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Actually I think the time has come for Click to be developed further. Spencer Kelley is very capable, and I'm sure if they were given a bigger budget (and maybe a studio) we could even get a return to "live demonstrations".
Would certainly give Kate more to do than browsing the net for curious sites.
Yeah I do think 'Click' has real potential, and it's certainly popular. It has over 1 million Twitter followers which is not an achievement to be sniffed at considering in the UK at least it's not exactly on prime-time BBC One!
I'd like 'Click' to be more like 'Micro Live' was if ever you remember that. Like you said a studio with live demonstrations as well as the bigger picture. A mixture of Tomorrow's World and Micro Live would be my perfect show.
Sorry to veer off-topic, but speaking of Kate Russell, am I the only one who remembers this show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1FMPQeC4U&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyy-VYGAZ9k&feature=related
Chips with Everything! What a legendary show - Roger Gann is a great character as well as a very knowledgeable fella too. I loved how it became a running joke that the viewer would have tried everything "but to no avail". Buyers Guide was a great programme as well - it was so light weight but Will Hanrahan and Chris Long's banter. And who can forget Masterclass - again such basic stuff - but Richard Topping and his big touch screen with amazing pretend whiteboard markers made it worth it.
What a great channel - such a shame it eventually closed down due to poor ratings. Understandable but you think with some of the guff that appears on Sky these days - it was actually a very well produced channel with a credible set of programmes.
Isonstine
Founding member
Brilliant archive.
Tomorrow's World, or at least a show like it is really something that the beeb should consider doing again. There's no real technology show on mainstream TV that doesn't just deal with consumer gadgets like on shows like 'The Gadget Show'. 'Click' occasionally delves into the bigger picture, but not nearly enough. It's still mainly about iPhones and widgets for your computer. I enjoy hearing stories about what the future could possibly be like, and as has been seen from that archive, a great deal of the tech they show ends up being used in every day life eventually.
Tomorrow's World, or at least a show like it is really something that the beeb should consider doing again. There's no real technology show on mainstream TV that doesn't just deal with consumer gadgets like on shows like 'The Gadget Show'. 'Click' occasionally delves into the bigger picture, but not nearly enough. It's still mainly about iPhones and widgets for your computer. I enjoy hearing stories about what the future could possibly be like, and as has been seen from that archive, a great deal of the tech they show ends up being used in every day life eventually.
Actually I think the time has come for Click to be developed further. Spencer Kelley is very capable, and I'm sure if they were given a bigger budget (and maybe a studio) we could even get a return to "live demonstrations".
Would certainly give Kate more to do than browsing the net for curious sites.
Yeah I do think 'Click' has real potential, and it's certainly popular. It has over 1 million Twitter followers which is not an achievement to be sniffed at considering in the UK at least it's not exactly on prime-time BBC One!
I'd like 'Click' to be more like 'Micro Live' was if ever you remember that. Like you said a studio with live demonstrations as well as the bigger picture. A mixture of Tomorrow's World and Micro Live would be my perfect show.
Sorry to veer off-topic, but speaking of Kate Russell, am I the only one who remembers this show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1FMPQeC4U&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyy-VYGAZ9k&feature=related
Chips with Everything! What a legendary show - Roger Gann is a great character as well as a very knowledgeable fella too. I loved how it became a running joke that the viewer would have tried everything "but to no avail". Buyers Guide was a great programme as well - it was so light weight but Will Hanrahan and Chris Long's banter. And who can forget Masterclass - again such basic stuff - but Richard Topping and his big touch screen with amazing pretend whiteboard markers made it worth it.
What a great channel - such a shame it eventually closed down due to poor ratings. Understandable but you think with some of the guff that appears on Sky these days - it was actually a very well produced channel with a credible set of programmes.
SP
That joke keeps getting resurrected - I used it only recently in the context of upgrading a machine that came with Vista to XP