The 90s gaming show that made kids beg for Thursday afternoons off school.
Season 4 • Episode 14
LatestMain Review: Yoshi’s Island (SNES) Features: The best things to do with a computer; A look at games coming out in 1996; Using the Atari ST as a music computer; The highs and lows of 1995; A look at Juggling Master package; The Shamen sing Heel the Separation
Bad Influence! is an early to mid-1990s British factual television programme broadcast on CITV between 1992 and 1996, and was produced in Leeds by Yorkshire Television. It looked at video games and computer technology, and was described as a "kid’s Tomorrow's World". It was shown on Thursday afternoons and had a run of four series of between 13 and 15 shows, each of 20 minutes duration. For three of the four series, it had the highest ratings of any CITV programme at the time. Its working title was Deep Techies, a colloquial term derived from 'techies' basically meaning technology-obsessed individuals.
Production
Yorkshire TV's scrappy charm on zero budget and maximum enthusiasm
Practical Effects
Real hardware demos that made 90s kids believe in magic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The working title 'Deep Techies' was apparently considered too embarrassing even for regional British television standards.
This was literally children's television explaining the internet to kids whose parents still thought it was witchcraft. Peak 'kid's Tomorrow's World' energy.
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