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Television in the 1970s was well placed to develop its reputation for dramatising classic novels: television now transmitted in colour. BBC-1 continued to enhance its reputation with the long-established Sunday serials of popular classics (particularly with those considered suitable for younger viewers) and BBC-2 realized its promise in presenting an impressive series of evening serial dramatisations of classic novels, several of which have proved in the long run worthy of a significant place in the history of British television drama. Commercial television also produced fine examples of costume drama, which looked good on colour television. But it was the BBC which still held the field when it came to ‘doing the classics’.
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Giddings, R., Selby, K. (2001). The 1970s: Signs of Change. In: The Classic Serial on Television and Radio. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596290_2
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