Domesday Detectives

 
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== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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BBC1, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes)
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BBC1, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes in 1 series)
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Adventure/quiz type game, on around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC2.
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Adventure/quiz type game.
The whole programmes 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.
The whole programmes 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.
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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.
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.
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== Theme music ==
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''Host, [[Paul Coia]].''</div>
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The introduction to 'A Forest' by The Cure, bizarrely.
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== Trivia ==
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Episodes premiered on BBC1 in a lunchtime slot of 12.25pm and were given a same-day repeat on BBC2 at 5pm.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Current revision as of 00:53, 3 September 2023

Contents

Host

Paul Coia

Broadcast

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

Synopsis

Adventure/quiz type game.

The whole programmes 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.

Theme music

The introduction to 'A Forest' by The Cure, bizarrely.

Trivia

Episodes premiered on BBC1 in a lunchtime slot of 12.25pm and were given a same-day repeat on BBC2 at 5pm.

Web links

On-line version of the 1986 Domesday Book

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