Underplayed Gems

The Paper Lads (1977)

The Paper Lads poster
Directed by
Derek Martinus
Genre
Family, Drama, Children
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 14 episodes
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1970s children's show follows a group of newspaper delivery boys and a girl in a northern English industrial city. They get into everyday adventures around their neighborhood.

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What happens

The Paper Lads is a children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television and broadcast nationally on ITV from 24 August 1977 to 22 January 1979. It was set in the northern industrial city of Newcastle upon Tyne, although much of the series was filmed in Gateshead, and recounted the adventures of a group of newspaper delivery boys and a girl. There were two series made, each of seven episodes. William Corlett's four scripts for the series won him the Writer's Guild Award for Best Children's Writer. The signature tune of the series, "Back Home Once Again", was performed by progressive rock band Renaissance, and it appears (re-recorded) as a full-length song on their 1978 album A Song for All Seasons. The full series was released on DVD by Network in July 2013. Two novels by William Humble based on the series were released by children's paperback publisher Target Books. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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