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Satellite City is a Welsh sitcom which started out originally as a radio show on BBC Radio Wales in 1994 and then evolved into a TV version made by BBC Wales and was first broadcast in 1996. The setting was an imaginary small town in the South Wales Valleys. The plot centered on the arrival of Randy (Michael Neill), an American visitor, who was taken in by the Price family (but had to share a bed with pensioner Idris, played by Islwyn Morris). Randy soon formed a relationship with local girl Mandy (Shelley Miranda Barrett). The other main characters were Idris's son, Gwynne (played by Boyd Clack, who also co-wrote the series), Gwynne's wife Moira (Ri Richards), barman Dai (Rhodri Hugh), and Mandy's friend Bridget (Einir Sion), replaced in the final series by the character of Donna (Kirsten

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  • Satellite City (en)
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  • Satellite City (no Brasil: Turma do Bom Clima) foi um desenho animado britânico, exibido no Brasil pela TV Cultura, através do programa Glub-Glub.Uma das produtoras da série foi a Fairwater Films, responsável também pelos desenhos The Shoe People e Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop. (pt)
  • Satellite City is a Welsh sitcom which started out originally as a radio show on BBC Radio Wales in 1994 and then evolved into a TV version made by BBC Wales and was first broadcast in 1996. The setting was an imaginary small town in the South Wales Valleys. The plot centered on the arrival of Randy (Michael Neill), an American visitor, who was taken in by the Price family (but had to share a bed with pensioner Idris, played by Islwyn Morris). Randy soon formed a relationship with local girl Mandy (Shelley Miranda Barrett). The other main characters were Idris's son, Gwynne (played by Boyd Clack, who also co-wrote the series), Gwynne's wife Moira (Ri Richards), barman Dai (Rhodri Hugh), and Mandy's friend Bridget (Einir Sion), replaced in the final series by the character of Donna (Kirsten (en)
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  • Money is tight and the bills are piling up for the Prices, and matters are made worse when Dad gets conned by an unscrupulous door to door salesman. (en)
  • Mandy wants Randy to prove that he loves her, but the men want to watch the international rugby match on the TV. (en)
  • Randy starts looking for a job, so that he can stay in Wales, and Bridget is frightened by a group of dwarfs with machetes. (en)
  • Dad is suffering from a bad case of boils, and Randy's alternative treatment causes Idris to have a visit from an old friend. (en)
  • Dai has started to act strangely and Randy is turning down Mandy's affections. (en)
  • Dad wants to be a grandfather but Gwynne and Moira are not keen on the idea. (en)
  • Gwynne's mental state becomes even more erratic as his 40th birthday approaches. (en)
  • English Stan the lodger is dead and Dad wants a new replacement, but Gwynne says no, until an American named Randy turns up and saves the day. (en)
  • Gwynne borrows an executive toy from work which goes missing at the same time that local bad boy Spike Malarky turns up in the club. Dad eats too many pickled eggs and starts to dream. (en)
  • Randy wants a new bed, but Idris won't budge on the idea. Postman Pat takes Moira to Southerndown for a day out, which makes Gwynne jealous, and Mandy and Randy become a couple. (en)
  • Mandy decides to take her clothes off in public, but Randy is against the idea. Gwynne tries to prove how intellectually superior he is, but Dad just wants to know if beetroot is nicer than ham. (en)
  • Moira and Gwynne's old friend Yvonne Lewis is coming to visit. (en)
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