LEADER 04306nam 2200445 450 001 9910502622903321 005 20230629222556.0 010 $a3-030-83043-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000012038125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6738531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6738531 035 $a(OCoLC)1287136004 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012038125 100 $a20220627d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEvolution on british television and radio $etransmissions and transmutations /$fAlexander Hall 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (292 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave studies in science and popular culture 311 $a3-030-83042-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Evolutionary Epic and Progressive Narratives in Science -- Synthetic Narratives in the History of Biology -- Media Histories and Studies of Science -- Humanist Blockbusters -- Approaches to Studying Media -- Surveying British Broadcasting on Evolution -- Summary of the Argument -- References -- Chapter 2: Situating the Story: The Early Years of Evolution on the Wireless -- The Stream of Life -- Controlling the Content, While Developing the Format(s) -- Post-war Consolidations and Contestations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Evolving Content for the Small Screen, from Radio to Early Television Formats -- Expanding the Cast -- Constructing an Official Institutional Position on Evolution -- Evolution on the Small Screen -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Most Malleable of Minds: Evolution in Educational Broadcasting -- Religious Contestation of Early Educational Radio on Evolution -- A Short History of BBC Educational Broadcasting -- Educating the Grown-Ups -- Televised Educational Output -- Evolution on Adult Education Television -- The BBC and the Open University -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Imagining Evolution: Drama and Science Fiction -- Evolutionary Themes in Early Radio Dramas -- Orwell, Darwin and the Dramatisation of the Past -- Wells, Ethics and Dystopian Futures -- Evolutionary Themes in British Science Fiction Television -- Kneale and Literary British Science Fiction -- Newman and the Rise of the Serial -- Pedler and Techno-Scientific Anxieties -- Counterculture, Doom and Declensionism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Humanist Blockbusters: Depicting the Evolutionary Epic on Television -- The Ascent of Man -- Producing Ascent -- A Popular Success, the Reception of Ascent. 327 $aOther Popular Depictions of Evolution in the 1970s -- Nigel Calder's The Life Game -- The Ascent of Man's Influence on Metanarratives of Science -- Sledgehammers and Humanist Blockbusters, from Ascent to Life on Earth -- Conclusion: The Humanist Blockbuster Goes Global -- References -- Chapter 7: Creationism and Non-Darwinian Ideology in British Broadcasting -- Limited Airtime for Fundamentalists and Anti-evolutionists -- Non-Darwinian and Post-Darwinian Evolutionary Ideas -- Reporting on US Affairs or Creating Creationists? Creationism at the BBC -- Religious Metaphors on Science Broadcasts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Remembering or Deifying? The Darwin Anniversaries of 1959 and 2009 -- The Darwin Sesquicentennial Celebrations 1958-1959 -- The Darwin Centenary on Radio and Television -- Refining the Mythic Narrative of Darwin's Life and Influence -- Broadcasting the 2009 Darwin Anniversary, a Reflective Coda -- References -- Index. 410 0$aPalgrave studies in science and popular culture. 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xHistory. 676 $a384.550941 700 $aHall$b Alexander$0848973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910502622903321 996 $aEvolution on British Television and Radio$92568576 997 $aUNINA