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The Joy of Text

The Joy of Text

Description: The Joy of Text was a themed night of television programmes centred on text messaging, shown on BBC One. It was broadcast on 9 June 2001, and featured three TV programmes: The Joy of Text: Live, Text Maniacs and X Text. Wikipedia
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2015
First episode air date: August 21, 2015
Network: BBC One
Director: Peter Orton
Picture Format: PAL (576i)
Presented By: Ulrika Jonsson, Terry Alderton
Genres: Entertainment, Variety show, Television documentary

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