Electric Dreams, BBC Four

Imagine there's no iPhone, it's easy if you try

by Adam SweetingTuesday, 29 September 2009

Now we've become so steeped in digital devices that we can’t count to four without the aid of a calculator, it’s the perfect moment to take a voyage back to an era when British Leyland manufactured cars in diarrhoea-beige and there wasn't any daytime TV.

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