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Author 1:John Corner, ed.
Title:Popular Television in Britain: Studies in Cultural History
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Place:London
Publisher:British Film Institute
Year:1991
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Pages:
Location:FB Neuphilologie: OG 840.141
Synopsis:This collection of essays looks back at the time when television first began to dominate popular consciousness. Among the programmes described are "Quatermass", " Z Cars", "Hancock", "Six-Five Special" and "That Was the Week that Was". Other essays enquire into such topics as the changes which television made in domestic life, the relation between TV drama, film and theatre and the rise of the TV personality.
Keyword 1:television drama
Keyword 2:history
Keyword 3:television
Keyword 4:1950s
Keyword 5:popular culture
Keyword 6:film industry
Keyword 7:comedy
Keyword 8:1960s

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