News at Twelve (1988)

Genre

sitcom, children's television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 12 year old boy creates his own nightly news broadcasts about his life and imagination. The show follows his comedic adventures with his family and his dog Baxter.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedslapstickchildlikeinventive

What happens

News at Twelve is a 1988 British television comedy for children, written by Cliff Francis and Jeremy Sinclair under the pseudonym of Francis Sinclair. The series followed 12-year-old Kevin Doyle (Ewan Phillips) and his nightly "news bulletins" about the events in his life (and some events from his imagination). The name of the TV series came from Kevin's age rather than the time the show itself aired, or of Kevin's news updates, which commonly featured his comical basset hound Baxter. News at Twelve featured Patrick Malahide, Sheila Fearn, Julia Foster, Liz May Brice (credited as "Lisa Brice") and Mark Billingham. This series was aired on ITV and made by Central TV. A US pilot version was made in 1991 by NBC starring, amongst others, Danny Gerard and Sarah Melici, but it was never screened. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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