| Description |
viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
General Introduction: Television and British Society in the 1950s / John Corner -- Before the Golden Age: Early Television Drama / John Caughie -- Documentary Voices / John Corner -- Every Wart and Pustule: Gilbert Harding and Television Stardom / Andy Medhurst -- 'Hancock's Half Hour': A Watershed in British Television Comedy / Peter Goddard -- Television and Pop: The Case of the 1950s / John Hill -- Wise Scientists and Female Androids: Class and Gender in Science Fiction / Joy Leman -- Banging In Some Reality: The Original 'Z Cars' / Stuart Laing -- Filth, Sedition and Blasphemy: The Rise and Fall of Television Satire / Andrew Crisell -- Television Memories and Cultures of Viewing 1950-65 / Tim O'sullivan -- 'Grandstand', the Sports Fan and the Family Audience / Garry Whannel -- All Bark and No Bite: The Film Industry's Response to Television / Edward Buscombe |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Television Programmes (Broadcasting) History |
| Notes |
Great Britain. Television programmes,. history (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- Great Britain.
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Popular culture.
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Television programs -- Great Britain -- History.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Corner, John.
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| LC no. |
17000269 |
| ISBN |
0851702694 (cased) |
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0851702708 (paperback) |
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