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Channel 4

The Early Years and the Jeremy Isaacs Legacy

By (author) Dorothy Hobson
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Published: 24th Oct 2007
Dimensions: w 127mm h 220mm d 20mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN-10: 1845116135
ISBN-13: 9781845116132
Barcode No: 9781845116132
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In November 2007, Channel 4 will be twenty-five years old. Today, such TV events as the 'Big Brother/Jade Goody Affair' have put the channel itself at the centre of public debate. Yet during its foundation years on British screens, Channel 4 was seen as more controversial and dangerous than this. Published for Channel 4's 25th anniversary, this book explores the channel's most important foundation period, under its inspirational first Chief Executive, Jeremy Isaacs. Charged by Parliament to be innovative, experimental, and educational, the new channel had to attract audiences and make a space for new voices. Did it fulfill its brief? It also assesses the legacy of the channel and asks: has it changed the nature of British television, and has the enfant terrible grown up, or is it still a youthful rebel?Dorothy Hobson had unique access to Channel 4 and the team involved in developing it, the ITV companies and fledgling independent producers over its foundation years. Accessibly written, her book uses the words and stories of those involved, and vividly reviews the new channel's successes, problems, adversities, as well as audiences' and press responses to television's new baby and its programmes.

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"'I remember the excitement of the early years of Channel 4 as a defining moment in television history. In particular for me the significant expansion of opportunities for comedy and entertainment which the channel brought about was exhilarating. Saturday Live was a completely new entertainment experience; it came from London Weekend Television and featured many new young performers never before seen by the Saturday night primetime audience. Dorothy Hobson watched the development, rehearsals and transmissions of those early programmes and accurately captures their importance to the channel, the production teams and also the viewers.'- Paul Jackson, Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV."