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Title: Archive of computer-related BBC TV programmes
Post by: sheddyian on September 12, 2015, 10:54:13 PM
Nice little selection of computer TV shows / documentaries on the BBC iPlayer at the moment, and for the next year :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p031v2bg (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p031v2bg)

I'm currently enjoying watching The Computer Programme  :D

Ian
Title: Re: Archive of computer-related BBC TV programmes
Post by: kitz on September 20, 2015, 02:23:53 PM
Thank you for those.   Something to watch tonight :)

Ive already seen the Horizon - Now the chips are down.  iirc I watched it via iplayer last year and recommended it on here as something worth watching.

Title: Re: Archive of computer-related BBC TV programmes
Post by: AArdvark on September 20, 2015, 05:35:15 PM
Slightly OT:
The recent Horizon about Video Gaming ..... is it good or bad for us, was very good.
Title: Re: Archive of computer-related BBC TV programmes
Post by: phi2008 on September 21, 2015, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: kitz on September 20, 2015, 02:23:53 PM
Ive already seen the Horizon - Now the chips are down.  iirc I watched it via iplayer last year and recommended it on here as something worth watching.

I watched it a while back and one of the things that stuck out, IIRC, is that the panel discussion at the end just goes to show that intelligent, well educated people, have as little clue about the future as most of the rest of society.
Title: Re: Archive of computer-related BBC TV programmes
Post by: sheddyian on September 21, 2015, 01:21:02 PM
The Tomorrow's World compilation is good - I've seen a clip of the school with the mainframe computer somewhere else, but there's more of it here, and fascinating to see the kids learning how a processor works - not just teaching them binary, but how the processor operates via a game where the kids represent individual bits.

And the segment with James Burke in the future office, whilst really daft, is also predicting a number of things, (ie being able to photograph something and instantly send it to someone else anywhere in the world) albeit implemented through 1960's concepts.

Ian