Small World (1988)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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
A young academic travels to conferences around the world, crossing paths with literary scholars and their romantic entanglements. The series follows his pursuit of a woman he met at a conference and his encounters with a quirky cast of professors.
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What happens
Small World is a 1988 British television drama based on David Lodge's 1984 novel Small World: An Academic Romance. Structured as six one-hour episodes, its producer was Steve Hawes, and its director was Robert Chetwyn. Howard Schuman wrote the screenplay, in consultation with Lodge. The titles of the six episodes are: Part 1 - 'April Is the Cruellest Month' Part 2 - 'The Lady of Situations' Part 3 - 'Unreal Cities' Part 4 - 'What Shall We Do Tomorrow?' Part 5 - 'Throbbing and Waiting' Part 6 - 'Hurry up Please, It's Time' Each episode opens with Persse McGarrigle speaking into a tape recorder at the underground chapel at Heathrow Airport, for communication to his mentor Professor McCreedy. Stuart Laing has described various changes and simplifications in the transition of the novel to the TV series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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