Television
Rated 8.01 votes19851 season45m
Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.
- First aired
- Feb 12, 1985
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 13
- Country
- GB
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S1 E1: Visions of Power
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S1 E1 Visions of Power
Feb 12, 1985A look at the way that TV affects and manipulates viewers.
- 1Visions of Power
- 2The Race for Television
- 3We Bring You Live Pictures
- 4News Power
- 5News: The Power of Pictures
- 6The Story Machine
- 7Play Power
- 8The Rise and Fall of the Documentary
- 9Chewing Gum for the Eyes
- 10The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- 11Canned Laughter
- 12The Selling of the President
- 13The Third Age of Broadcasting
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