A Licence to be Different : The Story of Channel 4 /: The Story of Channel 4. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maggie Brown.
• Authors: Brown, Maggie
• Contents: Foreword by Luke Johnson.- Acknowledgements.- 1 How Celebrity Big Brother changed Channel 4.- 2 The long and winding road.- 3 Isaacs: maverick founder.- 4 Godfather in the green Rolls Royce.- 5 Miss No One from Nowhere joins Channel 4.- 6 Launch: a white-knuckle ride.- 7 Disaster! Channel 4 News.- 8 Two tigers at the table.- 9 Calmer waters.- 10 Likely lads flourish as Isaacs leaves.- 11 Dark horse makes the Grade.- 12 Breakfast with handcuffs.- 13 The golden formula.- 14 Britain's Pornographer-in-Chief?.- 15 Drama! GBH, Potter, Film on Four.- 16 Whitehall warriors fight privatisation.- 17 Lexus man arrives.- 18 New things in the air.- 19 Spending spree.- 20 The wall of leisure.- 21 Caught out by 9/11.- 22 Thompson's vaulting ambition.- 23 Two men with L plates.- 24 Big Brother.- 25 Channel 4 at the crossroads.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : British Film Institute
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: Performing Arts -- Television -- History & Criticism; Performing Arts -- Television -- Direction & Production; Performing Arts -- Television -- Reference; Film, TV & radio
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839024474
• Related ISBNs: 183902447X; 9781844572052
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