Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Radio, race, and the Television Service; 2. Television programming and social impact; 3. Voices of contention and BBC programming; 4. A Black eye; 5. Contemporary voices from within; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index
Summary
Beginning in the 1930s and moving into the post millennium, Newton provides a historical analysis of policies invoked, and practices undertaken as the Service attempted to assist white Britons in understanding the impact of African-Caribbeans, and their assimilation into constructs of Britishness. Management soon approved talks and scientific studies as a means of examining racial tensions, as ITV challenged the discourses of British broadcasting. Soon, BBC2 began broadcasting; and more issues of race appeared on the screens, each reflecting sometimes comedic, somewhat dystopic, often problema
