Bad Influence! (1992)
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- First Air Date: 1992-10-29
- Last Air Date: 1996-01-02
- Total Seasons: 4
- Total Episodes: 57
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 20 min.
- Network: ITV1
Bad Influence! is an early to mid-1990s British factual television programme broadcast on CITV between 1992 and 1996, and was produced in Leeds by Yorkshire Television. It looked at video games and computer technology, and was described as a "kid’s Tomorrow's World". It was shown on Thursday afternoons and had a run of four series of between 13 and 15 shows, each of 20 minutes duration. For three of the four series, it had the highest ratings of any CITV programme at the time. Its working title was Deep Techies, a colloquial term derived from 'techies' basically meaning technology-obsessed individuals.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Computer Paint Packages | 1992-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Looking Inside the Consoles | 1992-10-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Amiga A1200 | 1992-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Hidden Costs of Handhelds | 1992-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Creating Music on the Atari ST | 1992-11-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Video Editing on a Computer | 1992-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Christmas Buyers Guide | 1992-12-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Atari Falcon | 1992-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Software on CD | 1993-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Gaming Cheat Devices | 1993-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Reducing the Risk of Epilepsy | 1993-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Surround Sound at Home | 1993-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Barcode Battler | 1993-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | MPEG and the New CD Systems | 1993-09-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Composing Music on Deluxe Music | 1993-09-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Luxury Game Consoles | 1993-09-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Amiga CD32 | 1993-09-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Development of MPEG | 1993-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Atari Jaguar | 1993-10-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Computer Based Animation | 1993-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Voice Activated Software | 1993-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | PC Firework Simulator | 1993-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | A to Z Guide to Computers | 1993-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Rights and Wrongs of Video Game Piracy | 1993-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Onyx Reality Engine 2 | 1993-11-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Joysticks and Joypads | 1993-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Playing Arcade Games at Home | 1993-12-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Panasonic 3DO | 1993-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Super Gameboy | 1994-09-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Print Your Own T-Shirts | 1994-09-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Screensavers | 1994-09-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | VR Go Karting | 1994-09-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Game Specific Controllers | 1994-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Click & Play | 1994-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Video Toaster | 1994-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | 3D Imaging | 1994-10-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Weather Forecasting on the PC | 1994-11-03 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | VR Helmets | 1994-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | The History of Pinball | 1994-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Magic Eye Pictures | 1994-11-24 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Sega Saturn and 32X | 1994-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | The Neo Geo CD | 1994-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | The Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn | 1993-12-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Update on the Super Consoles | 1995-09-06 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Games Based on TV Shows | 1995-09-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Serial Play Multiplayer Gaming | 1995-09-02 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | The Sony Playstation | 1995-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | The History of Pool Games | 1995-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Worms | 1995-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Cheat Boy | 1995-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | How a Laser Display is Created | 1995-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Telephone Calls Over the Internet | 1995-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Clothes Designed on Computer | 1995-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Cyber Pets | 1995-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Games for the Sega Saturn | 1995-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Motion Capture Animation | 1993-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | New Games for 1996 | 1996-01-02 | 30 min |
