abstract:Shaggy Dog Story is a charity programme for Children in Need, put together by the BBC in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year's Future Generations video (featuring children's programmes), and the great success of 1997's "Perfect Day" charity single. It was first shown on 27 December 1999.
The point of this shaggy-dog story is simple: how in the world were my friends supposed to know all the things they needed to know to keep that system running safely and reliably?