TY - BOOK ID - 78109109 TI - Entertaining television : the BBC and popular television culture in the 1950s PY - 2008 SN - 1526101599 9781526101594 9780719077913 0719077915 1526101602 PB - Manchester Manchester University Press DB - UniCat KW - Television broadcasting KW - Popular culture KW - Nineteen fifties. KW - 1950s KW - 50s (Twentieth century decade) KW - Fifties (Twentieth century decade) KW - Twentieth century KW - Telecasting KW - Television KW - Television industry KW - Broadcasting KW - Mass media KW - History KW - British Broadcasting Corporation. KW - BBC-TV KW - B.B.C.-T.V. KW - BBCTV KW - BBC Television KW - B.B.C. Television KW - History. KW - Mass communications KW - anno 1950-1959 KW - Great Britain KW - Television broadcasting. KW - Popular culture. KW - Television programs. KW - Television programs KW - Programs, Television KW - Shows, Television KW - Television shows KW - TV shows KW - Electronic program guides (Television) KW - Television scripts KW - Radio vision KW - TV KW - Artificial satellites in telecommunication KW - Electronic systems KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Telecommunication KW - Astronautics KW - Culture, Popular KW - Mass culture KW - Pop culture KW - Popular arts KW - Communication KW - Intellectual life KW - Mass society KW - Recreation KW - Culture KW - Social aspects. KW - Social aspects KW - Optical communication systems KW - British Broadcasting Corporation KW - B.B.C. KW - BBC KW - Great Britain. KW - Hayʼat al-Idhāʻah al-Barīṭānīyah KW - Ying-kuo kuang po kung ssu KW - Yingguo guang bo gong si KW - British Broadcasting Company KW - Anglia KW - Angliyah KW - Briṭanyah KW - England and Wales KW - Förenade kungariket KW - Grã-Bretanha KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Grossbritannien KW - Igirisu KW - Iso-Britannia KW - Marea Britanie KW - Nagy-Britannia KW - Prydain Fawr KW - Royaume-Uni KW - Saharātchaʻānāčhak KW - Storbritannien KW - United Kingdom KW - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland KW - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland KW - Velikobritanii͡ KW - Wielka Brytania KW - Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta KW - Northern Ireland KW - Scotland KW - Wales KW - B.B.C. (British Broadcasting Corporation) KW - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) KW - BBC Group KW - Hay�at al-Idh�a�ah al-Bar�i�t�an�iyah KW - Film and Media KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Popular Culture KW - British television history. KW - ITYP programme. KW - Independent Television. KW - TIYL. KW - The Grove Family. KW - celebrity culture. KW - give-away show. KW - popular interests. KW - private life programme. KW - problem show. KW - public service. KW - quiz/game show. KW - soap opera. KW - television fame. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78109109 AB - Film, Television and Cinema. 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. ER -