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Channel 4 : the early years and the Jeremy Isaacs legacy
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Channel 4 : the early years and the Jeremy Isaacs legacy

Author: Dorothy Hobson
Publisher: London : I. B. Tauris, ©2008.
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Explores the Channel 4's foundation period, under its first Chief Executive, Jeremy Isaacs. This work assesses the legacy of the channel and discusses whether it has changed the nature of British  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hobson, Dorothy, 1942-
Channel 4.
London : I. B. Tauris, c2008
(OCoLC)654478487
Named Person: Jeremy Isaacs; Jeremy Isaacs; Jeremy Isaacs
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dorothy Hobson
ISBN: 9781845116132 1845116135
OCLC Number: 154703639
Description: xii, 217 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface --
1 Birth of the Channel --
2 Television's New Baby - the first three months are the worst --
3 The Players - Inside the Channel 1.Commissioning Editors - people and progress --
4 The Players - Inside the Channel 2. Managing creativity --
5 The Players - Outside Channel 4 and the ITV companies: whose baby? --
6 A Kaleidoscope of programmes --
7 Channel 4 and its audience --
8 1987 - A Year of Change --
9 Jeremy Isaacs' legacy and Channel 4 today --
Bibliography --
Index.
Responsibility: Dorothy Hobson.

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