The Making of Channel 4 (Routledge Library Editions: Television) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113899796X ISBN 13: 9781138997967

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982. There were lengthy debates about what its role would be and the part to be played by the ITV companies and the growing number of independent television producers. There was also political controversy over the profile of the new channel, some wishing to see it as "their" channel in response to the apparent political hegemony of Margaret Thatcher. The result was sharp conflicts, not only over programming but, as the channel became established, over its relationships with the ITV companies and its regulatory body, the IBA. These controversies in the making of Channel 4 are revisited in this volume. The opening article by Edmund Dell, the channel's first chairman, describes and explains his sometimes stormy relationship with Jeremy Isaacs, the chief executive, while the witness seminar and the other articles offer the views of Channel 4 commissioning editors and representatives from the IBA, the ITV companies, the independent producers, the Home Office and the BBC.

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About the Author:

Catterall is with the Institute of Contemporary British History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 113899796X
• ISBN 13: 9781138997967
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Catterall Peter