"Welcome to the Jungle, The Virtual Wasteland and Selling the Future"31 January 1994Factual150 mins
Dennis Potter, Esther Dyson, William Gibson and other techno-thinkers appeared in this award-winning three-part documentary series which examined social changes brought about by new information technologies, along with other issues and dilemmas facing society in the 21st Century.
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