Entertaining television : the BBC and popular television culture in the 1950s /

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This text makes a seminal contribution to British television history by focusing on the 'beginnings' of popular generic forms, such as soap operas, quiz/game shows and 'problem' shows. Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television played an important role in developing these popular...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holmes, Su
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2008.
Temas:
British Broadcasting Corporation > History.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
British Broadcasting Corporation
1900-1999
Geschichte 1950-1960.
Television broadcasting > Great Britain > History.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
Popular culture.
Television broadcasting.
Fernsehsendung
Unterhaltungssendung
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Public service and the popular : debates and developments
  • "Neighbors to the nation" : "Soap opera," the BBC and (re)visiting The Grove family (1954-57)
  • "The 'Give-away' shows, but who is really paying?" : rethinking quiz and game shows on 1950s British television
  • The problem show "an ... unmarried mother sat in a wing-backed chair on TV last night" : BBC Television asks Is this your problem? (1955-57)
  • From "serialitis" to "torture, treacle, tears, and trickery" : framing television fame
  • Conclusion : "There's nothing really better than what you're used to, is there?"

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