Domesday Detectives
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== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
| - | BBC, 1986 | + | BBC 1 / BBC 2, 1 to 19 December 1986 (15 episodes) |
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| - | Adventure/quiz type game, on around lunchtime. | + | Adventure/quiz type game, on around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC 2. |
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. | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 6 September 2007
Synopsis
Adventure/quiz type game, on around lunchtime on the main channel and given a same-day repeat on BBC 2.
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.
Web links
On-line version of the 1986 Domesday Book
