Underplayed Gems

Old People's Home for Teenagers

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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

Seniors in their 70s to 90s and teenagers aged 14 to 16 take part in shared activities over several weeks. The series shows how they connect through games and conversation. It also addresses the death of one senior participant during filming.

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What happens

Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds is an Australian factual television series based on the Channel 4 British show of the same name. It premiered on the ABC and ABC iview on 27 August 2019 at 8:30 pm and shows once a week at 8:30 pm on Tuesdays. The show follows 11 retirement home residents and 10 pre-school aged children, who spend time with each other playing games and participating in different planned and mixed activities. It was renewed in August 2020 for a second series which premiered at 8:30 pm on 6 April 2021. On 30 August 2022, ABC premiered a five-part series titled Old People's Home for Teenagers, where seniors aged between 74 and 93 years old, and teenagers aged between 14 and 16 years old, participate in the experience. During episode 2, after two weeks into the experiment, 76-year old senior participant James 'Jim' Tully died during filming. After a 5-day pause in filming, the episode dealt with his death and allowed the seniors and teenagers an opportunity to share in their grief of the loss of their new friend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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