Electric Dreams Miniseries The 1980s 2009
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The digital wilderness (still) of the 1980s brings iconic technology such as the Walkman, Game and Watch and the CD player, but for a modern family it remains a decade of challenges. They attempt to cook a roast dinner in a 1980 microwave oven, as consumers of the time were encouraged to do. They are faced with a bewildering choice of 1982 home computers and the arduous task of finding a rental shop that still supplies films on video cassette for their newly-arrived VHS player. Dad takes a spin in the most famous technological flop of the decade, the Sinclair C5, but the family do experience an '80s success story when New Wave icons Ultravox pay a surprise visit to demonstrate the synthesiser technology which soundtracked the era.
- Released: 2009-10-06
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Reality
- Stars: Robert Llewellyn, Gia Milinovich, Dr. Ben Highmore, Tom Wrigglesworth
- Director: Jo Manser, Alex Rowson, Tom St. John Gray, Cate Hall, Stuart Elliott
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1. The 1970s 2009-09-29
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2. The 1980s 2009-10-06
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3. The 1990s 2009-10-13
