Underplayed Gems

Network First (1994)

Network First poster
Genre
documentary television program
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 107 episodes
Elsewhere
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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 documentary strand aired on ITV in the mid 1990s. It covered a wide variety of subjects including biography, history, and science. Each episode was a one-off program contributed by different ITV companies.

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What happens

Network First is a wide-ranging documentary strand broadcast on ITV in the U.K. from 4 January 1994 to 20 November 1997, and was a part replacement for First Tuesday and the Central produced Viewpoint strand. Unlike other documentary series on ITV such as World in Action, Network First, was not centred on current affairs or politics, but broadcast a range of one-off programmes covering various subjects such as biography, history, and science. Programmes were usually transmitted in the 22:40 slot after News at Ten, each usually running for an hour. The strand was not "owned" by any one ITV franchise, and individual programmes were contributed by the various ITV companies. As a strand, Network First never became a household "name" - unlike the likes of World in Action or This Week - possibly because of its diverse subject matter. The series appears to have been dropped quietly by ITV in the lead up to the high-profile axing of both World in Action on 7 December 1998 and News at Ten on 5 March 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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