Description
Book SynopsisA unique and overdue insight and study into how the landscape, institutions and collective memory has influenced the representation of the past on British television from 1946 to the present day, promoting a very singular view of what it means to be British. -- .
Trade Reviewthere are books that become the standard works in their fields for a generation or more. I would be very surprised if 'History on British Television' and 'the BBC and National Identity in Britain' do not establish themselves as “must-read” works
, James Chapman, University of Leicester, Visual Culture in Britain, 31 January 2012
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Table of ContentsList of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: switching on the past
1. Whose past is it anyway?
2. Post-war television and history
3. The making of a popular commodity
4. Bringing the past alive
5. Truth or drama: Documentary history
6. Characterising the past
7. Britain as a warrior-nation
8. Presenting the past
9. Nation, nationality and television history
Bibliography
Index of programme titles
General index
