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1990s

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A family and their home are stripped of all modern technology to live a life of decades past. They experience the communication and home entertainment revolution of the 1990s.

A family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past.

The family must live through the communication and home entertainment revolution of the 1990s, at a rate of a year per day, starting in 1990. They have their own Technical Support Team to source and supply them with the vintage technology that would have been available to British households during the decade.

They attempt to stay in touch using pagers and take a giant mobile phone and a rudimentary digital camera on a day trip to Paris in honour of the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994. Workplace technology becomes increasingly portable, but a home without access to the internet proves frustrating and the arrival of the 1990s world wide web is a far cry from what the kids are used to.

The 1990s see a whirlwind of technological progress and the family are inundated with gadgets and upgrades that infiltrate every area of their home. They are left reeling by the pace of change and surprised by the impact of 1990s tech on family life.

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Mon 21 Mar 2011 03:00

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    Are Friends Electric?

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

  • Kylie Minogue

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  • Take That

    It Only Takes a Minute, Girl

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

  • The Farm

    All Together Now

  • Adamski

    Killer

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • Stereo MC’s

    Connected

  • Arrested Development

    Everyday People

  • Busta Rhymes

    Woo Hah! Got You All in Check

  • Dr. Alban

    In My Life

  • C+C Music Factory

    Things That Make You Go Hmmmm

  • Massive Attack

    Safe from Harm

  • Blur

    Girls and Boys

  • Saint Etienne

    He's On The Phone

  • The Farm

    Groovy Train

  • New Kids on the Block

    Step by Step

  • The Verve

    Bittersweet Symphony

  • Oasis

    Some Might Say

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

  • David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds

    Three Lions

  • Blur

    Song 2

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

  • Robert Miles

    Children

  • Jamiroquai

    Virtual Insanity

  • Manic

    A Design for Life

  • Travis

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  • Shakespears Sister

    I Don't Care

  • Fatboy Slim

    Right Here, Right Now

  • Moby

    Porcelain

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

  • Lily Allen

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Director Stuart Elliot
Producer Cate Hall

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