christians, Broken English, Danny Wilson, The B52s and Iggy Pop