Electric Avenue (TV series)
| Electric Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Fred Harris |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 24 October 1988 – 12 February 1990 |
| Related | |
Part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, Electric Avenue was a late-night TV Series starting with an initial 10-episode series in 1988. The show followed Micro Live and was presented by Fred Harris.[1]
Programmes
[edit]The first series was split into 10 programmes, each about 24 minutes long and dealing with a particular subject area. They were as follows (original air-dates in brackets):[2]
- The By-Product - (24 October 1988)
- The Machine - (31 October 1988)
- Well Connected - (7 November 1988)
- What Next? - (14 November 1988)
- New Directions - (28 November 1988)
- Chips and Drumsticks - (5 December 1988)
- Housewives Choice? - (12 December 1988)
- Money Talks - (9 January 1989)
- Safety First - (16 January 1989)
- The Design Machine - (23 January 1989)
In 1990 a second series aired, with 5 further episodes:[3]
- Computing the President - (15 January 1990)
- The Experts' Expert - (22 January 1990)
- Computers Can't Go Wrong, Can They? - (29 January 1990)
- Computers: A Cautionary Tale - (5 February 1990)
- Home Bleep Home - (12 February 1990)
References
[edit]- ^ "Electric Avenue (BBC 1988) 'New Directions' (Micro Live follow-on)". Youtube.com. Google. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "ELECTRIC AVENUE". Film and TV database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Electric Avenue". BBC Computer Literacy Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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