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Television by Phil Norman
An entertaining and illuminating celebration of televisual history by cultural historian Phil Norman‘Norman writes with epigrammatic wit’ The Times
‘This alternative history of the “idiot’s lantern” gathers a hundred programmes to chart eighty-odd years of televisual evolution: the early, chaotic years; the foolhardy, unselfconscious and creatively energetic years before commerce eventually knocked those fascinating corners off its character. At its best and at its worst, television is brutally honest and charmingly deceitful, sentimentally partisan and coldly dispassionate, obscenely lavish and ludicrously cheap. Its death has been predicted many times, but somehow it survives to this day.’
Phil was a founding member of the TV Cream nostalgia website and has written several books on popular culture.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780008113322 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008113327 |
| Title | Television |
| Author | Phil Norman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2016-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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