1. PREMIERED 1989

    Happy Families

    BBC Children's and Education, 1989–1990

1989

HAPPY FAMILIES

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    British children's television series
  2. PREMIERED
    August 17, 198937 years ago
  3. FINALE
    December 18, 1990
  4. NETWORK
    BBC Children's and Education
  5. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  6. SEASONS
    2
  7. EPISODES
    12
  8. GENRE
    Children's television series
  9. STARRING
    Tamsin Heatley, Richard Hope
  10. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 38 on August 17, 2027, in 287 days
  11. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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