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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.

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