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Behind the Headlines | Video Phones are Here! But Do You Want One? (1993)

"I sat down for an hour to try to think of a reason, a time when I have ever needed a videophone in my life - I can't think of one!"

John Diamond is joined by publishing director Clare Alexander, columnist Auberon Waugh, and editor Rosie Boycott to discuss the videophone. It's been a science-fiction staple for decades, now it's a reality and in March of 1993 British Telecom will be making it commercially available in the UK.


Now that the videophone finally exists, does anybody actually want one?


Clip taken from Behind the Headlines, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 19 January, 1993.

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