The launch of Channel 4 redefined the place of film on television. This special issue will investigate aspects of that legacy, drawing on new archival and interview material to offer a revisionist history of the broadcaster's rich and diverse contributions to British film culture.
The launch of Channel 4 redefined the place of film on television. This special issue will investigate aspects of that legacy, drawing on new archival and interview material to offer a revisionist history of the broadcaster's rich and diverse contributions to British film culture.
Paul McDonald is Professor of Cinema and Media Industries at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Hollywood Stardom (Wiley, 2013), Video and DVD Industries (BFI, 2007) and The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities (Wallflower, 2000), and co-editor of The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry (Blackwell, 2008). Since 2002 he has jointly edited the International Screen Industries series from the British Film Institute. Currently he is Co-investigator for the project Channel 4 Television and British Film Culture (www.c4film.co.uk). Justin Smith is Reader in British Film Culture at the University of Portsmouth where he is also Post-Graduate Tutor in the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media. He is the author of Withnail and Us: Cult Films and Film Cults in British Cinema (I. B. Tauris, 2010) and, with Sue Harper, British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure (Edinburgh University Press, 2011). He was a Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded project 1970s British Cinema, Film and Video: Mainstream and Counter-Culture (2006-2009), www.1970sproject.co.uk ; he is currently Principal Investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'Channel 4 Television and British Film Culture' (2010-2014), www.c4film.co.uk . A cultural historian with a special interest in British cinema, his research interests embrace production, reception and exhibition practices, film fandom, and issues of cultural identity and popular memory.
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Introduction Justin Smith and Paul McDonald Britain's Channel 4: A TV Provider Caught Between Private Sector Funding and Its Cultural Mission Gabriele Bock and Siegfried Zielinski Roadblocks and Roads Not Taken: Fords on Water (1983), Coast to Coast (1987) and the British Bi-racial Buddy-Road Movie Ieuan Franklin Assessing Cultural Impact: Film4, Canon Formation and Forgotten Films Laura Mayne Channel 4 and the Red Triangle: A Case Study in Film Curation and Censorship on Television Justin Smith Film4, Freeview and Public Service Broadcasting: Screening Films on British Television in the Multi-channel Era Rachael Keene Interview Dossier The Four Heads of Film4 Justin Smith and Laura Mayne Book Reviews
Introduction Justin Smith and Paul McDonald Britain's Channel 4: A TV Provider Caught Between Private Sector Funding and Its Cultural Mission Gabriele Bock and Siegfried Zielinski Roadblocks and Roads Not Taken: Fords on Water (1983), Coast to Coast (1987) and the British Bi-racial Buddy-Road Movie Ieuan Franklin Assessing Cultural Impact: Film4, Canon Formation and Forgotten Films Laura Mayne Channel 4 and the Red Triangle: A Case Study in Film Curation and Censorship on Television Justin Smith Film4, Freeview and Public Service Broadcasting: Screening Films on British Television in the Multi-channel Era Rachael Keene Interview Dossier The Four Heads of Film4 Justin Smith and Laura Mayne Book Reviews
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