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Product details
- ISBN 9780719065156
- Weight: 431g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2003
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Unique, readable first hand accounts of one of the most significant periods in British television history. Introductory essay from leading academic Julia Hallam (University of Liverpool), sets the creation of Granada in the context of British broadcasting history and of television as it is today. Provides an insight into the culture of Granada TV during its pioneering early years, from the perspectives of writers, producers, directors, technicians and presenters.. An illustrious collection of contributors, to name a few; Lord Isaacs, Lord MacDonald, Lord Birt, Michael Parkinson, Michael Apted, Stan Barstow, Nick Elliott, Victoria Wood, Kenith Trodd, Jack Rosenthal, Charles Sturridge, Anna Ford, Chris Kelly and Alan Plater. Concerns the production of such legendary programmes as World in Action,'Brideshead Revisited, Coronation Street, A Family at War and What the Papers Say.
John Finch was a writer, producer and editor at Granada for over twenty years. Michael Cox was an Executive Drama Producer at Granada TV. Marjorie Giles was a Producer at Granada TV throughout most of these thirty years
