Underplayed Gems

Travelcade

Travelcade poster
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 Australian travel series profiles destinations in North Queensland. It mixes news-style reporting with interviews about local culture, history, and the environment.

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What happens

Travelcade is an Australian travel documentary series that was produced in Townsville, North Queensland. It debuted on 21 July 1990 and ran regularly through the 1990s, on Australian television. It was one of the first Australian travel shows produced and was a breakthrough for local production at a time when regional and Australian television series were at a minimum. Travelcade was unique at the time in that it was a sort of pictorial current affairs program – as opposed to a straight documentary – that had a news angle, featuring the cultural, historical, environmental and social impacts in addition to the in-depth interviews with the locals and characters of the destination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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