The Dream Machine
1991 1 Season EN
Documentary
A five-part series about the origins, history and impact of the computer, a machine that changed the world.
🎬 Created by: Jon Palfreman
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Ep 1 1991-11-17
Giant Brains
Englishman Charles Babbage conceived the basic idea of a computer about 150 years ago, as …
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Ep 2 1991-11-24
Inventing the Future
Forty-five years ago a few brave souls risked everything to prove that computers were destined …
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Ep 3 1991-12-01
The Paperback Computer
The manuscripts of the Middle Ages, available to only a select priesthood, turned into the …
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Ep 4 1991-12-08
The Thinking Machine
By the 1960s, a computer could do university-level calculus and play chess, but the search …
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Ep 5 1991-12-15
The Passing of Remoteness
The tens of millions of computers in the world have begun talking to one another. …
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First Air Date
1991-11-17
Last Air Date
1991-12-15
Status
Ended
Language
EN
Seasons
1
Total Episodes
5
Network
BBC Two
Studio
BBC, GBH
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