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A family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past. The family must live through the communication and home entertainment revolution of the 1990s, at... a rate of a year per day, starting in 1990. They have their own Technical Support Team to source and supply them with the vintage technology that would have been available to British households during the decade. They attempt to stay in touch using pagers and take a giant mobile phone and a rudimentary digital camera on a day trip to Paris in honour of the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994. Workplace technology becomes increasingly portable, but a home without access to the internet proves frustrating and the arrival of the 1990s world wide web is a far cry from what the kids are used to. The 1990s see a whirlwind of technological progress and the family are inundated with gadgets and upgrades that infiltrate every area of their home. They are left reeling by the pace of change and surprised by the impact of 1990s tech on family life.
A family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past. The family must live through the communication and home entertainment revolution of the 1990s, at... a rate of a year per day, starting in 1990. They have their own Technical Support Team to source and supply them with the vintage technology that would have been available to British households during the decade. They attempt to stay in touch using pagers and take a giant mobile phone and a rudimentary digital camera on a day trip to Paris in honour of the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994. Workplace technology becomes increasingly portable, but a home without access to the internet proves frustrating and the arrival of the 1990s world wide web is a far cry from what the kids are used to. The 1990s see a whirlwind of technological progress and the family are inundated with gadgets and upgrades that infiltrate every area of their home. They are left reeling by the pace of change and surprised by the impact of 1990s tech on family life.
| Series: | Electric dreams |
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| Episode | 3 |
| First transmission date: | 13-10-2009 |
| Published: | 2009 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:13 |
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| Producer: | Catherine McCarthy |
| Contributor: | Robert Llewellyn |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n90xc |
| Subject terms: | Nineteen nineties; Technology--1990-2000; Toys--1990-2000 |
| Production number: | FKIE633J |
| Videofinder number: | 8102 |
| Available to public: | no |
