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BBC Four's Electric Revolution Season

Bob The Skutter

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In Memoriam
Electric Revolution is a season of programmes on BBC Four which gives viewers a unique insight into how developments in technology have shaped our lives over the past 40 years.

Here's a list of some of the programmes they'll be showing
Electric Dreams sees the world of one ordinary British family turned upside down as their home is 'renovated' to the standard of a typical house in 1970 - the dawn of the digital age - and then fast-forwarded at the rate of a year per day through the technological revolution of the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties. How will children cope when they swap social networking sites and games consoles for black-and-white television and vinyl records?
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe conducts a caustic, informative but ultimately affectionate analysis of the inner workings of the computer games industry.
The Life And Death Of A Mobile Phone takes a quirky look at what mobile phones might think of their owners' embarrassing calls and ill-advised texts.
Upgrade Me follows poet Simon Armitage's quest to uncover the mystery behind our obsession with technological upgrades.
The Podfather tells the epic story behind the silicon chip's inventor who, according to some, remains the most important person that most people have never heard of.
Micro Men stars Alexander Armstrong and Martin Freeman as maverick visionary Sir Clive Sinclair and his former colleague Chris Curry, as they go head to head to achieve domination of the growing home computer market.
Sounds like it should be an interesting season of programming. Micro Men should be a fun drama abouth the home computers of the early 80s and the business that brought them about.

Electric Dreams should be interesting, seeing just how much home gadgetry really has changed over the last 40 years. I mean we all know how it as, and have our own live time of experience of it, but seeing it unfold should be a bit of an eye opener from our current perspective.
 
I'm surprised there's no interest in this, I thought there'd be a lot of gadget and computer freaks around these parts who'd find it of interest...
Well Gameswipe is tomorrow that's must watch for me.
 
Saw the first Electric Dreams last night. It's 'reality TV' in some ways, but enjoyable and nostalgic enough to be worth watching (I can already hear the radiophonic bleeps from the 1980s gadgets that'll be coming next week).
 
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