Dangerous Ambition

Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The series was created by Anna Home, then head of children's and youth programming at TVS, however production responsibilities were divided amongst most of the regional ITV franchise holders. Thus, each episode was in practice a one-off production with its own cast and crew, up to and including the executive producer. Dramarama was largely a place for new talent to prove themselves and was a launching pad for the likes of Anthony Horowitz, Paul Abbott, Kay Mellor, Janice Hally, Tony Kearney, David Tennant and Ann Marie Di Mambro. It was one of Dennis Spooner's last credits. One of Dramarama's episodes, "Dodger, Bonzo And The Rest", gained so much popularity that it was turned in to its own series the following year. It starred Lee Ross and was based around a large foster home. The episode "Blackbird Singing In The Dead of Night" was developed by Granada into the TV series Children's Ward. It was also repeated for the first time since its original broadcast on 5 January 2013, during CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend. The Series 7 episode "Back To Front" – notable for featuring a mirror image of the Yorkshire Television logo card at the end – was repeated on 6 January 2013, again as part of CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend.

On the shoreline of Lancashire's Lune Estuary, an old tramp is befriended by a young lad who volunteers with the St John's Ambulance.

A TV play by Beryl Bainbridge. Formby. As the family gathers for Grandma's funeral, it seems to Olive that the eccentric old lady they have come to bury is far from dead.

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpts, mainly from his pre-hollywood period.

Prestwich Clough, near Bury, is the setting for a disastrous family cricket match and a picnic that does little to assuage rising tempers.

A man in a Liverpool office conjures up the last hours of a condemned prisoner, in this reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s poem, given a non-naturalistic treatment using electronic effects and voiceover narration.

Jane spent her childhood in a remote valley in the Peak District above Macclesfield. Ten years later she returns with her fiancé. Her dramatic rediscovery of Lamaload is the subject of this poignant story.

A TV play by Graeme McCaig set amongst Blackpool's beach entertainers and starring Roy Kinnear

A biographical film about Beatrix Potter as a young woman.

When five girls start jogging in Liverpool's Sefton Park they soon encounter predictable male opposition. The result is a comedy that ends with a relay race of Wagnerian proportions. A BBC co-production with the Liverpool Everyman

Kevin is a daydreamer obsessed with the rock and roll lifestyle of 50s America. Unfortunately for Kevin, he lives in 70s Stockport. Will his ambition to become a DJ like his American idols come to fruition?

Rupert Skern's Saturday morning peace is shattered by the arrival of workmen in his garden

A TV play from Taste of Honey writer Shelagh Delaney. A chance encounter late one night in central Manchester reunites two estranged sisters-but for how long?

In Stalybridge, middle-aged scoutmaster Kenneth "Kim" McGrath begins to crack up under the strain of his personal and domestic frustrations.