Underplayed Gems

The Vanessa Show (1999)

The Vanessa Show poster
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 140 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 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

Vanessa Feltz hosts a daytime chat show on BBC One. The series was cancelled after it emerged that guests were paid actors. One episode featured a streaker during an interview.

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What happens

The Vanessa Show is a British chat show presented by Vanessa Feltz which was broadcast on BBC One from January to July 1999. It was cancelled following a scandal revealed by the Daily Mirror newspaper, in which the programme was found to have used paid actors as guests. The format was similar to that of Vanessa, Feltz's previous daytime show that ran on ITV from 1994 to 1998. An edition of the show, broadcast on 10 March, was interrupted by a male streaker. This occurred during an interview with Alvin Hall, presenter of BBC Two's personal finance show Your Money or Your Life. The lads' magazine Front later claims responsibility for the stunt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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