"Since breaking the BBC's monopoly in 1955, ITV has been at the centre of the British television landscape. To coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the fir

"This exciting book goes to the heart of a creative commercial and public service culture - it shows why ITV matters and how it was made to work so well. A trem

This book is the first authoritative account of the UK’s independent television production sector, following the creation of Channel 4 in 1982. It examines th

The radical expansion of television broadcasting in the post-war years and beyond both reflected and promoted a cultural revolution sweeping across British soci

Despite the growing body of work on the media in Wales, very little exists on the history of commercial television in Wales. This book seeks to address this imb