Get Ahead
- Genre
- reality television
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
Entrepreneurs pitch business ideas for a chance to win a large cash prize. A panel of judges decides the winner.
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What happens
Get Ahead is a BBC Television programme that ran from 1958 to 1962 and offered a prize of £5,000 (equivalent to £102,000 in 2025) to a contestant's idea for an entrepreneurial project for a profitable business. It was an early forerunner of programmes such as Dragons' Den on BBC Two. The programme was sponsored by the News Chronicle as a form of indirect advertising to skirt the Television Act 1954. After the News Chronicle was taken over by the Daily Mail, the Mail became the programme's sponsor. The programme was presented by Kenneth Horne and Peter West. A panel of senior business experts judged the merit of the award and included Sir Miles Thomas, who had been chairman of BOAC and the British offshoot of Monsanto, the American chemical company at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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