Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, and Stephen Segaller |
Directed by | Stephen Segaller |
Narrated by | Robert X. Cringely |
Theme music composer | Michael Bard |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Producer(s) | Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, and Stephen Segaller |
Cinematography | Greg Bond, Wendy Revak, Brett Wood |
Editor(s) | Bruce Barrow |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Production company(s) | John Gau Productions for Oregon Public Broadcasting |
Distributor | PBS |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4/PBS |
Original release | September 19-October 3, 1998 (Channel 4)November 25, 1998 (PBS) |
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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet - a.k.a. Glory of the Geeks - is a 1998 American PBS television documentary that explores the development of the Arpanet, the Internet, and the World Wide Web in from 1969 to 1998. It was created during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. The documentary was hosted and co-written by Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens), and is the sequel to the 1996 documentary, Triumph of the Nerds. It was first broadcast as Glory of the Geeks in three weekly episodes between September 19 and October 3, 1998 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, and as Nerds 2.0.1 on consecutive days between November 25, 1998 by PBS in the United States.
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