Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 01 | 01 | Loading, Please Wait | 20240403 | We begin in the early 90s, with the tinny sound of the Nintendo Game Boy and his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four. A technology lover since those days of that 13-inch TV and his first console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. | |
| 01 | 02 | Sent From My Blackberry | 20240410 | Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. This episode we proceed to mobile phones and the school playground black market for cooler ringtones. Aurie has been a technology lover since he got his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four. Since the days of his first gaming console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 909s. | |
| 01 | 03 | Alexa, Make Me A Sandwich | 20240417 | Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. In this episode, we look at Laurie's life today - a life which is riled by Siri and her various strange sisters. Aurie has been a technology lover since he got his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four. Since the days of his first gaming console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. In this episode, we look at Aurie's life today - a life which is ruled by Siri and her various strange sisters. | |
| 01 | 04 | Sorry To Ask, Are You A Robot? | 20240424 | Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. In this final episode, we peer into the future - a future in which we've allowed machines to become so advanced that they may one day have everything they need to do away with us altogether. Aurie has been a technology lover since he got his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four. Since the days of his first gaming console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. | |
| 01 | OMNI-01 | Loading, Please Wait | 20250109 | 20250116 (BBC7) | ![]() Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through the history of tech. We begin in the early 90s, with the tinny sound of the Nintendo Game Boy and his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four - proceeding through to mobile phones and the school playground black market for cooler ringtones. Since the days of his first console, the Sega Master System – featuring the often frustrating Alex Kidd In Miracle World – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. This show charts his personal relationship with machines, looking at the past (computer games that you had to load from cassette tapes), the present (houses that are lit and warmed via apps on your phone, cars that drive themselves without you) and the future (AIs that tell you how to dress and what to eat for dinner, and superior intelligences that command your every move whether you want to object or not). Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. A technology lover since those days of that 13-inch TV and his first console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. |
| 01 | OMNI-02 | Alexa, Make Me A Sandwich | 20250116 | 20250123 (BBC7) | ![]() Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. In this episode, we look at Laurie's life today - a life which is riled by Siri and her various strange sisters. Aurie has been a technology lover since he got his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four. Since the days of his first gaming console, the Sega Master System – featuring the often frustrating Alex Kidd In Miracle World – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. Since the days of his first gaming console, the Sega Master System – featuring ‘Alex Kidd In Miracle World', the most frustrating video game of all time – Aurie has seen technology transform in a manner that would have been hard to believe in the 90s. |
| 02 | 01 | Personally, I'm Technically Fit | 20260225 | ![]()
With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight the focus is on the role tech has played in our fitness lives: for better or worse. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. Has tech has made us fitter - or lazier and fatter? Live shows from comedy's finest stand-up stars! | |
| 02 | 02 | Sounds Good To Me | 20260304 | ![]()
With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight the focus is on the way tech has taken away our CD players, and given us instant access to a world of infinite Taylor Swift. Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. The strange world of music without tapes, CDs\u2026 and maybe eventually, artists. Live shows from comedy's finest stand-up stars! | |
| 02 | 03 | Battle Of The A, B, Y And X's | 20260311 | ![]() Comedian Aurie Styla returns to rampage through the history of technology, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s, and various things you thought you'd forgotten. With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight he hones in on one of his specialist subjects - how we got from queueing up for Pacman arcade machine to playing on games consoles so powerful you don't always know where reality begins and ends. The epic battle to control the gaming industry - choose your fighter! Live shows from comedy's finest stand-up stars! Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. | |
| 02 | 04 | Say Hello To My Little Friend | 20260318 | ![]() Comedian Aurie Styla returns to rampage through the history of technology, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s, and various things you thought you'd forgotten. With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight he considers the hottest topic in technology today - AI, and whether it's going to change our lives...or wipe us out entirely. Virtual assistants: how much assistance is too much? And can they hear us? Live shows from comedy's finest stand-up stars! Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. | |
| 02 | 05 | Home Smart Home | 20260325 | ![]() Comedian Aurie Styla returns to rampage through the history of technology, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s, and various things you thought you'd forgotten. With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight he considers the gadgets around us in our houses. Smart homes are the future - but are they making US smarter? The so-called smart home. Are we smart enough to live in it? Live shows from comedy's finest stand-up stars! Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s. |


Comedian Aurie Styla returns to rampage through the history of technology, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s, and various things you thought you'd forgotten.