The Steam Video Company

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This British comedy series from the 1980s spoofs horror movies and TV shows. A group of comic actors play different characters in each of the six episodes.

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What happens

The Steam Video Company is 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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