Underplayed Gems

Performance

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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 series presents one-hour dramatic plays, mostly adaptations of literary works. It features both Canadian and international stories in a television play format.

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What happens

Performance is a Canadian television anthology series, which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1978. The series presented one-hour dramatic television plays, predominantly adaptations of both Canadian and international literary works but also including some original films. It premiered as a regular series in December 1974, and aired episodes regularly through 1975. In 1976 it was replaced as a regular series with For the Record, which commissioned primarily original new television films about social issues, although the Performance title was retained until 1978 as an occasional special title for other television films that did not fit the For the Record format. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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