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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450925803321

Autore

Tunstall Jeremy

Titolo

Television Producers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1993

ISBN

9786610108565

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Communication and Society

Disciplina

791.45

791.4502320922

791.450232092241

Soggetti

Television

Television - Great Britain - Production and direct

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Producers in British television; Introduction; Documentary: film-makers; Journalist producers; Sports: live events; The edinfotainment maelstrom; Introduction; Drama/fiction; The comedy enigma; 'Light entertainment'; The independent takeover; Women producers; Programme barons and power; Conclusions: past; Towards 2022; The interviews; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Covering all the major areas of television production, this in-depth work highlights the widely varying influences, difficulties and opportunities at work in the industry. Each kind of producer across the seven areas here examined faces the same practical issues of budget, talent and equipment resources, and end-product expectations; however, the self-image of the producers and the creative environment in which they work can differ greatly from one programming sector to the next, and whilst their careers may run parallel they are usually cut off from one another ideologically. Based on intervi