“Cyber” documentary from the mid nineties?

October 24, 2018 7:36 PM

I’m trying to recollect or hopefully re watch a short series (3 or 4 episodes) of tv documentaries first aired in the mid nineties. They were on an assortment of technological/futurist themes, all aired under the same title.

I remember specific segments on “information glut”; a guy who’d rebuilt his life after a bike accident thanks to the W.E.L.L.; a short section on phreaking; and, (IIRC), some segment or other where the interviewee contended that even inoculations rendered people somewhat trans-human. I saw it in the UK and seem to recall it being a UK production on either channel 4 or bbc2. It was definitely aired sometime in the 1993-96 timeframe. I can’t recall the title. Thank you!

posted by aesop to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Could it be "The Dream Machine" (broadcast in the US as "The Machine That Changed The World")? This is a 5 episode documentary on the history of electronic digital computers from 1992.
posted by Rob Rockets at 7:52 PM on October 24, 2018

Maybe "Inside the Internet" - BBC documentary. 1997. There is also the series "The Net" - BBC from 1994 - this one more of a news format.
posted by rongorongo at 11:01 PM on October 24, 2018