TV series
The Steam Video Company
1984 · 1 season
A silly, cheap-looking sketch show that gently mocks old horror films and TV, easy to dip into for light laughs.
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- William Franklyn, Barry Cryer, Anna Dawson
- Overview
- The Steam Video Company was a 1984 comedy series produced by Thames Television for ITV written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. The six episode series was a low budget spoof of the horror genre, intermingled with spoofs on contemporary television programmes, such as Nationwide. The programmes starred the same repertory cast of comic actors in a variety of roles. The cast included: William Franklyn, Barry Cryer, Anna Dawson, Bob Todd, Madeline Smith and Jimmy Mulville. The title is thought to be a reference to 'the golden age of steam railways', with the 'steam video' apparently a spoof on the multitude of low-budget horror and exploitation films available during the early days of the British home video boom.
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Media, art
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- William Franklyn, Barry Cryer, Anna Dawson
