{{Short description|British TV series}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | genre = <!-- Must be reliably sourced --> | creator = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | inspired_by = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | developer = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | starring = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | judges = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | voices = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_seasons = <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info. --> | num_episodes = <!-- Value is incremented when new episodes air. See template documentation for more info. --> | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | news_editor = <!-- Content editor or editors of a current affairs/political show such as Newsnight. --> | location = <!-- Nation the series was primarily filmed in, if different from the nation of origin. --> | cinematography = | animator = | editor = <!-- Film editors --> | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = <!-- Production companies only --> | budget = | network = | first_aired = {{Start date|1994}} | last_aired = {{End date|1998}} | related = <!-- To be used only for remakes, spin-offs, and adaptations --> }} '''''The Net''''' is a TV series made by Illuminations for the BBC and shown from 1994 to 1998. It ran for four series, beginning with a premiere episode broadcast on BBC2 on 13 April 1994, produced by Stephen Arkell, edited by John Wyver, and with reportage by Rajan Datar and Susan Rae, a discussion of audio design for games by Thomas Dolby, and a 5-minute segment with IT expert Davey Winder explaining how to dial into Internet services of the time like Compuserve and CIX.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/254a7db592b04590b56a908004db9e49 "The Net: BBC Two England, 13 April 1994"], BBC Genome (Retrieved 27 May 2017).</ref><ref name="Baio">Andy Baio, [http://waxy.org/2008/03/bbc2s_the_net_f/ "BBC2's The Net, first episode from April 1994"], Waxy.org, 31 March 2008.</ref>
The focus of the programme was primarily the Internet explosion of the time, though it also dealt with other emerging technologies and series one had a computer games review section. The series was responsible for one of the BBC's earliest efforts at establishing an online presence, when the BBC Networking Club launched a website to coincide with the first episode and a BBS named "Auntie" later in 1994.<ref>John Browning, [https://www.wired.com/1994/11/prime-time-online/ "Prime Time Online"], ''Wired'', 1 November 1994.</ref>
Following viewer complaints, the games review was dropped for series two – which began on 15 May 1995 – and replaced with a ''Hotlist'' segment. It was felt that games reviews were already well catered for by other programmes, such as Channel 4's ''GamesMaster'' and that they did not really fit into ''The Net''.
The third series began on 13 January 1997 with episode run-time extended from thirty to forty minutes.
The final series started on 2 March 1998 in which ''Net Guide'' replaced the ''Hotlist'' segment.
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