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Australia's national broadcasters in the 1990s : keynote speeches / Australian Film Commission AT: Australian Film Commission, 1990.
Call No: 161(94)AUSPlace: ATPublisher: Australian Film CommissionPubDate: 1990Subject: TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA ; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA ; SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE ; CHANNEL FOUR ; TELEVISION. NEW ZEALAND ; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA Notes: "A conference organised by the ABC, the Australian Film Commission and the Communications Law Centre. Powerhouse Museum. June 22-23 1990."Contents: Contains full transcription of speeches made at the conference: Australian national broadcasters in the 1990s / Kim Beazley -- The SBS: listening for the sounds of change / Brian Johns -- The programmes we make: culture, costs and quality / Liz Forgan -- Deregulation of broadcasting in New Zealand: realities, myths and the impact on the national broadcasters / Beverley Wakem -- Wire and lights / Michael Tracey -- Community attitudes to the ABC's role, image, and position: highlights of the ANOP 1990 survey findings / Rod Cameron -- ABC Australian drama: culture and excellence / Elizabeth Jacka
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Black film, British cinema London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1988.
Call No: 451-054(=9) BLACorpAuthor: Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England)Place: LondonPublisher: Institute of Contemporary ArtsPubDate: 1988PhysDes: 62 p. : ill. ; 30 cmSeries: ICA documents ; 7Subject: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. UK ; BLACK CINEMA. UK ; BLACK FILMMAKERS. UK ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. UK ; ASIANS IN FILMS. UK ; BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE ; SANKOVA FILM AND VIDEO COLLECTIVE ; CHANNEL FOUR ; HANDSWORTH SONGS (UK, John Akomfrah, 1986) ; MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1985) ; PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE, THE (UK, Maureen Blackwood & Isaac Julien, 1986) Notes: Papers originally presented at a day conference, conducted at ICA, Feb. 1988; Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 0905263960LON: 6631335
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Channel Four : television with a difference / Stephen Lambert London: bfi Publishing, 1982.
Call No: 201.24CHA LAMAuthor: Lambert, Stephen Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: bfi PublishingPubDate: 1982PhysDes: vi, 178 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject: BROADCASTING ; BROADCASTING. UK ; CHANNEL FOUR ; TELEVISION Summary: "This book gives a fascinating account of how Channel Four came to be set up. Stephen Lambert tells in detail the story of the political infighting, the fierce debates over broadcasting philosophies and lobbying by special interest groups which preceded the establishment of the Channel Four Television Company. He explains exactly what is different about the new service, how it is organised and financed, and what the aims and objectives are of those who are running it and those who are making the programmes." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Used to exist as accession number: 250. Has been now been re-entered on the system as accession number: 8431ISBN: 0851701248Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1: ITV2: competetitive or complementary -- 2: opposition to ITV2: the duopolyunder attack -- 3: compromise: the channel four television compant ltd -- 4: putting the show on the road -- appendicies -- index --
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Cinema, television : les chaines de la creation : colloque international du 6 au 7 octobre 1983 ... au Goethe Institut ... Paris / [realise par Clara Burckner et al.] Paris: L'Institut, 1983?].
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Film on Four 1982/1991 : a survey / John Pym London: bfi Publishing, 1992.
Call No: 201.24CHA PYMAuthor: Pym,John Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: bfi PublishingPubDate: 1992PhysDes: 224 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cmSubject: BROADCASTING ; BROADCASTING. UK ; CHANNEL FOUR ; FILM ; FILMS SHOWN ON TV ; TELEVISION Summary: "Channel 4 Television went on air on 2 November 1982. This was also a significant date for the British Film industry, since an important plank in the Channel's programme policy was the financing of theatrical feature films. This book is the first comprehensive survey of this major and highly influential initiative. John Pym describes and assesses every one of the 136 features commissioned and transmitted by Channel 4 in its 'Film on Four' slot between 1982 and 1991. Among the film-makers aided by Channel 4 have been Peter Greenaway, James Ivory, Terence Davies, Colin Gregg and Stephen Frears. Film on Four's successes have included Walter; Paris; Texas; My Beautiful Laundrette; Distant Voices; Still Lives and Another Time, Another Place. In addition to an historical chrononlogy of the 1980s, FILM ON FOUR contains his technical credits, cast lists, budgets and viewing figures of all 136 films - much of which primary information is published or the first time." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Used to be on system as Accession Number 3222. Has been re-entered as 8433 (17/1/13 HM)ISBN: 0851703453Contents: -- introduction -- chapter 1: where are you, pigeon? 1982/1983 -- chapter 2: playing on the sea-shore 1984/1985 -- chapter 3: that's her in a movie 1986/1987 -- chapter 4: off the ration 1988/1989 -- chapter 5: thank you, Adolf! 1990/1991 -- appendix a: budgets -- appendix b: credits -- acknowledgments -- index --
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Icons in the fire : The decline and fall of almost everybody in the British Film Industry 1984-2000 / Alexander Walker London: Orion, 2004.
Call No: 71(41) WALAuthor: Walker, Alexander Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: OrionPubDate: 2004PhysDes: xxiv, 328 p. ; colour illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (UK, Julien Temple, 1986) ; GOVERNMENT AID. UK ; ATTENBOROUGH, RICHARD ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ; CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ; CHANNEL FOUR ; [FOUR] 4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (UK, Mike Newell, 1994) ; FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997) ; GOLAN, MENAHEM ; GOLAN-GLOBUS PRODUCTIONS ; GLOBUS, YORAM ; GOLDCREST FILMS ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; JORDAN, NEIL ; KILLING FIELDS, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1984) ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; PUTTNAM, DAVID ; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; WISH YOU WERE HERE (UK, David Leland, 1987) ; WOOLLEY, STEPHEN ; WORKING TITLE Summary: "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, NOTTING HILL, THE FULL MONTY, BRIDGET JONES' DIARY - all made in Britain, all huge successes, but none financed by British money...
Walker's previous volumes, HOLLYWOOD ENGLAND and NATIONAL HEROES, covered the period until 1984. This final volume tells the inside story right up to date of why a nation that produces actors of the calibre of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle, Kate Winslet and directors such as Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan, Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach and Guy Ritchie cannot sustain a native film industry.
Walker's revelations on the iniquities of National Lottery funding of movies - over £200m to date and hardly a profitable film among those so far produced - have been headline news. Walker relates the extraordinary events of the past two decades years through the individuals, the companies and the studios." -- from book jacket (abridged)Notes: Includes introduction by Joseph Connelly, includes preface and indexISBN: 0752856103Donation: Bruce HodsdonContents: Before the title: The Chinese butterfly -- 1. Alive and kicking -- 2. Self-congratulatory trumpet flourish -- 3. Cannon a go-go -- 4. The Coca-cola kid -- 5. Cannon self-destructs -- 6. Talents at work -- 7. From the depths -- 8. Contemporary and traditional -- 9. Independant struggles -- 10. Talking film finance -- 11. Just one film -- 12. Lottery promise -- 13. No rank revival -- 14. Hit the screen running -- 15. Fool's gold -- 16. Thrown away - 17. Ends and beginnings
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On television / Stuart Hood London: Pluto, 1983.
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The once and future film : British cinema in the seventies and eighties / John Walker London: Methuen, 1985.
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Screening Scotland / Duncan Petrie London: British Film Institute, 2000.
Call No: 71(41) PETAuthor: Petrie, Duncan J., 1963 CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2000PhysDes: 250 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: UNITED KINGDOM : SCOTLAND ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. UK : SCOTLAND ; CHANNEL FOUR ; DOUGLAS, BILL ; FORSYTH, BILL ; Grierson, John ; BOYLE, DANNY ; MACKENDRICK, ALEXANDER ; Powell, Michael ; MULLAN, PETER ; MCDOUGALL, PETER ; GRIGOR, MURRAY ; CAUGHIE, JOHN ; MACKENZIE, JOHN ; BROTHERS, THE (UK, David MacDonald, 1947) ; SHIPBUILDERS, THE (UK, John Baxter, 1943) ; WHISKY GALORE (UK, Alexander MacKendrick, 1949) ; BRAVEHEART (US, Mel Gibson, 1995) ; BREAKING THE WAVES (DK/FR, Lars Von Trier, 1996) ; I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945) ; MY NAME IS JOE (UK/GG, Kenneth Loach, 1998) ; ORPHANS (UK, Peter Mullan, 1997) ; RATCATCHER (UK, Lynne Ramsey, 1999) ; ROB ROY (US, Michael Caton-Jones, 1995) ; SHALLOW GRAVE (UK, Danny Boyle, 1994) ; TRAINSPOTTING (UK, Danny Boyle, 1996) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and indexISBN: 085170784X(cased) : No price; 0851707858(pbk.) : ¦14.99LON: 21532814
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Structual alternatives : a report on the Channel 4 franchised workshops in Britain and its relevance down under / This report was compiled by Penny Robins with the assistance of Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission Fitzroy, Vic.:
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Tele-ology : studies in television / John Hartley London New York: Routledge, 1992.
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What's this Channel Four? : an alternative report / edited by Simon Blanchard and David Morley London: Comedia Publishing Group, 1982.
Call No: 201.24CHA WHAAuthor: Blanchard, Simon (ed.) ; Morley, David (ed.) Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Comedia Publishing GroupPubDate: 1982PhysDes: iv, 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSeries: Comedia series ; no. 11Subject: BROADCASTING ; BROADCASTING. UK ; CHANNEL FOUR ; TELEVISION Summary: "Arguments about what sort of service a fourth TV channel should provide go back more than 20 years. But it has finally become a reality, alongside its Welsh counterpart. Will Channel Four live up to the expectations of innovation and experiementation - not simply providing an ITV2? This handbook explains how a major new broadcasting service was created, how it works from the inside, analyses the arguments about what programmes it will produce and shows how viewers can influence the content" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographies; This book was on the shelf, but not on the system, so I have added it (17/1/13 HM)ISBN: 0906890284Contents: -- introduction -- changing institutions -- 1: where do new channels come from?
/ Simon Blanchard -- channel four in wales -- 2: realising a dream / Angharad Tomos -- 3: Sianel Pedwar Cymru: fighing for a future / Jonathon Coe -- education, news, current affairs -- 4: programming for education / Charlotte Barry -- 5: consciousness razing / Holly Goulden, John Hartley, Trevor Wright -- 6: ITN: mutton dresses as lamb? / Barry Flynn -- 7: women command the flagship? / Lesley Hilton -- programming for/by women -- 8: opportunity knocks (but not very hard) / Women's Advisory and Referral Service Action Group -- channel four and youth -- 9: pushing through the screen / Youth TV -- racism, imperialism, development -- 10: channel four and the black community / Amon Saba Saakana -- 11: fourth channel: third world / J. Ann Zammit -- 12: politics of participation / Richard Bourne -- 12: forms of innovation and experiment -- 13: heard any good TV programs lately? / Mandy Rose -- 14: television, video and independent cinema / John Ellis -- 15: cherchez la femme / Sue Clayton -- 16: new images for old? channel four and independent film / Slyvia Harvey -- rethinking public service TV: a note on 'new images for old' / Jack Corner -- users' guide to channel four / Charles Landry -- appendices -- 1: channel four television company limited: terms of reference -- 2: brief biographies: channel four UK and Sianel Pedwar Cymru -- 3: useful addresses and publications -- notes on contributors -- notes --
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The work of channel four's independent film and video department : Eleventh Hour, People to People, Workshops [London]: Channel Four Television, 1986.
Call No: 201.24CHA INDCorpAuthor: Channel Four TelevisionSource: UKPlace: [London]Publisher: Channel Four TelevisionPubDate: 1986PhysDes: 1v. ; 21cmSubject: BROADCASTING ; BROADCASTING. UK ; CHANNEL FOUR ; FILMS SHOWN ON TV ; TELEVISION Summary: "Channel 4 was set up in order to widen the range of programmes available to British television viewers...
Both THE ELEVENTH HOUR and PEOPLE TO PEOPLE were developed to address some of the main objectives set out by those who fought for the establishment of Channel 4. Both aim to complement the existing networks and to enable large numbers of viewers to experience images and voices hitherto unseen and unheard...
This publication provides a record of the programmes so far screened in THE ELEVENTH HOUR and PEOPLE TO PEOPLE, some further notices about these two programme areas and some infomation about workshops financed by Channel 4. We hope that the collected work represented her will inspire others to make their contribution towards the redefinition of television for audiences and producers" -- INTRODUCTIONNotes: This is a program; This used to be listed as Accession Number: 3117. It has been put back on the system as Accession Number: 8435 (17/1/13 H.M)Contents: -- introduction -- the eleventh hour -- people to people -- workshops -- addresses of distributors -- publications --
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