| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
| Total number of notes: | 18728 |
This note may only really mean anything to NOTERS from the UK. Here
goes anyway.
Does anyone out there remember/know anything about the BBC Radio 4
series "1994" which was first (only ?) broadcast in 1984. It was
a very funny satirical program in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy mould starring (amongst others) Robert Lindsey and Stephen
Fry. It was based around a future British society in which the
(privatised) Department of the Environment had taken over everything
and was running Britain completely. It contained some hilarious
digs at advertising people, yuppies, computers, ministers etc.etc.
There were rumours of a second series, possibly called 1996 (???).
Does anyone know anything more about this ? Is there anyone out
there who has the faintest idea what I am talking about ?
Daniel Crow (whose Fetcher *never* falls over - its a Mk.8)
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| 682.1 | "Of course you fall over. You're a Fetcher." | ATSE::WAJENBERG | Make each day a bit surreal. | Thu Sep 01 1988 10:31 | 9 |
Just so you don't feel completely alone, yes, I remember catching
some episodes of "1994" on a Boston FM station, WCRB. I couldn't
catch enough to keep track of the plot, but I got the impression
that didn't matter much. I think the Fetcher robots were my favorite
prop. The digs at consumerism reminded my of "The Midas Plague,"
a novella by Fredrick Pohl (I think), in which the poorer you are,
the larger the quota of goods you are obligated to consume.
Earl Wajenberg
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| 682.2 | Book of the series | CHEFS::BARK | Mon Sep 05 1988 11:24 | 6 | |
I have an extremely vague memory of perhaps hearing the first episode
of this series, having read your description. I think I didn't
find it as funny as I'd hoped. In case you hadn't noticed, a
novelisation of the series is now in the shops.
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