A Licence to be Different
eBook - ePub

A Licence to be Different

The Story of Channel 4

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Licence to be Different

The Story of Channel 4

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About This Book

Traces the history and development of Channel 4, one of the UK's best loved and most controversial TV channels. Identifies key figures and signature programmes such as 'Brookside, ' 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Wife Swap, ' as well assuccessful American imports including 'Friends' and 'Sex and the City.'

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1 How Celebrity Big Brother changed Channel 4
  8. 2 The long and winding road
  9. 3 Isaacs: maverick founder
  10. 4 Godfather in the green Rolls Royce
  11. 5 Miss No One from Nowhere joins Channel 4
  12. 6 Launch: a white-knuckle ride
  13. 7 Disaster! Channel 4 News
  14. 8 Two tigers at the table
  15. 9 Calmer waters
  16. 10 Likely lads flourish as Isaacs leaves
  17. 11 Dark horse makes the Grade
  18. 12 Breakfast with handcuffs
  19. 13 The golden formula
  20. 14 Britain’s Pornographer-in-Chief?
  21. 15 Drama! GBH, Potter, Film on Four
  22. 16 Whitehall warriors fight privatisation
  23. 17 Lexus man arrives
  24. 18 New things in the air
  25. 19 Spending spree
  26. 20 The wall of leisure
  27. 21 Caught out by 9/11
  28. 22 Thompson’s vaulting ambition
  29. 23 Two men with L plates
  30. 24 Big Brother
  31. 25 Channel 4 at the crossroads
  32. Conclusion
  33. Notes
  34. Index
  35. eCopyright