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Electric Avenue

Season 2 1990

  • 1990-01-15T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 25m
  • 2h 5m (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary, Special Interest
A series of programmes about computers in society in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

1990-01-15T00:00:00Z

2x01 Computing the President

Season Premiere

2x01 Computing the President

  • 1990-01-15T00:00:00Z25m

When George Bush was elected president, he could thank computers for much of his campaign success. But political commentators claim that computers have raised disturbing civil rights issues.

1990-01-22T00:00:00Z

2x02 The Expert's Expert

2x02 The Expert's Expert

  • 1990-01-22T00:00:00Z25m

Expert systems are helping human professionals solve many problems. But as experience from the military shows, they can be misused.

2x03 Computers Can't Go Wrong, Can They?

  • 1990-01-29T00:00:00Z25m

Computer software has no safety standards. Lives may have been lost by computer failures and experts predict major disasters in the future.

2x04 Computers: A Cautionary Tale

  • 1990-02-05T00:00:00Z25m

Computers a Cautionary Tale A recruitment agency is trying to computerise its office. What problems does it face?

1990-02-12T00:00:00Z

2x05 Home Bleep Home

2x05 Home Bleep Home

  • 1990-02-12T00:00:00Z25m

Home Bleep Home: Robot servants are still a long way off, but automated homes offer ageing populations a graceful way to grow old.

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