BBS: The Documentary: Story, Cast and Series Facts
BBS: The Documentary (2005): Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connecting the planet and redefining what it meant to meant to be a computer user... ...there was a brave and pioneering band of hobbyists who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone who knew the phone number of these machines could connect to them, leave messages, play games, send and receive files in a virtual community... and millions did. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. Their collections of messages, rants thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
Series details
- Title: BBS: The Documentary
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2005-05-21
- Final broadcast date listed: 2005-07-09
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
- Network country: Australia
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 59407
- IMDb ID: tt0460402
- TVDB ID: 83559
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2005-05-21; final listed air date 2005-07-09; episode order: 8.
Source and licence
Adapted from BBS: The Documentary on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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