Bad Influence!

It looked at video games and computer technology, and was described as a "kid’s Tomorrow's World".

Its working title was Deep Techies,[2] a colloquial term derived from 'techies' basically meaning technology-obsessed individuals.

The show's finished title was a reference to how video games were often viewed by the UK press at the time.

He would give viewers gaming cheats (written on cards he would stick to his forehead) in between mock experiment comedy sketches three times per episode.

Other features included three game reviews per episode by teenagers local to the area where Bad Influence!

Although these teenagers stints on the show varied, a small number appeared in all four series of the programme.

There was also a weekly competition towards the end of the programme, directly before one of the show's most distinctive features - the 'Datablast' sequence.

The information consisted of a watered down version of most of that episodes features, as well as some exclusive content, such as Top Ten video games charts.

In Series 2, as part of a report, Violet Berlin was included as a character in the Mega Drive game Micro Machines 2.

In the final edition, Berlin, Crane and Saul all presented together in the studio, the only time this ever occurred.