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''The Net'' is a TV series made by the
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and shown from 1994 to 1998. It ran for four series, beginning with a premiere episode broadcast on
BBC2 on 13 April 1994, produced by Stephen Arkell, edited by John Wyver, and with reportage by Rajan Datar and
Susan Rae, a discussion of audio design for games by
Thomas Dolby
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, and a 5-minute segment with IT expert
Davey Winder explaining how to dial into Internet services of the time like
Compuserve and
CIX.
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"BBC2's The Net, first episode from April 1994"
Waxy.org, 31 March 2008.
The focus of the programme was primarily the Internet explosion of the time, though it also dealt with other emerging technologies and series one had a computer games review section. The series was responsible for one of the BBC's earliest efforts at establishing an online presence, when the
BBC Networking Club established a web page and a
BBS
BBS may refer to:
Ammunition
* BBs, BB gun metal bullets
* BBs, airsoft gun plastic pellets
Computing and gaming
* Bulletin board system, a computer server users dial into via dial-up or telnet; precursor to the Internet
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named "Auntie" later in 1994.
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'', 1 November 1994.
Following viewer complaints, the games review was dropped for series two, which began on 15 May 1995. It was felt that games reviews were already well catered for by other programmes, such as
Channel 4
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's ''
GamesMaster'' and that they did not really fit into ''The Net''.
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BBC Television shows
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Documentary television series about computing
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