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This is the first study of the early formative years of one of Wales’s most important cultural organisations – Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C). The volume chronicles the decisions and activities of the channel during its trial period between 1981–5. Through a detailed study of minutes, correspondence and interviews with individuals who were key to the channel’s development during its early years, it chronicles the many challenges, successes and failures which faced the S4C Authority and its staff as they aimed to create a Welsh-language television service that would meet the desires and needs of the audience in Wales. S4C is no ordinary channel, and no other period in its history portrays this more effectively than the trial period given to it at the beginning of the 1980s.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acronyms Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The campaign for a Welsh TV channel Chapter 2 : The early days of the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority Chapter 3 : First Broadcasts and Audience Response Chapter 4 : Financial initiatives – securing fair terms and expanding to new areas Chapter 5: Reviewing the Channel – Opinion Polls and the Home Office Review Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

Broadcasting for Wales: The Early Years of S4C

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      Publisher University of Wales Press
      Published 15 October 2022
      ISBN-13 9781786839640
      978-1786839640
      ISBN-10 1786839644
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      Entertainment History of Performing Arts Television History History: specific events and topics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first study of the early formative years of one of Wales’s most important cultural organisations – Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C). The volume chronicles the decisions and activities of the channel during its trial period between 1981–5. Through a detailed study of minutes, correspondence and interviews with individuals who were key to the channel’s development during its early years, it chronicles the many challenges, successes and failures which faced the S4C Authority and its staff as they aimed to create a Welsh-language television service that would meet the desires and needs of the audience in Wales. S4C is no ordinary channel, and no other period in its history portrays this more effectively than the trial period given to it at the beginning of the 1980s.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acronyms Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The campaign for a Welsh TV channel Chapter 2 : The early days of the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority Chapter 3 : First Broadcasts and Audience Response Chapter 4 : Financial initiatives – securing fair terms and expanding to new areas Chapter 5: Reviewing the Channel – Opinion Polls and the Home Office Review Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

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