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==Background==
A hair-raising teenage rebel, Marmalade made her TV debut in the one-off ''Marmalade Atkins in Space'' broadcast in 1981 as part of the ''Theatre Box'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/5842 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; MARMALADE ATKINS IN SPACE (1981) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref><ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/22750</ref> This was followed by two ten part series entitled ''Educating Marmalade'' in 1982-83,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/7172 |title=Bfi &#124; Film & Tv Database &#124; Educating Marmalade |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> and ''Danger: Marmalade At Work'' in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/6726 |title=Bfi &#124; Film & Tv Database &#124; Danger - Marmalade At Work |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref>
 
Also featuring [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/181573 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; SHAME (1984) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> and [[Lynda La Plante|Lynda Marchal]], the programmes were produced by [[Thames Television]] for [[ITV]]. The show's creator, [[Andrew Davies (writer)|Andrew Davies]], went on to author a series of Marmalade Atkins books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1907516 |title=h2g2 - 'Marmalade Atkins' by Andrew Davies |publisher=BBC |date=2004-02-18 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> The theme tune was written and performed by [[Bad Manners]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=744 |title=Educating Marmalade |publisher=TV Cream |date= |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref>