
A Kick Up the Eighties
Comedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe, plus Rik Mayall as Kevin Turvey.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Sep 21, 1981
- Popularity: 5.4414
- 4 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
BBC Scotland (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till Jan 24, 1984
Last episode: Series 2, Show 4
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 10 episodes

Specials
Aired
Episode 1Kevin Turvey Investigates30 min
If one man this decade can be hailed as the jewel among journalists, it must surely be the great 'Kick up the eighties' correspondent - charismatic Kevin Turvey, ace investigative reporter with percepttive powers so limited he backs, quite unwittingly, into genius! Sporting an anorak that has left a subtle synthetic stain stamped permanently on 80s fashion and combing the back of his mind to bring us exclusives on such soul-searching subjects as death, sex, and the supernatural, Kevin Turvey makes contact with an indolent armchair Britain. However, if all you couch potatoes really want to know the answers to these compelling mysteries you'd better look elsewhere, for Kevin is a dab-hand at digression and has more important issues to discuss... like why Mrs Thatcher wears barbed-wire underwear and why 'taking it easy' involves downing a pint of Pernod.
Episode 2Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door30 min
A week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey.
Episode 3A Kick up the Bells30 min
A compilation of bits of A Kick Up The Eighties & Laugh I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee. Features a spoof of "Breakfast Time" with Coltrane as Russell Grant & Miriam Margolyes as Claire Rayner, the "Deck of Cards" sketch in the style of Ian Paisley and of course, Kevin Turvey.
Episode 4A Kick up the Archive50 min
A comedy compilation from A Kick Up the Eighties, Laugh? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee! and Naked Video.