Arcade (1980)
- Genre
- soap opera
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 30 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
This soap opera is set in a shopping mall near Sydney. It follows the personal and romantic lives of the people who work in the mall's stores.
low-energydatedslow-paceddramaticromanticlightunpolishedearnest
What happens
Arcade is an Australian television soap opera which aired on Network Ten from 20 January 1980 to 29 February 1980. Following the broadcast of the 76-minute premiere episode, the series then ran five nights a week, Mondays to Fridays, as a 25-minute serial. It was produced solely by Network Ten (as an in-house production) with a start-up budget of almost $1 million. Arcade was set in a fictitious shopping mall in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The show dealt with the lives and loves of the characters who worked at the various stores within the shopping complex. It is regarded as one of the least successful dramas in the history of Australian television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Water Under the Bridge (1980)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.