Public issue television *World in Action* 1963-98

by Goddard, Peter; Corner, John; Richardson, Kay

• ISBN13: 9780719062568
• ISBN10: 071906256X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding the relationship between television, politics, and society. Based on full access to the archives, it offers a fascinating historical account of how one television series--Granada's World in Action, celebrated for its tough journalism, visual directness, and public impact--functioned and developed over its run across 35 years between 1963 and 1998. This book gets deep inside the making of factual television and examines how a particular culture of production works within broader conditions of possibility and constraint. As well as discussing achievement and success, it examines the tensions, the debates and open conflicts that formed part of the context within which the series was made and transmitted across four decades.

Author Biography

Peter Goddard is Lecturer in the School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool. John Corner is Professor in the School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool. Kay Richardson is Reader in the School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
World in Action: some key names	p. xi
A note on referencing	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Origins: technology, innovation and social purpose	p. 8
Interlude: The World Tomorrow	p. 37
1967-75: the classic period	p. 42
1975-88: the Fitzwalter years	p. 75
1988-98: current affairs as commodity	p. 105
Organisation and culture of production	p. 126
Documentary journalism and television form	p. 159
Regulation: policy and conflict	p. 185
Conclusion: television in action	p. 215
Index of World in Action programmes	p. 224
Index	p. 237
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