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Spatz (1990)

Spatz poster
Genre
comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 33 episodes
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A children's comedy series set in a fast food restaurant in a London shopping center. Two Canadian bosses run the place with a group of eccentric employees, leading to silly situations and banter.

lightheartedplayfulupbeatwhimsicalnostalgicbouncydaytime-friendlyquirky

What happens

Spatz is a children's comedy series that ran on Children's ITV during the 1990s, produced by Thames Television and created by Andrew Bethell. The programme originally ran from 21 February 1990 to 10 April 1992. The programme centred on a fast food restaurant situated in a fictional shopping centre in Cricklewood, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen Hansson (Jennifer Calvert), Spatz International's self-centered European Co-ordinator, and Thomas "TJ" Strickland (Paul Michael), the restaurant's kind-hearted manager. Vas Blackwood, Stephanie Charles, Jonathan Copestake, Sue Devaney, Joe Greco, Katy Murphy, Ling Tai and Samantha Womack appeared as Spatz restaurant employees. Guest stars included David Harewood, Rhys Ifans, Gary Lineker, Danny John-Jules and Nicholas Parsons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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