Channel 4
Subtitle: The Early Years and the Jeremy Isaacs Legacy
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; I.B.Tauris
Published: February 5, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781845116132
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Radio & television industry; Television; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Performing Arts/Dance; Television - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
Description: 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.