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ITV cultures : independent television over fifty years / edited by Catherine Johnson, Rob Turnock.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005.Description: viii, 217 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780335217304 (hbk.)
  • 0335217303 (hbk.)
  • 033521729X (pbk.)
  • 9780335217298 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384.554
LOC classification:
  • PN 1992.3 I91 2005
Contents:
Introduction : Approaching the histories of ITV / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock -- Part 1. Histories -- From start-up to consolidation : institutions, regions and regulations over the history of ITV / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock -- Importance, significance, cost and value : is an ITV canon possible? / John Ellis -- ǂt And the rest is history : Lew Grade, creation narratives and television historiography / Jonathan Bignell -- Part 2. Institutions -- Transatlantic ventures and Robin Hood / Steve Neale -- Mammon's television? ITV in Wales, 1959-63 / Jamie Medhurst -- London Weekend Television in the 1980s : programmes, public service obligations, financial incentives / Rod Allen -- From newsreels to a theatre of news : the growth and development of Independent Television News / Jackie Harrison -- Part 3. Texts and intertexts -- Rooms within rooms : Upstairs Downstairs and the studio costume drama of the 1970s / Helen Wheatley -- Real people with real problems? Public service broadcasting, commercialism and Trisha / Sherryl Wilson -- Who wants to be a fan of Who wants to be a millionaire? Scholarly television criticism, 'popular aesthetics' and academic tastes / Matt Hills -- Conclusions : ITV a hybrid subject ; Historical timeline : the ITV companies and the Broadcasting Acts / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1992.3 I91 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000022435

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Approaching the histories of ITV / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock -- Part 1. Histories -- From start-up to consolidation : institutions, regions and regulations over the history of ITV / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock -- Importance, significance, cost and value : is an ITV canon possible? / John Ellis -- ǂt And the rest is history : Lew Grade, creation narratives and television historiography / Jonathan Bignell -- Part 2. Institutions -- Transatlantic ventures and Robin Hood / Steve Neale -- Mammon's television? ITV in Wales, 1959-63 / Jamie Medhurst -- London Weekend Television in the 1980s : programmes, public service obligations, financial incentives / Rod Allen -- From newsreels to a theatre of news : the growth and development of Independent Television News / Jackie Harrison -- Part 3. Texts and intertexts -- Rooms within rooms : Upstairs Downstairs and the studio costume drama of the 1970s / Helen Wheatley -- Real people with real problems? Public service broadcasting, commercialism and Trisha / Sherryl Wilson -- Who wants to be a fan of Who wants to be a millionaire? Scholarly television criticism, 'popular aesthetics' and academic tastes / Matt Hills -- Conclusions : ITV a hybrid subject ; Historical timeline : the ITV companies and the Broadcasting Acts / Catherine Johnson and Rob Turnock.

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