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Independent Television in Britain

Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 1981-92: Channel 4, TV-am, Cable and Satellite

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  1. Paul Bonner
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  2. Lesley Aston
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Channel 4

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Fourth Channel: Conception to Birth

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 3-35

    3. Countdown to Countdown: Setting Up the Channel and Getting on the Air

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 36-108

    4. Programmes, Reactions and Progress 1982–87: ‘The Isaacs Years’

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 109-219

    5. Politics, Scheduling and Selling 1988–92: ‘The Grade Years’

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 220-296

  3. TV-am

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    2. Breakfast-Time Contract: TV-am

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 299-320

    3. Financing, Ratings and Resignation: 1980–83 (March)

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 321-334

    4. Dyke to the Rescue: April 1983–May 1984

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 335-350

    5. The Wizard of Oz: May 1984–1992

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 351-364

    6. From Packer to Bond: 1987–88

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 365-375

    7. Exit TV-am

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 376-383

  4. Other responsibilities of the ITC

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
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    2. Cable and Satellite

      • Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston
      Pages 387-434

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 435-483
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About this book

Success out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations - this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92. This is an authoritative account, from the people involved and from official documents, of the launches and first ten years of Channel 4 and TV-am, the expansion of cable television and early difficulties of satellite broadcasting.

About the authors

PAUL BONNER worked in broadcasting for 40 years. He was at ITV for seven years - first as Director of the Programming Secretariat (Chairman of the Network Controllers Group) from 1987-1992, and then as a director at the new ITV Network Centre from 1993 until he retired two years later. Previously, he had been selected to be Channel Four's first Controller of Programmes. He held that post for the first seven years of the Channel's existence. Before that he had worked for the BBC in radio and television for 25 years. He spent ten of those years as a documentary maker. That was followed by a period in charge of the BBC's controversial public-access programmes. Paul Bonner's final role at the BBC was as head of its Science and Features Department.

LESLEY ASTON was Press Officer at the IBA/ITC from 1983-1994, with a special interest in research. She was seconded to the Director General's Office from 1989-1990 to work on the Broadcasting Bill. Previously, she was in the industries section of the Economist Intelligence Unit and Manager of Information Services at Urwick Orr and Partners.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Independent Television in Britain

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 1981-92: Channel 4, TV-am, Cable and Satellite

  • Authors: Paul Bonner, Lesley Aston

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230287136

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Paul Bonner and Lesley Aston 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-64774-5Published: 13 December 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39620-7Published: 13 December 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28713-6Published: 13 December 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 483

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cultural History, Sociology of Culture, Industries, Media Research, Media Studies

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