A Licence to be Different: The Story of Channel 4
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ISBN-13: 9781844572052
ISBN-10: 1844572056
Pagini: 356
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844572056
Pagini: 356
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
Traces
the
history
and
development
of
Channel
4,
one
of
the
UK's
best
loved
and
most
controversial
TV
channels.
Identifies
key
figures
and
signature
programmes
such
as
'Brookside,'
'The
Big
Breakfast'
and
'Wife
Swap,'
as
well
as successful
American
imports
including
'Friends'
and
'Sex
and
the
City.'
Cuprins
Foreword
by
Luke
Johnson.-
Acknowledgements.-
1
How
Celebrity
Big
Brother
changed
Channel
4.-
2
The
long
and
winding
road.-
3
Isaacs:
maverick
founder.-
4
Godfather
in
the
green
Rolls
Royce.-
5
Miss
No
One
from
Nowhere
joins
Channel
4.-
6
Launch:
a
white-knuckle
ride.-
7
Disaster!
Channel
4
News.-
8
Two
tigers
at
the
table.-
9
Calmer
waters.-
10
Likely
lads
flourish
as
Isaacs
leaves.-
11
Dark
horse
makes
the
Grade.-
12
Breakfast
with
handcuffs.-
13
The
golden
formula.-
14
Britain's
Pornographer-in-Chief?.-
15
Drama!
GBH,
Potter,
Film
on
Four.-
16
Whitehall
warriors
fight
privatisation.-
17
Lexus
man
arrives.-
18
New
things
in
the
air.-
19
Spending
spree.-
20
The
wall
of
leisure.-
21
Caught
out
by
9/11.-
22
Thompson's
vaulting
ambition.-
23
Two
men
with
L
plates.-
24
Big
Brother.-
25
Channel
4
at
the
crossroads.-
Conclusion.-
Notes.-
Index.
Notă biografică
MAGGIE
BROWN
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Channel
4
started
life
with
a
mission
to
be
different,
to
provide
an
alternative
to
the
often
cosy
agendas
of
the
BBC
and
ITV.
Its
idealistic
founders
sought
to
establish
a
channel
that
would
reflect
the
diversity
of
British
society
and
make
new
and
different
kinds
of
television
programmes.
Maggie
Brown's
riveting
account
of
the
birth
and
development
of
this
unique
cultural
institution
traces
Channel
4's
history
from
its
unlikely
founding,
under
Margaret
Thatcher's
Conservative
government,
through
the
chaotic
early
days
to
its
uncertain
present,
with
calls
for
Channel
4
to
be
privatised
in
the
wake
of
scandals
such
as
theCelebrity
Big
Brotherracism
row.
This is the gripping story of the highs and lows of Channel 4: from stand out, innovative programmes such asThe Tube,A Very British Coup,Brookside,The Big BreakfastandBrass Eye, to outrageous shows such asThe Wordthat led to Chief Executive Michael Grade being branded Britain's 'Pornographer-in-Chief'; the rise and fall of Film on Four and its rebirth as the digital channel FilmFour; the short-lived plan to merge Channel Four with Five; the channel's success with genres such as lifestyle programming – fromLocation Location LocationtoWife Swap, and US imports such asCheers, FriendsandDawson's Creek, and the increasing and, Maggie Brown argues, damaging reliance onBigBrother.
The story is informed by first-hand accounts from key figures in the C4 story – Jeremy Isaacs, Richard Attenborough, Liz Forgan, Michael Jackson and Mark Thompson among many others - of what really went on behind the screen, fleshed out by unprecedented access to Channel 4 archives.
This is the gripping story of the highs and lows of Channel 4: from stand out, innovative programmes such asThe Tube,A Very British Coup,Brookside,The Big BreakfastandBrass Eye, to outrageous shows such asThe Wordthat led to Chief Executive Michael Grade being branded Britain's 'Pornographer-in-Chief'; the rise and fall of Film on Four and its rebirth as the digital channel FilmFour; the short-lived plan to merge Channel Four with Five; the channel's success with genres such as lifestyle programming – fromLocation Location LocationtoWife Swap, and US imports such asCheers, FriendsandDawson's Creek, and the increasing and, Maggie Brown argues, damaging reliance onBigBrother.
The story is informed by first-hand accounts from key figures in the C4 story – Jeremy Isaacs, Richard Attenborough, Liz Forgan, Michael Jackson and Mark Thompson among many others - of what really went on behind the screen, fleshed out by unprecedented access to Channel 4 archives.
Caracteristici
Accessible
guide
to
the
eventful
history
of
Channel
Covers signature and standout programmes
Covers signature and standout programmes