Jeremy Potter

Independent Television in Britain

Volume 4: Companies and Programmes, 1968-80

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ITV network was designed as a federation of companies, different in size and character, jointly and severally constructing programme schedules in which strands of entertainment were interwoven with news bulletins, drama with sport, feature films with documentaries, church services with broadcasting for schools. The purpose of this volume is to convey some impression of diversity by illustrating and illuminating the rich assortment of companies and programmes making up ITV's overall service to the public in the operation of a plural system on a single television channel during a peak period in British broadcasting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-45543-2
• 1990
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 785g
• ISBN-13: 9780333455432
• ISBN-10: 0333455436
• Artikelnr.: 35665971

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates - Preface and Acknowledgements - The Network - Labour Relations - ATV and Granada - The London Companies - Yorkshire and the North-East - Independent Television News - Southern and Anglia - Scotland and the Borders - Wales and the West of England - Westward and Channel - Northern Ireland - Drama - Light Entertainment - Documentaries and Current Affairs - Adult Education - School and Children's Programmes - Religion - Sport - Competition with the BBC - The Programme Journal - Preparing for the 1980s - The Breakfast-Time Contract - Controversial Awards - Appendix A: The Television Fund and Company Grants - Appendix B: Regional News - List of Abbreviations - References - Bibliography - Index