1. PREMIERED 1986

    Dear John

    BBC One, 1986–1987

1986

DEAR JOHN

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    British television sitcom
  2. PREMIERED
    February 17, 198640 years ago
  3. FINALE
    December 21, 1987
  4. NETWORK
    BBC One
  5. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  6. LANGUAGE
    British English
  7. SEASONS
    2
  8. EPISODES
    14
  9. GENRE
    Sitcom
  10. STARRING
    Ralph Bates, Belinda Lang, Peter Denyer, Peter Blake, Rachel Bell
  11. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 41 on February 17, 2027, in 107 days
  12. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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