The Net
The Net: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

April 13, 1994

Episodes

10 episodes

The Net

Season 1

Episodes

1. Episode 1

April 13, 1994

Magazine programme looking at computers and communications. Including reports on far-right activists and anti-fascist hackers on Germany's computer network and a beginner's guide to networking and the Internet. Musician Thomas Dolby composes soundtracks for interactive adventures and 13-year-old reviewer Jules Gibbons gives her opinion of Super Mario Land 3. With Rajan Datar and Susan Rae.

2. Episode 2

April 20, 1994

Magazine programme about computers and communications. Tonight includes the debate over a computerised safety system at Sizewell B nuclear power station; the surgeons who have developed a 3-D map of the brain and under-5s on their favourite software. Games reviewer Jules gives her opinion of Fifa Soccer. With Susan Rae.

3. Episode 3

April 27, 1994

More about computers and communications with an investigation into computer data confidentiality, a report from the US on the cheap new software and the latest and best CD-ROMs on the market.

4. Episode 4

May 4, 1994

Including an interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates , the 38-year-old millionaire inventor of the company's most popular product, Windows. There are also reports on free software, a choreographer using a computer to develop dance movements, and teenager Jules reviews Astrochase.

5. Episode 5

May 11, 1994

Including reports on the UK's fledgling information superhighway; the online subculture in Californian coffee houses; and the women who worked with scientist Alan Turing cracking wartime German codes. With Rajan Datar and Susan Rae.

6. Episode 6

May 18, 1994

Including an investigation into computers that fail to live up to expectations; classrooms of the future in remote Scotland and software pirates. Jules Gibbons reviews Pinkie. With Tony Collins and Susan Rae.

7. Episode 7

June 1, 1994

Including reports on software anarchists; a networked Herefordshire village and protecting computer heritage for the future. There's an interview with interactive image artist Jeffrey Shaw and Jules reviews the Rise of the Robots. With Susan Rae.

8. Episode 8

June 8, 1994

Including reports on whether the microchips of the future will bring immortality; turning the camcorder enthusiast into a Fellini; whether computers are inherently boys' toys; and the American military's use of computer simulations. With Rajan Datar, Benjamin Wolley and Susan Rae.

9. Episode 9

June 15, 1994

This week, a report on the panic over computer porn; a look at the latest applications of computers in architecture; a report from the USA on future uses of computers in everything from dustbins to doorknobs; and Jules Gibbons reviews a funfair simulation for PCs. With Susan Rae and Rajan Datar.

10. Episode 10

June 23, 1994

When haute couture and new technology collide the end product is, apparently, cyberstreet fashion. This final programme in the series looks into the future to examine what the best-dressed 21st-century whizz-kids will be wearing. Top designers, including Edina Ronay and Jeff Banks, produced a wardrobe of futuristic fashions which were modelled and filmed at a special catwalk show. The garments are designed to allow the gadgetry of this technological age to be worn as fashion accessories. Edina Ronay says of her creation: "It will hold everything the beautiful space chick will need, from communications to her make-up."

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