From the first page: "Where is television going? Where is it taking us? People care deeply about what they -- and their children -- are going to watch. Who controls what is on the TV screen...?" PARTIAL list of contents: television under attack; the birth of Auntie; the populists versus the elitists; sold down the sixties; the new priesthood; television and politics; television and belief; sociology and mass belief--the Thomas syndrome; etc.
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Stated First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Physical description. : 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes: ncludes index. Index. Subject: Television broadcasting - Great Britain - History. Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain. Television services - Great Britain, to 1976 Great Britain - Television services - to 1976. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 192467
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Seller: Harry Righton, Evesham, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. pages browning. binding tight. edges rubbed. owners name to fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 908312
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Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Upper cover rather creased. Inscribed by the author, "for Stephen Keynes, a small reminder of the earlier tribesmen who fought over the oases of profit in. the wastelands of programming, and who learnt to obey the calls of the great Imams [?] on Brompton Road and Portland Place. July 1980 from the author, Andrew Quicke". Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 29M100639
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Seller: Byre Books, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. An examination of British broadcasting past, present and future. Covers creased, good. 240pp. Seller Inventory # 5876
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Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Softcover. Condition: Fair. 240p. Seller Inventory # 14503
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