The ITV network was designed as a federation of companies, different in size and character, jointly and severally constructing programme schedules in which strands of entertainment were interwoven with news bulletins, drama with sport, feature films with documentaries, church services with broadcasting for schools. The purpose of this volume is to convey some impression of diversity by illustrating and illuminating the rich assortment of companies and programmes making up ITV's overall service to the public in the operation of a plural system on a single television channel during a peak period in British broadcasting.

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Book Title: Independent Television in Britain
Book Subtitle: Volume 4: Companies and Programmes, 1968–80
Authors: Jeremy Potter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09907-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Independent Broadcasting Authority and Independent Television Association 1990
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45543-2Published: 08 July 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-09907-8Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 428
Topics: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, History of Britain and Ireland, Media Research

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