Web-Site Of The Week – Carlton On-Line

http://www.carltontv.co.uk

If you have been looking for night-dress case Tilly, then look no further than the shopping arcade on this site. And, many say that you can’t have one without the other so, thankfully, night-dress case Tom is also available for real Tots TV fans. Screen shopping in the arcade is great fun the first time you look, anything and everything slightly related to a Carlton programme is on sale there. If you stay long enough to make a purchase, then you’ve probably stayed too long.

This site certainly exploits the interactive potential of the Net. Once you’ve shopped to your heart’s content you can pop into the virtual café and have a chat with other people with the same idea; the service isn’t much good though, my coffee still hasn’t turned up. When you are rested, you can go to the games centre and try to get Potamus Park back together.

Getting back to reality, there is a link to the ITN news site, so you can find out what’s going on around the world. And, when you want to switch off your PC, Carlton On-Line has extensive information on up and coming Carlton programmes.

The site does what it does well, young children will like the games and love being bought stuff in the shop, big-kids will laugh at it and grown-ups will think what’s the point? If you want to know what’s on TV you look in the paper where you get a multi-channel overview. Carlton has tried to create a use for itself on the Net, but like many TV stations it has so far failed to deliver anything that will induce compulsive surfing.