Independent Television in Britain: Volume 4: Companies and Programmes, 1968-80 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333455432)

The ITV network was designed as a federation of companies, different in size and character, jointly and severally constructing programme schedules in which strands of entertainment were interwoven with news bulletins, drama with sport, feature films with documentaries, church services with broadcasting for schools. The purpose of this volume is to convey some impression of diversity by illustrating and illuminating the rich assortment of companies and programmes making up ITV's overall service to the public in the operation of a plural system on a single television channel during a peak period in British broadcasting.

Author: Jeremy Potter
ISBN-10: 0333455436
ISBN-13: 9780333455432
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/08/1990
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d