Television : A History in 100 Programmes
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- ISBN 9780008113322
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2016
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
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An entertaining and illuminating celebration of televisual history by cultural historian Phil Norman For decades, television occupied a unique position in the national imagination. By today's standards the 'box' was tiny, but it dominated the living room in a way its technically superior descendants never quite manage. Has the television lost its power in the internet age? Cultural historian Phil Norman goes in search of such questions as he tells the history of TV through 100 ground-breaking programmes.
He celebrates the joy of the TV schedule which, in the days of just a few channels, threw up dizzy juxtapositions on a daily basis: an earnest play might be followed by a variety spectacular; a horror anthology that drove children behind furniture followed a sketch show that chewed the carpet. This riotous mix, now slowly disappearing as themed channels and on-demand services take over, gave television a sense of community that no other media could compete with. The wonderful varie
Phil was a founding member of the TV Cream nostalgia website and has written several books on popular culture.
