LEADER 04219nam 22005775 450 001 9910502622903321 005 20240628130208.0 010 $a9783030830434 010 $a3030830438 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-83043-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000012038125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6738531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6738531 035 $a(OCoLC)1287136004 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-83043-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012038125 100 $a20210930d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEvolution on British Television and Radio $eTransmissions and Transmutations /$fby Alexander Hall 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (292 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture,$x2731-4367 311 08$a9783030830427 311 08$a303083042X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: surveying the airwaves -- 2. Situating the Story: the early years of evolution on the wireless -- 3. Evolving the content for the small-screen, from radio to early television formats -- 4. Educating the Next Generation: schools and adult education -- 5. Settling into the Schedule: speaking about evolution across diverse genres -- 6. Humanist Blockbusters: the evolutionary epic on television -- 7. Reluctantly talking about Human Origins: Creationism in British broadcasting -- 8. Remembering or deifying? The Darwin anniversaries of 1959 and 2009 -- 9. Conclusion. 330 $a"With this historical account of the presentation of evolution on British television and radio, Alexander Hall adopts an astute angle to discuss the broader and more fundamental topic of the relationship between science and religion as it played out in 20th-century broadcast media. This is a well-researched study, revealing cultural trends and patterns which could easily go un-noticed, written well for specialists and non-specialists alike." - Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, author of BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough (Palgrave, 2019) This book charts the history of how biological evolution has been depicted on British television and radio, from the first radio broadcast on evolution in 1925 through to the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species in 2009. Going beyond science documentaries, the chapters deal with a broad range of broadcasting content to explore evolutionary themes in radio dramas, educational content, and science fiction shows like Doctor Who. The book makes the case that the dominant use in science broadcasting of the 'evolutionary epic', a narrative based on a progressive vision of scientific endeavour, is part of the wider development of a standardised way of speaking about science in society during the 20th century. In covering the diverse range of approaches to depicting evolution used in British productions, the book demonstrates how their success had a global influence on the genres and formats of science broadcasting used today. Alexander Hall is a historian of science and Research Fellow in the Institute for STEMM in Society and Culture at the University of Birmingham, UK. His work examines the intersections between science and the media, exploring the narrative and visual forms of science communication to better understand sciences' role in society. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture,$x2731-4367 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aBritish Film and TV 606 $aEvolutionary Biology 615 0$aMotion pictures 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 14$aBritish Film and TV. 615 24$aEvolutionary Biology. 676 $a384.550941 676 $a791.4566 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