BBC Archive | 1991: Are VIDEO GAMES a Risk to Children? | Gloria Live | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
"Children and adults are apparently spending hours and hours in front of the television, not watching Neighbours, but killing drug dealers, scoring touchdowns, and even doing a bit of plumbing." - Gloria Hunniford.

Gloria Hunniford chairs a discussion about the merits of video games. With an estimated 250,000 homes in Britain now possessing a games console of some description, and a new report suggesting that playing video games could lead to children becoming social outcasts, Gloria asks - are games bad for us?

Joining Gloria and the studio audience for the discussion are psychologist Sue Stirling, Club Nintendo editor Mark Smith, and Radio 1 DJ - and self confessed "Nintendo freak" - Mark Goodier.


Clip taken from Gloria Live, originally broadcast on BBC One, 3 May 1991.





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