Spatz(1990)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1990-02-21
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 33
Spatz is a children's comedy series that ran on CITV during the 1990s, produced by Thames Television and created by Andrew Bethell. The show originally ran from 21 February 1990 to 10 April 1992. The show centred around a fast food restaurant situated in a fictional shopping mall in Cricklewood, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen Hansson, Spatz International's European Co-ordinator, and Thomas "TJ" Strickland, the restaurant's manager. Vas Blackwood, Stephanie Charles, Jonathan Copestake, Sue Devaney, Joe Greco, Katy Murphy and Ling Tai appeared as Spatz restaurant employees. Guest stars included David Harewood, Rhys Ifans, Gary Lineker, Danny John-Jules and Nicholas Parsons.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Royal Visit
Air Date: 1990-02-21
It's opening day at Spatz, London’s latest fast-food sensation. But with only 4 hours to go, the manager, TJ Strickla...
E02
Sound of Musak
Air Date: 1990-02-28
Heavy metal man Vince Powers quickly changes his tune when he realises that the girl he’s got a crush on, Chloe, is a...
E03
Toni's Tall Tale
Air Date: 1990-03-07
Toni Gordon is a girl with a problem. Two problems, actually: one, her mother and two, her father. The reason? In a m...
E04
Karen's Birthday
Air Date: 1990-03-14
Karen takes a tip from the Spatz Tokyo outlet and introduces an early morning exercise programme designed to keep the...
E05
Local Hero
Air Date: 1990-03-21
While Karen racks her brains dreaming up yet more publicity gimmicks, TJ's much-derided first aid class gets a shot i...
E06
Death of a Spatzman
Air Date: 1990-03-28
Dexter sets his sights high when TV soap star Cindy Stewart blows in for a bite at the restaurant. The question is, w...
E07
The Wild Brunch
Air Date: 1990-04-04
A gang of teenage hoodlums starts hanging around the restaurant and Karen orders TJ to get rid of them. But when the ...
E08
Greenpieces
Air Date: 1990-04-11
A protest group calling itself Planetwatch pickets the restaurant, ruining Karen's quarterly profit figures. It may b...
E09
Clowning Around
Air Date: 1990-04-18
TJ conjures up a plan for Spatz to host kids' parties and reckons he’s come up with a wizard scheme. But as usual (si...
E10
The Strike
Air Date: 1990-04-25
The staff of Spatz is revolting. When Vince discovers that rival hamburger chain Blimpy's is paying their staff 10p m...
E11
Sing For Your Supper
Air Date: 1990-05-02
The staff are used to Karen calling the tune, but there's dischord in the ranks when she instructs the staff to sing ...
E12
Smart Cookies
Air Date: 1990-05-09
A battle of wits is in danger of escalating into an all-out war when TJ challenges Ivor Willis, the manager of Blimpy...
E13
Bye Bye TJ
Air Date: 1990-05-16
TJ gets promoted. It seems like great news, but the downside is he's got to return to Canada (that's somewhere just n...
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