Bad Influence!

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For the associated magazine, see Bad Influence! (magazine).


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Bad Influence!
Publisher: Yorkshire Television
Number of episodes: 57
Original channel(s): ITV

Bad Influence! was a UK magazine television show featuring video games and computer technology. Hosted by Andy Crane and Violet Berlin, the show was broadcast between October 1992 and January 1996 on ITV.[1] Unlike its gameshow-oriented contemporaries, GamesMaster and Games World, Bad Influence! was purely factual, providing reviews, news reports, and tips/cheats.

Though foremostly aimed towards young children (and presented by them, in some segments), the show received critical acclaim in its home country alongside GamesMaster for their television coverage of video games during the early 1990s, and is believed to have been one of ITV's highest rated children's programmes for three of its four series.[2]

Notable features relating to Sega filmed for the programme include reports from Sega of Japan's headquarters and Roppongi GiGO in December 1992,[3] and Sega of America's in 1994 for pre-release footage of 32X games.[4] The Scorpion XVI version of the KW-501 clone console also received coverage.[5]

List of episodes

Episode Video Name Date Airtime Description
1x01 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 1 1992-10-29
1x02 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 2 1992-11-05
1x03 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 3 1992-11-12
1x04 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 4 1992-11-19
1x05 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 5 1992-11-26
1x06 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 6 1992-12-03
1x07 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 7 1992-12-10
1x08 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 8 1992-12-17
1x09 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 9 1993-01-07
1x10 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 10 1993-01-14
1x11 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 11 1993-01-21
1x12 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 12 1993-01-28
1x13 Video Placeholder.svg Series 1, episode 13 1993-02-04
2x01 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 1 1993-09-09
2x02 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 2 1993-09-16
2x03 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 3 1993-09-23
2x04 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 4 1993-09-30
2x05 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 5 1993-10-07
2x06 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 6 1993-10-14
2x07 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 7 1993-10-21
2x08 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 8 1993-10-28
2x09 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 9 1993-11-04
2x10 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 10 1993-11-11
2x11 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 11 1993-11-18
2x12 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 12 1993-11-25
2x13 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 13 1993-12-02
2x14 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 14 1993-12-09
2x15 Video Placeholder.svg Series 2, episode 15 1993-12-16
3x01 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 1 1994-09-08
3x02 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 2 1994-09-15
3x03 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 3 1994-09-22
3x04 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 4 1994-09-29
3x05 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 5 1994-10-06
3x06 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 6 1994-10-13
3x07 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 7 1994-10-20
3x08 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 8 1994-10-27
3x09 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 9 1994-11-03
3x10 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 10 1994-11-10
3x11 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 11 1994-11-17
3x12 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 12 1994-11-24
3x13 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 13 1994-12-01
3x14 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 14 1994-12-08
3x15 Video Placeholder.svg Series 3, episode 15 1994-12-15
4x01 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 1 1995-09-06
4x02 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 2 1995-09-13
4x03 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 3 1995-09-20
4x04 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 4 1995-09-27
4x05 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 5 1995-10-04
4x06 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 6 1995-10-11
4x07 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 7 1995-10-25
4x08 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 8 1995-11-01
4x09 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 9 1995-11-08
4x10 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 10 1995-11-15
4x11 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 11 1995-11-29
4x12 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 12 1995-12-06
4x13 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 13 1995-12-13
4x14 Video Placeholder.svg Series 4, episode 14 1996-01-02

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