Entertaining Television : The BBC and Popular Television Culture in the 1950s

Name: Entertaining Television
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9780719077913
Price: 15300 KES
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ISBN: 9780719077913

by Su Holmes

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0719077915

ISBN-13 9780719077913

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 1st, 2008

Print length 232 Pages

Weight 520 grams

Dimensions 24.00 x 16.50 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Television Television

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An energetic look at BBC Television in 1950s, illustrating how it was at the forefront of popular programming, including the first Reality TV programmes, quiz and game shows, even 'problem' talk shows. -- .

Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the 1950s was elitist and ‘staid’, upholding Reithian values in a paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of (often controversial) programme case studies – such as the soap opera, the quiz/ game show, the ‘problem’ show and programmes dealing with celebrity culture - Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television surprisingly explored popular interests and desires. She also uncovers a number of remarkable connections with programmes and topics at the forefront of television today, ranging from talk shows, 'Reality TV', even to our contemporary obsession with celebrity. The book is iconclastic, percipient and grounded in archival research, and will be of use to anyone studying television history. -- .

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