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Trio On Four

 
Published in Personal Computer News #044

Trio On Four

It had to happen. Channel 4 has asked itself: "What have computers got to do with real people?" It has decided to answer the question by hiring three actors and making a sitcom/soap opera about this burning issue.

You may have seen the previous series of "Anything We Can Do". This starred Helen, a teacher in her early 30s, husband John, a printer, and Helen's dad Mike, a cross between Jock Ewing and Walter Gabriel, fifteen months redundant in Milton Keynes.

Last time round the trio was learning about DIY, but now Mike is bored, so they've transferred their attention to computers. PCN's reporter was unable to obtain a satisfactory answer from Channel 4 as to what they'd do when he got bored with micros...

The series is in ten parts, each one dealing with one character's encounter with micros. Helen is terrified by the arrival of a BBC B at her school - well wouldn't you be? John discovers video games and becomes a headbanger, and Mike decides to become a big wheel in seed catalogues and buys... a Future FX20?

All this is played out against a background of real people, bank managers and accountants, who are unconvincingly helpful and encouraging. Tune in from Sunday March 11 - it could change your life.