Pretty much unique among Sat Kids shows, this was actually more of a sketch show in the Fast Forward vein, and none of it was live. Recorded in a warehouse in Liverpool (hence the title), Waterfront mixed location-shot sketches with studio frippery (more sketches and games) in front of an audience of kiddies. Particularly amusing were the 'Lard family', named for their staple diet - a comic riff which has since been picked up by Viz, Harry Enfield and Mark Radcliffe, possibly.

The programme's masterpiece was its parody of The Flashing Blade, where the po-faced European serial was given a new lease of life through irreverent re-dubbing. This not only pre-empted a raft of adult versions (such as The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos), but many would say it was funnier.

Sketches in the second series included Run Betty Run; Steel City (more voice-over japery); The Pink Clog (pictured) - a saga of two Northern families; and Very Good Car, a Gerry Anderson puppet-show parody.

Interestingly, or not, Andrew O'Connor and Kate Copstick were both regulars in the 1986/87 series of No. 73.

• Second series: 22nd April 1989