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Magical Tome
- First published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Pages
- 232 pages
- ISBN
- 9780719077913
Entertaining Television: The BBC and Popular Television Culture in the 1950s
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About this book
This text makes a seminal contribution to British television history by focusing on the 'beginnings' of popular generic forms, such as soap operas, quiz/game shows and 'problem' shows. Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television played an important role in developing these popular generic forms.
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