Domesday Detectives

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== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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BBC 1, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes in 1 series)
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BBC1, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes in 1 series)
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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The show aired at around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC 2.
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The show aired at around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC2.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Revision as of 01:03, 11 April 2016

Contents

Host

Paul Coia

Broadcast

BBC1, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

The whole programme was based around a hi-tech project, led by BBC Education, which was an attempt at a modern-day version of the original Doomesday Book. The discs contained information (history, photographs etc.) about local communities around Britain. Contestants used this in one of the rounds as an interactive treasure hunt. This, and possibly the 3-D walk-in gallery, is the only memorable feature of the programme.

Domesday was the first Advanced Interactive Video (AIV) system, and was stored on two double-sided 30cm LV-ROM (LaserVision) videodiscs. The disc format was extended for the purposes of the Domesday project, using a proprietary player that, it was hoped, would establish the new format.

Host, Paul Coia.

Trivia

The show aired at around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC2.

Web links

On-line version of the 1986 Domesday Book

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