{{Short description|BBC1 children's programming slot (1985–1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} The '''''Friday Film Special''''' was a slot for children on the UK television network BBC1, shown between 1985 and 1989.
Every Friday during each season, they showed a children's film, made by the Children's Film Foundation. The films were mostly from the 1970s and 1980s, with some from the 1960s.
Here is a list of some of the films that were screened:
* ''Sammy's Super T-Shirt'' (1978) * ''4-D Special Agent'' (1981) * ''Tightrope to Terror'' (1982) * ''Cry Wolf'' (1968) * ''Fern the Red Deer'' (1976) * ''Paganini Strikes Again'' (1973) * ''A Hitch in Time'' (1978) * ''Sky Pirates'' (1976) * ''One Hour to Zero'' (1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f34454ab5904fbca72468fcf51e222a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327162434/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f34454ab5904fbca72468fcf51e222a|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2025|title=The Friday Film Special – One Hour to Zero|work=Radio Times|issue=3316|page=82|date=11 June 1987|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref> * ''Haunters of The Deep'' (1984) * ''The Boy Who Turned Yellow'' (1972) * ''The Glitterball'' (1977)
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|qid=Q7409694|title=Sammy's Super T-Shirt}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q127689016|title=4D Special Agents}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q127689017|title=Tightrope to Terror}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q127689019|title=Cry Wolf}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q123287292|title=Fern the Red Deer}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q127689020|title=Paganini Strikes Again}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q127689022|title=A Hitch in Time}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q123289109|title=Sky Pirates}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q7092733|title=One Hour to Zero}} *{{cite web|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/greg.taylor1/watched_it/ohtz/ohtzfront.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329023503/http://freespace.virgin.net/greg.taylor1/watched_it/ohtz/ohtzfront.htm|title=''One Hour to Zero'' (synopsis)|publisher=Greg Taylor|archivedate=29 March 2007}}
Category:BBC children's television shows Category:1985 British television series debuts Category:1989 British television series endings Category:Children's Film Foundation